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Questions Related to substances in daily use

Which of the following fiber is used to make wireless receiver?

  1. Cotton fiber

  2. Silk fiber

  3. Wool

  4. Nylon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The silk fiber is used to make a wireless receiver. fiber optic receivers capture the light from a fiber optic cable, decode the binary data it is sending and then convert into an electrical signal.

Which of the following is characterized by the fine soft under hair?

  1. Yak

  2. Goat

  3. Sheep

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C

Angora wool is obtained from____________.

  1. Worm

  2. Yak

  3. Goat

  4. Sheep


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Angora wool is obtained from Goat. 
The fleece taken from an Angora Goat is called Mohair. A goat produces four to five kg of hair per year.

Which of the following fiber was first developed in the China?

  1. Wool

  2. Silk

  3. Cotton

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

The most fibre are chemically composed of non-starch polysaccharides.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The most fibre are chemically composed of non-starch polysaccharides like cellulose, inulin, lignin, chitins, pectins, oligosaccharides. They are either obtained from plants or animals. They are either soluble or insoluble. 

Which of the following is called as queen of fibers?

  1. Angora wool

  2. Pashmina

  3. Silk

  4. Nylon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Silk is called a queen of fibers. Because it is of good quality and it thus makes it expensive too.

Human life require which kind of material for leaving?

  1. Food

  2. Fuel

  3. Home

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Food is something that provides nutrients. 

Nutrients are substances that provide: energy for activity, growth, and all functions of the body such as breathing, digesting food, and keeping warm; materials for the growth and repair of the body, and for keeping the immune system healthy.

Fossil fuels are used to fuel cars and aeroplanes, power electricity plants, and heat our homes. 

They are also used to make medicines, cosmetics, plastics, synthetic fabrics, and lubricants. When you brushed your teeth today, you used a product made from oil – toothpaste.

We need a home as it gives shelter and security.

Hence the option D is correct.

Coal is _________ fuel.

  1. fossil

  2. natural

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coal is a fossil fuel. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. 

Petroleum products are used for :

  1. fuel purpose

  2. making creams and ointments

  3. both $A$ and $B$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Petroleum products such as petrol, diesel, kerosene and petroleum gas are used as fuel as they have high calorific value. 


Petroleum products are also used as raw material for cosmetics industries.

Hence the option C is correct.

The fuel used in homes for making food is :

  1. CNG

  2. LPG

  3. KPG

  4. HDG


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

B, LPG is clean fuel, it has high calorific value and low ignition temperature.

It is easy to handle and to transport. All these qualities make it suitable for domestic use.