PACOP - Inorganic Pharmaceutical
Chemistry (Green) EXAM LATEST
VERSION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES| ALREADY GRADED A+
Sulfide that is orange-red in color, insoluble in NH3 but soluble in excess (NH4)2S -
Answer ✔✔- Sb2S3
Artificial air contains: - Answer ✔✔- 20% oxygen & 80% helium
What is a mixture composed chiefly of potassium polysulfide and potassium thiosulfate?
- Answer ✔✔- Sulfureted potash
The energy required to remove an electron from a neutral atom is: - Answer ✔✔-
Ionization potential
Rays which have no mass and no charge but of very high energy and excellent
penetrating power are called? - Answer ✔✔- Gamma
Examples of antacids which cause rebound hyperacidity - Answer ✔✔- NaHCO3 &
CaCO3
Which anion evolves a gas with a fruity odor when treated with conc sulfuric acid and
ethanol? - Answer ✔✔- CH3COO-
Which buffer system has been modified to include NaCl to make it isotonic with
physiologic fluid? - Answer ✔✔- Sorensen's Phosphate buffer
The following are elements which form basic anhydrides except: Ca, Na, Mg, S -
Answer ✔✔- S
Simethicone-containing antacids contain simethicone as a/an: - Answer ✔✔-
Antifoaming agent
What element is used as glucose tolerance factor? - Answer ✔✔- Cr
What is the first element produced artificially? - Answer ✔✔- Technetium
,Barium sulfate can be taken internally without causing any toxicity because: - Answer
✔✔- It does not dissociate in the GIT
What is the drug of choice to combat systemic acidosis? - Answer ✔✔- NaHCO3
This metal, in the form of thin foil, is used as a protective for burn treatment due to its
property of conserving fluids and of stimulating tissue growth - Answer ✔✔- Al
Both iron and copper are found in which respiratory enzyme - Answer ✔✔- Cytochrome
oxidase
Plaster of Paris is chemically - Answer ✔✔- CaSO4 + 1/2 H2O
Gas/es considered officially as pharmaceutical inhalant: - Answer ✔✔- N2N2OO2He
Also known as salt-forming group of elements are the - Answer ✔✔- Halogens
Major side effect from the use of Barium sulfate suspension as radiopaque - Answer
✔✔- Constipation
The aluminum silicate that possesses antidiarrheal activity - Answer ✔✔- Kaolin
Fehling's & Benedict's reagent contain what sulfate salt - Answer ✔✔- CuSO4
Substance added to glass to improve its coefficient of expansion - Answer ✔✔- B
Substance added to glass to mask the blue green color of the iron usually present in
silica - Answer ✔✔- MnO2
Substance added to glass to give brown color and light resistance. - Answer ✔✔- K
Substance added to glass to increase its refractive index - Answer ✔✔- Lead
Goiter is caused by the lack of ____ in the body - Answer ✔✔- Iodine
Salts of this metal ion are used as mood stabilizer in psychiatry - Answer ✔✔- Lithium
The element present in hemoglobin which plays an important role in oxygen transport -
Answer ✔✔- Fe
Components of the universal antidote - Answer ✔✔- Activated charcoalMgOTannic acid
, In the form of its salt, this ion is essential to life being the structural basis of skeleton,
and also an important factor in blood coagulation - Answer ✔✔- Ca
This element is present in insulin - Answer ✔✔- Zinc
Oxygen and ozone are - Answer ✔✔- Allotropes
Softest mineral known - Answer ✔✔- Talc
A 10 volume hydrogen peroxide is equivalent to ____% H2O2 - Answer ✔✔- 3%
Mineral chameleon is the synonym of this powerful oxidizing agent - Answer ✔✔-
Potassium permanganate
This ion is used very effectively as astringent, protective and antiperspirant - Answer
✔✔- Al
Strong iodine soln contains KI for the purpose of - Answer ✔✔- Preventing precipitation
Prepared chalk or precipitated chalk is chemically known as - Answer ✔✔- CaCO3
Rochelle salt, used as a cathartic and also as sequestering agent, is chemically -
Answer ✔✔- KNaC4H4O6
A metal which is unaffected by body fluids and attached itself to bones, is now used in
surgical repairs of bones, nerves and muscles - Answer ✔✔- Tantalum
Blue vitriol, an effective astringent and emetic is chemically - Answer ✔✔- CuSO4 +
5H2O
All of the following ions are present in the intracellular fluid except: K+, Na+, Mg2+,
HPO4-2 - Answer ✔✔- Na+
Bordeaux mixture contains what salt - Answer ✔✔- Cupric sulfate (+CaO)
Calomel is - Answer ✔✔- Hg2Cl2 (mercurous chloride)
Amalgams are alloys of - Answer ✔✔- Mercury
The most electronegative element in the periodic table is - Answer ✔✔- Fluorine
White vitriol is referred to - Answer ✔✔- ZnSO4 + 7H2O
Chemistry (Green) EXAM LATEST
VERSION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES| ALREADY GRADED A+
Sulfide that is orange-red in color, insoluble in NH3 but soluble in excess (NH4)2S -
Answer ✔✔- Sb2S3
Artificial air contains: - Answer ✔✔- 20% oxygen & 80% helium
What is a mixture composed chiefly of potassium polysulfide and potassium thiosulfate?
