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Describe four uses of non-conventional sources of energy in rural India.                                    [Delhi 2004]

Answer:

(i) Coal is a non-renewable source of energy.

(ii) It is limited in its availability.

(iii) It pollutes the atmosphere and leaves lot of smoke and residue.

(iv) It is a bulky and weight loosing raw material.

(v) Generation of energy from coal is expensive.

(Any four)