NDA (I) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 100 of 149

Correct — B, Modhera, Gujarat. Modhera, famous for its Sun Temple, was declared India's first round-the-clock (24x7) solar-powered village, with rooftop solar plus a battery energy-storage system meeting its electricity needs.

• (a)Mawlynnong, Meghalaya — Known as 'Asia's cleanest village', not as the first solar-powered one.
• (c)Ziro village, Arunachal Pradesh — Famous for the Apatani culture and the Ziro music festival, not for the solar milestone.
• (d)Malana, Himachal Pradesh — Known for its ancient village republic and customs, not the solar-village distinction.

Under a government solarisation project, Modhera in Gujarat's Mehsana district was equipped with a solar power plant and a battery energy-storage system, making it India's first village to run on solar power around the clock. It pairs symbolically with Modhera's historic Sun Temple.

Anchor the '24x7 solar village' distinction to Modhera, Gujarat (the Sun Temple town). The other villages are famous for cleanliness/culture, not solar.

• Modhera, Gujarat is India's first 24x7 solar-powered village.
• It uses rooftop solar plus battery energy storage.
• Modhera is also famous for its 11th-century Sun Temple.
• Mawlynnong is 'Asia's cleanest village' (a different distinction).

• Confusing Modhera (solar) with Mawlynnong (cleanest village).
• Guessing a scenic village without the specific solar milestone.

Asked as India's first 24x7 solar village, or matching villages to their claim to fame.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Modhera in Gujarat is also famous for its

  • (a)Sun Temple
  • (b)backwaters
  • (c)tea gardens
  • (d)salt marsh

  Answer(a) Sun Temple.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which village is known as 'Asia's cleanest village'?

  • (a)Modhera
  • (b)Mawlynnong
  • (c)Malana
  • (d)Ziro

  Answer(b) Mawlynnong, Meghalaya.