Online Test — Coal and Petroleum
15 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 15
Resources present in unlimited amount that will not run out are called:
Exhaustible
Inexhaustible
Fossil fuels
Minerals
Explanation: Inexhaustible resources, like sunlight and air, do not run out.
Question 2 of 15
Coal, petroleum and natural gas were formed from:
Dead remains of organisms
Melted rocks
Sea salt
Sunlight
Explanation: Fossil fuels formed from the dead remains of plants and animals.
Question 3 of 15
Coal is mainly made of the element:
Iron
Carbon
Sulphur
Oxygen
Explanation: Coal is mostly carbon.
Question 4 of 15
The slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is:
Refining
Carbonisation
Distillation
Galvanisation
Explanation: Carbonisation forms coal from buried vegetation.
Question 5 of 15
An almost pure form of carbon obtained from coal, used to extract metals, is:
Coke
Coal tar
Coal gas
Petrol
Explanation: Coke is a porous, nearly pure carbon used in metal extraction.
Question 6 of 15
Dyes, paints and medicines can be made from which product of coal?
Coke
Coal gas
Coal tar
Petrol
Explanation: Coal tar is a mixture used to make dyes, paints, medicines and more.
Question 7 of 15
Petroleum is often called:
White gold
Black gold
Green fuel
Coke
Explanation: Petroleum is called 'black gold' because it is a dark, valuable liquid.
Question 8 of 15
The separation of petroleum into useful fractions is called:
Carbonisation
Refining
Combustion
Filtration
Explanation: Refining (fractional distillation) separates crude oil into fractions.
Question 9 of 15
Which fraction of petroleum is used as fuel in cars?
Bitumen
Petrol
Paraffin wax
Lubricating oil
Explanation: Petrol is the fraction used to run cars.
Question 10 of 15
Which petroleum product is used for surfacing roads?
Bitumen
Kerosene
LPG
Diesel
Explanation: Bitumen is used to make road surfaces.
Question 11 of 15
LPG obtained from petroleum is mainly used for:
Cooking
Road making
Making candles
Lubrication
Explanation: LPG (petroleum gas) is used as cooking fuel.
Question 12 of 15
CNG stands for:
Compressed Natural Gas
Coal and Natural Gas
Carbon Nitrogen Gas
Clean Nuclear Gas
Explanation: CNG is Compressed Natural Gas, a clean vehicle fuel.
Question 13 of 15
Natural gas is considered a good fuel because it:
Is dirty and smoky
Is clean and easy to transport by pipe
Cannot be burned
Is a solid
Explanation: Natural gas burns cleanly and can be piped easily.
Question 14 of 15
Fossil fuels must be conserved because they are:
Inexhaustible
Exhaustible and will run out
Useless
Always increasing
Explanation: Fossil fuels are exhaustible, so they must be used carefully.
Question 15 of 15
In India, the organisation that advises people on saving petroleum products is:
PCRA
ISRO
WHO
FIFA
Explanation: PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association) advises on fuel conservation.