MPSC State Service 2020 · CSAT · Question 6 of 77

Passage: Read the following passage and answer the questions. Bio-fuel Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel these two persons made revolution in motor car industry. They expected that their motor car should be run on fuel obtained from plants, but in those days crude oil was the cheapest and won the competition. Petrol became popular and dream of Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel shattered. After a century the will of Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel is about to fulfil. Presently the hike in the petroleum opens the channel for bio-fuel. Slowly the use of bio-fuel in cars, trucks and aeroplanes is becoming popular. Brazil took lead in the bio-fuel. At present there are more than four hundred ethanol production centres in that country, that ethanol produced only from sugarcane. They do not use the pure gasoline but mixed 25% ethanol in it. In future, only ethanol consuming vehicles will be manufactured in that country. More and more land is used for the plantation of sugarcane and ethanol producing plants. “Gasoline cars are slowly disappearing. ” technicians of that country claim. Ethanol is obtained from maize in America. Germany is the largest producer of biodiesel in Europe. Along with India other 30 countries are trying to produce ethanol from various plants. Ethanol can be produced from the plants like coconut, soyabean, groundnut, Palm, grapes and beetroot. The most important thing is that conventional car engines can be run on bio-fuel. Apart from this, the proper mixture of ethanol in gasoline or diesel can be used as fuel. The conventional diesel engine can run better in 20% bio-fuel. It means there is no need to change the vehicle engines for bio-fuel. Its speciality is that Bio-fuel doesn՚t emit carbon dioxide. Nature take crores of years to produce crude-oil, instead the bio-fuel is obtained from the plants and vegetation. Bio-fuel not only emits the low carbon does not emit the toxic gases like nitrogen oxide. The production of bio-fuel will be dioxide but also depending on the growth capacity of the plants and availability of land for the plantation. Apart from this the production of bio-fuel will be possible from the various type of waste. Which of the following statements are correct? a. Brazil took lead in the bio-fuel production. b. Ethanol is obtained from sugarcane in America. c. Germany is the largest producer of biodiesel in Europe.

Reading Comprehension

1. AOnly a is correct
2. BOnly a and b are correct
3. COnly a and c are correctCorrect
4. DAll are correct