Petroleum
Petroleum: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Petroleum, Petrol, Uses of Hydrogen Gas & Black Gold etc.
Important Questions on Petroleum
The organic matters settle in the seabed and transformed over millions of years to form _____ fuels due to environmental change and anthropogenic stressors on coastal marine systems.

Organic matter settles in the seabed due to volcanoes and forms igneous rocks.

Which of the following is obtained from the organic matter settled in seabed?


Arrange the following petroleum product in the order of their separation, starting from the one which separates earlier.
Paraffin, petrol, diesel and lubricating oil.

Which of the following techniques is used to separate kerosene from petroleum?

The physical property on which the separation of different petroleum products is done is termed as _____ point.

Which petroleum product is supposed to be obtained at on fractional distillations.


Identify the on-shore oil reserves in India.

_____ Field represents the largest oil field in India.

India is the ____ biggest oil importer after China.

Lack of air, high temperature, and high pressure over million of years, transformed the dead organisms into petroleum and natural gas.

Organic matter is mineralized mainly by fermenting, denitrifying, sulphate-reducing and methane-producing bacteria under the sea bed.

Which of the following reactions is an example of use of water gas in the synthesis of other compounds?

Hydrogen gas, now a days, is not preferred to be used

Which of the following fossil fuel is used as the starting material for making chemicals and fertilizers?


Diesel contains hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range of

Which of the following is known as liquid gold?
