This document contains a 50 question multiple choice quiz on fuels and combustion. The questions cover topics like properties of good fuels, types of solid fuels used in engines, composition of natural gas and petroleum, combustion reactions, refining of petroleum, and tests used to evaluate fuels like octane number and cetane number. The key provided indicates the correct answer for each question.
This document contains a 50 question multiple choice quiz on fuels and combustion. The questions cover topics like properties of good fuels, types of solid fuels used in engines, composition of natural gas and petroleum, combustion reactions, refining of petroleum, and tests used to evaluate fuels like octane number and cetane number. The key provided indicates the correct answer for each question.
This document contains a 50 question multiple choice quiz on fuels and combustion. The questions cover topics like properties of good fuels, types of solid fuels used in engines, composition of natural gas and petroleum, combustion reactions, refining of petroleum, and tests used to evaluate fuels like octane number and cetane number. The key provided indicates the correct answer for each question.
This document contains a 50 question multiple choice quiz on fuels and combustion. The questions cover topics like properties of good fuels, types of solid fuels used in engines, composition of natural gas and petroleum, combustion reactions, refining of petroleum, and tests used to evaluate fuels like octane number and cetane number. The key provided indicates the correct answer for each question.
1) The following is the desirable property of a good fuel ---------------
a) High energy content b) free from fire hazards c) low toxicity d) all of these 2) The solid fuels can be used in internal combustion engine only after their--------------- a) Solidification b) liquefaction c) gasification d) all of these 3) The major constituent of natural gas is ----------------- a) Methane b) ethane c) propane d) butane 4) Decomposition of higher hydrocarbons into lower hydrocarbons having lower boiling temp.is known as ----------------- 5) The following is used for rating of compression ignition engines------------- a) Octane number b) certain number c) butane number d) all of these 6) The heat energy released is measured with the help of --------------- a) Energy meter b) thermometer c) calorimeter d) ammeter 7) Bomb calorimeter is used to determine -------------- the calorific value of the following fuels a) Solids fuels b) liquids fuels c) both (a) and (b) d) none of these 8) Which of the following constituent of coal is most important in the production of heat? a) Moisture b) volatiles c) ash d) carbon 9) The ratio of hardness and carbon content increase with increase in the rank of coal because the ----------------- a) Oxygen content progressively decreases b) fixed carbon increases c) volatile matter increases d) calorific value increases 10) Higher percentage of ash in coal means ----------------- a) Decrease in efficiency of coal b) decrease in its calorific value c) decrease in obtaining desired temp. d) all of these 11) Combustion reaction of fuels is a /an ------------------ reaction a) Exothermic b) endothermic c) none of these d) autocatalytic 12) Petrol and diesel can be obtained from ----------- a) Coal far b) coal c) petroleum d) coal gas 13) Petroleum is a mixture of ---------------- a) Petrol b) diesel c) petroleum gas d) all of these 14) Inflammable substances have -------------- a) High ignition temp. b) Low ignition temp. c) No ignition temp. d) high boiling point 15) A good fuel should have ------------ a) High caloric value b) low caloric value c) High ignition temp. d) Low ignition temp. 16) LPG is predominantly the mixture of propane and ----------------- a) Methane b) ethane c) butane d) isopropane 17) -------------- is not the stage of coalification. a) Anthracite b) car bite c) Bituminous d) Lignite 18) The lowest temp. at which a substance catches fire is called its ---------- a) Boiling point b) melting point c) ignition temp. d) Critical temp. 19) Incomplete combustion gives ------------- a) CO2 b) CO c) carbon d) none of these 20) Which types of combustion releases the most energy? a) Complete combustion b) incomplete