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MCQ Questions for Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal and Petroleum with Answers
1. Resources present in unlimited quantity in nature and are not likely to be exhausted by human activities are called
a) Exhaustible Natural Resources
b) Inexhaustible Natural Resources
c) Exhaustible Resources
d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
2. Coal, Petroleum and natural gas are examples of
a) Exhaustible Natural Resources
b) Inexhaustible Natural Resources
c) Expensive Resources
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
3. Naphthalene balls used to repel moth and insect is derived from
a) Petroleum
b) Sugar
c) Coal tar
d) LPG
Answer: (c)
4. CNG is the abbreviated form of
a) Combined natural gas
b) Compressed Natural Gas
c) Confirmed Natural gas
d) Condemned Natural gas
Answer: (b)
5. 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)
6. In India petroleum deposit was first found in the state of
a) Gujarat
b) Maharastra
c) Assam
d) West Bengal
Answer: (c)
7. Use of CNG in automobile is better than petrol because it is
a) cheaper
b) Less polluting
c) Cannot be adulterated
d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
8. To reduce fuel consumption in automobile one should
a) Drive very fast to reach early
b) Not switch off the engine at traffic lights
c) Not check tyre pressure regularly
d) Ensure proper maintenance of the vehicle
Answer: (d)
9. Black gold is actually
a) Gold which became black on burning
b) Petroleum
c) Gold sold in black market
d) Diamond
Answer: (b)
10. The earth’s temperature is increasing due to Global warming which is due to
a) The Sun giving out more heat
b) The Earth slowly moving toward the sun
c) Increased use of fossil fuel
d) Less duration of winter every year
Answer: (c)
11. Main constituent of LPG is
(a) methane
(b) butane
(c) ethane
(d) propane
Answer: (b) butane
12. Name the petroleum product used for surfacing of roads.
(a) Butane
(b) Anthracite
(c) Bitumen
(d) Hydrocarbon
Answer: (c) Bitumen
13. Least polluting fuel for vehicles is
(a) coke
(b) kerosene
(c) diesel
(d) CNG
Answer: (d) CNG
14. Petroleum is found under the
(a) sedimentary rocks
(b) water
(c) sand
(d) coke
Answer: (a) sedimentary rocks
15. In which of the following places natural gas has not been formed in India?
(a) Tripura
(b) Jaiselmer
(c) Mumbai
(d) Delhi
Answer: (d) Delhi
Match the following items given in column ‘A with that in column ‘B’
Column A | Column B |
Petroleum | Provide more heat on burning |
Coal | Carbon |
Oil refinery | Insoluble in water |
Good fuels | Wood |
Coke | Barauni |
Fuels | Produce more energy |
CNG | Petroleum product |
Bitumen | Non-polluting fuel |
Answer:
Column A | Column B |
Petroleum | Insoluble in water |
Coal | Wood |
Oil refinery | Barauni |
Good fuels | Produce more energy |
Coke | Carbon |
Fuels | Provide more heat on burning |
CNG | Non-polluting fuel |
Bitumen | Petroleum product |