Engineering Chemistry Multiple Choice Questions on “Petroleum – 2”.
1. Which of the following area contains crudes of mixed base oils?
a) Ankaleswar
b) Cambay
c) Naharkatiya
d) Mumbai
Answer: c
Clarification: The Naharkatiya oil fields in Assam contain crudes of mixed base oils. The Ankaleswar and Cambay oil field present in Gujrat mainly consists of paraffin base type. Extensive exploration of oil in all prospective sedimentary basins of India is in progress.
2. How much percentile of petroleum is present in India?
a) 20%
b) 10%
c) 5%
d) 1%
Answer: d
Clarification: The Indian resources of petroleum are estimated to be around 300 million tonnes. The total world reserves of petroleum are around 30000 tonnes which are mainly present in the gulf regions.
3. Which of the following deltas of petroleum are found recently in India?
a) Godavari
b) Naharkatiya
c) Cambay
d) Gulf of Kutch
Answer: a
Clarification: Oil deposits are obtained from the exploration of the Godavari delta. The production of petroleum high is still in progress. Also in the Gulf of Kutch there is still exploration going on.
4. In which region of Uttar Pradesh oil refinery is located?
a) Lucknow
b) Mathura
c) Agra
d) Lalganj
Answer: b
Clarification: Mathura oil refinery is the sixth refinery founded by the India Oil Corporation Limited. This refinery was founded for meeting the demands of petroleum products in the north-western region of the country.
5. Which of the following method is used for the detection of deposits of oil by mapping the age of rock?
a) Visual method
b) Seismic method
c) Drilling
d) Geological method
Answer: d
Clarification: As the name suggests, this method comprises of mapping the age of rocks, their nature and the types of formation present. These are sometimes assisted by aerial photography.
6. Which of the following is a geophysical method for the detection of oil deposits?
a) Gravimetric method
b) Geological method
c) Visual method
d) Drilling
Answer: a
Clarification: Gravimetric method is the method in which the variations in density of the earth’s crust are measured with sensitive instruments. There are more two types of geophysical method which includes a seismic method and magnetic method.
7. For what purpose does the cores for drill are examined?
a) For the fossil fuels occurring in strata
b) For mapping the age of rocks
c) For fossil formation and evidence of non-porous rocks
d) For checking the intensities of earth’s magnetic field
Answer: c
Clarification: Drilling provides the final proof for the occurrence of oil-bearing strata. When the existence of oil deposit is proved, drilling is continued until the depth of the oil or oil-bearing strata is confirmed.
8. What is the tall huge tower present the drilling called?
a) Feed lever
b) Derrick
c) Chuck and sleeve
d) Slurry
Answer: b
Clarification: The drilling equipment consists of a tall huge tower called derrick, which is anchored to the ground, engines, mud pumps, water tanks draw-works nad many other modules.
9. The success of drilling mostly depends on the quality of the specially prepared slurry of water called the mud.
a) True
b) False