Which of the following produces the maximum crude petroleum in India at present?
(a) Assam
(b) Gujarat
(c) Off-shore Bombay High
(d) Coastal Tamil Nadu
Solution: (c)
India has around 5.4 billion barrels of oil reserves with it and the domestic production has increased in the recent past to reach the 0.8 million barrels per day mark. Mumbai high is the largest oil-producing oilfield in India with a production of 2.6 lakh barrels per day. Bombay High is an offshore oilfield 160 kilo metres (99 mi) off the coast of Mumbai, India. The oil operations are run by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). As of 2004, it supplied 14% of India’s oil requirement and accounted for about 38% of all domestic production.
Which State possesses the biggest coal reserve?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Orissa
Solution: (b)
The state of Jharkhand in northeast India has been the epicenter of India’s coal mining industry for the past 100 years. The state accounts for 29 percent of India’s coal reserves. It has reserves of over 72,000 million tons of coal and approximately 80 million tons are extracted each year.
Tummalapalle, where huge reserves of uranium have been found, as announced by the Atomic Energy Commission in July 2011, lies in the state of
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat
Solution: (b)
The Tummalapalle Mine is a uranium mine in Tu malapalli village located in Kadapa of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh could have one of the largest uranium reserves in the world. Recent studies have indicated that it could have a reserve of 1.5 lakh tonnes of the scarce material.
Iron ore from Kudremukh mines is exported from
(a) Marmugao
(b) Cochin
(c) Mangalore
(d) Chennai
Solution: (c)
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) has iron ore mines in Kudremukh (Chikkamagaluru district) on the Western Ghats and a pelletisation plant in Mangalore. The actual mining takes place at Western Ghats at a place called Kudremukh. The mined ore is transported through pipelines running through districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada up to the plant in Panambur, adjacent to the premises of New Mangalore Port in Mangalore.
“Ankleshwar’ is known for
(a) Gold
(b) Coal
(c) Gas
(d) Oil
Solution: (d)
Ankleshwar, is a city and a municipality in the Bharuch district of the state of Gujarat. The city is known for oil and has an office of the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited). Besides, it is also known for chemical plants, producing products such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and paints.
