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UNIT 1st

PHARMACOGNOSY 1 st

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1. What that means of “Pharmacon” ?

A.Study

B. Drug

C. Knowledge

D.Chemica
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2. Who’s the father of Indian Pharmacognosy ??

A.Aristotle

B.Hippocrates

C.Shen Nung

D. Dr. Chandrakant Kotate


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3. Drug is not under the class of organized drug :

A. Leaves

B. Flowers

C. Fruits

D. Gums
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4. What’s that means of Gnosis?

A.Knowledge

B. Science

C. Herbal

D. Drug
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5. Who’s the father of Pharmacognosy?

A. Schmidt

B. Pedanius Dioscorides

C. Shen Nung

D. Hippocrates
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6. The name Pharmacognosy coined in the
year .......
A. 1811

B. 1815

C. 1851

D. 1814
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7. The term pharmacognosy in explain in
book....
A. Medicine

B. Pentose

C. Analecta Pharmacognostica

D. Materia Medica
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8. Mineral originated crude drugs.......

A. Talc

B. Gelatin

C. Silk

D. Coal
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9. Animal kingdom was first written by?

A. Hippocrates

B. Charaka

C. Aristotle

D. Theophrastus
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10. Penicillin was discovered by ?

A. Alexander Fleming

B. William Fleming

C. Flory

D. Calvin
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11. Stem containing crude drugs is ..

A. Honey

B. Ashwagandha

C. Ephedra

D. Ipecac
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12. Bark containing plant drug is .......

A. Castor

B. Cinchona

C. Mango

D. Mustard
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13. Resin containing crude drug is....

A. Rosemary

B. Linseed

C. Yield

D. Storax
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14. Cocoa butter is adulterated with.....

A. Paraffin

B. Lard

C. Lime stone

D. Kokum butter
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15. Almond oil is adulterated with....

A. Coconut oil

B. Linseed oil

C. Palm oil

D. Cotton seed oil


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16. Prism is presented with....

A. Camera Lucida

B. Electron Microscope

C. Both

D. None
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17. Stomata of senna is .....

A. Anisocytic

B. Paracytic

C. Diacytic

D. Actinocytic
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18. Type of stomata present in Datura ?

A. Anisocytic

B. Paracytic

C. Diacytic

D. Actinocytic
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19. Leaf based crude drug is.....

A. Belladona

B. Clove

C. Cinchona

D. Vinca
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20. The plant is having multiple stems and
shorter height is known as.....
A. Herb

B. Tree

C. Shrub

D. Creepe
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21. Tissue and cells cultured in a liquid
medium (without agar) produce a: –
A. Callus culture

B. Suspension culture

C. Inorganic culture

D. Protoplast culture
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22. The traditional healer who practices the
unani system is termed as
A. Pharmacist

B. Doctor

C. Vaidh

D. Hakim
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23. Most of the alkaloids have test

A. Sweet

B. Sour

C. Bitter

D. Spicy
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24. Important chemical constituents honey is

A. Glucose

B. Fructose

C. Maltose

D. Invert sugar
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25. Agar is used as

A. Binder

B. Disintegrate

C. Emulsifying agent

D. Preservative
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26. Which of the following is not apart of
flower
A. Calyx

B. Bark

C. Corolla

D. Gynoecium
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27. The main function of stomata is

A. Exchange of gases

B. Prepare the food

C. Elongate the roots

D. None of the above


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28. Generally clove is adulterated with.....

A. Mother clove

B. Father clove

C. Clove stalks

D. Mother clove and clove stalks


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29. The cultivation of plant tissue or organ of the
plant in artificial nutrient medium is called as.....

A. Genetic engineering

B. Plant tissue culture

C. Hybridization

D. Biotransformation
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30. First transgenic plant ?

A. Potato

B. Tobacco

C. Datura

D. Tomato
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31. Enzyme required to produce protoplast

A. Cellulose and pectinase

B. Pectinase and Zymase

C. Protease

D. Pepsin
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32. Which of the following alkaloid is
volatile liquid

A. Papaverine

B. Thebaine

C. Codeine

D. Nicotine
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33. Organoleptic evaluation is also known
as......
A. Microscopic

B. Biological

C. Technical

D. Morphological
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34. It is the average number of palisade cells
below on epidermal cells is known as…..
A. Stomatal number

B. Stomatal index

C. Vein islet number

D. Palisade ratio
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35. It is an average number of stomata present
in sq. mm of epidermis is known as..

A. Stomatal number

B. Stomatal index

C. Vein islet number

D. Palisade ratio
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36. Percentage which the number of stomata form to
the total number of epidermal cells is known as…..

A. Stomatal number

B. Stomatal index

C. Vein islet number

D. Palisade ratio
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37. ……………. Is the area surrounded by
the veins?
A. Stomatal number

B. Stomatal

C. Islet

D. Palisade
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38. Which optical instrument, when attach with a
component microscope helped drawing microscope
images of objects on the paper ?
A. Lycopodium Spore method

B. Camera Lucida

C. Microscope

D. None
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39. Which evaluation, drug are evaluated by
means of our sensory organs ?
A. Physical evaluation

B. Chemical evaluation

C. Microscopic evaluation

D. Organoleptic evaluation
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40. The residue remaining after incineration of a
known quantity of the air crude drug is know as the
……………………….. of the drug ?

A. Moisture content

B. Ash content

C. Both A and B

D. None
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41. The ................... must be some material which in
both cheap and available in large amount and use to
adulterate the original drug
A. Adulteration

B. Direct adulteration

C. Adulterant

D. Indirect adulteration
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42. Those drug, which obtained from natural
sources like plants animals etc.

A. Ophthalmic drug

B. Organized drug

C. Crude drug

D. None
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43. Those drug, which are not a part of plant
but derived from plants ?
A. Organized drug

B. Unorganized drug

C. Crude drug

D. Both A and B
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44. Which of the following is not a part of
sources of drug ?
A. Plant sources

B. Marine sources

C. Mineral sources

D. Taxonomic sources
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45. The study of antigen-antibody reaction is
called as........
A. Pharmacognosy

B. Toxicology

C. Serology

D. Morphology
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46. Purity = ?

A. Quantity

B. Quality

C. Solubility

D. Identity
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47. The mixing of original crude drug partially with
other similar looking substances is known as......

A. Adulteration

B. Adulterant

C. Indirect adulteration

D. Direct adulteration
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48. Which of the following is not a part of
crude drug?
A. Senna

B. Opium

C. Coffee

D. Paracetamol
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49. Which classification, drug are arrange in
according to their Kingdom, phylum, order, family,
genus and species is known as................

A. Pharmacological classification

B. Chemical classification

C. Taxonomical classification

D. Chemo-taxonomical classification
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50. ...................... derived from a cod fish ?

A. Coconut oil

B. Linseed oil

C. Cod liver oil

D. Palm oil
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