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Study of coal - class-IX

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The petroleum product that has replaced coal-tar for metalling the road is __________.

  1. peat

  2. bitumen

  3. lignite

  4. anthracite


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Bitumen is an oil-based substance. It is a semi-solid hydrocarbon product produced by removing the lighter fractions (such as liquid petroleum gas, petrol, and diesel) from heavy crude oil during the refining process. 

As such, it is correctly known as refined bitumen. It is used as a road paving material. The vast majority of refined bitumen is used in construction: primarily as a constituent of products used in paving and roofing applications. According to the requirements of the end-use bitumen is produced to specification.

So, the correct option is $B$

Coal can be formed from ____________.

  1. sunlight

  2. steam

  3. fossils

  4.  plants


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When dead plants get buried into the bottom of the soil they are slowly converted into coal due to high pressure and high temperature. Heat and pressure produced chemical and physical changes in the plant layers which forced out oxygen and left rich carbon deposits. In time, material that had been plants became coal.

Coal is formed from plants and animals that died millions of years ago.

Coal can be drawn into thin wire.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal is neither malleable nor ductile. It is brittle. It would crumble if it is  tried to draw it into a wire.

Hence, it's false

The characteristic of coal is ___________.

  1. toughness

  2. black in colour

  3. porous nature

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Since coal is a form of sedimentary rock, it's is hard and porous. It is black due to its prime composition of carbon, compressed at high temperature and pressure.

Which of the following is not characteristic of coke?

  1. Hard

  2. Porous

  3. High carbon content

  4. Soft


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Coke is a tough, porous and black substance. It is the purest form of carbon. Coke is used in the homes for cooking, heating and in industries, for manufacturing of steel and extraction of many metals. It is also used in thermal power plants to produce electricity.
Hence, option D is the correct option

Which derivative of coal is more viscous in nature?

  1. Coke

  2. Coal tar

  3. Coal gas

  4. Graphite


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal tar is basically seen as very thick liquid used in making roads. Hence it is more viscous in nature than coal.

What is used in manufacturing of steel?

  1. Coal

  2. Coal tar

  3. Coke

  4. Glass


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is used in the manufacture of steel and extraction of many metals.

Naphthalene balls are obtained from:

  1. coke

  2. plants

  3. coal tar

  4. petroleum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Naphthalene is industrially prepared from coal tar. 

Which is the source of more number of industrial products?

  1. Kerosene

  2. Coal tar

  3. Coke

  4. Natural gas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal tar is used in producing industrially dyes, paints, photographic plates etc.

Which is used in extraction of metals?

  1. Coal gas

  2. Coal tar

  3. Coke

  4. Petrol


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is used in manufacturing of steel and extraction of many metal.

Which gas among the following can be used as fuel?

  1. Air

  2. Nitrogen gas

  3. Coal gas

  4. Carbon dioxide gas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The fuel should release the great amount of energy when combusted under specific conditions. Coal gas has high calorific value.

Which is an almost pure form of carbon?

  1. Coke

  2. Coal tar

  3. Coal gas

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coke is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon content, usually made from coal. It is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. Coal tar and coal gas contain more impurities than coke.

Coke is used in the preparation of:

  1. $CO + {H} _{2}$

  2. $CO + {N} _{2}$

  3. graphite artificially

  4. diamond artificially


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Coke is used in the preparation of water gas(A), coal gas(B) and graphite but it is not used in the preparation of diamond.

Among the following, which is not the component of coal gas?

  1. Methane

  2. Hydrogen

  3. Oxygen

  4. Carbon dioxide


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal gas contains calorific gases like hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide and many hydrocarbons and non-calorific gases like nitrogen and carbon dioxide.


The composition of coal gas varied according to the type of coal and the temperature of carbonisation. Typical figures were:

hydrogen 50%
methane 35%
carbon monoxide 10%
ethylene 5%


Hence, the correct option is $\text{C}$

Petroleum is also known as Black gold?

