This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Coal And Petroleum > Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name the substance which is used in candle and ointment A) Petrol. B) Lubrication oil. C) Bitumen. D) Paraffin wax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraffin wax. 2. Identify the substance which is tough, porous and black. It is almost a pure form of carbon. A) Coke. B) Coal tar. C) Coal gas. D) Crude oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coke. 3. Which one of the following is saturated? A) C$_{4}$H$_{8}$. B) C$_{4}$H$_{10}$. C) Water. D) C$_{5}$H$_{8}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C$_{4}$H$_{10}$. 4. Which of the following is NOT a alternative sources of energy? A) Solar energy. B) Tidal energy. C) Natural gas. D) Wind Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas. 5. Naphthalene balls are used as(a) mosquito repellant(b) moth repellant(c) snake repellant(d) bee repellant A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 6. Hydrogen gas obtained from natural gas is used in A) Stoves. B) Paints. C) Motor fuel. D) Fertilizers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fertilizers. 7. The brown variety of coal is(a) lignite(b) peat(c) anthracite(d) bituminous A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 8. When you heat your home or cook on your stove, you are most likely using ..... A) Crude oil. B) Petroleum. C) Natural gas. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas. 9. What is the process of separating crude oil into its components called? A) Electrolysis. B) Condensation. C) Fractional distillation. D) Combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fractional distillation. 10. Naphthalene balls are obtained from coal tar and are used as A) Snake repellent. B) Moth repellent. C) Honey bee repellent. D) Mosquito repellent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moth repellent. 11. Where is kerosene mainly used? A) As fuel in jet engines. B) In laying down roads. C) In making water proof materials. D) In furnaces of industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As fuel in jet engines. 12. Which coal produces the lowest amount of heat A) Anthracite. B) Bituminous Coal. C) Peat. D) Lignite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lignite. 13. Which of the following is used as a reducing agent in the extraction of iron metal? A) Bitumen. B) Coal tar. C) Coal. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coke. 14. Fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural Gas cannot be prepared in the laboratory A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which of these are inexhaustible natural resources A) Coal. B) Wildlife. C) Forest/ Minerals. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 16. Petroleum was formed from organisms living in the sea A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The word 'coal' is derived from the old English term A) Col. B) Coke. C) Coco. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Col. 18. Which amongst the following is a petroleum product which can be used in metalling of roads? A) Coal gas. B) Bitumen. C) Coal tar. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitumen. 19. Identify the material if it is solid, porous and pure form of carbon A) Asphalt. B) Coke. C) Bitumen. D) Petrochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coke. 20. Which of the following gas causes global warming A) CO$_{2}$. B) CFC. C) NO$_{2}$. D) SO$_{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CO$_{2}$. 21. What are the examples of fossil fuels A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Which of the following is a pair of exhaustible natural resources. A) Coal and soil. B) Air and sun-light. C) Water and petroleum. D) Wild life and minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wild life and minerals. 23. Which of the following fuels is the least polluting A) Diesel. B) CNG. C) Petrol. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CNG. 24. Chulhas used where? A) Mall. B) Market. C) In village. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In village. 25. Which fuel is used in jet aeroplanes? A) Kerosene. B) Petrol. C) Diesel. D) CNG. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerosene. 26. The liquid form of fossil fuels is ..... A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Coal gas. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petroleum. 27. Conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called? A) Coal Gas. B) Natural Gas. C) Distillation. D) Carbonization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbonization. 28. Where was the first oil well drilled and when? A) Pennsylvania, USA, 1859. B) Ahmadi, kuwait, 1745. C) Pennsylvania, USA, 1869. D) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1869. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pennsylvania, USA, 1869. 29. A chemical named Toluene is obtained from which of the following- A) Coal tar. B) Coke. C) Coal gas. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal tar. 30. Which of the following is a form of carbon? A) Charcoal. B) Coal. C) Graphite. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphite. 31. Which of the following is not a petroleum product? A) Paraffin wax. B) Lubricating oil. C) Kerosene. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coke. 32. Process of separation of different constituent from petroleum is called A) Refining. B) Extraction. C) Precipitation. D) Distillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refining. 