WorksheetsScience Class -10 Sources Of Energy Test -1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 42mins
A good fuel is one that possesses:
Hint:Calorific value definition, the amount of heat released by a unit weight or unit volume of a substance during complete combustion.
The ignition temperature of a fuel is defined as the minimum temperature at which it ignites.
(a) High calorific value and low ignition temperature
(b) Low calorific value and low ignition temperature
(c) High calorific value and moderate ignition temperature
(d) Low calorific value and moderate ignition temperature
There are four fuels which all contain only carbon and hydrogen. The fuel having highest calorific value will be one which has:
Hint: Carbon causes incomplete combustion.
More of carbon but less of hydrogen
Less of carbon but more of hydrogen
Equal proportions of carbon and hydrogen
Less of carbon as well as less of hydrogen
Wind mills require a minimum speed of
10 km/h
50 km/h
15 km/h
100 km/h
In a hydroelectric power plant more electrical power can be generated if water falls from a greater height because:
Its temperature increases.
Larger amount of potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
The electricity content water increases with height.
More water molecules dissociate into ions.
In order to make efficient solar cooker, the cover of cooker box should be made of:
Transparent plastic sheet
Shining aluminium sheet
Butter paper sheet
Transparent glass
Which of the followings is not a fossil fuel?
Coal
Petroleum
Natural gas
Nuclear fuel
The rise of sea-water during high tide is caused by the gravitational pull of the:
Sun
Earth
Moon
Mars
The disposal of wastes produced in a nuclear power plant is a big problem because it is:
Highly radioactive
Highly inflammable
Extremely foul smelling
Too heavy
The energy efficient device for producing light is:
LED
CFL
DLF
LPG
The major constituent of biogas is
Methane
Ethane
Propane
Butane
The process by which energy is produced in the sun is
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Both nuclear fusion and fission
Combustion of hydrogen
Which is the most popular kitchen fuel in India?
LPG
Kerosene
Coal
Firewood
Which method is used to produce electricity in hydroelectric power plant.
By boiling the water to produce steam
By ionizing water
By running dynamo by kinetic energy
Any of the above
Which of the following is the odd one out?
Petroleum
Hydro electricity
Coal
CNG
Which method is used to produce electricity in thermal power plant?
By heating chargeable cells
By boiling water
By pushing pistons by heat energy
None of above
Which of the following produces energy because of temperature difference at various levels in ocean.
Tidal energy
Wave energy
Solar energy
Ocean thermal energy
In which of the following kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy?
Tidal energy
Hydro energy
Wind energy
All of these
Fossile fuels are
non-renewable source of energy
renewable source of energy
both (a) and (b)
Neither (a) nor (b)
Dead organisms are transformed into petroleum and natural gas in
presence of air
absence of air
presence of sunlight
none of the above
Which of the following problem is associated with a burning of coal?
Carbon-dioxide emission
acid rain
ash with toxic metal supurity
all of these.
Select the important factor for the site selection of a thermal power plant.
Distance from the populated area
Availability of fuel
Availability’ of water
Cost of plant
Hydropower plant are located in the
desert area
plane area
hilly terrains
none-of above
Which of the following organism produces biogas from cow drug sherry in the biogas plant?
aerobic bacteria
anaerobic bacteria
protozoa
fungi
Wind is caused due to
uneven heating of earth’s surface
rotation of earth
local conditions
All of these
The use of reflector in the solar cooker is to
Decrease efficiency
create green house effect
increase efficiency
none of these
A solar panel is made by combining in an arrangement
solar concentrator
solar cookers
solar cells
solar chimney
Tidal energy is a farm of energy obtained from the
motion of surface water in ponds
ocean in the form of tidal waves
tides occurs in the river water
motion of the wave in sea
Tidal energy is harnessed by constructing a dam across
narrow opening to the sea
wide opening to the sea
the river in hilly trains
the river in plane areas
Wave energy is caused due to
(a)strong winds blowing across the sea
(b)kinetic energy possessed by huge waves near the sea shore
(c)energy possessed by the stored water
both (a) and (b)
The working fluid in ocean thermal power plant is
Volatile liquid like ammonia
petrol
charcoal
liquified petroleum gas
Which one of the following forms of energy leads to least environmental pollution in the process of its harnessing and utilisation?
Nuclear energy
Thermal energy
Solar energy
Geothermal energy
The major problem in harnessing nuclear energy is how to
split nuclei
sustain the reaction
dispose off spent fuel safely
convert nuclear energy into electrical energy
Biogas is formed in the
presence of air only
presence of water only
absence of air only
presence of water and absence of air
Solar energy can be directly converted to elec-trical energy by which of the following devices?
solar cooker
solar heater
solar cell
solar geyser
A device in which electricity is produced by the process of controlled nuclear fission reaction is called
nuclear chain reaction
hydro power plant
nuclear reactor
thermal power plant
Spent slurry (Bio-waste after obtaining biogas) is used as
fuel
manure
food for livestock
used again for generating biogas
In the following Question, the Assertion and Reason have been put forward. Read the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) The Assertion and the Reason are . correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true
Assertion: Wind energy farms cannot be established every where.
Reason: The wind energy farms can be established only at those places where wind blows for most part of the year.
Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
The Assertion and the Reason are . correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true
Coal is..
A non-renewable source of energy
A renewable source of energy
Which form of energy uses water moving through a dam?
Geothermal
Nuclear
Solar
Hydropower
Energy that uses heat from within the earth is ____.
Nuclear
Geothermal
Wind
Solar
