300+ TOP Coal & Petroleum MCQs and Answers Quiz

Coal and Petroleum Multiple Choice Questions

1. Naphthalene balls used to repel moth and insect is derived from
A. Petroleum
B. Sugar
C. Coal tar
D. LPG

Answer: C Coal tar

2. CNG is the abbreviated form of
A. Combined natural gas
B. Compressed Natural Gas
C. Confirmed Natural gas
D. Condemned Natural gas

Answer: B Compressed Natural Gas

3. 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 Inexhaustible Natural Resources

4. 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 Exhaustible Natural Resources

5. The slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called
A. Carbonisation
B. fuelification
C. Coalfication
D. None of the above

Answer: A Carbonisation

Coal & Petroleum MCQs

6. In India petroleum deposit was first found in the state of
A. Gujarat
B. Maharastra
C. Assam
D. West Bengal

Answer: C Assam

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 All of the above

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 Ensure proper maintenance of the vehicle

9. Black gold is actually
A. Gold which became black on burning
B. Petroleum
C. Gold sold in black market
D. Diamond

Answer: B Petroleum