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  • 'Solvent naphtha' used mostly as a solvent in paints and perfumery is produced by the __________ of virgin naphtha into small boiling range cuts.


  • Options
  • A. steam reforming
  • B. distillation
  • C. desulphurisation
  • D. none of these

  • Correct Answer
  • distillation 


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    • 1. Quinoline is a/an __________ compound.

    • Options
    • A. sulphur
    • B. nitrogen
    • C. oxygen
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is a naphthene?

    • Options
    • A. Butene
    • B. Butadiene
    • C. Cyclohexane
    • D. Acetylene
    • Discuss
    • 3. Smoke point of a good burning kerosene may be around __________ mm.

    • Options
    • A. 0-5
    • B. 20-25
    • C. 60-75
    • D. 100-120
    • Discuss
    • 4. Older crude petroleum

    • Options
    • A. is light and better.
    • B. gives more distillates.
    • C. gives less tar.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 5. Performance number of a liquid fuel is related to its

    • Options
    • A. wax content
    • B. spontaneous ignition temperature
    • C. knocking tendency
    • D. sulphur content
    • Discuss
    • 6. Flash point of diesel/kerosene (>50°C) is determined by the

    • Options
    • A. Abel apparatus
    • B. Pensky-Martens apparatus
    • C. Saybolt chromometer
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The solvent used in Barisol dewaxing process is

    • Options
    • A. hexane
    • B. furfural
    • C. benzol and ethylene dichloride
    • D. methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
    • Discuss
    • 8. With increase in the number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon molecules, the density of petroleum products

    • Options
    • A. decreases
    • B. increases
    • C. remains same
    • D. unpredictable from the data
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following has the highest flash point of all?

    • Options
    • A. Diesel
    • B. Kerosene
    • C. Petrol
    • D. Furnace oil
    • Discuss
    • 10. The order of preference for feedstock to a catalytic reformer is

    • Options
    • A. catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha - virgin naphtha.
    • B. coking naphtha - virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha.
    • C. virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha.
    • D. virgin naphtha - coking naphtha - catalytic naphtha.
    • Discuss


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