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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
Paraffin base crude oil as compared to asphalt base crude gives
A Higher yield of straight run gasoline
B Higher octane number gasoline
C Lower viscosity index lube oil
D Poorer yield of lube oil
__________ base crude oil is also called asphaltic crude.
A Paraffinic
B Naphthenic
C Mixed
D Aromatic
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
Crude petroleum oil is a __________ fuel.
A Primary
B Fossil
C Both A & B
D Secondary
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
Molecular weight of crude petroleum may be around
A 50
B 250
C 1500
D 5000
Sour crude means the __________ bearing crude.
A Asphalt
B Sulphur compounds
C Wax
D Nitrogen compounds
Crude oils containing more than __________ kg of total salts (expressed in terms of NaCl) per thousand barrel is called a 'salty crude'.
A 1
B 5
C 15
D 25

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