Question

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1. Read the passage given below:
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The oil industry was born in the United States around the time of the Civil War As the world's largest oil
producer and exporter, the US supplied the oil on which the Allied Forces floated to victory in World War I
In 1920, 64% of the world's all was produced in the US. The growing uses of petroleum in modern
American Industrial society led several domestic companies to secure oil concessions in Mexico but foreign
production was not actively sought after the First World War
In the early 1920s, however, two fears seized the American oil industry. First, it was feared that in the not
too distant future." The position of the US regarding oil", wrote the Director of US Geological Survey,"can
best be characterized as precarious"
Second, while a domestic oil shortage seemed imminent, so did the possibility that the major sources of
petroleum outside North America would soon be locked up by foreign interests- primarily by British
Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell. This fear was mixed with indignation over the fact that British appeared
to be ungrateful for America's wartime effort and seemed to be domg everything in their power to
consolidate their foreign petroleum supply positions at the expense of US nationals" The British position is
impregnable," wrote Sir Edward Mackey Edgar, a British oilman, "All the known oil fields, all the likely or
probable fields outside of the United States itself, are in British hands or under British management or
control, or financed by British capital."
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the
twelve that follow.
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1. "The British Position in impregnable", wrote
a Director of US Geological Survey
b Sir Edward Mackey Edgar
Royal Dutch Shell
d. American Oil Industry
appeared to be ungrateful for America's war time efforts​

Answer 1

Answer:

b

Explanation:

is was written by Sir Edward Mackey Edgar