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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 17

The oldest oil field in Asia is located in –

  1. Gujarat

  2. Assam

  3. Arunachal Pradesh

  4. Nagaland

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Answer: (B) Assam

Explanation

Digboi in Assam is the oldest oil field in Asia. Oil was struck there in 1889, and Asia's first refinery was set up at Digboi in 1901; it is still working.