Naga Public School educational tour to Imphal

NPS Exposure Trip to Imphal

The Level 9–10 students of The Naga Public School went on an Educational Tour to Imphal on 9th October 2025, sponsored by the Forest Department, Senapati.

Students participated in the 71st Wildlife Week Grand Finale at the Convention Centre, Imphal, with the Governor of Manipur as the Chief Guest, and visited the Manipur Zoological Garden to see the rare Sangai (brow-antlered deer) and other animals.

The NPS management extends heartfelt thanks to Shri Shanngam S. IFS, DFO, Senapati Division, and his team for providing this valuable opportunity to economically backward students to explore and learn beyond the classroom. The school also encourages other departments and NGOs from Senapati to support similar initiatives that help students from remote areas gain broader learning experiences.

For many students, it was their first visit to Imphal, making the experience exciting, educational, and truly memorable.

Your school and college are your future life

@Dr. R.B. Thohe Pou

Our responsibilities in school and college

Main focus in the school and college should be studying, learning discipline, obedience and sincerity. What we learn today in the school and college are going to mould our future. How many schools and colleges in your home town teach discipline sternly? You are going to become who you are from the learning in the school and college. Our incapability can be compensated with our sincerity and well discipline. When you are a student in the school or in the college, teachers love you so much when you are well disciplined and sincere. Teachers want to give grace mark [extra mark] for your sincerity and well disciplined in the class and outside the class. Everybody likes sincere and well disciplined people. And how many of you want to be liked (appreciated) by other people.  

Sincerity is no just doing only what you want to do. Sincerity is doing something what you are supposed to do whether you like it or not. Whether you like it or not, do it what you are supposed to do – whether it is class work, home work or a team work with your friends in the school or college. Learning to listen and obedient to your seniors, teachers and parents will help you to adapt the environment or world that you are going to live after the college or university.

Our responsibilities after schooling or college

What is your main purpose of studying in school or college? Ultimately, someday you may want to become an officer, entrepreneur or run your own business. You like an officer and you are inspired by the life of an officer or a successful independent entrepreneur, but you cannot become an officer or entrepreneur unless you are well disciplined and sincere. College life is the time preparing or learning how to fly or run like a chick [small chicken or bird]. You know the mother of the chicken leave her chicks once they are able to run and find food for themselves. You are like in a honey moon period when you are in the school or college. But the responsibilities increase as you grow older, and the real challenging world comes only after your college or university – when you finished your formal studies. Once you have finished your school or college, you have to find a job to survive for yourself as you cannot be a parasite depending on your parents till your last breathe. However, if you are not well disciplined and sincere enough during your schooling and in the college, you won’t be able to survive in this competitive world today.

Our responsibilities as officer or entrepreneur

Some people may want to work in an office or become an officer, but you have lots of responsibilities to become an officer and even to work in a small company or to do a small job under somebody. Our responsibilities, sincerity, discipline and obedience start from the school and college. When you are irresponsible, insincere and not well disciplined in the school or college, you will surely have some problem to work in any company under someone or even finding difficult to run your own business. Insincere and undisciplined people cannot work in any company or office under the supervision of other people and they will surely have problem to run their own business too.

Some people cannot work or do not want to work under other supervision – they want to work independently by establishing their own shop, farm, wholesales or become an entrepreneur etc. But they do not know that having their own shop or becoming an entrepreneur need much more responsibilities, self-discipline and sincerity than working under other people or in a company or organization. Working under other supervision has fewer responsibilities than working independently as an entrepreneur.

A less responsible person may be able to work under someone’s supervision. But a less responsible and undisciplined people cannot run their own business or company. Today, many companies or organizations want to employ only those people are well disciplined and sincere with their works. When you are in school and college, you are preparing your future life. The more you learn in the school and college, the better your life would be in the future.

Energy Resources (BOSEM)

Unit 5: Energy Resources (BOSEM)

1. What are the primary requirement for industrialisation and rising of standard of living in a country?

The availability of affordable and reliable energy resources is the primary requirement for industrialisation and rising of standard of living in a country.

• What are the different types of energy resources?

Energy resources are classified into conventional and non-conventional energy resources.

• What are the conventional and non-conventional energy resources?

Conventional sources of energy are those which have been since a long time. The non-conventional sources of energy are those which are to come into common use.

• State the difference between conventional and non-conventional energy resources.
• Conventional sources of energy are those which have been since a long time.

Whereas non-conventional sources of energy are those which are to come into common use.

1. The energy resources of conventional sources include – firewood, cattle dung cake, coal, petroleum, natural gas, both thermal and hydel electricity and atomic energy. Con-conventional sources include, solar, wind, tidal, geothermal and biogas industry.
2. Among the conventional sources of energy, fossil fuels are expensive to prospect, extract and process while non-conventional sources are inexpensive once machinery for harnessing them is installed.
3. Name the important conventional sources of energy.

Among the conventional sources of energy, coal, petroleum, electricity and atomic energy are important.

• Why coal is called as Black Gold?

Coal provides a substantial part of the nation’s energy needs. Not only being the major industrial source of power, it is also used as raw material for a large number of industries. Hence, coal is known as Black Gold.

• Explain the formation of coal.

