Chemistry in everyday life mcq for Entrance Exam
Medical Entrance Examination
Q1: Which one of the following is employed as Antihistamine? [CBSE AIPMT 2011]
| A | Omeprazole |
| B | Chloramphenicol |
| C | Diphenhydramine |
| D | Norethindrone |
Answer: (C) Some common antihistamines include:
- Allegra (fexofenadine)
- Astelin and Astepro (azelastine) nasal sprays
- Atarax and Vistaril (hydroxyzine)
- Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
- Chlor-Trimeton (chlorpheniramine)
- Clarinex (desloratadine)
- Claritin and Alavert (loratadine)
- Cyproheptadine
- Dimetane (brompheniramine)
- Emadine (emedastine) eye drops
- Livostin (levocabastine) eye drops
- Optivar (azelastine) eye drops
- Palgic (carbinoxamine)
- Xyzal (levocetirizine)
- Tavist (clemastine)
- Zyrtec (cetirizine)
Q2: Which one of the followings is employed as a Tranquilizer drug? [CBSE AIPMT 2010]
| A | Promethazine |
| B | Valium |
| C | Naproxen |
| D | Mifepristone |
Answer:(B) some of the common tranquilizers
- Noradrenaline: iproniazid and phenelzine
- Anti Tension: chlordiazepoxide meprobamate
- Anti depression: valium, serotonine, equanil
- Sleep Medicine:Barbiturates are derivatives of barbituric acid medicine as sedatives :veronal, amytal, nembutal, luminal, seconal
Q3: Arsenic containing medicine used for the treatment of syphilis, is [Kerala pmt 2010]
| A | Tetracycline |
| B | Ofloxacin |
| C | Erythromycin |
| D | Salvarsan |
Answer:(D)
The artificial sweetener containing chlorine that has the appearance and taste as that of sugar and is stable at cooking temperature is [Kerala PMT 2010]
| A | Aspartame |
| B | Saccharin |
| C | Sucralose |
| D | Alitame |
Answer:(C)
The dyes which are used in reduced state and are then oxidized in the fabric by air are called [DUMET 2010]
| A | Azo dyes |
| B | Dispersed dyes |
| C | Basic dyes |
| D | Vat dyes |
Answer:(D)
Which one of the following is employed as a tranquilizer? [CBSE AIPMT 2009]
| A | Naproxen |
| B | Tetracycline |
| C | Chlorpheniramine |
| D | Equanil |
Answer:(D)
The role of phosphate in detergent powder is to [Delhi PMT 2009]
| A | Control pH level of the detergent water mixture |
| B | Remove Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions from the water that causes the hardness of water |
| C | Provide whiteness to the fabrics |
| D | Form solid detergent as phosphate-less detergent are liquid in nature |
Answer:(B)
Bithional is generally added to the soaps as an additive to function as a/an [Kerala PMT 2009]
| A | Softener |
| B | Dryer |
| C | Buffering agent |
| D | Antiseptic |
Answer:(D)
Which among the following is not an antibiotic? [Kerala PMT 2008]
| A | Erythromycin |
| B | Oxytocin |
| C | Penicillin |
| D | Tetracycline |
Answer:(B) Antibiotics are products of microbial growth and thus, antibiotic therapy has been likened to ‘setting on.e thief against another’.
Antibiotics are of two types :
- Bactericidal antibiotics have cidal (killing) effect on microbes. For example, penicillin, ofloxacin, amino glycosides, cephalosporins, daptomycin, fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, co-trimoxazole, telithromycin and vancomycin. etc.
- Bacteriostatic antibiotics have a static (inhibitory) effect on microbes. For example, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, etc
Which of the following is used as a “morning after pill”? [Kerala PMT 2007]
| A | Mifepristone |
| B | Ethynylestradiol |
| C | Norethindrone |
| D | Promethazine |
Answer:(A)
Tincture of iodine is [AIIMS 2006]
| A | alcoholic solution of I2 |
| B | solution of I2 in aqueous KI |
| C | aqueous solution of I2 |
| D | aqueous solution of KI |
Answer:(A)
Engineering Entrance Examination
Aspirin is [West Bengal JEE 2010]
| A | Acetyl salicylic acid |
| B | Benzoyl salicylic acid |
| C | Chloro benzoic acid |
| D | Anthranilic acid |
The oxidant which is used as an antiseptic is [West Bengal JEE 2009]
| A | KBrO3 |
| B | KMnO4 |
| C | CrO3 |
| D | KNO3 |
Answer:(B)
State Eligibility Test
The class of drugs used for the treatment of stress is [JK CET 2010]
| A | Analgesics |
| B | Antiseptic |
| C | Antihistamine |
| D | Tranquilizers |
2-Acetoxy benzoic acid is used as [Karnataka CET 2004]
| A | Antiseptic |
| B | Antidepressant |
| C | Antimalarial |
| D | Antipyretic |
Answer:(D)