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*The main raw material used in electric Industry
Ans : Mica
*The main raw material used in cement Industry
Ans : Limestone
*Gypsum is mainly used in making ammonia sulphate fertilizer and in cement Industry
*India is the third largest producer of coal in the world
*Lignite is also known as ‘Brown coal’
*Four stages of coal formation - 1. Peat, 2. Lignite, 3. Bituminous, 4. Anthracite
*The first stage in coal formation is peat
*Anthracite is the coal with the highest carbon content
OIL FIELDS IN INDIA
*The first public sector refinery of India
Ans : Guwahati refinery
*Jawaharlal Nehru called Ankleshwar oil field as the‘fountain of prosperity’.
*The India’s largest oil refinery
Ans : Jamnagar refinery
*It is owned and operated by Reliance Industry.
*Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) is a state owned oil. and gas company in India.
*The India’s largest oil and gas exploration and production company ONGC
*The largest oil field of India
Ans : Mumbai High
*The largest Natural gas reserve in India
Ans : Mumbai High
*Its headquarters is Tel Bhavan, Dehradun.
*The oldest oil well of India
Ans : Digboi (Assam)
*The other important areas of natural gas are the oil fields of Ankaleshwar, Khambat (Gujarat) and Assam.
*Krishna-Godavari off-shore basin and Rawa field are the major source of natural gas.
Nuclear Minerals
*The first uranium deposit to be discovered in India
Ans : Jaduguda in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand
*Important nuclear minerals found in India
Ans : Uranium, Thorium, Ilmenite Zirconium
ENERGY SOURCES
*The conventional energy sources of India
Ans : Hydropower, Thermal power, nuclear power, Hydroelectricity
*The non- conventional energy sources of India
Ans : Sun, Wind, Tides, Geysers, Biogas
HYDRO ELECTRICITY
*National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) was set up in 1975.
*The first hydropower station in India
Ans : Sivasamudram (Kaveri river)
*First Dam which is the part of Damodar valley
Ans : Thilayya Dam (Barakkar river, Tributary of Damodar river)
*The Bhakra Nangal is the largest multipurpose project of India.
*The major dams are Govind Sagar lake and the Pong Dam.
*Pong Dam is also Known as - Maha Rana Prathap Sagar (River Beas, Himachal Pradesh)
*Karcham Wangtoo Power Project is in
Ans : Himachal Pradesh
*It is in Sutlej river
*Subansiri project is in
Ans : Arunachal Pradesh
*Tehri dam is a multi purpose dam built on the Bhagirathi river.
No Confusion
*The longest dam in India
Ans : Hirakud (Mahanadi river,Odisha)
*The highest dam in India
Ans : Tehri (Bhageerathi river,Uttarakhand)
Damodar Valley
*The first multipurpose river valley project of free India
Ans : Damodar Valley Project
*Damodar river valley project established in
Ans : 7th July 1948
*The project constructed with the model of Tennessee valley project of America
Ans : Damodar valley