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Petroleum has been nicknamed as the black gold because petroleum is very costly to extract, and black in colour.

Which coal is the generally the primary source of coke production?

  1. Leguminous coal

  2. Bituminous coal

  3. Black coal

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bituminous coal is the primary source of production of coke. It contains highest percentage of carbon.

Which of the following constituents of coal is the most important in production of coke?

  1. Ash

  2. Moistures

  3. Carbon

  4. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal is the measurable exhaustible natural fuel. It is processed in the industry to get products like coke. Carbon is the measurable constituent of coke which is required in the production of coke.

On which of the following content of coke, its price depend?

  1. Sulphur

  2. Ash

  3. Nitrogen

  4. Both a and b


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Price of the coke depends upon the coal which is used for the production of coke. Because the concentration of sulphur and ash vary in cokes, this is the main content of the coke on which its price depends.

Coal can be used as a main source for:

  1. water

  2. air

  3. energy

  4. soil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal is used as the main source of energy. Coal is burned for the production of heat and electricity.

Coke is used in the manufacturing of :

  1. lead

  2. copper

  3. steel

  4. iron


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. The carbon monoxide produced by its combustion reduces iron oxide in the production of steel.

Which of the following is a characteristics of coke?

  1. Grayish-black residue

  2. Blue residue

  3. Pale white residue

  4. Brown residue


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The grayish-black residue left after the destructive distillation of coal is called as coke. Coke is obtained from coal by removing moisture and other volatile matter from it. 

__________ is widely used as fuel in factories and thermal power stations.

  1. Petroleum

  2. LPG

  3. Coal

  4. CNG


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Coal is widely used as a fuel in the coal based industries due to its advantages as its high calorific value. It releases less amount of smoke after burning. 

So, coal is widely used fuel in factories and thermal power stations.

Hence, option C is correct.

Coke is used in the preparation of :

  1. $CO+H _2$

  2. $CO+N _2$

  3. Graphite artificially

  4. Diamond artificially


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Coke is used in the preparation of water gas ($CO+H _2$), producer gas ($CO+N _2$) and graphite by artificial methods.

$C+H _2O\rightarrow CO+H _2$

$C+air\rightarrow CO+N _2$.

Hence options A,B and C are correct.

Pneumoconiosis is caused by inhalation of?

  1. coal dust

  2. silica dust

  3. cotton fibre dust

  4. asbestor dust


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:
Pneumoconiosis caused by working around dust from cotton fibers and  includes silica asbestos.
Minerals with combined exposures to coal and silica dust can get mixed dust causes Pneumoconiosis by inhalation of coal mine.

conclusion: all the four answers are matchable.

The density of coal is _______ when compared to coke.

  1. more

  2. less

  3. same

  4. can't say anything


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal is a naturally available substance whereas Coke is prepared substance  with some  impurities and high Carbon content, usually made from Coal.While Coal is Solid mass in physical appearance, Coke is Porous ( it means that it has large surface area ).

So the density of coal is more than the coke as coke is porous which has large surface area.

Hence option A is correct.

Peat is the first stage product of coal consisting of _____ carbon.

  1. 20%

  2. 60%

  3. 35%

  4. 80%


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Peat is  first stage of transformation. Which contains 60% carbon and impurities like sufficient volatile matter and lot of moisture. It burns like wood, gives less heat, emits more smoke and leaves a lot of ash.

Coal is a substance mainly containing carbon also having oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and _______.

  1. sodium

  2. sulphur

  3. aluminium

  4. chlorine


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal is the substance composed of mainly carbon. Hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen also present as impurities. Anthracite has the most carbon, while lignite is the lowest in carbon, but highest in hydrogen and oxygen.

Which of the following fraction of coal tar distillation is obtained at 270° - 360°C?

  1. Light Oil

  2. Middle oil

  3. Green Oil

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Green oil is obtained at 270° - 360°C by distillation of coal tar. It mainly has anthracene and phenanthrene. 

