Multiple choice

The following are the important events in coal mining in India. 1. The first production of coal at Raniganj 2. The establishment of Coal India Limited 3. Nationalisation of Coal mines 4. Establishment of Neyveli Lignite Corporation There correct chronological sequence is

  1. 1, 2, 3 and 4

  2. 2, 1, 3 and 4

  3. 1, 4, 3 and 2

  4. 2, 1, 4 and 3

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The chronological sequence begins with the first coal production at Raniganj (1774), followed by the establishment of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (1956), nationalisation of coal mines in the 1970s, and finally the formation of Coal India Limited (1975).