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GATE QUESTION PAPER (PHARMACY: PY) – 1994

1.Multiple Choice Questions 1.1 Natural Camphor is: (a) an optically inactive aldehyde obtained from Cinnamomum camphora (b) a white dextrorotatory ketone obtained from the wood of Cinnamomum camphora (c) a white optically inactive ketone obtained form the bark of Cinnamomum camphora (d) a white volatile aldehyde obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum camphora   1.2 Ingredients used for capsulation in soft capsule should flow by gravity at a temperature not exceeding (a) 35°C (b) 30°C (c) 25°C (d) 20°C   1.3 The region of the electromagnetic spectrum below 200 nm is known as (a) vacuum ultra violet region (b) far UV region (c) low UV region (d) microwave region   1.4 O/W micro emulsion containing hydrophilic surfactant produces (a) translucent emulsion (b) transparent emulsion (c) milky white emulsion (d) intense white emulsion   1.5 Which of the following steroids shows predominant mineralo corticoid action? (a) Hy...

GATE QUESTION PAPER (PHARMACY: PY) – 1993

1. Multiple Choice Questions 1.1 Triamcinolone is (a) 9 a -Fluoro-16 a -hydroxyprednisolone (b) 9 ß -Fluoro-16 a -hydroxyprednisolone (c) 9 a -Fluoro-16 ß -hydroxyprednisolone (d) 9 a -Bromo-16 a -hydroxyprednisolone   1.2 Surfactants are characterized by the presence of (a) water solubilising groups alone (b) fat solubilizing groups alone (c) water and fat solubilising groups in the same molecule (d) groups with positive charge   1.3 Gamma-globulin is separated from serum by … (a) agglutination (b) dialysis (c) centrifugation (d) salting out   1.4 The stationary phase in Thin-layer chromatograph is: (a) liquid held between glass (b) silica gel (c) glass plate (d) none of the above   1.5 Benzoyl perioxide is … (a) an astringent (b) an emollient (c) a preservative (d) a keratolytic   1.6 Water for injection differs from sterile distilled water as it is free from (a) carbon dioxide (b) pyrogens (c...

GATE QUESTION PAPER (PHARMACY: PY) – 1992

  1. Multiple Choice Questions 1.1 Simethicone is a component of several antacid formulations. Chemically it is (a) wax (b) fat (c) Aldehyde (d) silicon   1.2 The pharmacy Council of India is constituted by the (a) Central Government (b) State Government (c) Parliament (d) Legislative Assembly   1.3 All of the following physicochemical constants are useful in predicting the solubility of a drug except (a) Dielectric constants (b) pH of a solution (c) pKa of the drug (d) Valency   1.4 Sigma blade mixers are commonly used in … (a) Wet granulation (b) Dry granulation (c) Powder mixing (d) Crude fibre mixing   1.5 The 5β pregnane is said to have a (a) trans-anti-trans-anti-trans back bone (b) cis-anti-trans-anti-trans back bone (c) cis-syn-trans-syn-trans back bone (d) trans-anti-cis-anti-cis back bone   1.6 Many drugs are chiral. In a synthesis of chiral drug molecules in symmetric environment (a...