Science topic analysis

Energy & Green Technology UPSC PYQs

This cluster covers solar and hydrogen systems, batteries, electric vehicles, fuel cells, coal technologies, and scientific approaches to cleaner energy. This live collection contains 10 classified questions across 7 exam years, from 2014 to 2025.

Year-by-year frequency

Counts show how many questions in this library were assigned to the category in each represented exam year. A zero is not implied for omitted years, and frequency alone is not a prediction of a future paper.

Source topic labels in this cluster

Emerging Technologies2
Renewable Energy2
Battery Technology1
Energy & Chemistry1
Green Technology1
Renewable Energy & Pollution Control1
Renewable Energy Technology1
Science & Technology1

Recurrent concept labels

Alternative fuels · 3Fuel cell technology · 2Agricultural Technology · 1Air pollution · 1Automotive engineering · 1Battery Chemistry · 1Chemical synthesis · 1Clean Energy · 1Clean Energy Transition · 1Clean energy transportation · 1Combustion chemistry · 1Combustion processes · 1

Representative solved questions

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UPSC 2025 · Science

In the context of electric vehicle batteries, consider the following elements : I. Cobalt II. Graphite III. Lithium IV. Nickel How many of the above usually make up battery ca...

UPSC 2024 · Science

In the context of electric vehicle batteries, consider the following elements : 1. Cobalt 2. Graphite 3. Lithium 4. Nickel How many of the above usually make up battery cathod...

UPSC 2023 · Science

With reference to green hydrogen, consider the following statements : 1. It can be used directly as a fuel for internal combustion. 2. It can be blended with natural gas and u...

UPSC 2020 · Science

With reference to solar water pumps, consider the following statements: 1. Solar power can be used for running surface pumps and not for submersible pumps. 2. Solar power can...

UPSC 2019 · Science

In the context of proposals to the use of hydrogen-enriched CNG (H-CNG) as fuel for buses in public transport, consider the following statements : 1. The main advantage of the...

UPSC 2015 · Science

With reference to 'fuel cells' in which hydrogen-rich fuel and oxygen are used to generate electricity, consider the following statements : 1. If pure hydrogen is used as a fu...

UPSC 2014 · Science

With reference to technologies for solar power production, consider the following statements : 1. 'Photovoltaics' is a technology that generates electricity by direct conversi...

UPSC 2025 · Science

Consider the following types of vehicles : I. Full battery electric vehicles II. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles III. Fuel cell-electric hybrid vehicles How many of the above are...

UPSC 2024 · Science

Consider the following substances : 1. Ethanol 2. Nitroglycerine 3. Urea Coal gasification technology can be used in the production of how many of them?

UPSC 2024 · Science

Consider the following types of vehicles : 1. Full battery electric vehicles 2. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles 3. Fuel cell-electric hybrid vehicles How many of the above are con...

How this page is built

Topic and concept labels are AI-assisted enrichment, not official UPSC classifications. We map them into a conservative editorial taxonomy using deterministic label rules, publish a category only when it has at least 10 questions across at least three exam years, and keep ambiguous records out of topic pages. Counts update with the question bank. See the full methodology and correction policy.