Coal is very useful as it gives out heat as it burns. In those places where layer of coals are found today was once a dense forest about 300 million years age. As the older trees and plants died, dead vegetation decomposed on the swampy forest floors. In course of time, it formed a thick layer of peat and with the deposition of mud and sand compressed into sedimentary rocks and the peat hardened into coal.

• What are the types of coal?

The types of coal are – Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite and Peat

• Why the Anthracite type of coal is considered to be the best quality among all the coal?

Anthracite is considered to be the best quality hard coal as it contains over 80 percent of carbon.

1. Name the type of coal which is widely used in India.

Bituminous is widely used in India which contain 60 to 80 percent carbon

1. Which type of coal is known as brown coal?

Lignite type of coal is known as brown coal which contain 60 percent carbon

1. Which type of coal is the lowest grade?

Peat is the lowest grade among all the coal which contain only 50 percent of carbon

1. Name three important coal field in India

Raniganj, Jharia and Bokaro

1. Name three states where coal mining is found in North East India.

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya

1. Which mineral is known as liquid gold

Petroleum is known as Liquid Gold

1. In which year the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up?

Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956.

1. Name the first oil producing region or place in India or before 1956.

Digboi in Assam was the only oil producing region in the country or the first oil producing centre in India

1.  Name the first mobile offshore oil drilling platform

In Mumbai High Sagar Samrat is the first mobile offshore oilfield platform helping to drill oil lying below the bottom of the sea.

1. Why the India imports huge quantities of crude oil from other countries?

India produced about 37.7 million tonnes of crude petroleum in 2004-2005, but it could not meet the huge domestic requirements. Hence, India imports huge quantities of crude oil from other countries.

• Why using of Natural gas is encouraged instead of liquid fuel?

The emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is quite low while using natural gas. Hence, use of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles in place of liquid fuel has been encouraged and is gaining wide popularity in the country.

• Name the company which is responsible for processing, transporting and marketing the natural gas in India.

Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) is responsible for processing, transporting and marketing the natural gas in India.

• How the hydro-electricity does is generated?

Hydro-electricity is generated by driving turbines using fast- flowing perennial water.

• How the thermal electricity does is generated?

Thermal electricity is generated by using coal, petroleum and natural gas.

• How the nuclear electricity does is generated?

Nuclear energy is generated by altering the structure of atoms. Much heat energy is released when such an alteration (atomic fission) is made and that heat is used to generate electric power.

• What are the main minerals used in generating electricity in thermal electricity?

The main minerals used in generating electricity in thermal electricity are the coal, petroleum and natural gas.

• Name the main mineral or materials used in generating electricity in nuclear electricity.

Uranium and Thorium are the main mineral used for the generation of nuclear power.

•  Name three states where the Uranium are found.

Uranium are found in Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

• Where do we find thorium in India?

Thorium is obtained mainly from the monazite sand of Kerala beach. It is also found in Gaya (Bihar), Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)

• Name the place where the first nuclear power station was set up in India.

The first Nuclear power station of India was set up at Tarapur in Maharashtra.

• How many nuclear power plants are there in India?

There are 17 nuclear power plants in India

• Name two effective processes for tapping solar energy.

The two effective processes of tapping solar energy are photovoltaic and solar thermal technology

• How the solar energy generate electricity?

Photovoltaic technology converts sunlight directly into electricity.

• What is the main used of solar thermal technology?

Solar thermal technology is being employed in heating and cooling applications.

• Name the largest solar plant in India

The largest solar plant is located at Madhapur near Bhuj in Gujarat.

• How the wind energy generates electricity?

The kinetic energy of wind through turbines is converted into electrical energy. The permanent wind like trade winds, Westerlies and periodic winds like land and sea breeze are the main sources.

• Name two important states where wind energy is produced.

Tamil Nadu and Gujarat is the two main producer of wind energy in India

• Where do we find the Tidal energy plant in India?

National Hydro Power Corporation sets up a tidal energy plant of 900 MW at Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat.

• What is geothermal energy?

Geothermal energy refers to the heat and electricity produced by using heat from the interior of the earth.

• Name two experimental projects on geothermal energy in India.

The two experimental projects which have been set up to harness geothermal energy are the Parvati valley in Himachal Pradesh and the other at Puga valley in Ladakh.

• How many hot springs and favourable hot sites for producing geothermal electricity are found in India?

There are 115 hot springs and 350 favourable site for producing geothermal electricity.

• What is Gobar gas plant?

The biogas using cattle dung are known as Gobar gas plants.

• Why it is necessary to conserve energy in India?

Every sector of the national economy need energy as it is the basic requirement for economic development. At the current rate of consumption, the known reserves of these minerals will last only 30-40 years. Hence, energy conservation is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development in India.

• What are the steps or guidelines for the conservation of energy?

The steps or guidelines for the conservation of energy are –  [learn any five points]

1. To develop alternative energy sources and utilise the present sources of energy judiciously.
2. To use energy efficient engines in vehicles.
3. To improve the efficiency of power plants
4. To use power saving devices at homes and in industries.
5. To make public transport dependable so that use of individual vehicles be discouraged.
6. To make greater use of hydel power and non-conventional sources of energy.