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Coal and Petroleum

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Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

  1. Nuclear energy

  2. Wind

  3. Solar energy

  4. Natural gas

  5. Geothermal energy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural gas is formed with coal and petroleum from the dead remains of plants or animals.

Which of the following resources is not exhaustible?

  1. Forests

  2. Coal and petroleum

  3. Wild life

  4. Natural gas

  5. Sunlight


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Solar energy is inexhaustible.

Which of the following is used in thermal power plants to produce electricity?

  1. Kerosene

  2. Coal

  3. Aviation fuel

  4. Petroleum

  5. Nuclear energy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal is used in thermal power plants.

Which of the following is not an industrial use of coal?

  1. Obtaining coke

  2. Obtaining coal tar

  3. Fuelling thermal power plants

  4. Fuelling automobiles

  5. Generating coal gas


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Automobiles do not use coal as fuel.

Naphthalene ball is obtained from

  1. coal tar

  2. LPG

  3. petroleum

  4. paraffin wax

  5. lubricating oil


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Naphthalene balls are obtained from coal tar.

________ is a fuel obtained from coal.

  1. Aviation fuel

  2. Coal gas

  3. LPG

  4. Gobar gas

  5. CNG


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal gas is obtained from coal.

________ has replaced coal tar for metalling roads.

  1. Rocks

  2. Coke

  3. Wax

  4. Plastics

  5. Bitumen


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Bitumen is used to lay roads.

What is carbonisation?

  1. A black coating of carbon forming over time on materials

  2. Rusting of metals

  3. Slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal

  4. Burning of coal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct definition for carbonisation.

Petroleum was formed from ________.

  1. dead remains of plants

  2. dead remains of animals

  3. coal

  4. carbon dioxide

  5. sea water


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dead remains of animals over millions of years gave rise to petroleum.

________ is a thick, black liquid with an unpleasant smell and is a mixture of about two hundred substances.

  1. Aviation fuel

  2. Lubricating oil

  3. Coal tar

  4. Kerosene

  5. CNG


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal tar is a thick, black liquid with an unpleasant smell, and is a mixture of about two hundred substances.

Which of the following is not an effect of burning of fossil fuels?

  1. Emissions result in acid rain

  2. Air pollution

  3. Global warming

  4. Land slides

  5. Emissions result in photochemical smog in metropolitan cities


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Land slides are not related to the burning of fossil fuels.

Which instrument is fitted in automobiles to reduce harmful emissions from its exhaust?

  1. Catalytic convertor

  2. Biogas plant

  3. Electrostatic precipitator

  4. Sedimentation

  5. Scrubber


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Catalytic convertor is fitted in automobiles to reduce harmful emissions from its exhaust. This instrument has a catalyst, which can convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen into gaseous nitrogen, etc. 

By which method are various products of petroleum separated?

  1. Chromatography

  2. Condensation

  3. Fractional distillation

  4. Filtration

  5. Sedimentation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fractional distillation is the method by which various products of petroleum are separated.

Which of the following is not a stage during the formation of coal?

  1. Peat

  2. Haematite

  3. Lignite

  4. Bituminous coal

  5. Anthracite


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Haematite is an iron ore, and not a stage during formation of coal.

Which of the following is used as a fuel and a reducing agent in smelting of iron ore in a blast furnace?

  1. Petrol

  2. CNG

  3. Diesel

  4. Kerosene

  5. Coke


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Coke is used as a fuel and a reducing agent in smelting of iron ore in a blast furnace. In this process, iron oxide (haematite) is reduced to collect iron.

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