Pharmacy MCQ Questions - Set 2.
1. Which of the following is authorized to compound, prepare, mix or dispense any medicine on the prescription of a medical practitioner?
A. D. Pharm.
B. Registered Pharmacist.
C. B. Pharm.
D. A person having five years of such experience.
2. Sterilization of small volume of ophthalmic solution could be achieved by.
A. Using 1 μm filter.
B. Radiation sterilization.
C. Incorporating the drug in an already sterile vehicle.
D. Using a 0.22 μm filter.
3. Which of the following capsule size has the smallest capacity?
A. 5
B. 1
C. 0
D. 000
4. Content uniformity test is used to ensure which of the following quantities?
A. Bio-equivalency.
B. Dissolution.
C. Purity.
D. Potency.
5. Agents that might be used to coat enteric coated tablets include.
A. Cellulose Acetate Phthalate (CAP).
B. Syrup.
C. Hydroxy Propyl Methyl Cellulose (HPMC).
D. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose.
6. Oral liquids must comply with the following requirements.
A. Sterility test.
B. Test for freedom from pathogenic organisms.
C. Dissolution test.
D. Pyrogen test.
7. The disintegration time as per I.P. for hard gelatin capsules and soft gelatin capsules is………and…………respectively.
A. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
B. 30 minutes, 1 hour.
C. 15 minutes, 30 minutes.
D. 30 minutes, 15 minutes.
8. Which of the following statement is correct?
A. A sterile injection solution is free from living microbes.
B. A sterile injection solution is pyrogen-free also.
C. A sterile injection solution is free from living and dead microbes.
D. A sterile injection solution should be necessarily isotonic.
9. Water for Injection is.
A. Purified water.
B. Non-sterile but pyrogen free.
C. Sterile.
D. Sterile and pyrogen free.
10. The loading dose of a drug is generally based upon.
A. Total body clearance of the drug.
B. % of drug bound to plasma protein.
C. The fraction of drug excreted unchanged in urine.
D. The apparent volume of distribution (Vd) and the desired drug concentration in plasma.
11. Two drug products are considered bioequivalent if.
A. The rate and extent of systemic absorption is almost similar.
B. They have been formulated in a similar manner.
C. They are metabolized by the same route.
D. They contain the same amount of drug.
12. Karl-Fisher reagent is.
A. Iodine in pyridine.
B. Iodine in pyridine and ethyl alcohol.
C. Iodine in pyridine and methyl alcohol.
D. None of the above.
13. ECG changes are seen with the use of all except.
A. Tinidazole.
B. Chloroquine.
C. Emetine.
D. Quinine.
14. Which one of the following agents does not arrest cell division in metaphase.
A. Colchicine.
B. Bleomycin.
C. Podophyllotoxin.
D. Vincristine.
15. Antimalarial considered being safer in pregnancy include.
A. Chloroquine.
B. Proguanil.
C. Quinine.
D. Mefloquine.
Answers
1. Registered Pharmacist.
2. Using a 0.22 μm filter.
3. 5.
4. Purity.
5. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose.
6. Test for freedom from pathogenic organisms.
7. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
8. A sterile injection solution should be necessarily isotonic.
9. Sterile and pyrogen-free.
10. The apparent volume of distribution (Vd) and the desired drug concentration in plasma.
11. The rate and extent of systemic absorption are almost similar.
12. Iodine in pyridine and ethyl alcohol.
13. Tinidazole.
14. Vincristine.
15. Proguanil.
