PHARMACOGNOSY
1. Ginko is not useful in
A) Asthma
B) Hepat it is/Diabetes
C) Dement ia
D) Inflammat ion
2. Forskolin of Coleus forskohlii is used in treatment of
A) Diabetes
B) Ulcers
C) Hepat it is
D) Heart disease
3. Callus culture can be easily init iated from following tissues of shoot, roots etc.
A) Sclerenchymatous
B) Collenchymatous
C) Parenchymatous
D) Fibrous
4. Swelling Index is used to determine amount of following in the crude drugs
A) Moisture
B) Volat ile oils
C) Crude fibres
D) Mucilage
5. Salicin on hydrolysis yields
A) Salicylic acid and glucose
B) Salicyl alcohol and glucose
C) Salicyclic acid and galactose
D) Salicyl alcohol and galactose
6. Vanilla belongs to family
A) Leguminosae
B) Asclepidaceae
C) Orchidaceae
D) Polypodiaceae
7. Alizarin is an important chemical constituent of
A) Madder
B) Cascara
C) Rhubarb
D) Cochineal
8. Sennosides A & B were first isolated in crystalline form by
A) Fairbairn
B) Lemli
C) Stoll
D) Tut in
9. Stomata present in Senna are following type
A) Anamocytic
B) Anisocytic
C) Paracytic
D) Diacytic
10. Trichomes with quadracellular head & sessible stalk are seen in
A) Digitalis
B) Belladona
C) Hyoscyamus
D) Vasaka
11. Crystal fibres are not present in
A) Licorice
B) Cinnamon
C) Cascara
D) Senna
12. Stone cells with three side lignin thickening are found in
A) Rauwolfia
B) Kantakari
C) Cascara
D) Cinnamon
13. Dog senna is obtained from
A) Cassia auriculata
B) Cassia senna
C) Cassia obovata
D) Cassia occidentalis
14. Outer surface of the bark has silverygrey patches and transversely elongated lenticels
A) Arjun
B) Cascara
C) Cinchona
D) Ceylon cinnamon
15 Rhamnus purshianus is growing in
A) America
B) Europe
C) India
D) Australia
16. In the microscopical study it shows stinecells & crystal fibres.
A) Cinchona
B) Licorice
C) Senna
D) Cascara
17. Star spots are found in
A) Rheum emodi
B) Rheum australe
C) Rheum officinalis
D) Rheum webbianum
18. Rosettes of Calcium oxalate crystals are found in
A) Senna
B) Rhubarb
C) Cinchona
D) Licorice
19. A spot of alcoholic solution on filter paper shows blue fluorescence in UV light in case of
A) Indian Rhubarb
B) Chinese Rhubarb
C) Rhapontic Rhubarb
D) Official rhubarb
20. Carminic acid is used as an important colorant and indicator is
A) A flavonoid glycoside
B) A volat ie compound
C) An arthraquinoe o-glycoside
D) An anthraquinone c-glycoside
21. Reticulate xylem vessels showing no reaction for lignin are found in
A) Rhubarb
B) Licorice
C) Rauwolfia
D) Ashwagandha
22. Flavonoids dissolve in alkalis gives colour?
A) Blue
B) Green
C) Yellow
D) Red
23. Compound commercially available in tablets and injection as potent coronary vasodilator is
A) Silymarin
B) Rut in
C) Xanthotoxin
D) Khellin
24. Geraniol is absent in volatile oil of
A) Dill
B) Rose
C) Geranium
D) Palmarosa
25. carvone is absent in volatile oil of
A) Carum carvi
B) Mentha spicata
C) Anethum graveolens
D) Mentha piperata
26. Endosperm of the fruits of Umbelliferae is characterised by presence following type of calcium oxalate crystals
A) Prisms
B) Microrosettes
C) Clusters
D) Microsphenoids
27. A small secretory canal above vascular bundle is seen in T.S. of
A) Fennel
B) Coriander
C) Caraway
D) Dill
28. Two lateral ridges are flattened to form wing like structure in case of
A) Caraway
B) Dill
C) Coriander
D) Fennel
29. There are only two vittae in each mericarp of
A) Coriander
B) Caraway
C) Dill
D) Anise
30. There are ten primary ridges which are wavy and inconspicuous on outer surface of
A) Dill
B) Caraway
C) Fennel
D) Coriander
31. Drug is dissolved in light petroleum and shaken with dilute copper acetate solution, petroleum layer becomes emarald green in colour; the drug is
A) Asafoetida
B) Colophony
C) Myrrh
D) Catechu
32. Abietic acid is a major constituent of colophony, it is
A) Monoterpene
B) Diterpene
C) Sesqiterpene
D) Triterpene
33. Following Pinus species growing in India is used for collect ion of oloresin
A) Pinus palustris
B) Pinus maritima
C) Pinus longifolia
D) Pinus radiata
34. Nutmeg obtained from Myristica fragrans is a
A) Seed
B) Fruit
C) Arillus
D) Kernel
35. Volatile oil derived from following of Acorus calamus variety is free from β- asarone
A) 2n
B) 3n
C) 4n
D) 5n
36. Natural camphor obtained from Cinnamon camphora is
A) Levorotatory
B) Dextrorotatory
C) Racemic
D) None of these
37. Pungency of ginger is destroyed by boiling 2 % solution of
A) Sodium carbonate
B) Hydrochloric acid
C) Potasium hydroxide
D) Acetic acid
38. Starch grains found in ginger are
A) Simple and round
B) Simple and sac shaped
C) Simple and polygonal
D) Compound
39. Removal of water from gingerol yields
A) Gingerone
B) Gingerdiol
C) Zingiberol
D) Shogaols
40. Coated ginger means, it is
A) Limed
B) Peeled
C) Unpeeled
D) Peeled and limed
41. The drug having very good antiemetic properties is
A) Fennel
B) Ginger
C) Turmeric
D) Coriander
42. Cardamom is a following type of fruit
A) Capsule
B) Drupe
C) Follicle
D) Berry
43. Cardamom belongs to family
A) Umbelliferae
B) Myrtaceae
C) Araceae
D) Zingiberaceae
44. Parenchymatous cells of perisperm of cardamom show following type of small ca-oxalate crystals
A) Cluster
B) Microrosette
C) Prism
D) Raphides
45. It is difficult to make fine powder of cardamon due to presence of
A) oil cells
B) Sclerenchymatous cells
C) Endosperm cells
D) Perisperm cells
46. Sandalwood oil is obtained from following part of Satalum album
A) Stem
B) Leaf
C) Sapwood
D) Heart wood
47.Sandalwood oil is mainly produced in
A) North India
B) South India
C) France
D) Australia
48. Surface of the drug is reddish-brown or reddish-yellow in colour and powdery
A) Asafoetida
B) Benzoin
C) Myrrh
D) Guggul
49. Combined umbelliferone test is positive in case of
A) Bdellium
B) Olibanum
C) Asafoetida
D) Myrrh
50 Drug consists of fusiform, napiform or irregularly oblong tubercle, 3-5 cm long, dark brwn, wrinkled with transverse lenticles
A) Ipomoea
B) Jalap
C) Black nishodh
D) White nishodh
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