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COMBUSTION AND FLAME-2

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An ideal fuel is cheap, readily available, easily combustible and easy to transport. It has high calorific value. It does not produce gases or residues that pollute the environment. Based on the above statements which of the following is closest to being an ideal fuel?

a)

Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

b)

Kerosene

c)

Petrol

d)

Coal

2.

When a cracker is ignited, a sudden reaction takes place with the evolution of heat, light and sound. Identify the type of combustion?

a)

Explosion

b)

Random combustion

c)

Rapid combustion

d)

Spontaneous combustion

3.

Which is the hottest part in the flame of the candle

a)

Yellow

b)

Wax part

c)

Black

d)

Blue

4.

Good fuel is

a)

Readily available

b)

Cheap

c)

Burn easily in air

d)

All of these

5.

Ideal fuel has ____________ calorific value

a)

Zero

b)

Low

c)

Moderate

d)

High

6.

The least hot zone of a candle flame is

a)

non-lumious zone

b)

luminous

c)

dark zone

d)

blue zone at the base of the wick

7.
Which type of fire extinguisher should be used on a fire involving flammable liquids such as grease or oil?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon Dioxide 
c)
Dry Chemical
d)
Foam
8.
Water is not used to control fires involving electrical appliances.
a)
False
b)
True
9.
Which of the following fuel has highest calorific value?
a)
Wood
b)
coal
c)
Hydrogen
d)
petrol
10.
The products of combustion of a hydrocarbon are:
a)
hydrogen + oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide + water
c)
carbon dioxide + hydrogen
d)
carbon + water
11.

Moderately hot zone in a candle flame

a)

outer zone

b)

middle zone

c)

innermost zone

d)

wax candle

12.
what is the type of combustion 
which occurs rapidly and produce heat and light?
a)
rapid combustion
b)
spontaneous combustion
c)
fast combustion
d)
explosion
13.

When water is poured over burning wood, the fire goes off. This is because

a)

temperature of wood decreases

b)

temperature of water goes up

c)

molecules of water reacts with oxygen present in the flame

d)

the flame vapourises

14.

Fire is extinguished by

a)

removing all combustible substance

b)

cutting off supply of air

c)

cooling the burning substance

d)

all the these

15.

Identify the luminous zone in the given picture

a)

A

b)

C

c)

B

d)

None

16.

The substance which ________ during burning give flames,

a)

Heats

b)

Vaporise

c)

Boils

d)

Melts

17.

Combustion is a

a)

Chemical process

b)

Physical process

c)

Both of these processes

d)

None of these processes

18.

Burning of charcoal in a closed room will produce

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Chlorine

d)

Carbon monoxide

19.

Which part of a flame does a goldsmith blow for melting gold and silver?

(a)  

20.

Burning of LPG is an example of

a)

Spontaneous

b)

Rapid

c)

Explosion

d)

None

21.

The amount of heat produced on burning one kilogram of fuel completely is called its (a)   '

22.

An increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes, is termed as (a)   ""

23.

Why does a piece of paper burn with yellow flame?

a)

Very high ignition temperature

b)

Inadequate supply of oxygen

c)

Very low ignition temperature

d)

All of the above

24.

Coal burns with ______

a)

(a) Flame

b)

(b) Only glow

c)

(c) Both flame and glow

d)

(d) None of these

25.

Water cannot be used as a fire extinguisher to put out.

a)

(a) Burning charcoal

b)

(b) Burning oil

c)

(c) Burning paper

d)

(d) Burning cloth

26.

CNG and LPG are the examples of

a)

(a) Solid fuels

b)

(b) Liquid fuels

c)

(c) Gaseous fuels

d)

(d) They are not fuels

27.

The least hot zone of a candle flame is

a)

non-lumious zone

b)

luminous

c)

dark zone

d)

blue zone at the base of the wick