PHARMACOGNOSY (PACOP Green) questions
with correct verified answers latest update
2025
1. The red coloured product formed when tannins are treated with
hydrolytic agents is known as
a. amolonin
b. diosgenin
c. phlobaphenes
d. catechin
e. leucocyanidin --- correct answer ---C
2. The most widely used alkaloid
a. heroin
b. codeine
c. morphine
d.narcotine
e.papavaerine --- correct answer ---B
3. Tannins have the ability to precipitate _____ which is utilised in
vegetable tanning which converts animal hides to leather:
,a. fats
b. carbs
c. alkaloids
d. proteins
e. glycosides --- correct answer ---D
4. Among the anthraquinone glycosides, this is not employed as cathartic
because it is too irritating to use:
a. aloe
b. frangula
c. rhubarb
d. senna
e. chrysarobin --- correct answer ---E
5. Ethiodized oil is an iodine addition product of ethyl ester of the fatty acid
of:
a. corn
b. peanut
c. almond
d. soybean
e. poppy seed --- correct answer ---E
,6. The alkaloid present in Rauwolfia is
a. emetine
b. reserpine
c. physostigmine
d. morphine
e. scopolamine --- correct answer ---B
7. The alkaloid formed by the acetylation of morphine is:
a. heroin
b. codeine
c. morphine
d. cocaine
e. papaverine --- correct answer ---A
8. One of the ff does not belong to the group; the volatile oils present in the
vick's vapour
a. menthol
b. camphor
c. thymol
d. eugenol
e. cineole --- correct answer ---D
, 9. This alkaloid is employed in ophthalmology to treat glaucoma:
a. eserine
b. reserpine
c. emetine
d morphine
e. strychnine --- correct answer ---A
10. One of the following is not a medicinal balsam:
a. storax
b. benzoin
c. styrax
d. tolu
e. methyl salicylate --- correct answer ---E
11. If indian hemp is cannabis, then black indian hemp is
a. convollaria
b. podophyllum
c. benzoin
d. apocynum
e. red squill --- correct answer ---D
with correct verified answers latest update
2025
1. The red coloured product formed when tannins are treated with
hydrolytic agents is known as
a. amolonin
b. diosgenin
c. phlobaphenes
d. catechin
e. leucocyanidin --- correct answer ---C
2. The most widely used alkaloid
a. heroin
b. codeine
c. morphine
d.narcotine
e.papavaerine --- correct answer ---B
3. Tannins have the ability to precipitate _____ which is utilised in
vegetable tanning which converts animal hides to leather:
,a. fats
b. carbs
c. alkaloids
d. proteins
e. glycosides --- correct answer ---D
4. Among the anthraquinone glycosides, this is not employed as cathartic
because it is too irritating to use:
a. aloe
b. frangula
c. rhubarb
d. senna
e. chrysarobin --- correct answer ---E
5. Ethiodized oil is an iodine addition product of ethyl ester of the fatty acid
of:
a. corn
b. peanut
c. almond
d. soybean
e. poppy seed --- correct answer ---E
,6. The alkaloid present in Rauwolfia is
a. emetine
b. reserpine
c. physostigmine
d. morphine
e. scopolamine --- correct answer ---B
7. The alkaloid formed by the acetylation of morphine is:
a. heroin
b. codeine
c. morphine
d. cocaine
e. papaverine --- correct answer ---A
8. One of the ff does not belong to the group; the volatile oils present in the
vick's vapour
a. menthol
b. camphor
c. thymol
d. eugenol
e. cineole --- correct answer ---D
, 9. This alkaloid is employed in ophthalmology to treat glaucoma:
a. eserine
b. reserpine
c. emetine
d morphine
e. strychnine --- correct answer ---A
10. One of the following is not a medicinal balsam:
a. storax
b. benzoin
c. styrax
d. tolu
e. methyl salicylate --- correct answer ---E
11. If indian hemp is cannabis, then black indian hemp is
a. convollaria
b. podophyllum
c. benzoin
d. apocynum
e. red squill --- correct answer ---D
