Question

Which one of the following types of energy production takes place in a belt from Nagercoil to Madurai?
A) Solar
B) Wind
C) Tidal
D) Thermal

Answer 1

Hint: Nagercoil and Madurai both are located in the state of Tamil Nadu. Both these places are almost 252kms away from each other. Nagercoil lies in the southern tip of the country in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu whereas Madurai city is the administrative centre for Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

Complete answer:
Solar power is a rapidly growing industry in India, as part of the country's renewable energy sector. Karnataka, the southwestern part of India, is one of the states that produce solar energy in high quantities. So this is an incorrect option and is not relevant to the question.

Nagercoil and Jaisalmer are well-known in the country for their efficient usage of wind energy. Because India has such a long coastline, it is easy to build up functional windmills along with it. As a result, the area between Nagercoil and Madurai is known for its wind farms and hence, this proves that option (B) is the correct answer.

Tidal energy is used in the generating of electricity. However, it is still a fledgling sector. The Gulf of Kutch is India's most important tidal energy producing site, followed by the Gulf of Khambhat, the Sunderbans, and Maharashtra's seashore. Therefore, option (C) is the wrong option here.

Madhya Pradesh produces the most thermal energy, with the Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station in the Singrauli district now being India's largest thermal power plant. Option (D) is also an incorrect option.

Thus the correct answer is an option (B) as wind energy production takes place in the belt from Nagercoil to Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Note: World’s third-largest consumer of electricity, India has been categorised as the world’s third-largest producer of renewable energy after the USA and China. India has energy produced through wind, solar, hydropower and also thermal energy. India's largest operational onshore wind farm is the Muppandal Wind Farm. This project is located in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district and the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency was in charge of the project.