Questions from Chemistry
1. To which of the following does petroleum belong?
(A) Nitrate
(B) Oxid
(C) Fat
(D) Hydrocarbon
2. The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is
(A) iron and steel
(B) food grains
(C) crude petroleum
(D) fertilizers
3. Which type of fire extinguisher is used for petroleum fire ?
(A) Foam type
(B) Soda acid type
(C) Powder type
(D) None of these
4. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of mainly
(A) methane, ethane and hexane
(B) ethane, hexane and nonane
(C) butane and propane
(D) methane, hexane and nonane
5. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists mainly of?
(A) methane; butane; propane
(B) ethane; hexane; nonane
(C) hexane; hydrogen; ethane
(D) propane; nonane; nitrogen
6. The Arab Petroleum exporting countries have formed a trade association in 1968 is known, as?
(A) OPAC
(B) DAPEC
(C) EFTA
(D) COMECON
7. Which of the following types of coal 'contains over 90 percent carbon and is smokeless?
(A) Anthracite
(B) Peat
(C) Lignite
(D) Bituminous coal
8. Low heating capacity of which of the following types of coal reduces its value as an industrial fuel?
(A) Anthracite
(B) Bituminous coal
(C) · Lignite
(D) Peat;
9. Which ~f the following countries of Europe share the principal coalfields of the world?
(A) France; Netherlands; Poland and Sweden
(B) Belgium; France; Poland; U.K. and Germany
(C) Poland; Norway; Sweden and Germany'
(D) France; Norway; Netherlands and U.K.
10. Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?
(A) Coal
(B) Mineral Oil
(C) Natural"Gas
(D) Uranium