So, the correct option is $C$

Ratio of primary air to secondary air increases with increase in the rank of coal, because the:

  1. ratio of fixed carbon to volatile matter increases

  2. high rank coals have higher amount of volatile matter

  3. calorific value of the coal increases

  4. oxygen content progressively decreases


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ratio of primary air to secondary air increases with increase in the rank of coal because the ratio of fixed carbon to volatile matter increases.

The organic compound obtained from coal is/are:

  1. benzene and phenol

  2. naphthelene

  3. anthracene

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Most of the carbon structures in the organic part of the coal are “alkylaromatics”, that is aromatic cores with aliphatic appendages like benzene, naphthelene and anthracene.
coal is heated in several different processes, all of which produce gases, liquids, asphaltic solids, and crude carbon charcoal. These are processed furthur to give several industrial products, invariably consisting of inseparable mixtures of organic compounds.

Naphthalene balls used to repel moths and other insects are obtained from X. These days Y, a petroleum product, is used in place of X for metalling the roads. What are X and Y respectably?

  1. Coke, coal

  2. Coal, coke

  3. Bitumen, coal tar

  4. Coal tar, bitumen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Napthalene balls used to repel moth and other insects are also obtained from coal tar. These days Bitumen, a petroleum product is used in place of coal tar for metalling roads. The gases present in coal gas are combustible.

The residue left behind after the dry distillation of coal _____________.

  1. coal tar

  2. coal gas

  3. coke

  4. ammonia liquor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When substances of vegetable origin, e.g. coal, oil shale, peat or wood, are heated in the absence of air (dry distillation), they decompose into gas, liquid products and solid residue coke/charcoal.

The fractional distillation of coal tar yields:

  1. carbon disulphide

  2. carbon tetrachloride

  3. kerosene oil

  4. benzene


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coal tar is the destructive distillation of bituminous coal. Coal tar is distilled into many fractions to yield a number of useful organic products like benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, anthracene, etc.

Which of the following contains methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide?

  1. Producer gas

  2. Water gas

  3. Coal gas

  4. Bio gas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Generally coal mine and coal gas contain Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and other hydrocarbons.

Which one of the following substances can be used both as a fuel and a reducing agent?

  1. Coke

  2. Wood

  3. Methane

  4. Methyl alcohol


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coke can be used both as a fuel and a reducing agent. The combustion of coke (carbon) is highly exothermic and releases a huge amount of energy. Hence, coke is a fuel. Carbon itself is easily oxidized to $CO$ and $CO _2$. $C$ can easily reduce several metal oxides to metal.

When steam is passed over hot coke, it produces:

  1. producer synthesis gas

  2. synthesis gas

  3. tear gas

  4. coal gas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Syngas or synthesis gas is a fuel gas mixture consisting primarily of H, CO and very small carbon dioxide. The reaction between coke and steam is highly endothermic and when the coke bed is cooled to a normal temperature the steam is replaced by a blast of air.

Coal tar has an _________ smell.

  1. unpleasant

  2. pleasant

  3. Both (a) & (b)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal tars are complex and variable mixtures of phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heterocyclic compounds. Hence have unpleasant smell.

Coal gas is the by-product of which process?

  1. Coking

  2. Carbonization

  3. Combustion

  4. Saponification


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coking is the process used industrially to produce coke. They produce many compounds which are very useful industrially.

Which gas is produced when steam is passed over red hot coke?

  1. Producer gas

  2. CNG

  3. Water gas

  4. LPG


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Synthesis gas is made by passing steam over a red-hot carbon fuel such as coke, Water gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen produced from synthesis gas
$ H _2O + C\rightarrow  CO + H _2(\delta H = +131KJ/mol)$
Synthesis gas is a useful product, but requires careful handling due to its flammability and the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

When steam is passed over hot coke, it produces:

  1. producer gas

  2. synthesis gas

  3. tear gas

  4. coal gas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Synthesis gas is made by passing steam over a red-hot carbon fuel such as coke:
$H _2O + C \rightarrow  H _2  + CO ( \delta H =+131KJ/mol) $
Synthesis gas is a useful product, but requires careful handling due to its flammability and the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning

Coal tar is used in manufacture of _________.

