Digboi in Assam is known for which of the following?
- A.The oldest working oil refinery in India
- B.The largest coal field in India
- C.The first jute mill in India
- D.The largest copper mine in India
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the oldest working oil refinery in India. Oil was struck at Digboi in upper Assam at the end of the nineteenth century and the refinery there, set up in 1901, is the oldest still in operation in the country. Option B is wrong because the great coal fields are Jharia and Raniganj in the Damodar valley, Jharia being the richest and Raniganj the oldest worked field. Option C is wrong because the first jute mill in India was set up at Rishra near Kolkata on the Hooghly, the belt where the jute industry is still concentrated. Option D is wrong because the chief copper-producing areas are Khetri in Rajasthan, Singhbhum in Jharkhand and Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh, none of which is in Assam.
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