Question

According to 2008 consensus, the population of India is $15\%$ of the world but its annual energy consumption is only:

• A. $0.2\%$
• B. $5.0\%$
• C. $10\%$
• D. $25\%$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$5.0\%$

According to $2008$ consensus, India's annual energy consumption is $7.2TWh$ (terawatt-hour) whereas total energy consumption of world is $142.3TWh$, i.e., India uses $5$% of the total world's energy.