Non-Renewable Resources MCQs
Non-Renewable Resources – MCQs
Class: 8 | Subject: Science
Section 5: Coal and Petroleum
Topic: Non-Renewable Resources
CBSE Board Examination Preparation
Section 5: Coal and Petroleum
Topic: Non-Renewable Resources
CBSE Board Examination Preparation
Instructions: These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are designed strictly as per the NCERT syllabus, making them ideal for CBSE Class 8 Science examination standard.
1. Non-renewable resources are those which:
Answer: C
They take millions of years to form and are exhaustible.
2. Which is a non-renewable resource?
Answer: C
Coal is a fossil fuel formed over geological time.
3. Petroleum is obtained from:
Answer: B
Formed from marine organisms buried millions of years ago.
4. Natural gas is stored as:
Answer: B
Compressed Natural Gas is a fossil fuel.
5. Fossil fuels are non-renewable because they:
Answer: B
Their formation is extremely slow.
6. Burning non-renewable fuels causes:
Answer: D
Combustion releases harmful gases.
7. Which is a mineral fuel?
Answer: A
Coal is mined from Earth.
8. Conservation of non-renewables is needed because they are:
Answer: B
They will be exhausted if overused.
9. Petrol is refined from:
Answer: B
Obtained via fractional distillation.
10. Diesel is used mainly in:
Answer: A
Used in trucks, buses, generators.
11. LPG stands for:
Answer: A
Common cooking fuel.
12. Bitumen is used in:
Answer: A
Road surfacing material.
13. Coal mining extracts:
Answer: B
Coal is carbon-rich solid fuel.
14. Fossil fuels store energy as:
Answer: A
Released on combustion.
15. Overuse leads to:
Answer: B
Resources get exhausted.
16. Alternative to fossil fuels:
Answer: D
Renewable substitutes.
17. Coke is obtained from:
Answer: A
Nearly pure carbon.
18. Fossil fuel use increases:
Answer: D
Contributes to climate change.
19. Petroleum refinery produces:
Answer: D
Various useful fractions.
20. Best conservation step:
Answer: D
All help save non-renewable resources.
