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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
The most important oil producing area of the USA is
A The Applachian region
B The Texas-Louisiana belt
C The Ohio-Indiana belt
D The California-Colorado belt
Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil ?
A Bombay High
B Digboi
C Ankleshwar
D Naharkatiya
The inter-governmental organization made up of the major oil producing nations is-
A OPEC
B ILO
C FAO
D WHO
Major wheat and rice producing area in China is ________
A Hwang-Ho basin
B Yangtse-basin
C Si-Kiang basin
D All the above
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
The cost of producing rice in country Q is 10 percent less than the cost of producing rice in country Y. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added. it is still cheaper for a company to import rice form country Q to country Y than to produce rice in country Y? The statements above , if true , best support which of the following assertions?
A Labor costs in country Q are 10 percent below those in country Y .
B Importing rice from country Q to country Y is less than 10 percent of the cost of manufacturing rice in country Q .
C The fee for transporting rice from country Q to country Y is more than 10 percent of the cost of manufacturing rice in country Q .
D It takes 10 percent less time to manufacture rice in country Q than it does in country Y.

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