CSE · GS-3Official PYQ · CSE 2013 · Q17(b)Environment · Environment & Pollution · 5 marks · 100 words
English
What do you understand by Run-of-river hydroelectricity project? How is it different from any other hydroelectricity project?
हिन्दी
जल वृष्टि पोषित नदी (Run-of-river) जल विद्युत परियोजना से आप क्या समझते हैं? वह किसी अन्य जल विद्युत परियोजना से किस प्रकार भिन्न होती है?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2013 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Environment · Environment & Pollution
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
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