Physical Pharmaceutics 2 MCQs [set-1]

Chapter: Rheology

1. Flocculated suspensions exhibit the flow of a type:

A. Dilatant
B. Newtonian
C. Plastic
D. Pseudoplastic
Answer: C

2. A limitation that is NOT related to the falling sphere viscometer:

A. Applicable to only less viscous liquids
o m
B. Large volume of sample is required
. c
C. Needs the sample to be transparent
te
D. Plug flow
a
Answer: D

q M
3. In general, Newtonian fluids c
are expressed in terms of viscosity. A
corresponding expression inM nonNewtonian fluids (in terms of viscosity) is:
A. apparent
B. dynamic
C. intrinsic
D. kinematic
Answer: A

4. One of the following is NOT a one point viscometer, but can be used for the same
purpose. Pick the viscometer of this type.
A. cup and bob
B. falling sphere
C. Ostwald
D. rolling ball
Answer: A
5. Fluidity is a term associated with newtoniam fluids. An equivalent term in
plastic flow fluids is:
A. apparent viscosity
B. flexibility
C. mobility
D. plastic viscosity
Answer: C

6. Dilatant flow is characterized as a reverse phenomenon of:

A. newtoniam flow
B. plastic flow
C. pseudoplastic flow
D. rheopexy
Answer: C

7. Deflocculated suspension with high concentration of the dispersed solids exhibits

the flow of type:
A. dilatant
B. newtoniam
C. plastic
D. pseudoplastic
Answer: A

8. In antithixotropy, the down-curve is frequently positioned to: (with respect to

up-curve):
A. left.
B. origin
C. right
D. superimposible
Answer: C

9. At equilibrium, the thixotropic behavior of a pseudoplastic system exhibit the

state of:
A. gel
B. paste
C. sol
D. wax

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Answer: C

10. Which one of the following physical Property is NOT a rheological property?
A. body and slip
B. spreadability
C. surface tension
D. viscosity
Answer: C

11. The pseudoplastic flow behavior can be explained by:

A. apparent viscosity
B. area of hysteresis loop
C. hysteresis loop
D. yield value
Answer: A

12. Brookfield viscometer is an example of type:

A. cone and plate
B. extrusion
C. rotation sphere
D. rotating spindle
Answer: D

13. High viscosity indicates one of the following relationships in a system. Which is
relevant?
A. free from intermolecular interactions
B. intermolecular attractions are stronger
C. intermolecular attractions are weaker
D. shape of the molecules is spherical
Answer: B

14. An emulsion of o/w type has the viscosity:

A. greater than that of the internal phase
B. greater than that of the vehicle
C. less than that of the internal phase
D. less than that of the vehicle
Answer: A

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15. Creep testing is applied to analyse the viscoelastic property of:
A. emulsions
B. lotions
C. ointments
D. suspensions
Answer: C

16. The system that undergoes gel-to-sol transformation is known as:

A. elastic
B. permanent deformation
C. shear thickening
D. shear thinning
Answer: D

17. The type of viscosity specified in I.P. (Ostwald viscometer) is:

A. absolute viscosity
B. dynamic viscosity
C. kinematic viscosity
D. viscosity coefficient
Answer: C

18. After giving the i.m. injection of procaine penicillin G, the process of forming a
depot in the muscle is due to:
A. high yield value
B. low consistency
C. low yield value
D. rapid thixotropic recovery
Answer: D

19. Pick the reason for the calibration of an instrument.

A. most of the instruments are not reliable
B. to calculate the constant for the instrument
C. to calculate the relative property
D. to correct the errors in the working of an instrument
Answer: D

20. Plug flow in NOT observed in cone and plate viscometer. The reason is:

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 A. cleaning and filling of sample is easy
B. rate of shear is independent of the radius
C. shear can be maintained uniformly
D. temperature can be maintained uniformly
Answer: C

21. The term rheology was invented by

A. Bingham and Crawford
B. Newton
C. Michaelis and Menten
D. Watson and Crick
Answer: A

22. According to the Newton's law of viscosity, "The shear stress in flowing fluid
is__________ to the rate of shear."
A. Inversely proportional
B. directly proportional
C. Square root
D. Perpendicular
Answer: B

23. The unit of viscosity is

A. Newton sec m-2
B. Newton sec2 m2
C. Newton sec-1 m-1
D. Newton
Answer: A

24. Fluidity is
A. reciprocal of density
B. reciprocal of surface tension
C. reciprocal of volume
D. reciprocal of viscosity
Answer: D

25. Kinematic viscosity is the ratio of dynamic viscosity to the____________

A. density of the fluid
B. plastic viscosity

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 C. volume of liquid to flow
D. specific gravity of fluid
Answer: A

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