Geography PYQ 494 of 587 · The Minerals · Petroleum

The largest oil-exporting country is—

  1. AAlgeria
  2. BIran
  3. CNigeria
  4. DSaudi Arabia

38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1992

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Correct answer: (d) Saudi Arabia

Explanation

At the time of the question and at present also, option (d) is correct. According to the OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2024, in the year 2023, the world’s leading crude petroleum exporters were Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States of America, and Iraq, respectively.

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