Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century?
- A. Baku in Russia
- B. Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- C. Digboi in Assam, India
- D. Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
Correct Answer: B. Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (1859)
The world’s first oil-well drilled in Titusville in Pennsylvania, the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century. On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well-drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Correct Answer: C. Bhutan
Bhutan is called as Land of Thunderbolt. Because of the violent and large thunderstorms that wipe down through the valley from the Himalayas. The sparkling light of thunderbolt was believed to be the red fire of a dragon.
Correct Answer: D. 8126m
Correct Answer: C. India
Correct Answer: A. Blinds
Correct Answer: A. President of France
Correct Answer: A. Turin
In 1861, Turin became the capital of the United Kingdom of Italy until 1865, when the capital was moved to Florence, and then to Rome after the 1870 conquest of the Papal States.