Energy | MCQs

Explanation

Warsak Dam is located on the Kabul River.

It was completed under the Colombo Plan .

Construction began in 1949.

The Dam was Opened in 1960.

The height of the dam is 76 m.

Explanation

The first nuclear power plant in Pakistan was established in Karachi With the help of Canada 

KANUPP is Pakistan's first nuclear power plant, inaugurated on November 28, 1972, with a total gross capacity of 137 MW.

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K2 & K3 with the help of China 

K2  started on 21 May 2021 and has an 1100 MW capacity.

K3 is expected to be started in 2022.

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Explanation

The US is the largest producer of natural gas in the world.

It accounting for 32% of global primary energy consumption.

Russia is the second-largest producer.

The top 10 natural gas producers account for about 73% of total global production:

• 1. United States  
• 2. Russia  
• 3. Iran  
• 4. China  
• 5. Qatar  
• 6. Canada  
• 7. Australia  
• 8. Saudi Arabia  
• 9. Norway  
• 10. Algeria

Explanation

• The Sui Gas Field, located near Sui in Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
• It was discovered by Pakistan Petroleum Limited in 1952.
• Production of Sui gas began in 1955.
• It remains the largest natural gas field in Pakistan.

Explanation

On 28 November 1972, President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto inaugurated the Karachi Nuclear Plant 

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Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) Unit 1. KANUPP is Pakistan’s first nuclear power plant, 

 With a total gross capacity of 137 MW.

K2 & K3 with the help of China 

K2  started on 21 May 2021 and has a 1100 MW capacity.

K3 is expected to start in 2022.

Explanation

Peace pipeline is an under-construction 2,775-kilometre pipeline

This delivers natural gas from Iran to Pakistan.

Inaugurated by the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, andthe  President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Founded on March 11, 2013

Explanation

CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas

Methane is the main component of CNG 

the modern use of CNG as a fuel source began in the 1930s,

American physicist Dr. J.P. Farley discovered that natural gas could be compressed to a high-pressure 

natural gas became a transport fuel during the First World War

Explanation

Mangla Dam, located on the Jhelum River in Pakistan’s Mirpur District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

It is a multipurpose dam.

It is the world's seventh-largest dam.

It was constructed between 1961 and 1967 with assistance from the World Bank.

The dam features five tunnels and a power station.

It is named after the nearby village of Mangla.

Explanation

The headquarters of OPEC is located in Vienna

OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

It was founded on 14th September 1960 in Baghdad.

It consists of 13 members as of January 2020.

Its official language is English

Additional information:

OPEC had its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in the first Five years of its existence 

This was moved to Vienna, Austria, on Sep 1, 1965

Explanation

• LPG stand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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• In order to supply fuel efficiently to the populace, we have four LPG Storage and Bottling Plants, one each in Karachi, Lahore, Dhurnal, and Akora Khattak.
• LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking equipment, and vehicles
• LPG is prepared by refining petroleum or "wet" natural gas,
•  LPG was first produced in 1910 by Walter O. Snelling.