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Q1. The main elements present In petroleum are:
(i) carbon and oxygen
(ii) carbon and nitrogen
(iii) carbon and hydrogen
(iv) hydrogen and oxygen
(iii) carbon and hydrogen
Q2. What is the common name of petroleum?
(i) Black gold
(ii) Yellow gold
(iii) Green gold
(iv) Blue gold
(i) Black gold
Q3. Petroleum is mainly a mixture of which one of the following class?
(i) Carbohydrates
(ii) Carbogens
(iii) Hydrocarbons
(iv) Alcohols
(iii) Hydrocarbons
Q4. Naphthalene balls used to repel moth and insect is derived from
(i) Petroleum
(ii) Sugar
(iii) Coal tar
(iv) LPG
(iii) Coal tar
Q5. The category of coal which is better known as brown coal is :
(i) lignite
(ii) magnetite
(iii) bituminous
(iv) anthracite
(i) lignite
Q6. CNG full Form
(i) combined natural gas
(ii) compressed natural gas
(iii) compressed nitrogen gas
(iv) clean natural gas.
(ii) compressed natural gas
Q7. Fossil fuels are
(i) coal
(ii) petroleum
(iii) natural gas
(iv) all of the these
(iv) all of the these
Q8. When an oil well is drilled through rocks, which of the following comes out first?
(i) Coal gas
(ii) Marsh gas
(iii) Natural gas
(iv) Carbon dioxide
(iii) Natural gas
Q9. Which one of the following is a petrochemical?
(i) Ammonia
(ii) Coke
(iii) Acetone
(iv) Paraffin wax
(iv) Paraffin wax
Q10. In India petroleum deposit was first found in the state of
(i) Gujarat
(ii) Maharastra
(iii) Assam
(iv) West Bengal
(iii) Assam
Q11. What is the underlying principle based on which fractional distillation is carried out?
(i) Different densities of each fraction
(ii) Different molecular weights of each fraction
(iii) Different boiling points of each fraction
(iv) Different melting points of each fraction
(iii) Different boiling points of each fraction
Q12. Black gold is
(i) coal
(ii) coke
(iii) graphite
(iv) petrokum
(iv) petrokum
Q13. Which of the following minerals is present in coal?
(i) Hydrogen
(ii) Oxygen
(iii) Sulphur
(iv) All of these
(iv) All of these
Q14. What does gobar gas produced from animal and plant waste contain?
(i) Ethane
(ii) Methane
(iii) Propane
(iv) Acetylene
(ii) Methane
Q15. Full form of LPG
(i) Light Petroleum Gas
(ii) Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(iii) Long Pipe of Gas
(iv) Long Petroleum Gas
(ii) Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Q16. A pure form of carbon is:
(i) coke
(ii) coal tar
(iii) producer gas
(iv) coal gas
(i) coke
Q17. Petrochemicals are obtained from
(i) petroleum
(ii) natural gas
(iii) petroleum and natural gas
(iv) none of these
(iii) petroleum and natural gas
Q18. How much percentage of carbon is present in bituminous?
(i) 20 — 25%
(ii) 25 — 35%
(iii) 65 — 85%
(iv) 98%
(iii) 65 — 85%
Q19. A What are the most common sources of energy used in automobiles?
(i) Wood and coal
(ii) Petroleum and diesel
(iii) LPG and cow dung
(iv) Natural gas and coal
(ii) Petroleum and diesel
Q20. Name the petroleum product used for surfacing of road
(i) Peat
(ii) Lignite
(iii) Anthracite
(iv) Bituminous
(iv) Bituminous
Q21. CNG is the abbreviated form of
(i) Cpmpressed Natural Gas
(ii) Combined natural gas
(iii) Confirmed natural gas
(iv) Condemned natural gas
(i) Cpmpressed Natural Gas
Q22. Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
(i) Petroleum
(ii) Wood
(iii) Cow dung
(iv) Dry leaves
(i) Petroleum
Q23. The estimated reserves of natural gas in india are:
(i) 1 billion cubic metres
(ii) 10 billion cubic metres
(iii) over 100 billion cubic metres
(iv) 1 million cubic metres
(iii) over 100 billion cubic metres
Q24. The petroleum product which is not used as fuel is
(i) petrol
(ii) kerosene
(iii) diesel
(iv) petroleum jelly
(iv) petroleum jelly
Q25. Coke is used to manufacture :
(i) coal tar
(ii) producer gas
(iii) natural gas
(iv) biogas
(ii) producer gas
Q26. The mining of oil under sea is termed as
(i) distillation
(ii) carbonisation
(iii) shore mining
(iv) destructive distillation
(iii) shore mining
Q27. Resources present in unlimited quantity in nature and are not likely to be exhausted by human activities are called
(i) Inexhaustible Natural Resources
(ii) Exhaustible Natural Resources
(iii) Exhaustible Resources
(iv) None of the above
(i) Inexhaustible Natural Resources
Q28. A thick black liquid formed by heating coal in the absence of air :
(i) Charcoal
(ii) Coke
(iii) Coal tar
(iv) Petroleum
(iii) Coal tar
Q29. Which of the following is not a renewable source:
(i) sunlight
(ii) wind
(iii) water
(iv) coal
(iv) coal
Q30. The mining of oil under sea is termed as
(i) distillation
(ii) carbonisation
(iii) shore mining
(iv) destructive distillation
(iii) shore mining
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