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Coal and Petroleum — Science STD 8 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8ScienceCoal and Petroleum1 Mark
MCQ
Boojho is writing some statements, choose the incorrect statement and help him:
  • A
    Petroleum is also called crude oil or mineral oil.
  • B
    Some of the oil wells are not build under the sea for the extraction of petroleum.
  • ✓
    In $1857$, first oil was struck at makum (assam) in india.
  • D
    The liquefied petroleum gas consists mainly of butane.
✓

Answer

Correct option: C.
In $1857$, first oil was struck at makum (assam) in india.
the world’s first oil well was drilled in pennsylvania, usa, in $1859$. Eight years later, in $1867$, oil was stuck at makum in assam. In india, oil is found in assam, gujarat, mumbai high and in the river basins of godavari and krishna.

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