  1. synthetic dyes

  2. drugs

  3. explosives

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coal tar is to make plastics, paints, dyes, naphthalene balls and explosives, Pharmaceutical Industry.

Coal gas is mixture of:

  1. $CH _4+H _2+CO _2+H _2S$

  2. $CH _4+H _2+CO+H _2S$

  3. $CH _4+H _2+CO$

  4. ethane, propane, butane


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal gas, gaseous mixture—mainly hydrogen ($H _2$), methane ($CH _4$), and carbon monoxide  ($CO$) — formed by the destructive distillation (i.e., heating in the absence of air) of bituminous coal and used as a fuel. Sometimes steam is added to react with the hot coke, thus increasing the yield of gas. Coal tar and coke are obtained as by-products.

Water gas consists of:

  1. water vapour and coal dust

  2. a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen

  3. a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen

  4. water vapour and methane


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Water gas. Water gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen produced from synthesis gas. Synthesis gas is a useful product, but requires careful handling due to its flammability and the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

A solid fuel formed by heating coal in the absence of air is:

  1. hydrogen

  2. coke

  3. methane

  4. coal tar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A solid fuel formed by heating coal in the absence of air is coke. Coke is black colored, tough porous substance. It is pure carbon. It has applications in steel manufacture and in the metallurgy.

Which one is a better fuel, coal or coke?

  1. Coke is a better fuel because coke produces more heat on burning as compared to coal

  2. Coal is a better fuel because coal does not produce more heat on burning as compared to coke

  3. Both are of equal efficiency

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coke is a better fuel because coke  produces more heat on burning as compared to coal. Coke has higher calorific value than coal. When equal masses of coke and coal are bunt, coke produces more heat. Also when coke is burnt, smoke is not obtained whereas coal produces smoke on coal.

_________ is produced by passing air over red-hot coke.

  1. Natural gas

  2. Producer gas

  3. Biomass

  4. Biogas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coke is used in the preparation of producer gas which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen. Producer gas is produced by passing air over red-hot coke. Coke is also used to manufacture water gas.

................ is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system.

  1. Coal tar

  2. Coal gas

  3. Petroleum

  4. Carbon monooxide


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous fuels produced for sale to consumers and municipalities.

Natural coke is also called as:

  1. carbonite coke

  2. bakelite

  3. petroleum fuel

  4. none of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Natural coke is also called as carbonite coke. It is formed by metamorphism from bituminous coal when intrusive igneous rock cuts across vein of coal.

________ is among the by-products when coal is carbonized to make coke.

  1. Coal tar

  2. Coal

  3. Carbon dioxide

  4. All of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal tar is a brown or black liquid of extremely high viscosity. Coal tar is among the by-products when coal is carbonized to make coke or gasified to make coal gas.

What is coal tar also known as when used in shampoo, ointment etc?

  1. Liquor carbonis detergens

  2. Solidified carbonis detergents

  3. Soldified coke detergents

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal tar is also known as liquor carbonis detergents (LCD), and liquor picis carbonis  (LPC), can be used in medicated shampoo, soap and ointment, as a treatment for dandruff and psoriasis, as well as used to kill and repel head lice.

What is fixed in coke?

  1. Amount of carbon

  2. Fuel portion in coke

  3. $CO _2$ portion

  4. All of above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fixed carbon is the fuel portion of the coke. The higher the fixed carbon, the higher is the thermal value of coke.

______ has the highest carbon purity and is used to manufacture energy.

  1. Petrol coke

  2. Calcinated coke

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of  the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Calcinated petcoke (CPC) has highest carbon purity and is used to manufacture aluminium, graphite electrodes, steel, titanium dioxide and other carbon consuming industries.

Why is foundry coke used in boilers and furnaces?

