Q195
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Minerals, Energy & Industry
Jharkhand ranks third after which one of the following group of States in the availability of coal reserve in India?
- a.West Bengal and Chhatisgarh
- b.Odisha and Chhattisgarh
- c.Odisha and West Bengal
- d.Chhatisgarh and Karnataka
No option is correct as printed — this question is disputed. WBPSC awarded the mark to all candidates: Jharkhand ranks first or second (after Odisha) in coal reserves, not third, so no option is correct.
Answer as of 2022 — this may have changed since.
The question's premise is wrong, so the Commission awarded the mark to all candidates. Jharkhand does not rank third in coal reserves: in the Geological Survey of India's inventory it was long first and, in the recent inventories, second only to Odisha. Chhattisgarh ranks third and West Bengal fourth. Karnataka has almost no coal, so no option fits.