33. Which of the following properties is NOT a characteristic of a good fuel? A) High Ignition temperature. B) Causes minimum pollution. C) Readily available. D) Low cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Ignition temperature. 34. Which type of coal has the highest carbon content? A) Peat. B) Bituminous. C) Lignite. D) Anthracite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthracite. 35. Which 2 greenhouse gases contribute the MOST to global warming of Earth? A) N2O and H2O. B) O3 and H2O. C) CO2 and CH4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CO2 and CH4. 36. The gas which occurs above the petroleum oil trapped under the rocks is called:- A) Methane. B) Compressed natural gas. C) Natural gas. D) Petroleum gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas. 37. Petroleum is formed from A) Domestic animals. B) Insect. C) Organisms in sea. D) Wild animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms in sea. 38. Where and when was first coal gas used for street lighting A) India, 1867. B) USA, 1859. C) New york, 1820. D) London, 1810. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London, 1810. 39. Petrochemicals are used in the manufacturing of: A) Detergents. B) Polythene. C) Fibers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 40. The process of formation of coal is known as A) Metallurgy. B) Carbonization. C) Refining. D) Fractional distillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbonization. 41. These days a petroleum product ..... is used in place of coal tar for metalling of roads. The product is also know as ..... A) Asphalt, petroleum. B) Bitumen, Asphalt. C) Bitumen, Coal. D) Bitumen, Phosphorus Butane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitumen, Asphalt. 42. Which of the following is not a product of coal? A) Coke. B) Bitumen. C) Coal tar. D) Coal gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bitumen. 43. Burning of which of the following fuels produce the least amount of carbon dioxide per unit of energy A) Coal. B) Oil. C) Natural gas. D) All of these produce same amount of CO2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural gas. 44. The major constituent of natural gas is/are(a) butane(b) methane(c) hydrogen(d) ethane A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 45. When coal burns in air then A) Hydrogen gas is formed. B) Carbon monoxide is formed. C) Carbon dioxide is formed. D) Sulphur dioxide is formed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide is formed. 46. The organisation which gives driving tips for conservation of fuels is A) CPCB. B) PCRA. C) Yard. D) SPCB. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PCRA. 47. Which material is the initial starting point of coal formation? A) Lignite. B) Bituminous. C) Anthracite. D) Peat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peat. 48. Petroleum products are separated by using the difference in A) Ignition temperatures. B) Melting points. C) Boiling points. D) Freezing points. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boiling points. 49. Natural gas is mainly composed of which compound? A) Hydrogen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Methane. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methane. 50. Different varieties of coal differ in their A) Number of hydrogen atoms. B) Volatile nature. C) Carbon content. D) Moisture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon content. 51. Which of the following is NOT the use of the natural gas? A) It is used as a fuel in homes for cooking and heating purposes. B) It is used to manufacture steel, glass and plastics. C) It is used in making clothes. D) It is used in factories and power plant to generate electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is used in making clothes. 52. CNG is more polluting than petrol A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. Which of the following is the purest form of carbon? A) Coal gas. B) Coal tar. C) Coke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coke. 54. How is coke superior than coal as a fuel? A) Coal is mineral and burns releasing smoke while coke is a residue. B) Coal is an impure form of carbon, while coke is a pure form of carbon. C) Only coal consists of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur while coke mainly consists of carbon. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. Which of the following is a major component of natural gas? A) Butane. B) Ethanol. C) Propane. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methane. 56. Black, thick liquid with an unpleasant smell is called A) Petroleum. B) Coal tar. C) Coal gas. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal tar. 57. Identify the fuel that leaves more smoke and ash on burning. A) Solid fuel. B) Liquid fuels. C) Gaseous fuels. D) Any one of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid fuel. 58. Calorific value is used A) To check fuel efficiency. B) For checking amount of fuel. C) To transport fuel from one place to other. D) For calculating volume of fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To check fuel efficiency. 59. Natural gas is inexhaustible natural resource A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Which of the following is not wrong? A) Carbon content of lignite is 25-35%. B) Fossil fuels are inexhaustible natural resources. C) Peat is the hardest grade coal. D) Biogas is a very costly and inconvenient fuel for rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon content of lignite is 25-35%. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 1Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 2Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 4Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books