Consider the following statements with refrence to coalfield in India 1 It is One of the oldest and ...........

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Consider the following statements with refrence to coalfield in India:

1. It is One of the oldest and the richest coalfields, which is store house of the best industrial coal.

2. Anthracite is generally not found in the Gondwana coal fields. +

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Jharia coalfield One of the oldest and the richest coalfields of India; store house of the best metallurgical coal (coking coal).