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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who Inaugurates Eastern Indias First CNG Stations?
A
Shri Arun jaitley
B
Shri Suresh prabhu
C
Shri Rajesh Sharma
D
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Oil minister, has inaugurated Eastern India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for scooters at Chandrasekharpur and Patia area in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to supply CNG to vehicles. Q. State an advantage of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas).

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1991, India published the first exhaust emission standards, but there were no fuel quality standards. In 1993, CNG had become available in Delhi at three filling stations for industrial and domestic users. Natural gas is a domestic energy produced in Western India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the “world’s first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) terminal” at Bhavnagar in Gujarat on Thursday (September 29).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first experiments with compressed gases took place in France in the 1850s. Natural gas first became a transport fuel during the First World War. In the 1960s, Columbia Natural Gas of Ohio tested a CNG carrier.

Detailed explanation-5: -Delhi had launched a programme in 1998 to convert its fleet of diesel auto-rickshaws into CNG ones. The Delhi Transport Department had launched a scheme in October last year for the registration of 4, 261 e-autos.

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