Q. The number of oil refineries working in the State of Assam is _____:
Answer: Four
Notes: There are four our Oil Refineries of Assam: Digboi Refinery in 1901; Noonmati in Guwahati in 1962; Dhaligoan near Bongaigaon in 1962; and Numaligarh of Golaghat district in 1999. Guwahati Refinery was the country’s first Public Sector Refinery. Assam was the first state in the country where in 1889 oil was struck at Digboi in Tinsukia district.
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