Multiple choice

Which of the following have the most petroleum deposits in India?

  1. The vast alluvial plains of north India

  2. The peninsular rocks of central and south India

  3. Sedimentary rocks on the western and eastern flanks of the peninsula

  4. The ocean bed off the coast of India

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the sedimentary rocks on the western and eastern flanks of the peninsula in Gujarat and Assam have most of the petroleum deposits.

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