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Both asphalt and wax are produced by __________ base crude oils.
A Naphthenic
B Asphalt
C Paraffin
D Mixed
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
__________ base crude oil is also called asphaltic crude.
A Paraffinic
B Naphthenic
C Mixed
D Aromatic
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
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
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
Catalytic cracking compared to thermal cracking of residue of vacuum distillation of crude oil
A Gives higher yield of petrol
B Lower octane number of petrol
C Higher sulphur content in the product
D Higher gum forming material in petrol
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
Crude oil is transported inland from oil field to refineries, mainly by the
A Road tankers
B Rail tankers
C Underground pipelines
D None of these
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

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