combustion c) thermal decomposition d) all of these 21) Naphthalene balls are obtained from --------------- a) Carbon b) coke c) petroleum d) none of these 22) Petroleum is formed from ----------------- a) Domestics animal b) organism in sea c) wild animal d) insects 23) Refining of petroleum is ------------ a) Extracting petroleum gas b) separation of various fraction of petroleum c) heating of coal d) sedimentation of fossil fuel 24) Which of these is being used as a solvent for dry cleaning? a) Diesel b) kerosene c) petrol d) paraffin wax 25) CNG is ---------- a) Highly polluting b) less polluting c) not at all polluting d) none of these 26) Which is the major component of CNG -------------- a) Ethane b) propane c) methane d) butane 27) The gas which occurs above petroleum oil trapped under the rock is called as --------------- a) Biogas b) petroleum gas c) natural gas d) coal gas 28) The slow process by which large land plants and trees buried deep under the earth have become coal is called as ----------- a) Carbonation b) carburation c) carbonisation d) carbocation 29) Which of the following is not obtained as a fraction during refining of petroleum? a) Kerosene b) natural gas c) lubricating oil d) bitumen 30) The property used to separate various petroleum products by fractional distillation is ------ a) Boiling point b) melting point c) solubility d) none of these 31) The process of separation of various products from petroleum is called as -------- a) Refining of petroleum b) distillation of heavy oil c) crystallization of petroleum d) none of these 32) Bitumen is used as ------------ a) Road surfacing b) lubricant c) motor fuel d) none of these 33) ----------- is used to prepare candles, Vaseline. a) Petroleum b) wax oil c) paraffin wax d) none of these 34) ------------ is fuel derived from vegetables oil. a) Biodiesel b) natural gas c) coal gas d) LPG 35) Gasoline is also known as ----------- a) Wax b) petrol c) diesel d) CNG 36) The fraction of crude oil that is used in LPG is ----------- a) Naphtha b) residue c) uncondensed gases d) gas oil 37) At a refinery crude oil is separated into its components by ------------- a) Decanting b) filtration c) catalytic cracking d) fractional distillation 38) Cetane number is an important test for -------------- a) Petrol b) kerosene c) diesel d) fuel oil 39) Which of the following compounds is added in LPG to impact distinct odour? a) Amyl nitrate b) ethyl mercaptan c) tetra ethyl lead d) phenol 40) Octane number is an important test for -------------- a) LPG b) kerosene c) gasoline d) light diesel oil 41) The most popular antiknock agent is -------------------- a) Amyl nitrate b) tetra ethyl lead c) phenol d) none of these 42) The molecular formula of tetraethyl lead is ------------- a) C2H5 SH b) Pb(C2H5)4 c) Pb4 C2H5 d) CH3 SH 43) Octane number of paraffin’s -------------- a) Remains constant with change in number of carbon atoms b) Increases with increase in number of carbon atoms c) Decreases with increase in number of carbon atoms d) None of these 44) Proximate analysis of coal does not include the determination of -------------- a) Volatile matter b) percentage of ash c) fixed carbon d) percentage of sulphur 45) Ultimate analysis finds -------------------- a) Determination of carbon and hydrogen b) determination of nitrogen c) both (a) and (b) d) none of these 46) The condition in a vehicle when all fuel does not burn smoothly but a part of fuel burns suddenly with explosion is known as --------------------- a) Cracking b) knocking c) cetane d) octane 47) Higher is the octane number of a gasoline ----------- a) Higher is the knocking it produces b) lower is the knocking it produce c) moderate knocking it produces(d) d) none of these 48) Octane number is a measure of ------------ a) Quality of petrol /gasoline b) quality of diesel c) quality of coal d) quality of all these 49) Cetane number is the measure of -------------- a) Knowing ability and quality of petrol b) ignition quality of diesel fuel c) calorific value of coal d) ignition quality of coal 50) Otto-Hofmanns oven is used In ------------ a) Coalification of coal b) carbonization of coal c) proximate analysis d) ultimate analysis NAME OF TOPIC- FUELS AND COMBUTION BRANCH-CE/ME SUBJECT-CHEMISTRY SEM-SECOND
