Equal volumes of aniline and diesel oil when mixed at room temperature (during summer) was found to be completely mis-cible. It means that the aniline point of the diesel is __________ the room temperature.

more than
less than
same as
either more or less; depends on the room temperature
✅ The correct answer is option C.

Crude oil is subjected to vacuum distillation in the last stage, because

high boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose.
lighter/low boiling products are prone to thermal decomposition.
high purity products can be obtained thereby.
none of these.
✅ The correct answer is option A.