Which of the following is NOT correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Bina oil refinery is located in Chhattisgarh.
The map of India’s oil refineries shows each refinery at its place.
Option (1) Bina oil refinery is located in Chhattisgarh. — Not correct (Correct). Bina lies in Madhya Pradesh, on the map just south of Mathura, and not in Chhattisgarh.
Option (2) Koyali oil refinery is located in Gujarat. — Correct (Incorrect). Koyali is near Vadodara in Gujarat, close to Jamnagar and Vadinar.
Option (3) Haldia oil refinery is located in West Bengal. — Correct (Incorrect). Haldia stands near the mouth of the Hugli in West Bengal.
Option (4) Digboi oil refinery is located in Assam. — Correct (Incorrect). Digboi in Assam is the example of a field-based refinery, built near the oilfield itself.
NCERT (2025-26): “Petroleum … Oil extracted from the wells is crude oil and contains many impurities. It cannot be used directly. It needs to be refined. There are two types of refineries in India: (a) field-based and (b) market-based. Digboi is an example of field-based and Barauni is an example of market-based refinery.…”
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