Energy and Environment Practice Test | Environmental Science Quiz

1.During the estimation of geothermal resources, which of the following is NOT considered?
Depth, thickness and extent of geothermal aquifer
Fossil content of rocks
Properties of rock formation
Salinity and geochemistry of fluid present in aquifer

2.Shale gas is natural gas which is mainly dominated by
Methane
Ethane
Butane
Propane

3.Bioenergy is a form of
Conventional Energy
Renewable energy
Unconventional energy
Renewable energy

4.Which process facilitates conversion of raw fat into biodiesel in the presence of alcohol?
Torrefaction
Transesterification
Saccharification
Glycerol conversion

5.The destructive distillation of coal yielding products such as gasoline, diesal oil and other products, is known as
gasification
precipitation
condensation
liquefaction

6.Yaw control used in wind turbine generator is
Microprocessor based control unit
The mechanism to keep the rotor axis along the wind directon
the mechnism to keep the rotor axis perpendicular to wind direction
Gear mechanism to control the speed of the rotor when wind speed is extremely high

7.Which of the following parameters provides information on ignition quality of diesel?
Octane number
Iodine value
Acid value
Cetane number

8.Maximum sulfur content is found in which grade of coal?
Bituminous
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Anthracite

9.Which of the following fuels has minimum nitrogen content?
Crude oil
CNG
Producer gas
LPG

10.Which biofuel is widely used in many countries as motor fuel?
Methane
Ethanol
Butanol
Biodiesel

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