ISA

Question 1

____ is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies

Answer 1

International Solar Alliance

Question 2

The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by

Answer 2

India & France

India is a co-founder

Question 3

Vision:

Answer 3

Let us together make the sun brighter

Question 4

Mission:

Answer 4

Every home, no matter how far away, will have a light at home.

Question 5

Headquarters:

Answer 5

Gurugram

Question 5

Headquarters:

Answer 5

Gurugram

Question 6

Who has granted Observer Status to the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?

Answer 6

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Question 7

The International Solar Alliance is headed by the

Answer 7

Director General

Dr. Ajay Mathur

has a term of four years and is eligible for re-election

Question 8

____ is the apex decision-making body which comprises representatives from each Member Nations.

Answer 8

Assembly of the ISA

Question 9

Who focuses on a framework for facilitating global cooperation, building a global ecosystem of interconnected renewable energy resources (mainly solar energy) that can be seamlessly shared?

Answer 9

One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG)

Question 10

The vision behind the OSOWOG is

Answer 10

‘The Sun Never Sets’

Question 11

What is done to build a network of technical training, entrepreneurship, and research and innovation centres in order to exchange best practices and promote knowledge dissemination and capacity-building?

Answer 11

ISA Solar Technology and Application Resource Centre (ISTAR C)

Question 11

What is done to build a network of technical training, entrepreneurship, and research and innovation centres in order to exchange best practices and promote knowledge dissemination and capacity-building?

Answer 11

ISA Solar Technology and Application Resource Centre (ISTAR C)

Question 12

The Government of India has been supporting the ISA by providing training to master trainers in the field of solar energy through the

Answer 12

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Scheme

Question 13

Which scheme is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy, by creating the policy conditions for its diffusion across the country as quickly as possible?

Answer 13

National Solar Mission

is part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change

Question 14

Who signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up the country’s first Green Hydrogen Mobility project?

Answer 14

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) & Renewable Energy Ltd (REL)

Question 15

International Solar Alliance (ISA) have planned to launch which bank at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow that is scheduled for November 2021?

Answer 15

World Solar Bank (WSB)

Question 16

Which award recognises the countries with a maximum floating solar capacity in each of the four regions of ISA?

Answer 16

The Visvesvaraya award

Question 17

Which award for outstanding contribution of scientists and engineers working in the field of solar energy?

Answer 17

Kalpana Chawla award

Question 18

Which award recognises organisations and institutions that have been working for the benefit of differently-abled people and have maximised the use of solar energy in the host country?

Answer 18

Diwakar award

Question 19

The world’s largest floating solar energy project to be constructed at:

Answer 19

Omkareshwar dam on Narmada river in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh

600MW

Question 20

By COP26 , the country has set a target of setting up renewable energy projects of ____ by the year (?)

Answer 20

500 GW , 2030

Question 21

How many countries in ISA?

Answer 21

109

Question 22

____ is a Non-Banking Financial Institution under the administrative control of this Ministry for providing term loans for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Answer 22

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA)

Question 23

ISA would also launch the ____ that would help authors from across the globe to publish their articles on solar energy, during the event.

Answer 23

ISA Journal on Solar Energy (I JOSE)

Question 24

Who who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 for the revolutionizing discovery of the lithium ion batteries?

Answer 24

Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham(jointly with John B Goodenough & Akira Yoshino)

Question 25

Which scheme To provide skill training to rural youth in handling solar installations?

Answer 25

Suryamitra Skill Development Programme

Question 26

Sustainable rooftop implementation of ____ scheme to promote rooftop solar power projects in india

Answer 26

Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India(SRISTI)

Question 27

Which in India became the world’s first fully Solar powered airport in the world?

Answer 27

Cochin International Airport

Question 28

Who has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) ?

Answer 28

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

during the 42nd session of ICAO Assembly in Montreal, Canada

Question 29

India has pledged for Net Zero Carbon goal by

Answer 29

2070 in COP 26

Question 30

____ is a United Nations (UN) specialized agency, established in (?), which laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation.

Answer 30

International Civil Aviation Organisation

was signed on 7th December 1944

‘Chicago Convention’