1. What is Foreign matter in food materials?

A. Foreign materials are classified as either intrinsic (a component of the food such as bones, stems, or
pits) or extrinsic (materials not normally found in food, such as stones, insects, plastic, glass, or metal).

2. Why is ash content determined?

A. The analysis of ash content in foods is simply the burning away of organic content, leaving inorganic
minerals. This helps determine the amount and type of minerals in food; important because the amount
of minerals can determine physiochemical properties of foods, as well as retard the growth of
microorganisms.

3. What is acid insoluble ash?

A. Acid Insoluble Ash values represents detecting presence of Silica and Oxalates in drugs. ... The Acid
Insoluble Ash as Limit Test is designed to measure the amount of ash insoluble to diluted Hydrochloric
acid.

4. What is ash chemically?

A. Ash, in chemistry, solid residue of combustion. The chemical composition of an ash depends on that
of the substance burned. Wood ash contains metal carbonates (e.g., potassium carbonate) and oxides
formed from metals originally compounded in the wood.

5. What does acid value measure in an oil?

A. It is a measure of the free fatty acids (FFA) present in the fat or oil.

6. What is the difference between acid value and saponification value?

A. Acid value refers to the amount of "free" fatty acids in the oil/fat. Saponification value refers to the
amount of esters that can be hydrolysed and turned into soap.

7. The acid value of an oil was found to be 7. After used for frying a number of times its acid value was
found to be 31. Comment.

8. The average weight of a batch of tablets was found to be 265g. Calculate the permissible weight
variation range?

9. Define viscosity? (dynamic viscosity)

Ans. It is defined as the property of fluid which offers resistance to the movement of one layer of fluid
over another adjacent layer of fluid.

10. Define density?

A. It is the ratio of the mass of fluid to the volume of fluid.

11. Define Specific gravity? What are its units?

A. It is defined as the ratio of density of fluid to the density of standard fluid. For liquid standard fluid is
water = 1.

12. How does the viscosity of a fluid vary with temperature?

13. What is the unit of viscosity?

a. Poise b. JK-1m-1 c. Kgm-1 d. none

14. A powder sample weighs 50g and has a total volume of 80ml. Calculate the bulk density of the
powder.

15. The aggregate sample for the sieve analysis is placed on:

a) Largest sieve b) Smallest sieve c) 40mm IS sieve d) receiving pan

16. 4. How is percentage retained on each sieve calculated?

a) Wsample/Wsieve b) W sieve/W sample c) W sieve-W sample d) Wsample - Wsieve

17. Which of the following is not a product of fermentation?

A. Lactate B. Oxygen C. Carbon dioxide D. Ethanol

18. Why is a tablet hardness done?

A. Tablet hardness testing, is a laboratory technique used by the pharmaceutical industry to test the
breaking point and structural integrity of a tablet "under conditions of storage, transportation, and
handling before usage" The breaking point of a tablet is based on its shape.

19. What is the limit for friability of tablets?

A. A maximum mean weight loss from the three samples of not more than 1.0% is considered
acceptable for most products.

20. Which type of tablets are exempted from Disintegration testing?

A. Chewable Tablets

21. What is the recommended temperature for checking DT of a dispersible tablet?

A. 25 ±10C (IP) & 15 – 25C (BP)

22. What is mesh aperture of DT apparatus ?

A. 1.8 -2.2mm (#10)

23. What is the recommended upward and downward movement frequency of a basket-rack assembly
in a DT apparatus?

A. 28 – 32 cycles per minute.

24. How do you calculate Loss on drying?

25. What is the difference between Moisture content and Loss on drying?

A. Water content is determined by the Karl Fischer titration method and it consists of only water i.e
moisture content. The results does not contain other volatile matter except the water.

