Daily Pharma QuizpharmacyTopic wise MCQsIntroduction to Pharmacognosy MCQs Test series by Remix educationJuly 25, 2022July 25, 202211570 Introduction to Pharmacognosy MCQs series Introduction to Pharmacognosy MCQs series Name * Name First First Last Last Email * Start Now 1. Aril is present in * (a) Nutmeg (b) Cardamom (c) Strophanthus (d) Castor 2. Aril is * (a) Outgrowth from micropyle and covering the seed (b) Stiff-bristle like appendages with wavy flowering glume of grasses (c) Warty out growth from micropyle (d) Succulent growth from hilum covering entire seed 3. What is iodine number of coconut oil? * (a) 25–28 (b) 45–55 (c) 7–10 (d) 85–100 4. Which one is also known as extra-nuclear? * (a) Golgi complex (b) Plastid (c) Argon (d) Mitochondria 5. Chemically fixed oils and fats are esters of * (a) Ketone (b) Glycerol (c) Sugar (d) None of the above 6. Fixed oil which is soluble in alcohol is * (a) Arachis oil (b) Mustard oil (c) Castor oil (d) Chaulmoogra oil 7. Which is not one of the parameter of quantitative chemical tests of fixed oils and fat? * (a) Viscosity (b) Reichert-Meissel value (c) Peroxide value (d) Hydroxyl value 8. Palm oil is * (a) Non-drying oil (b) Drying oil (c) Semi-drying oil (d) Fats 9. Olive oil gives fluorescence of colour * (a) Red white (b) Golden yellow (c) Crimson red (d) Whitish blue 10. Halphen’s test is used for * (a) Detection of cotton seed oil as an adulterant (b) Detection of artificial invert sugar (c) Saponins (d) Tannins 11. The most common carbon source for plant tissue culture is * (a) Dextrose (b) Sucrose (c) Charcoal (d) Maltose 12. According to ayurveda PITA (bile) is responsible for:- * (a) Transmitting sense impression to the mind (b) Providing the static energy for holding body tissue together (c) All digestive and metabolic activities (d) Lubrication of various points of friction 14. Chrysanthemum is mainly used as * (a) Pesticide (b) Insecticide (c) Rodenticide (d) Larvicide 13. Natural cytokinin is * (a) Kinetin (b) Zeatin (c) Adenine (d) None 15. Which of the following causes fruit ripening? * (a) Auxin (b) Cytokinin (c) Gibberellins (d) Ethylene 16. All are plant growth promoters except * (a) Abscisic acid (b) Auxin (c) Gibberellin (d) Cytokinin 17. Lycopodium spore method is used for * (a) Powdered drugs having well-defined particle size (b) Single layered cells or tissues (c) The objects of uniform thickness (d) All of the above 18. 1 IU of vitamin A represents * (a) 0.0344 μg of standard preparation (b) 0.344 μg of standard preparation (c) 0.443 mg of standard preparation (d) 0.77g of standard preparation 19. In protoplast culture protoplasm is isolated by using * (a) Cellulase (b) Macerozyme (c) Both (d) None 20. Stellate trichomes are present in * (a) Humulus (b) Pyrethrum (c) Hammaelis (d) Calendula officinalis If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit Start Over