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  Manisha visited a thermal power plant. She was surprised to see the use of tonnes of coal per day to generate electricity. She was highly disturbed when she thought of all the coal getting exhausted in one day haunted her. She decided from that day to use only required amount of electricity without any wastage and spread the message across. Read the given passage and answer the following questions (a) Which values of Manisha would you applaud? (b) What role does coal play in a thermal power plant? (c) Name two power plant from which electricity generated reaches your house.

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                  (a) Manisha is environment concerned, conscious of energy usage and tries to think beyond the visible.                                          (1) (b) Coal is burnt to heat water and convert it to steam, which then runs the turbines for the generators.                                                        (1) (c) Narora Atomic power plant and Tarapur Atomic power plant.                                        (1)