UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PRODUCTION-LINKED INCENTIVE FOR ACC BATTERY MANUFACTURING

Q1. What is the total financial outlay approved for the National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage?

  • A. ₹18,100 crore
  • B. ₹25,938 crore
  • C. ₹19,500 crore
  • D. ₹10,900 crore

Q2. The National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage was approved by which authority, and in which year?

  • A. The Union Cabinet, in May 2021
  • B. The Union Cabinet, in 2022
  • C. NITI Aayog, in 2020
  • D. The Ministry of Heavy Industries by executive order, in May 2021

Q3. Under the PLI ACC Battery scheme, beneficiaries were selected through the 'QCBS' mechanism. In this context, QCBS stands for:

  • A. Quality and Cost Based Selection
  • B. Quantity and Capacity Based Selection
  • C. Qualification-cum-Bid Based System
  • D. Quality Compliance and Bidding Standard

Q4. How much ACC manufacturing capacity (in GWh) was awarded to Reliance New Energy Battery Limited under Round-2 of the PLI ACC Battery scheme?

  • A. 10 GWh
  • B. 20 GWh
  • C. 30 GWh
  • D. 5 GWh

Q5. In the latest official status of the PLI ACC Battery scheme, the figure of ₹3,237 crore (as of 31 December 2025) refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The cumulative investment made by the beneficiary firms
  • B. The total incentive amount disbursed to the beneficiary firms
  • C. The scheme outlay revised upward from the originally approved amount
  • D. The annual budgetary allocation earmarked for the scheme

Q6. As defined under the National Programme on ACC Battery Storage, an Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) is best characterised by which one of the following?

  • A. A technology-agnostic storage cell that stores electric energy as electrochemical or chemical energy and reconverts it to electricity as required
  • B. Exclusively a lithium-ion cell that stores energy only in electrochemical form
  • C. A conventional lead-acid battery re-engineered for grid-scale use
  • D. A cell that stores energy solely as mechanical or kinetic energy

Q7. The PLI scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell battery storage, aligned with the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision, is operationalised by which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Heavy Industries
  • B. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • C. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • D. Ministry of Power