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Where was the world's first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?
A Baku in Russia.
B Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
C Digboi in Assam, India
D Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
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
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
Water content in the crude oil as it comes out of oil well may be upto __________ percent.
A 2
B 5
C 10
D 25
Which of the following is used for pumping crude oil from oil well?
A Single stage centrifugal pump
B Gear pump
C Screw pump
D Duplex/triplex reciprocating pump
The hole to be drilled for tapping is _________ the outside diameter of the thread on the tap.
A Equal to
B Smaller than
C Greater than
D None of these
Two holes in the disc of energy meter are drilled at the opposite sides of the spindle to
A improve its ventilation
B eliminate creeping at no load
C increase its deflecting torque
D increase its braking torque

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