Question

Where was electricity supply first introduced in India?
a. Darjeeling
b. Kolkata
c. Mumbai
d. Delhi

Answer 1

Hint:
Electricity is one type of energy that we can use to produce heat, light and power to work machines, etc. Power sector refers to production and trade of electricity. In India, power is essential for economic growth. Power grid or electric grid is an interconnected network for providing electricity from producers to consumers.

Complete step by step solution:
Electricity sector in India is growing at a rapid pace. The economic growth of the country is depending upon the rate of development in per capita energy consumption. individual state grids were interconnected to set up five regional grids covering India, these grids are eastern, western, northern, northeastern and southern grids. These area links were installed to enable transmission of enormous electricity between states in each region.
During $2016 - 2017$ ,the peak demand is about $159$ GW and installed capacity is $314.64$ GW. In India, thermal power yields $69.4\% $ , hydro yields $13.9\% $ , renewable source yields $14.8\% $ , nuclear yields $1.9\% $ .
Parts of the Indian power system:
- Generation
- Transmission
- Distribution
The first power plant in Darjeeling was established in $1897$ at Sidrapong near Arya tea estate. It is one of the first in Asia. West Bengal State Electricity Board gained control of Darjeeling Electric supply in $1978$ .
Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The power plant is generally connected to the electrical grid. The first electric street light was lit in Bangalore on $5$ august $1905$ . The vindhyachal thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh is the biggest thermal power plant in India, which was installed with a capacity of $4,760$ MW.