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An instrument that measures the spectrum of a sample.
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Q. An instrument that measures the spectrum of a sample.
Ans → spectrometer
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Q. An instrument used to measure the amount of rotation of plane polarized light by a compound, generally prepared in a solution
Ans → polarimeter
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Q. A group that is used to protect a functional group from unwanted reactions. After application the protecting group can be removed to reveal the original functional group.
Ans → protecting group
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Q. An equimolar mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of a compound.
Ans → racemic mixture
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Q. A a term applied to an atom or molecule having one or more free valencies.
Ans → radical
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Q. A chemical processes in which the proportion of more electronegative substituents is decreased, or the charge is made more negative, or the oxidation number is lowered.
Ans → reduction
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Q. The process of separation of a racemate into its two enantiomers by means of some chiral agency.
Ans → resolution
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Q. The representation of a compound by two or more canonical structures in which the valence electrons are rearranged to give structures of similar probability.
Ans → resonance
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Q. A process in which the forward reaction can reach an equilibrium with the reverse reaction.
Ans → reversible process
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Q. A formal non-ambiguous, nomenclature system for the assignment of absolute configuration of structure to chiral atoms, using the Cahn, Ingold and Prelog priority rules.
Ans → R,S convention
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Q. The term given to organic molecules which contain no multiple bonds.
Ans → saturated
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Q. The sideways projection of a carbon-carbon single bond and the attached substituents.
Ans → sawhorse projection
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Q. An instrument that measures the degree of absorption (or emission) of electromagnetic radiation by a substance.
Ans → spectrophotometer
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Q. The term given to organic molecules which contain no multiple bonds.
Ans → saturated
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Q. Lowest concentration of an antibacterial drug necessary to inhibit the growth of a microorganism.
Ans → minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
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Q. The amount of a specific radioactive material it takes to create a chain reaction.
Ans → critical mass
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Q. The number of mg of KOH required to hydrolyse 1 g fat or oil is known as
Ans → Saponification number
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Q. The element involved in the protection of cells against the damage of H2O2 and other free radicals
Ans → Selenium
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Q. A full agonist is an agonist that produces the largest maximal response of any known agonist that acts on the same receptor.
Ans → Full Agonist
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Q. A term applied to the combination of molecules of a substance with one another to form more complex systems.
Ans → association
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Q. The enzyme defect in acute intermittent porphyria
Ans → Uroporphyrinogen synthase I
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Q. Proteins that participate in ribosome assembly during initiation
Ans → initiation factors
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Q. The science of studying a collection of mRNA molecules produced from microbial communities
Ans → metatranscriptomics
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Q. Technological process consisting of the application of a substance, which forms a layer e.g, to protect the drug
Ans → coating
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Q. A ligand that binds to a receptor and alters the receptor state resulting in a biological response.
Ans → Agonist
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Q. Powder formulation in which individual doses of a powdered dosage form are separately wrapped
Ans → divided powder
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Q. Name the type of symbiosis in which one population benefits while harming the other parasitology the study of parasites
Ans → parasitism
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Q. A substance that can make a chemical reaction faster but which is not actually needed to produce the reaction nor is used in the reaction.
Ans → catalyst
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Q. A substance that cannot be divded chemically into component substances.
Ans → element
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Q. Carbohydrates are the polyhydroxyaldehydes or ketones, or compounds which produce them on
Ans → Hydrolysis
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Q. The specific term used to describe carbohydrate stereoisomers differing only in configuration at the hemi-acetal carbon atom.
Ans → anomers
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Q. Destruction or removal of microorganisms in or about an object, e.g., by steam, chemical agents (alcohol, phenol, ethylene oxide gas), high-velocity electron bombardment, gamma or ultraviolet light radiation or filtration.
Ans → sterilization
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Q. Usually water or low-molecular-weight alcohols or compounds, used in topical applications and in wet granulation, for the production of tablets.
Ans → moistening agents
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Q. Repair of the sugar-phosphate backbone of the DNA, making the DNA molecule continuous
Ans → ligation
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Q. A a DNA molecule resulting from the cutting and insertion of DNA from one organism into the DNA of another organism, resulting in a new combination of genetic material
Ans → recombinant DNA molecule
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Q. Name a common STI of the reproductive system caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Ans → gonorrhea
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Q. The process of separating the lighter particles of a powder from the heavier ones by means of an up- ward-directed stream of fluid (gas or liquid).
Ans → elutriation
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Q. Organic substances occurring naturally, which are basic, forming salts with acids. The basic group is usually an amino function.
Ans → alkaloid
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Q. The process whereby a molecule is split into simpler fragments which may be smaller molecules, atoms, free radicals or ions.
Ans → dissociation
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Q. Name the retrovirus responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans
Ans → human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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Q. Process of making dense, spherical pellets by means of special spheronizing or pelletizing equipment.
Ans → spheronization
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Q. When particles move to a lower area of concentration from a high area of concentration.
Ans → diffusion
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Q. The total number of ATP produced by the oxidation of a molecule of palmitic acid is
Ans → 129 ATP,
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Q. Name the graph modeling the number of cells in a culture over time
Ans → growth curve
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Q. Name the molecule that slides between the stacked nitrogenous bases of the DNA double helix, potentially resulting in a frameshift mutation
Ans → intercalating agent
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