Class 8th Chemistry // chapter - "Carbon (Coal and Petroleum)" objective Questions & Answers(English medium)

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 Question 1. Minerals are

A)natural resources.
B) inexhaustible natural resources
C) exhaustible natural resources
D) all of these

Answer= (C) exhaustible natural resources  

 Question 2. Petroleum is mainly a mixture of which one of the following class?

A) Carbohydrates
B) Carbogens
C) Hydrocarbons
D) Alcohols

Answer= (C) Hydrocarbons  

 Question 3. Which one is not a coal product?

A) Coal tar
B) Coal gas
C) Lime
D) stone

Answer= (C&d) Lime & stone  

 Question 4. Which one of the following is a petrochemical?

A) Ammonia
B) Coke
C) Acetone
D) Paraffin wax

Answer= (D) Paraffin wax  

 Question 5. Conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called

A) carbonisation
B) distillation
C) coal gas
D) natural gas

Answer= (A) carbonisation  

 Question 6. A natural gas stored under high pressure is called

A) CNG
B) LPG
C) KLG
D) PNP

Answer= (A) CNG  

 Question 7. Name the petroleum product used for surfacing of road

A) Peat
B) Lignite
C) Anthracite
D) Bituminous

Answer= (D) Bituminous 

Question 8. Products obtained by the process of destructive distillation are

A) coke, coal-tar, coal gas
B) petrol, diesel, kerosene
C) paraffin wax, bitumen
D)compressed natural gas

Answer= (A) coke, coal-tar, coal gas  

 Question 9. The mining of oil under sea is termed as

A) distillation
B) carbonisation
C) shore mining
D) destructive distillation

Answer= (C) shore mining  

 Question 10. Main constituent of LPG is

A) methane
B) butane
C) ethane
D) propane

Answer= (B) butane  

 Question 11. Least polluting fuel for vehicles is

A) coke
B) kerosene
C) diesel
D) CNG

Answer= (D) CNG  

 Question 12. Petroleum is found under the

A) sedimentary rocks
B) water
C) sand
D) coke

Answer= (A) sedimentary rocks  

 Question 13. In which of the following places natural gas has not been formed in India?

A) Tripura
B) aiselmer
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi

Answer= (D) Delhi  

 Question 14. Naphthalene balls used to repel moth and insect is derived from

A) Petroleum
B) Sugar
C) Coal tar
D) LPG

Answer= (C) Coal tar  

 Question 15. The slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called

A) Carbonisation
B) fuelification
C) Coalification
D) None of the above

Answer= (A) Carbonisation  

 Question 16. In India petroleum deposit was first found in the state of

A) Gujarat
B) Maharastra
C) Assam
D)West Bengal

Answer= (C) Assam 

 

Question 17. Black gold is really

A) gold that turns black on burning
B) petroleum
C) gold sold in black market
D) diamond

Answer= (B) petroleum 

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