Read the following statements about Coal deposit in India carefully.
A. About 80 per cent of the coal deposit in India is bituminous type.
B. The most important Gondwana Coal fields of India are located in Damodar Valley.
C. Jharia is the largest coal field of India.
D. Korba coal mining centre is located in West Bengal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only
Note: NTA dropped this question from the official answer key. The question has been slightly modified so that it has a single correct answer. It is kept for the benefit of students, as it gives them an additional practice question.
Coal in India occurs in rocks of two geological ages: Gondwana and tertiary. Most of it is Gondwana coal.
A. About 80 per cent of the coal deposit in India is bituminous type. — Correct. About 80 per cent of India’s coal is bituminous, and it is of non-coking grade.
B. The most important Gondwana Coal fields of India are located in Damodar Valley. — Correct. The Damodar Valley lies in the Jharkhand-Bengal coal belt, with Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Giridih and Karanpura.
C. Jharia is the largest coal field of India. — Correct. Jharia is the largest coal field, followed by Raniganj.
D. Korba coal mining centre is located in West Bengal — Incorrect. Korba is in Chhattisgarh, not in West Bengal.
NCERT (2026-27): “Coal … About 80 per cent of the coal deposits in India is of bituminous type and is of non-coking grade. The most important Gondwana coal fields of India are located in Damodar Valley. They lie in Jharkhand-Bengal coal belt and the important coal fields in this region are Raniganj, Jharia, Bokaro, Giridih, Karanpura.” “Jharia is the largest coal field followed by Raniganj. The other river valleys associated with coal are Godavari, Mahanadi and Sone. The most important coal mining centres are Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh (part of Singrauli coal field lies in Uttar Pradesh), Korba in Chhattisgarh, Talcher and Rampur in Odisha, Chanda–Wardha, Kamptee and Bander in Maharashtra and Singareni in Telangana and Pandur in Andhra Pradesh.” |