List of top Pharmaceutics Questions

The drug price control order (DPCO) is an order issued by the Government under the____ which enables it to fix the prices of some essential bulk and their formulations

Which of the following terms is used to describe the “partial or complete separation of the top or body crowns of a tablet from the main body of the tablet”?

A clear, sweetened hydroalcoholic liquid containing medicament, is known as:

What is the approximate amount of Powder (in mg)that can be filled in empty gelatin capsules of size 00

Invert sugar is a product obtained by the hydrolysis of:

Which of the following formulations are “pharma- ceutically equivalent"? Match the List-I with List-II

	Ingrediant		Function	Table A	Table B	Table C	Table D
A	Aceta- minophen	I	Drug	300 mg	-	300 mg	300 mg
B	Aspirin	II	Drug	-	300 mg	-	-
C	Lactose	III	Filler	100 mg	100 mg	-	100 mg
D	Avicel	IV	Filler	-	-	100 mg	-
	starch		Dis-integrant	50 mg	50 mg	-	50 mg
	Avicel		Dis-integrant	-	-	50 mg	-
	Magsterate		Lubricant	2 mg	2 mg	2 mg	2 mg
	Gelatin		Binder	10 mg	10 mg	10 mg	10 mg

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Basic dyes are used in microbiological staining. Which of the following statement is wrong about mechanism of staining?

Which of the following vehicles (not required to be sterile, but must be pyrogen free) is intended to be used in the manufacture of injectable products to be sterilized after preparation?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: The pressure filling method for filling pharmaceutical aerosol is usually preferred over cold filling method 
Reason R: Because with pressure filling method high production speed can be achieved and less propellant is lost. 
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which of the following is an example of a thermosetting plastic material?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: In the manufacturing of glycero‐gelatin suppositories, overfilling of mould is necessary. 
Reason R: Glycero‐gelatin bases contract very little on cooling and the excess cannot be neatly removed. 
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Statement I: The problem of declining potency in an unstable preparation can be ameliorated by the addition of an excess or overage of the active ingredient.
Statement II: Overages, are added to pharmaceutical formulations to keep the content of the active ingredient well above the limit, compatible with therapeutic requirements, for a predetermined period of time

In the process of sugar coating, to prevent moisture penetration into the tablet core, which one of the following step is performed?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: During the process of decompression in tablet manufacturing, expansion occurs in some tablet. 
Reason R: Expansion occurs in some tablet because of Plastic deformation that has occurred during compression process. 
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

In the process of adding lubricant to a granulation, the lubricant is divided finely by passing it through 60‐100 mesh nylon cloth on to the granulation, in production this process is called as ____the lubricant

Which of the following instrument is used to determine surface area and pore structure of pharmaceutical powders?

Which of the following statement is false?

Which one of the following manufacturing facility may not be required for oral solid dosage form?

In thermoplastic materials, which are used as a container/packaging material, additives like polyethylene and polypropylene are used as ______

Water for injection is prepared by using___distillation

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Quillaia tincture is included in Potassium Citrate Mixture BPC.
Reason (R): Because Quillaia tincture act as an emulgent in Potassium Citrate Mixture BPC, and prevent separation of lemon oil as a surface layer when the lemon spirit is added.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Pyridine upon hydrogenation in presence of platinum at 25°C and 3 atm pressure yields

Which one of the following drugs that is not absorbed orally, is not a bronchodilator, does not have any direct effects on smooth muscles yet is effective in antigen-induced, exercise- induced and irritant-induced asthma though not all asthmatics respond to it positively?

Match List I with List II :

Column I Equipment		Column II  Model/Trade Name / Type
A	Low shear mixer	I	Manestry Drycota
B	Rotary tablet machine	II	Chilsonator (Fitzpatrick)
C	Capsule filling machine	III	Slated Double Cone Mixer
D	Compaction mill	IV	Prosolv (JRS Pharma)
		V	PCF 1200 Model (PharmaLand)

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