FIITJEE Chennai Centre

Class: 8 Phase: 2/6

Subject: Chemistry Topic: Coal and Petroleum

Time: 45 min Marks: +2, -1

1. Which among the following is a natural resource?

(A) coal (B) air (C) soil (D) all the above

2. Due to high pressure and temperature, small marine plants and animals got converted into
(A) petroleum (B) natural gas (C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of the given

3. Coal
(A) is a readily combustible rock (B) is a Sedimentaryrock
(C) contains 50% carbon by weight (D) all the above are true

4. ‘Buried Sunshine refers to

(A) petroleum (B) coal (C) water (D) solar power

5. Coal occurs in layers of earth called

(A) coal beds (B) coal seams (C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of the given

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

(A) carbonylation (B) carboxylation (C) carbonization (D) All the above

7. Collieries refer to
(A) oil reserves (B) coal mines (C) gold mines (D) none of the above

8. Lignite is
(A) Red Coal (B) Black Coal (C) Brown Coal (D) All the above

9. ‘House hold’ coal is

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

10. Which among the following is a renewable resource?

(A) Air (B) Sunlight (C) Water (D) All the above

11. Coal is used

(A) for cooking at homes (B) to run railway engines
(C) to produce electricity (D) all the above

12. In destructive distillation, coal is heated in the

(A) presence of air (B) absence of air
(C) presence of moisture (D) absence of moisture

13. Which is used for decolourising brown sugar?

(A) Bone charcoal (B) Wood charcoal (C) Coke (D) Coal gas

14. Around 65% of India’s commercial energy needs are met by

(A) coal (B) petroleum (C) CNG (D) LPG

15. Which among the following is a non-renewable resource?

(A) Natural gas (B) Forests (C) Minerals (D) All the above
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16. Sugar charcoal is obtained by dehydration of cane sugar using concentrated
(A) Hydrochloric acid (B) Nitric acid (C) Sulphuric acid (D) Acetic acid

17. Coal gas is used

(A) as good fuel (B) as cooking gas (C) for street lighting (D) all the above

18. Producer gas is a mixture of

(A) CO + N2 (B) CO + H2 (C) CO + O2 (D) CO + Cl2

19. In fractional distillation of petroleum, the highest boiling point factions condense
(A) near the top of the column (B) near the base of the column
(C) near the middle of the column (D) at all regions of the column

20. Which among the following is not a constituent of petroleum?

(A) Lubricating oil (B) Paraffin wax (C) Bitumen (D) none of the above