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Family-run coal mining through long narrow tunnels in Meghalaya is called:
AStone quarrying
BPlacer mining
CRat hole mining
DOpen pit mining
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Rat hole mining
1. Minerals in the North East are owned by families.
2. Coal is dug at Jowai and Cherapunjee by hand.
3. The tunnels give it the name rat hole mining.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._
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