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NCERT Solutions Curiosity Chapter 11 .6 Fossil Fuels — Activity 11.5: Let us conduct a survey

Book page 22211 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.
Conduct a survey of vehicles in your neighbourhood. Which types of vehicles are there? What types of fuels do they use? Record the information that you collect in Table 11.3.
Answer

Stand safely near a road or in your colony for fifteen minutes and note down every vehicle you see. A filled Table 11.3 looks like this.

Type of vehicleType of fuel used
Scooter / motorcyclePetrol
Car (small, family car)Petrol or diesel; some run on CNG
Auto-rickshawCNG or petrol
School bus / city busDiesel or CNG
Truck / tempo / tractorDiesel
E-rickshaw / electric scooterElectricity (battery)
Bicycle, bullock cart, hand cartNo fuel — muscle power
Train (in some places)Electricity, or diesel on unelectrified lines
Tip: Add a third column of your own — “how many did I count?” Then you can say which fuel is used by the most vehicles in your locality, not just which fuels exist.
Q2.
What are the most common types of fuels used?
Answer

Petrol and diesel are the two most widely used fuels for vehicles. In most Indian surveys petrol comes first, because two-wheelers outnumber every other vehicle.

Petrol, diesel and kerosene ← obtained from petroleum
Petroleum + natural gas + coal = fossil fuels
  • Petrol — scooters, motorcycles, most cars.
  • Diesel — buses, trucks, tractors, generators.
  • CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) — autos, taxis and city buses; it is a cleaner fuel than petrol or diesel.
  • Electricity — a growing number of e-rickshaws, scooters and cars, which release no smoke at all.
Why this survey matters: almost every vehicle on the list burns a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are found in limited quantities and take millions of years to form — so the more the survey list grows, the sooner the stock runs out and the more the air is polluted.
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