The apothecary system of weights is the hystorical system of masss unit i.e pounds and grains. 1 pound (lb) is equivalent to 7000 grains.
Q2. Ampoules generally contain
A) Single dose parentral product
B) multiple dose parental product
C) Two or three doses
D) none of these
Answer: (A) Single dose parentral product
Ampoules are hermatically seales, and contain only single dose parentrals.
Q3. Plasticizers are added in plastic to provide
A) Flexibility
B) heat stability
C) Mechanical strength
D) none of these
Answer: (A) Flexibility
plasticisers are additives to that increase the plasticity (flexibility) or fluidity of the material.
Q4. Which mill is used for size reduction of fibrous material?
A) Roller mill
B) Hammer mill
C) Ball mill
D) cutter milll
Answer: (D) cutter milll
Size reduction is a process of reducing substance to smaller particles. Cutter mill is used for fibrous material.
Q5. Ball mill works on the principle of
A) Impact
B) Compression
C) Attrition
D) Attrition and impact
Answer: (D) Attrition and impact
Ball mill works on the both princilpes of Attrition and impact.
Q6. Micrometrics deals with the study of
A) Powders
B) Micropores
C) small particles
D) metric system of measurements
Answer: (C) small particles
Micrometrics is a science and technology of small particles.
Q7. Which filter is used for bacterial filtration?
A) Filter paper
B) Sintered glass filter
C) Membrane filter
D) none of these
Answer: (C) Membrane filter
Membrane sepration process operates without heating. Membrane filters are made up of cellulose nitrate which is highly flammable compound.
Q8. The extraction process, in which crude drug is kept in contact with menstrum is called
A) infusion
B) maceration
C) percolation
D) none of these
Answer: (B) maceration
Macretion is also a wine making process n which raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables are soaked in a liquid to softened the food or absorb the flavour of the liquid.
Q9. Belladonne tincture is prepared by percolation due to its
A) Nature of crude drug
B) therapeutic value of drug
C) chemical properties of constituents
D) none of these
Answer: (B) therapeutic value of drug
Belladona tincture primary used in diarrohea and visceral pain. It contains active substance to get high yield it is isolated by percolation process.
Q10. Drug and menstrum ratio of tincture is
A) 1 : 3
B) 1 : 4
C) 1 : 10
D) 1 : 2
Answer: (B) 1 : 4
A tincture is an alcoholic extract of plant or animal material or solution of such or of a low volatile substance containing 1 part of material in 4 parts of alcoholic solution (menstrum).
Q11. Fractional distillation is carried out for seprating
A) miscible liquids
B) Immiscible liquids
C) Volatile oils
D) hormones
Answer: (A) miscible liquids
Fractional distillation is a process of seprating two or more liquids from a solution by heating the solution. As different liquids vaporise at different tempratures.
Q12. In which dryer, drying takes place at very low temprature?
A) Sublimation dryer
B) Vacuum dryer
C) Fluidized bed dryer
D) Rotatory dryer
Answer: (A) Sublimation dryer
The sublimation of the product is done at -20°ree; C temperature.
Q13. Sera are used to provide
A) Artificial passive immunity
B) Artificial active immunity
C) Natural passive immunity
D) none of these
Answer: (A) Artificial passive immunity
Artificial passive immunity is aquired through transfer of antibodies or activated T-cells from an immune host and it short lived. Passive immunity can occurs naturally when material antibodies are transferred to the fetus through placenta.
Q14. The lack of ability to resist infection is
A) susceptibility
B) Tolerance
C) Virulence
D) none of these
Answer: (A) susceptibility
In epidemiology, A susceptible indivisual is member in a population who is at risk of becoming infected by a disease.
Q15. Tablet is film coated with
A) cellulose acetate phthalate
B) Cellulose
C) Hydroxy propyle methyle cellulose
D) carboxy methyle cellulose
Answer: (C) Hydroxy propyle methyle cellulose
Hdroxy propyle methyle cellulose is also known as Hypromellose.
Q16. Which one of these substance can be directly compressed into tablet?
A) Paracetamol
B) Aspirin
C) Indomethacin
D) Salicylic acid
Answer: (B) Aspirin
Aspirin also known as acetyl salicylic acid, can directly compressed into tablet.
Q17. Slugging is related to
A) Wet granulation
B) Mixing
C) Dry granulation
D) Filling of the die
Answer: (C) Dry granulation
Dry granulation process creates granules by light compacting of the powder blend under low pressure.
Q18. The solution of potassium permangnate is filterd through
A) Filter paper
B) Whatman filter paper
C) cotton wool
D) Glass wool
Answer: (D) Glass wool
Potassium permangnate is act as an antiseptic and also a strong oxidising agent. Due to oxydising nature it can affect paper, cotton etc.
Q19. Water attack test is is used to identify the alkalinity in:
A) Type I glass
B) Type II glass
C) Type III glass
D) All of these
Answer: (B) Type II glass
Water attack test is used for Type II glass.
Q20. Saccharin sodium is used as :
A) colouring agent
B) Sweetening agent
C) Flavouring agent
D) none of these
Answer: (B) Sweetening agent
Saccharin sodium is a artificial sweetner.
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