26. The ash value of a churna was found to be 8.1%. Its water insoluble ash was found to be 1%. Which
of the following would you think could be the reason for it?

a. saindhava lavana b. gairika bhasma c. kukkutanda twak d. none

27. Which of the following is an example of fats?

a) Glyceryl trioleate b) Vegetable ghee c) Coconut oil d)Groundnut oil

28. Which of the following is not a suitable solvent for oils and fats?

a) Petroleum ether b) CCl4 c) CHCl3 d) Water

29. Saponification is hydrolysis

a) By alkalis b) In digestive tracts of human beings c) By acids d) By salts

30. Select the incorrect statement from the following options for a developed Thin layer chromatogram.

a) The spots of colorless compounds are invisible to the eyes.

b) These spots can be detected by putting the plate under ultraviolet light

c) These spots can be detected by placing the plate in a covered jar containing iodine crystals

d) None of the mentioned

31. The relative adsorption of each components of the mixture on a TLC plate is expressed in terms of its

a) Acceleration factor b) Retardation factor c) Both acceleration and retardation factor

d) None of the mentioned

32. Retardation factor is the ratio of

a) Distance moved by substance from base line to distance moved by the solvent from base line

b) Distance moved by solvent from base line to distance moved by the substance from base line
c) Distance moved by substance from top line to distance moved by the solvent from top line

d) Distance moved by solvent from top line to distance moved by the substance from top line

33. Which of the following are alkaline in nature?

a. gomutra arka b. triphala arka c. gulab arka d. shigru arka

34. In all forms of chromatography there is a mobile phase and a stationary phase.

a) In thin layer chromatography what is the stationary phase?

b) In thin layer chromatography what is the mobile phase?

1. What is Foreign matter in food materials?

2. What does acid value measure in an oil?

3. What is the difference between acid value and saponification value?

4. The acid value of an oil was found to be 7. After used for frying a number of times its acid value was
found to be 31. Comment.

5. The average weight of a batch of tablets was found to be 265g. Calculate the permissible weight
variation range?

6. Define viscosity? (dynamic viscosity)

7. Define density?

8. What are Specific gravity units?

9. How does the viscosity of a fluid vary with temperature?

10. What is the unit of viscosity?

a. Poise b. JK-1m-1 c. Kgm-1 d. none

11. A powder sample weighs 50g and has a total volume of 80ml. Calculate the bulk density of the
powder.

12. The aggregate sample for the sieve analysis is placed on:

a) Largest sieve b) Smallest sieve c) 40mm IS sieve d) receiving pan

13. 4. How is percentage retained on each sieve calculated?

a) Wsample/Wsieve b) W sieve/W sample c) W sieve-W sample d) Wsample - Wsieve

14. Which of the following is not a product of fermentation?

A. Lactate B. Oxygen C. Carbon dioxide D. Ethanol

15. Why is a tablet hardness done?

16. What is the limit for friability of tablets?

17. How do you calculate Loss on drying?

18. What is the difference between Moisture content and Loss on drying?

19. 26. The ash value of a churna was found to be 8.1%. Its water insoluble ash was found to be 1%.
Which of the following would you think could be the reason for it?

a. saindhava lavana b. gairika bhasma c. kukkutanda twak d. none

20. Which of the following is an example of fats?

a) Glyceryl trioleate b) Vegetable ghee c) Coconut oil d)Groundnut oil

21. Which of the following is not a suitable solvent for oils and fats?

a) Petroleum ether b) CCl4 c) CHCl3 d) Water

22. Saponification is hydrolysis

a) By alkalis b) In digestive tracts of human beings c) By acids d) By salts

23. Select the incorrect statement from the following options for a developed Thin layer chromatogram.

a) The spots of colorless compounds are invisible to the eyes.

b) These spots can be detected by putting the plate under ultraviolet light

c) These spots can be detected by placing the plate in a covered jar containing iodine crystals

d) None of the mentioned

24. The relative adsorption of each components of the mixture on a TLC plate is expressed in terms of its

a) Acceleration factor b) Retardation factor c) Both acceleration and retardation factor

d) None of the mentioned

25. Which of the following are alkaline in nature?

a. gomutra arka b. triphala arka c. gulab arka d. shigru arka