Question

5. (a) What is the importance of hydropower plants in India? Describe how electric energy is generated in such plants.
(b) Write two disadvantages of using hydropower plants.

Answer 1

In India hydro power plants has great importance, because water is the fuel for hydro power plants i.e. potential energy of water is the fuel. In India we have many natural source of water i.e. water falling from mountain has more potential energy which can be converted into large amount of electricity.