Petroleum is formed from: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Petroleum is formed from:
A. Meteors
B. Marine organisms buried under sediment
C. Volcanic ash
D. Decaying land plants only
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Petroleum originates from microscopic marine organisms (plankton) that sank to the seabed and were transformed by heat/pressure over millions of years. Coal is from land plants.

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Ethene undergoes which type of reaction with bromine water?
A. Substitution
B. Addition
C. Oxidation
D. Dehydration

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
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Which scientist arranged elements in increasing order of atomic weights and grouped them by similar properties?
A. John Newlands
B. Dmitri Mendeleev
C. Antoine Lavoisier
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Correct Answer: Option B


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The IUPAC name of ethylene is:
A. Ethyne
B. Ethane
C. Methane
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Correct Answer: Option D


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