SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Question
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Coal
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Gas
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Oil
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Natural resources-Britain had large and accessible supplies of coal and iron-two of the most important raw materials used to produce the goods for the early Industrial Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -As well as it metallurgical uses, coal was increasingly used during the Industrial Revolution as a source of power. The heat energy it created was transformed into mechanical energy thanks to the development of the steam engine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coal was king of the British Industrial Revolution. As coke, it provided an efficient fuel for reliably turning iron ore into iron. Cheap iron built the famous bridge across the River Severn at Ironbridge Gorge in 1781. And the machinery that filled the new factories of the industrial age was built from it.