Biodiesel is presently produced in India from
ACalotropis
BCatharanthus
CJatropha ✓ Correct
DDelonix
Correct answer: (C) Jatropha
Explanation
In India biodiesel is chiefly produced from Jatropha, whose seeds yield large amounts of non-edible oil.
Calotropis is a wild shrub not used as the main biodiesel source.
Catharanthus is a medicinal plant, not a biodiesel crop.
Delonix, the gulmohar, is an ornamental flowering tree, not an oilseed source.
Jatropha grows on wasteland and does not compete with food crops.
Its oil is transesterified into biodiesel that can blend with regular diesel.
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