alleryIndia's first oil well was drilled at which location, marking the start of India's petroleum industry?
ADigboi (Assam)
BBombay High
CAnkleshwar (Gujarat)
DKrishna-Godavari Basin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Digboi (Assam)
1. syllabus traces India's petroleum history.
2. India's first oil was struck in 1867 at Makum (Assam) and the first commercial production began at Digboi (Assam) in 1889.
3. Bombay High and Ankleshwar are post-Independence discoveries; Krishna-Godavari is a major gas basin.
_Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 5 "Minerals and Energy Resources", §Petroleum ¶2_
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