Petroleum is ________natural resource.

inexhaustible

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exhaustible

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Both (a) & (b)

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B exhaustible
Resources which do not exhaust and which are available in plenty in nature are known as inexhaustible natural resources. For example – air, sunlight etc.
Resources which get exhausted and are not available in nature in plenty are known as exhaustible natural resources.example – coal, petroleum, forest, minerals etc.

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