  1. Excellent insulator

  2. Excellent source of light

  3. Excellent source of heat

  4. None of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Foundry coke is a type of hard coke which is used for the production of cast iron and ductile products. It is an excellent source of heat and therefore it is used in industrial boilers and furnaces.

Coal tar belongs to a class of drugs known as:

  1. aldehydes

  2. alcohols

  3. keratoplastics

  4. none of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal tar belongs to a class of drugs known as keratoplastics. It works by causing the skin to shed dead cells from its top layer and slow down the growth of skin cells. This effect decreases scaling and dryness. Coal tar can also decrease itchiness from these skin conditions.

Which of the following is the only coal-tar derived analgesic, still in use today?

  1. Acetaldehyde

  2. Paracetamol

  3. Penicillin

  4. Formaldehyde


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Various phenolic coal tar derivatives have analgesic (pain-killer) properties. These include acetanilide, phenacetin, and paracetamol (acetaminophen). Paracetamol is the only coal-tar derived analgesic still in use today, but industrial phenol is now usually synthesized from crude oil rather than coal tar.

What is obtained as by-product in production of coal gas?

  1. Coke

  2. Coal tar

  3. Petrol

  4. Both a and b


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coke and coal tar are produced as by-product in production of coal gas.

What is carbonisation of coal in production of coal tar?

  1. Heating of coal in absence of air

  2. Heating of coal in excess of air

  3. Heating of coal while adding carbon

  4. Both b and c


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal tar, a principal liquid product resulting from the carbonization of coal, i.e., the heating of coal in the absence of air, at higher temperatures.

One of the nitrogenous liquid base, that is recovered from coal tar, is:

  1. histidine

  2. pyridine

  3. sulphide

  4. ammonia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tar bases are the alkaline constituents of distillate oils, remaining after tar acids have been removed. One of the base that is recovered is pyridine, a colourless nitrogenous liquid that has a pungent odour and produces derivatives that are of pharmaceutical value. 

Coal gas can be produced by:

  1. carbonization

  2. gasification

  3. both a and b

  4. none of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal gas can be made by two processes: carbonization or gasification. Carbonization refers to the devolatilization of an organic feedstock to yield gas and char. Gasification is the process of subjecting a feedstock to chemical reactions that produce gas.

_____ is the material remaining after the removal of pyridine and other distillates from coal tar.

  1. Pitch

  2. Stalk

  3. Lignite

  4. None of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tar bases are the alkaline constituents of distillate oils, remaining after tar acids have been removed. One of the base that is recovered is pyridine, a colourless nitrogenous liquid that has a pungent odour and produces derivatives that are of pharmaceutical value. Pitch is the material remaining after the removal of pyridine and other distillates. It is useful in the aluminium industry for the manufacture of electrodes.

Coal gas contains:

  1. hydrogen

  2. carbon monooxide

  3. methane

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coal gas is a flammable gaseous fuel made from coal and supplied to the user via a piped distribution system. Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous fuels produced for sale to consumers and municipalities.
Coal gas contains a variety of calorific gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and volatile hydrocarbons together with small quantities of non-calorific gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

Identify the different types of coke.

  1. Honeycomb coke

  2. Needle coke

  3. Sponge coke

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cokes are generally available in four different forms. That is honeycomb, needle, sponge and shot coke.

Which type of coke is considered as pure coke?

  1. The coke which contain less quantity of carbon

  2. The coke which contain less quantity of sulphur

  3. The coke which contain less quantity of ash

  4. Both b and c


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The coke which contain less quantity of ash, sulfur and high quantity of carbon is called as pure coke.

Low temperature carbonisation __________.

  1. is mainly for production of smoke full coke

  2. is mainly for producing smokeless domestic coke

  3. is producing less quantity tar

  4. is meant for the production of metallurgical coke


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Carbonisation is the procedure in which carbon dioxide is added to the coke to make it smokeless.

Combustion reaction of coke is a/an __________ reaction.

  1. exothermic

  2. auto-catalytic

  3. endothermic

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Combustion reaction of coke is a exothermic reaction in which heat is removed from the reaction mixture.

