Question

Use the map to answer the questions given below it.

• Name the States which have coal fields.
• Name the mineral oil field in the Arabian Sea.
• Name two States which have coal fields on a large scale.
• Which mineral oil fields are located in North-east India?
• The reserves of which mineral are found in the Godavari basin?
• Which of the States have mineral reserves in the Godavari basin?

Answer 1

• The states having coal fields include Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
• The oil field in the Arabian Sea is the Mumbai High.
• Jharkhand and Odisha have coal fields on a large scale.
• Digboi, Naharkatiya and Moran are important mineral oil fields in North-east India.
• Coal reserves are found in the Godavari basin.
• The Godavari basin extends mainly through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where mineral resources are found.