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Which of the following is used as a solvent in dry cleaning?

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  1. Water

  2. Paraffin wax

  3. Petrol

  4. Coal tar

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dry cleaning means cleaning of tiles without using water or aqueous solvents. Petrol is used as a solvent in dry cleaning because it is highly vapourising organic solvent.

Which among the following is used to prepare detergents and plastics?

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  1. Paraffin wax

  2. Bitumen

  3. Petrochemicals

  4. Lubricating oil

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Petrochemicals are the chemical compunds obtained from petroleum. They are used for making detergents, solvents, elastomers, lubricants, gels, polymers, plastics, fibres, adhesives etc

Petroleum is subjected to which of the following process in oil refineries to get petroleum products?

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  1. combustion

  2. pyrolysis

  3. fractional distillation

  4. carbinization

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Refining is the process where seperation of various compounds of crude oil occurs. 


Fractional distillation is used for extracting different petroleum products like petrol, diesel, natural gas from petroleum in oil refineries.

Fuel for heavy motor vehicles is:

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  1. petrol

  2. diesel

  3. coal tar

  4. kerosene

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Diesel engines have very high compression ratios. That is why it is used as a fuel for heavy motor vehicles.

Which one of the following is not a petroleum product?

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  1. Kerosene

  2. Gasoline

  3. Pitch black

  4. Bees wax

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bees wax is not a petroleum product. It is a natural source of wax produced by honey bees.

Which petroleum product is used in making candles?

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  1. Bitumen

  2. Lubricating oil

  3. Paraffin wax

  4. L.P.G

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Candles are made up of Paraffin Wax. It is also a petroleum byproduct obtained during refinery. 

Which is the major step to refine crude oil?

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  1. Distillation

  2. Sublimation

  3. Chromatography

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The very first and important step in the process of refining of crude oil into petroleum gas is distillation.

Petrol and diesel can be obtained from:

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  1. coal tar

  2. coal

  3. petroleum

  4. coal gas

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Correct Option: A,C,D
Explanation:

(Petrol and diesel can be obtained from petroleum. coal gas and coal tar are generated from raw coal.)

What is refining of petroleum?

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  1. Purifying of petroleum

  2. Heating of petroleum

  3. Separation of petroleum products

  4. Extraction of petroleum

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Refining of petroleum is a process to transform crude oil into useful products like LPG, petrol, gasoline, diesel oil, etc.

Which kind of petroleum products are obtain from refining process? 

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  1. Gasoline

  2. Petrol

  3. Jet fuel/ Kerocene

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Petroleum refining process provides different products like gasoline, petrol, diseal, kerosene etc.