WorksheetsCOAL AND PETROLEUM
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
Petroleum
Wood
Cow dung
Dry leaves
Identify the fuel that leaves more smoke and ash on burning.
Solid fuel
Liquid fuels
Gaseous fuels
Any one of the above
What do fuels combine with to produce heat and light?
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen
Oxygen
By which of the given processes is coal formed?
Carbonisation
Distillation
Vapourisation
Evaporation
Where is kerosene mainly used?
In laying down roads
As fuel in jet engines
In making water proof materials
In furnaces of industries
Gasoline comes from which fossil fuel?
Coal
Petroleum
Natural Gas
What are the most common sources of energy used in automobiles?
Wood and coal
Petroleum and diesel
LPG and cow dung
Natural gas and coal
What is the other name for natural gas?
petroleum
oil
propane
lignite
Which among the following is the cleanest fuel
Coal
Petrol
Diesel
CNG
Which coal produces the lowest amount of heat
Lignite
Peat
Anthracite
Bituminous Coal
Burning of which of the following fuels produce the least amount of carbon dioxide per unit of energy
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
All of these produce same amount of CO2
Which of these are inexhaustible natural resources
Sunlight
Coal
Wildlife
Forest/ Minerals
Ointments, candles,Vaseline etc. are made up of
Lubricating Oil
Petrol
LPG
Paraffin wax
A gas which is found along with petroleum
Carbon dioxide
Water gas
Natural gas
Producer gas
Which of the following fuels is the least polluting
Coal
CNG
Diesel
Petrol
Which of the following fuels leaves a residue on burning
LPG
CNG
Coal
Petrol
The first oil well was drilled in
USA
UK
India
Iran
Full form of LPG
Light petroleum gas
Liquified petroleum gas
Long pipe of gas
Long petroleum gas
Name the petroleum product used for surfacing of roads
Butane
Anthracite
Bitumen
Hydrocarbon
Fossil fuels are obtained from
remains of non - living materials
dead remains of birds only
dead remains of insects only
dead remains of living organisms
Which of the following is not a constituent of petroleum
Paraffin wax
Petrol
Lubricating oil
Coke
Which substance is formed by the carbonisation of dead vegetation
Coal
Coal gas
Coke
Coal tar
Petroleum was formed from organisms
living on the land
living in the sea
living on the plants
living on the rocks
Choose the correct statement from the following
it is difficult to transport natural gas through pipes
the disadvantage of natural gas is that it cannot be used directly for burning in homes
Natural gas is stored under high pressure as compressed natural gas
Natural gas cannot be used for power generation
How is coke superior than coal as a fuel?
Coal is mineral and burns releasing smoke while coke is a residue
Coal is an impure form of carbon, while coke is a pure form of carbon
Only coal consists of atoms of carbon, hydrogen , oxygen and sulphur while coke mainly consists of carbon
All of the above
