Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Meghalaya
The correct answer is Meghalaya. - In India, tertiary coals occur in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Meghalaya.
- Tertiary coal is found in the rocks of the Oligocene period of the Tertiary Era.
- Tertiary coal fields share only 1% of the coal production of India.
- Tertiary coal is also known as 'brown coal'.
- Tertiary coal contributes only about two per cent of the total coal production of the country.
- Hence, option 2 is correct.
- Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
- Coal is the foremost power resources in India and is the most abundantly available fossil fuel.
- India is highly dependent on coal for meeting its commercial energy requirements.
- Coal is found in a variety of forms depending on the degrees of compression and the depth and time of burial.
- Types of Coal :
- Anthracite (more than 80% carbon content):
- In India, it is found only in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Bituminous (60 to 80 % Carbon Content):
- It is the second-best quality of coal.
- It is the most popular coal in commercial use.
- Peat (less than 40% carbon content)
- Lignite :
- It is low-grade brown coal, which is soft with high moisture content.
- The principal lignite reserves are in Neyveli in Tamil Nadu and are used for the generation of electricity.
- The Damodar Valley Coalfield is the largest coalfield in India that extended to Jharkhand and West Bengal.
- Jharia in Jharkhand is the largest coal mining field.
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