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Most petroleum deposits in India lie in sedimentary rocks of Assam and:
AJharkhand
BOdisha
CPunjab
DGujarat
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gujarat
1. Oil sits in sedimentary rocks on the flanks of the peninsula.
2. One flank is in the east, one in the west.
3. The western one is Gujarat.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._
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