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Which of the following cities is known as the oil capital of Europe?
1. Belfast
2. Aberdeen
3. Leeds
4. Liverpool

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Aberdeen

The correct answer is Aberdeen.

  • Aberdeen City is known as the oil capital of Europe.
    • Aberdeen is one of the oldest cities in the UK, a huge urban centre in Scotland, and a key piece of the UK’s national infrastructure.
      • But a lot of people don’t realize how truly interesting and unique “The Silver City”.
    • Aberdeen the place to be in UK energy for many years, and it was once called “The Energy Capital of Europe”
    • The petroleum industry in Aberdeen began with the discovery of significant oil deposits in the North Sea during the mid-20th century.
  • Hence, option 2 is correct.

  • Belfast :
    • Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital.
    • It was the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, which famously struck an iceberg and sunk in 1912.
    • This legacy is recalled in the renovated dockyards' Titanic Quarter.
    • which includes the Titanic Belfast, an aluminium-clad museum reminiscent of a ship’s hull, as well as shipbuilder Harland & Wolff’s Drawing Offices and the Titanic Slipways, which now host open-air concerts.
  • Leeds :
    • Leeds is a city in the northern English county of Yorkshire.
    • On the south bank of the River Aire, the Royal Armouries houses the national collection of arms and artillery.
    • Across the river, the redeveloped industrial area around Call Lane is famed for bars and live music venues under converted railway arches.
    • Leeds Kirkgate Market features hundreds of indoor and outdoor stalls.
  • Liverpool :
    • Liverpool, city and seaport, northwestern England, forming the nucleus of the metropolitan county of Merseyside in the historic county of Lancashire.
    • The city proper, which is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, forms an irregular crescent along the north shore of the Mersey estuary a few miles from the Irish Sea.

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