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Geography GK · Q32

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Competitive Exams · Geography GK · question 32

Q32

Where was the world's first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?

A.
Baku in Russia.
B.
Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Answer
C.
Digboi in Assam, India
D.
Dhahran in Saudi Arabia

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The world's first oil-well drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in the nineteenth century. On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania.