SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Oil was discovered near the ____ in 1908.
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Persian Gulf
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Elkhorn River
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Indian Ocean
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Caspian Sea
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On March 3, 1938, an American-owned oil well in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, drilled into what would soon be identified as the largest source of petroleum in the world. The discovery radically changed the physical, human, and political geography of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -In March of 1908, after years of difficult conditions and failure, geologist George Bernard Reynolds discovered oil in Persia (modern-day Iran).
Detailed explanation-3: -On 2nd June 1932, oil was discovered in Bahrain making it the first country in the Arabian Gulf to discover oil.
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