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When oil is heated along with H2, in the presence of Ni catalyst, it forms fat, this process is called?
A Dehydrogenation
B Hydration
C Hydrogenation
D Dehydration
After the increase of price of oil by 40%, a family decided to reduce its oil consumption so that the expenditure for oil goes up by 26% only. If the total consumption of oil before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then what is the current consumption of oil per month (in kg)?
A 8
B 8.50
C 9
D None of these
Natural gas recovered along with crude oil from oil wells is called wet natural gas which has a higher __________ compared to the dry natural gas.
A Unsaturated hydrocarbon content
B Calorific value
C Quantity of propane
D Quantity of butane
A catalyst is said to be a negative catalyst, ifit
A Retards the rate of reaction
B Reduces the value of equilibrium constant
C Does not initiate the reaction
D All of the above
For the hydrogenation of oils (i) __________ is commonly used as catalyst and (ii) __________ is a catalyst poison.
A (i) platinum (ii) sulphur
B (i) palladium (ii) oxygen
C (i) nickel (ii) sulphur
D (i) nickel (ii) oxygen
Effectiveness factor (E) of a catalyst pellet is defined as, E = (actual rate within pore of catalyst/rate if notsnowed by pore diffusion) Effectiveness factor for a first order reaction is given by (where, T = Thiele modulus)
A Tan hT/T
B Tan T/T
C Tan hT/tan T
D None of these
Drum X is 1/2 full of oil and drum Y, which has twice the capacity of drum X, is 2/3 full of oil. If all of the oil in drum X is poured into drum Y, then drum Y will be filled to what fraction of its capacity?
A 3/4
B 5/6
C 11/12
D 7/6
The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by
A term contracts
B term tenders
C monthly tenders
D All the above
Mineral oils (e.g. petroleum oils) are preferred over fatty oils (e.g. mustard oil, ghee, tallow, palm oil, olive oil etc.) as a lubricant due to its
A Poor oxidation stability and high gum forming tendency
B Greater tendency of decomposition at elevated temperature
C Hydrolysis tendency in presence of water
D All of the above
In a refinery petroleum crude is fractionated into gas fraction, light ends, intermediate distillates, heavy distillates, residues and by products. The group of products including gas oil, diesel oil and heavy fuel oil belongs to the fraction
A Heavy distillates
B Intermediate distillates
C Light ends
D Residues

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