Chemistry · General Awareness

Carbon and Fossil Fuels

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Review fundamental concepts regarding carbon compounds, coal distillation, and fossil fuel formation. This segment covers the chemical properties and industrial applications of natural gas and crude oil. Practicing these questions will strengthen your chemistry foundation for general science sections.

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Carbon and Fossil Fuels Questions

Multiple choice

Coke is better fuel than coal because :

  1. it burns without smoke

  2. it burns to produce heat

  3. it is used for domestic cooking

  4. it burns with useful smoke
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 Coke do not give out smoke while burning

Multiple choice

Petroleum is a mixture of

  1. Hydrocarbons

  2. Carbon and hydrogen

  3. Oxygen and nitrogen

  4. Oxygen, sulphur and carbon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

fact

Multiple choice

Co is produced on

  1. Complete combustion of coal

  2. Fractional distillation of petroleum

  3. Incomplete combustion of coal

  4. Distillation of water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Incomplete combustion of Carbon gives CO but complete combustion will give CO2.