This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Coal And Petroleum > Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In complete combustion, the products are? A) Carbon monoxide and water. B) Carbon dioxide and water. C) Carbon dioxide and carbon. D) Carbon and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide and water. 2. REAL LIFE:AARON SAYS TO HIS FATHER TO BUY POLLUTION FREE CRACKERS FOR DIWALI & CHRISTMAS.WHY WE NEED TO BUY SUCH A KIND OF CRACKERS. A) PREVENT AIR FROM POLLUTION. B) TO AVOID FOG. C) NONE OF THE ABOVE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PREVENT AIR FROM POLLUTION. 3. Read the following statements and choose the correct ones.a) coal and petroleum are fossil fuels.b) coke is used as reducing agent for extracting metals.c) fossil fuels are present in excess quantity. A) A and b. B) B and c. C) A and c. D) A, b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A and b. 4. Which of the following minerals is present in coal? A) Oxygen. B) Hydrogen. C) Sulphur. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Friction caused due to A) Irregularities between the surfaces. B) Magnetic force between surfaces. C) Non contact forces between surfaces. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregularities between the surfaces. 6. Inexhaustible natural resources in nature are A) Limited. B) Scarce. C) Unlimited. D) Not present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unlimited. 7. Name the elements present in coal. A) Carbon, oxygen and sulphur. B) Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon, oxygen and sulphur. 8. Natural gas can be transported through A) Cylinders. B) Barriers. C) Pipes. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pipes. 9. Which fuel is obtained from coal that is almost pure form of carbon is ..... A) Coal tar. B) Coal gas. C) Coke. D) Ammonium compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coke. 10. Which of the following is a major by-product of burning coal? A) Oxygen. B) Water vapor. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 11. Choose the correct statement from the following- A) Natural gas is stored under high pressure as compressed natural gas. B) The disadvantage of natural gas is that it can not be used directly for burning in homes. C) Natural gas cannot be used for power generation. D) It is difficult to transport natural gas through pipes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural gas is stored under high pressure as compressed natural gas. 12. Which one of the following is an inexhaustible natural resource? A) Coal. B) Forests. C) Petroleum. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 13. Crude oil has to be refined or purified before its different constituents can be used A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. Petroleum is soluble in water A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. The mining of oil under sea is termed as(a) distillation(b) carbonisation(c) shore mining(d) destructive distillation A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 16. The process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called A) Carboniferous. B) Carbonization. C) None of these. D) Catagenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbonization. 17. What is easier-rolling or sliding? A) Sliding. B) Rolling. C) Both are equal. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rolling. 18. The gas form of fossil fuels is ..... A) Heat. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural gas. 19. The solid form of fossil fuels is ..... A) Natural gas. B) Coal. C) Crude oil. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 20. Which of the following is the major use for coal? A) Transportation. B) Electricity production. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electricity production. 21. Which is the main process by which coal is formed? A) Erosion. B) Photosynthesis. C) Compression of plant material over millions of years. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compression of plant material over millions of years. 22. Gasoline comes from which fossil fuel? A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Natural Gas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 23. Which country has the largest reserves of petroleum in the world? A) Russia. B) USA. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saudi Arabia. 24. What is the other name for coal? A) Petroleum. B) Propane. C) Natural gas. D) Lignite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lignite. 25. Which natural resource has greatest impact on world politics A) Petroleum. B) Coal. C) Forest. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petroleum. 26. What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form? A) Bones and Sediment. B) Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment. C) Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time. D) Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time. 27. Name the fossil fuel formed from the dead organisms present in the sea A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Windmill. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 28. Which substance is formed by the carbonisation of dead vegetation A) Coal gas. B) Coal tar. C) Coke. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 29. Coal tar is a byproduct of the coal distillation process and is used in various industries. It contains ..... substances A) 700. B) 200. C) 300. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 200. 30. The world petroleum origins from a two Latin words, Petra meaning Crude, and Oleum meaning Oil. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 31. Read the statements and choose the correct answer. T stands for True and F stands for False.a) All natural resources are inexhaustible.a) Renewable resources are those which get renewed after a period of time.c) Topsoil is a renewable and exhaustible resource. A) TFF. B) FFF. C) FTT. D) TTF. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FTT. 32. Which of the following is an example of inexhaustible resources? A) Diesel. B) Petrol. C) Coal. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 33. About 400 million years ago coal was formed A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Which of the following best illustrates the impact of human activities on natural resources? A) Contamination of water due to oil spills. B) Protection of endangered species through wildlife sanctuaries. C) Conservation of forests for sustainable use. D) Building of dams to generate electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation of forests for sustainable use. 35. Petroleum can be mixed with water A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. ..... is called black gold A) Petroleum. B) Coal. C) Coke. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petroleum. 37. The burning of coal and petroleum contributes to which of the following environmental problems? A) Global warming. B) Ozone depletion. C) Acid rain. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. ..... natural resources are those which are present in limited quality in nature A) Exhuely. B) Inexhaustible. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhuely. 39. When coal is burnt it mainly produces A) CARBON MONOXIDE. B) SULPHUR DIOXIDE. C) CARBON DIOXIDE. D) NITROGENOXIDE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CARBON DIOXIDE. 40. Paints and road surfacing is done by A) Bitumen. B) Refining. C) Paraffin wax. D) Lubrication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bitumen. 41. Which fossil fuel is the remains of ancient plants? A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Natural Gas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 42. Natural gas is also used to make A) Chemicals. B) Coal. C) Kerosene. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemicals. 43. Crude oil is also called what? A) Coal. B) Biomass. C) Petroleum. D) Fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petroleum. 44. Which of the following fuel is Eco friendly? A) Diesel. B) Kerosene. C) Petrol. D) CNG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CNG. 45. The purest amorphous form of carbon is A) Diamond. B) Coal. C) Graphite. D) Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coke. 46. Which of the following is used to manufacture candles? A) Petrol. B) Paraffin wax. C) Kerosene. D) Bitumen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraffin wax. 47. Which is the primary use of petroleum? A) To produce electricity. B) To purify water. C) As a raw material for plastics. D) As a food source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a raw material for plastics. 48. Which of the following is obtained from coal tar? A) Petrol. B) Coke. C) Air. D) Naphthalene balls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naphthalene balls. 49. Petroleum:came from which language? A) French. B) Latin. C) Telugu. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin. 50. CNG is used to make fertilisers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Petroleum is a renewal resource, as it is naturally renewed in a million years. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Petroleum is found under the A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Sand. C) Metamorphic Rocks. D) Ingenious Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary rocks. 53. ..... is anything obtained from environment to satisfy human needs and wants A) Resources. B) Metals. C) Non-metals. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resources. 54. When the world's firt oill well was drilled A) In 1940. B) In 1859. C) In 1958. D) In 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In 1859. 55. Why LPG is a better fuel than coal? A) NO Carbondioxide. B) High calorific value. C) Easy to transport & store. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. The liquefied form of dead organic matter is called crude oil that contains ..... A) Coke. B) Petroleum. C) Coal. D) Coal gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 57. Coal gas is used as a fuel in which industry? A) Automobile industry. B) Steel industry. C) Textile industry. D) Chemical industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical industry. 58. Petrol and diesel can be obtained from A) Coal gas. B) Coal tar. C) Coal. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petroleum. 59. ..... is the residue left after destructive distillation of coal. A) Coke. B) Bituminous. C) Lignite. D) Peat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coke. 60. Petrolchemicals are used in the manufacture of A) Polythene. B) Detergents. C) Fibers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. ← 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 3Class 8 Science Chapter 5 Coal And Petroleum Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books