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Lignite is a
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Gaseous fossil fuel
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Liquid fossil fuel
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Solid fossil fuel
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Inorganic mineral
Green fuel is:-
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Leaded petrol
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Unleaded petrol
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Gasohol
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Low sulphur diesel
Green fuel, also known as Green Petrol, is a type of fuel distilled from plants and animal materials, believed by some to be more environmentally friendly than the widely-used fossil fuels that power most of the world. It contains low amount of sulphur. So the above selected option is correct
Petrol is known as gasoline in
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U.S.A.
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U.K.
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Parts of India
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All of the above
Petrol is short term for "refined petroleum or distillate petroleum" In American English, it is called "Gasoline" which is commonly shortened for"gas". It has become popular as the trade name of petrol in the U.S. While UK and India or its part thereof it is called petrol ( British English).
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
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Petroleum
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Wood
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Cow dung
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Dry leaves
Fossil fuel is a general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas or heavy oils by exposure to heat and pressure in the Earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years.
What can we observe if petrol gets finished ?
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Less vehicles on roads
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Less trees around us
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Less water around us
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More vehicles on roads.
If petrol is not there for use, we will be using alternative methods like CNG etc , but they are also limited . So there will be decrease in vehicle use.
Biodiesel is obtained from
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Jatropha
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Cedrus
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Eicchornia
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Opuntia
Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl (methyl, ethyl or propyl) esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol producing fatty acid esters.
Which one of the following can be used in place of petrol?
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Ethanol
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Butanol
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Propanol
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Methanol
Natural gas that was formed from ancient prehistoric forests is called
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Fossil fuels
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Petroleum
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Gobar gas
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LPG
Fossil fuels are
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Conventional resources
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Non-conventional resources
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Non-renewable resources
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Both A and C
- Conventional sources of energy are generally non-renewable sources of energy as the accumulation or creation of conventional sources of energy takes years, once they are exploited or consumed.
- Fossil fuels are an example of conventional resources. Petrol, diesel, coal, natural gas, etc are examples of fossil fuels that are obtained by the microbial action on the dead matter for a long time.
- They are used as a source of fuel and energy from ancient times and it takes years to form once they are exploited.
Which of the following is not included in fossil fuel?
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Natural gas
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Coal
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LPG
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None of the above
LPG is liquified petroleum gas. Natural gas is also a fossil fuel. Fossil fuel are non-renewable conventional energy resources found inside the Earth's crust.