Coal and Petroleum - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: What are the two types of Natural Resources?
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Inexhaustible and Exhaustible Natural Resources
Q2: Define fossil fuels
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Coal petroleum and natural gas are called fossil fuels because they are formed from dead remains of living organisms.
Q3: Give examples of the two types of natural resource.
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Exhaustible resources: coal, petroleum, wildlife, minerals, natural gas etc.
Inexhaustible resources: sunlight, air etc.
Q4: What is Carbonisation?
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The slow process of conversion of dead vegetation in to coal is called Carbonisation.
Q5: Coal is also called as ________________________.
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Fossil Fuel
Q6: Name the natural resource from which Petrol and Diesel can be obtained?
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Petroleum
Q7: Which Natural Resource was used first time for street Lightning?
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Coal Gas
Q8: Where was the first oil well drilled?
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Pennsylvania in USA
Q9: Which Gas is used in the production of Fertilizers
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Hydrogen
Q10: Which Natural resources is also called as Black Gold?
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Petroleum
Q11: Which was the first Natural resource used to produce the steam to run the Engine?
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Coal
Q12: When heated in Air, Coal burns and produces ______________ gas?
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Hydrogen
Q13: Which Natural resource is used in the manufacturing of Steel?
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Coke
Q14: Now a days which petroleum Product has replaced Coal Tar for melting the roads?
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Bitumen
Q15: From which natural resource Naphthalene balls can be obtained?
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Coal Tar
Q16: From which natural Resource Petrochemical products are obtained?
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Petroleum
Q17: What is Refining?
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The process of separating the various constituents/fractions of petroleum is known as Refining.
Q18: Natural Gas is stored under High pressure as________________
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CNG
Q19: In which year the First oil was drilled in the United States?
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1859
Two cycles of a sine wave showing the amplitude of the pressure variation.The variation of (maximum) amplitude over time is called the envelope of the sound.
Q20: Which one is not a Fossil Fuel
Coke
Coal
Wood
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Wood
Q21: Which one of these Human activities contributes the most to Global Warming?
Riding scooters
Cutting down Trees
Using Fossil Fuels for Energy
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Using Fossil Fuels for Energy
Q22: What is Coal made from?
Dead Plants
Animal Fossils
A whole bunch of Chemicals mixed together
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Dead Plants
Q23: Which Fossil fuel creates the lowest amount of Carbon dioxide?
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Natural Gas
Q24: Which one of the following is not a non-renewable energy resource?
Coal
Petroleum
Solar energy
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Solar energy
Q25: Which one is least polluting Fuel?
Petrol
Diesel
CNG
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CNG
Q26: Can we make fossil fuels in the laboratory?
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No, this is not possible
Q27: Coal is ---- in colour?
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Black
Q28: State the constituent of coal.
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Carbon
Q29: Heavy motor vehicles run on____________________.
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Diesel
Q30: Can we mix petrol in water?
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No
Q31: Which constituent of Petroleum is used in Paints?
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Bitumen
Q32: What does PCRA stand for?
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Petroleum conservation Research Associations
Q33: What is coke?
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Coke is a product of coal. It is tough, porous, black in colour and almost pure form of carbon.
Q34: What is coal tar?
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Coal tar is the product of coal which is the mixture of various substances. Products obtained from coal tar is used for manufacturing a variety of products like dyes, drugs, perfumes, explosives, paints, photographic materials, roofing materials etc.
Q35: Name the product being used today in place of coal tar for metalling the roads.
