Which of the following is not a petroleum product?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Beeswax
Refining separates petroleum into products such as petroleum gas, petrol, diesel, kerosene, lubricating oil, paraffin wax and bitumen. Beeswax is made by honeybees to build their honeycombs, so it does not come from petroleum.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) Kerosene — Incorrect. A petroleum product used as fuel for stoves, lamps and jet aircraft.
Option (3) Bitumen — Incorrect. A petroleum product used in paints and road surfacing.
Option (4) None of the above — Incorrect. Beeswax is not a petroleum product.