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Biofuels Quiz
1. Which of the following is not a biofuel?
a. Ethanol b. Methanol
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Which country began substituting Ethanol-powered
vehicles for gasoline-powered vehicles in the 1980s?
a. Mexico
c. Natural gas d. Butanol
b. Chile
2. Which gas can be collected from landfills and used c. Brazil
to generate energy? d. United States
a. Nitrogen b. Methane
c. Carbon dioxide d. Oxygen 5. Which biofuel is known as wood alcohol?
a. Methanol
b. Ethanol
3. Which biofuel
c. Butanol
is produced by the
d. Biodiesel
fermentation of
corn or sugarcane?
a. Ethanol 6. Which biofuel did the U.S. government ban during
b. Butanol Prohibition?
c. Methanol a. Methanol
d. Biodiesel b. Biodiesel
c. Ethanol
d. Butanol

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7. In which year was the first Ethanol-powered 11. Which ingredients are needed to break down the
engine built? sugar in a plant to make Ethanol?
a. 1862 a. Carbon dioxide/Water b. Sunlight/Rain
b. 1867 c. Bacteria/Yeast d. Sodium/Chlorine
c. 1890
d. 1903
12. All biofuels are made from
8. Scientists can convert biofuel from which vegetable a. Corn b. Animal fat
into a working battery? c. Biological ingredients d. Plants
a. Carrot b. Potato
c. Turnip d. Radish 13. Which of the following is not a potential biofuel?
a. Grassoline b. Hydrogen fuel cell
9. Which of the following countries leads the world in c. Algae Biodiesel d. Methanol
building biogas digesters that convert fuel from
animal and crop 14. With B20 Biodiesel,
waste into energy? the “20” indicates the
a. Russia percentage of what?
b. United States a. Biodiesel fuel
c. India b. Standard fuel
d. Finland c. Energy
d. Calorific value
10. In the United States, biodiesel fuel is mostly made
from which type of oil? 15. Ethanol refers to any biofuel made from
a. Palm b. Cottonseed a. Grass b. Corn
c. Soybean d. Sunflower seed c. Plant carbohydrates d. Soybean

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16. When was vegetable oil first proven as a fuel
source?
a. 1900 b. 1940
c. 1990 d. 1952
17. Which of the following is not 24. According to Professor Walker, ___________ is
one of the criticisms of biofuel?
a. Increased food prices
b. More crowded highways
c. Less food for hungry countries
d. Vegetation loss
18. Which of the following statements is/are correct
about biofuels?
1. Methanol can be used directly or by blending
with petrol
2. Hydrogen can be blended with compressed natural
gas (CNG)
a. Only 1 b. Only 2
c. Both d. None
19. Which of the following renewable energies reduces
our dependency on liquid fuels?
a. Oil b. Solar power
c. Biomass d. Ethanol
20. How much of the petroleum imported into the
US is for transportation?
a. 20% b. 70%
c. 45% d. 60%
21. Which biofuel has the highest motor octane
number?
a. Unleaded gasoline b. Methanol
c. Ethanol d. Butanol
22. ___________ is the most energy dense biofuel.
a. Butanol b. Methanol
c. Unleaded gasoline d. Carbon monoxide
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23. ______________ is an efficient method for producing
energy from biomass.
a. Composting b. Fermentation
c. Recycling d. Regeneration
probably the major biofuel conversion technology
used globally?
a. Gasification b. Combustion
c. Mechanical extraction d. Pyrolisis
25. What chemical reaction makes Biodiesel?
a. Polymerization b. Transesterification
c. Sublimation d. Fermentation
26. What is a byproduct of
producing Biodiesel?
a. Salt
b. Glycerin
c. Polymer
d. Methanol
27. Up to what Biodiesel blend is safely used in diesel
engines without modifications?
a. B50 b. B20
c. B99 d. B60
28. Pure Biodiesel does not emit which pollutant?
a. Particulate matter b. Carbon Monoxide
c. Nitrogen Dioxides d. Sulfur Dioxides
29. Biodiesel does what at cold temperatures?
a. Separates b. Melts
c. Gels d. Freezes
30. Methanol can be obtained from
a. Water gas
b. Destructive distillation of wood
c. Methane
d. All
31. Ethanol is biofuel and
is known to be
a. Carbon neutral
b. Hydrogen neutral
c. Oxygen neutral
d. All of them
32. Which of the following
plants is not commonly used in
commercial biofuel a. Sugar b. Enzymes
production today?
a. Corn
b. Palm
c. Sugarcane 40. Bioethanol obtained in the fermentation process
d.Switchgrass
33. Bio methane is produced by the __________ of c. 99.4% d. 99.7%
biomass.
a. Aerobic oxidation b. Anaerobic oxidation
c. Fermentation d. Rectification
34. What biofuel grade is pure Biodiesel?
a. B0 b. B1
c. B100 d. B10
35. What common characteristic is shared by all
Biodiesel sources?
a. Biodiesel sources are combustible
b. Biodiesel sources contain fat
c. Biodiesel sources are plant-based
d. None of the above
36. What type of fuel did Henry Ford think the Model
T would run on?
a. Peanut oil b. Ethanol
c. Gasoline d. Methanol
37. National Policy on Biofuels was first released in
______________________?
a. 2009 b. 2011
c. 2010 d. 2015
38. Bioethanol is denatured alcohol that is also called
______________.
a. Ethylene b. Methylated spirit
c. Ethylene glycol d. Methylene
39. Bioethanol is subjected to rectification to remove
________________.
c. Yeast d. Impurities
has __________ purity.
a. 99% b. 99.2%
41. To make transport fuel Bioethanol is blended with
__________
a. Diesel b. Petrol
c. Oil d. Kerosene
42. ____________ is called biogas.
a. Bioethane b. Biomethane
c. Biodiesel d. Biobutanol
43. The percentage of carbon dioxide in Biomethane is
_____________
a. 30-40 b. 32-43
c. 35-45 d. 55-60
44. Microbial Fuel Cell is
used for energy production
in the form of________
a. Electrical energy
b. Thermal energy
c. Mechanical energy
d. Methane
45. Specific methane yield is not influenced much by
a. Temperature
b. Biodegradable COD or VS loading
c. Pressure
d. All of these
Answers
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. a
8. b 9. c 10. c 11. c 12. c 13. b 14. a
15. c 16. a 17. b 18. c 19. c 20. b 21. b
22. c 23. b 24. b 25. b 26. b 27. b 28. d
29. c 30. d 31. a 32. d 33. b 34. c 35. b
36. b 37. a 38. b 39. d 40. d 41. b 42. b
43. b 44. a 45. c
Contributed by Ms Shivani and Ms Kirti Chhabra, Research
Interns, International & Popular Science Division,
CSIR-NISCAIR
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