Naphthalene which is used to repel moths and other insects is obtained from:

  1. Coal Tar

  2. Petroleum

  3. Coke

  4. Paraffin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Naphthalene which is used to repel moths and other insects is obtained from coal tar.
Coal tar is a thick black liquid. It is obtained from the distillation of bituminous coal. It contains benzene, naphthalene, phenols, aniline, and many other organic chemicals.

Coal can be used as a:

  1. purifier

  2. fuel

  3. insecticide

  4. fertilizer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coal is a fossil fuel that forms when dead plant matter is converted into peat, which in turn is converted into lignite, then sub-bituminous coal, after that bituminous coal, and lastly anthracite.The most significant uses of coal are in electricity generation, steel production, cement manufacturing and as a liquid fuel.

One which is known as a nonrenewable energy is:

  1. tides

  2. coal

  3. wind

  4. boimass


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A non-renewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years.

When heated in air, coal burns and produces mainly: 

  1. ozone gas

  2. hydrogen gas

  3. carbon monoxide gas

  4. carbon dioxide gas


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When heated in air, coal burns and produces mainly carbon dioxide gas.

Calorific value of wood is higher than that of coal.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False.
Calorific value of coal is higher than that of wood.

The black thick liquid with unpleasant smell is known as :

  1. naphtha

  2. gasoline

  3. coal tar

  4. diesel oil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The black thick liquid with unpleasant smell is known as coal tar.


Hence the correct option is C.

Coal tar is a main source of:

  1. Aromatic compounds

  2. Aliphatic compounds

  3. Cyclo alkanes

  4. Hetero cyclic compounds


Correct Option: A,D
Explanation:

Coal tar is obtained by cooling the gas that is formed during the destructive distillation of coal to approximately ambient temperature. It is a black, viscous liquid composed primarily of a complex mixture of condensed-ring aromatic hydrocarbons.

These are mixtures of phenols, polycyclic compounds and Heterocyclic compounds.

Coal tar which is main source of organic compounds is obtained as by product during?

  1. destructive distillation of wood

  2. destructive distillation of bones

  3. destructive distillation of coal

  4. all of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coal tar which is main source of organic compounds is obtained as by product during the destructive distillation of coal.

Coal tar is a thick black liquid which is the  by-product of the production of coal gas and coke by the ddestructive distillation of coal which  contains benzene, naphthalene. Coal tar is used for medical and industrial purposes. However, coal is also known as cutar.

Hence option C is correct.

How much coal is needed to supply enough electricity to light ten 100-watt bulbs for about an hour?

  1. 1 pound

  2. 10 pounds

  3. 50 pounds

  4. 20 pounds


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

100 watts = 0.1 KW


For 1 bulb 0.1 KW of power is required, for 10 bulbs that turn out to be 1KW.
Now 10 bulbs have to light for 1 hour that will be 1 KW multiplied by 1 hour = 1 KW

The thermal energy of coal is 6,150 KW/ton, only 40% of the thermal energy of the coal is converted to electricity. so the electricity converted per ton of coal is 0.4 * 6,150 = 2,460 KW/ton.

Number of tons of coal burned for 10 light bulbs for one hour = 1 KW / 2,460KW/ton = 0.0004065 tons 

Multiplying by 2000 pound/ton we get 0.81300 $\approx$ 1 pounds.

Dyes are used for colouring various materials like cloth and plastic. William Perkins, an English Chemist, discovered dyes for colouring from:

  1. asphalt

  2. coal tar

  3. baking ovens

  4. zinc


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
English chemist William Perkin discovered mauveine dye accidently when working with coal tar. Realising the commercial potential of this new purple dye, Perkin patented his synthetic process.

The main constituent of pitch during destructive distillation of coal tar is:

  1. xylene

  2. anthracene

  3. carbon

  4. naphthalene


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The main constituent of pitch during destructive distillation of coal tar is carbon in various other forms.

Hence option C is correct.

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