- Answer ✔✔- Sulfureted potash
The energy required to remove an electron from a neutral atom is: - Answer ✔✔-
Ionization potential
Rays which have no mass and no charge but of very high energy and excellent
penetrating power are called? - Answer ✔✔- Gamma
Examples of antacids which cause rebound hyperacidity - Answer ✔✔- NaHCO3 &
CaCO3
Which anion evolves a gas with a fruity odor when treated with conc sulfuric acid and
ethanol? - Answer ✔✔- CH3COO-
Which buffer system has been modified to include NaCl to make it isotonic with
physiologic fluid? - Answer ✔✔- Sorensen's Phosphate buffer
The following are elements which form basic anhydrides except: Ca, Na, Mg, S -
Answer ✔✔- S
Simethicone-containing antacids contain simethicone as a/an: - Answer ✔✔-
Antifoaming agent
What element is used as glucose tolerance factor? - Answer ✔✔- Cr
What is the first element produced artificially? - Answer ✔✔- Technetium
,Barium sulfate can be taken internally without causing any toxicity because: - Answer
✔✔- It does not dissociate in the GIT
What is the drug of choice to combat systemic acidosis? - Answer ✔✔- NaHCO3
This metal, in the form of thin foil, is used as a protective for burn treatment due to its
property of conserving fluids and of stimulating tissue growth - Answer ✔✔- Al
Both iron and copper are found in which respiratory enzyme - Answer ✔✔- Cytochrome
oxidase
Plaster of Paris is chemically - Answer ✔✔- CaSO4 + 1/2 H2O
Gas/es considered officially as pharmaceutical inhalant: - Answer ✔✔- N2N2OO2He
Also known as salt-forming group of elements are the - Answer ✔✔- Halogens
Major side effect from the use of Barium sulfate suspension as radiopaque - Answer
✔✔- Constipation
The aluminum silicate that possesses antidiarrheal activity - Answer ✔✔- Kaolin
Fehling's & Benedict's reagent contain what sulfate salt - Answer ✔✔- CuSO4
Substance added to glass to improve its coefficient of expansion - Answer ✔✔- B
Substance added to glass to mask the blue green color of the iron usually present in
silica - Answer ✔✔- MnO2
Substance added to glass to give brown color and light resistance. - Answer ✔✔- K
Substance added to glass to increase its refractive index - Answer ✔✔- Lead
Goiter is caused by the lack of ____ in the body - Answer ✔✔- Iodine
Salts of this metal ion are used as mood stabilizer in psychiatry - Answer ✔✔- Lithium
The element present in hemoglobin which plays an important role in oxygen transport -
Answer ✔✔- Fe
Components of the universal antidote - Answer ✔✔- Activated charcoalMgOTannic acid
, In the form of its salt, this ion is essential to life being the structural basis of skeleton,
and also an important factor in blood coagulation - Answer ✔✔- Ca
This element is present in insulin - Answer ✔✔- Zinc
Oxygen and ozone are - Answer ✔✔- Allotropes
Softest mineral known - Answer ✔✔- Talc
A 10 volume hydrogen peroxide is equivalent to ____% H2O2 - Answer ✔✔- 3%
Mineral chameleon is the synonym of this powerful oxidizing agent - Answer ✔✔-
Potassium permanganate
This ion is used very effectively as astringent, protective and antiperspirant - Answer
✔✔- Al
Strong iodine soln contains KI for the purpose of - Answer ✔✔- Preventing precipitation
Prepared chalk or precipitated chalk is chemically known as - Answer ✔✔- CaCO3
Rochelle salt, used as a cathartic and also as sequestering agent, is chemically -
Answer ✔✔- KNaC4H4O6
A metal which is unaffected by body fluids and attached itself to bones, is now used in
surgical repairs of bones, nerves and muscles - Answer ✔✔- Tantalum
Blue vitriol, an effective astringent and emetic is chemically - Answer ✔✔- CuSO4 +
5H2O
All of the following ions are present in the intracellular fluid except: K+, Na+, Mg2+,
HPO4-2 - Answer ✔✔- Na+
Bordeaux mixture contains what salt - Answer ✔✔- Cupric sulfate (+CaO)
Calomel is - Answer ✔✔- Hg2Cl2 (mercurous chloride)
Amalgams are alloys of - Answer ✔✔- Mercury
The most electronegative element in the periodic table is - Answer ✔✔- Fluorine
White vitriol is referred to - Answer ✔✔- ZnSO4 + 7H2O
