MPSC Rajyaseva 2013 GS Paper 1 — Question 18

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मुंबई हाय मधे भारताच्या एकूण उत्पादनाच्या 63% खनिज तेल तर 80% नैसर्गिक वायूचे उत्पादन होते. ओ.एन.जी.सी. ला येथे सर्वप्रथम 1974 मध्ये तेल लागले. हे खनिज तेल कोणत्या कालावधीचे आहे? Mumbai High accounts for 63% of petroleum production in India and produces about 80% of India's natural gas. The ONGC struck oil here in 1974. To which period does this oil belong :

1)इओसीन / Eocene

2)मायोसीन / Miocene✓ Correct

3)प्लायोसीन / Pliocene

4)प्लीस्टोसीन / Pleistocene

The petroleum-bearing strata of Mumbai High offshore oilfield primarily belong to the Miocene epoch of the Tertiary period.

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Mumbai High is located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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