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Q1. ..........can be used as a general anaesthetic.
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Q2. .........is mixed with ether as a stabilizer to form an anaesthetic.
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Q3. ........are the chemical compounds that relieve the pain without affecting the loss of consciousness.
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Q4. .............can act as antipyretic as well as analgesics.
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Q5. ..........can act as analgesics.
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Q6. Antipyretic compounds are used to........
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Q7. ........can act as antimalarial.
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Q8. .........is the first discovered antibiotic.
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Q9. Penicillin is extensively used for treating .........
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Q10. …………………..is the main source of antibiotics.
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Q11. …………………called the "Queen of drugs".
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Q12. ..........discovered penicillin.
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Q13. ………………..is used as a medicine for relieving cramps, spasms of stomach, intestines and bladder.
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Q14. Pick the antispasmodics from the following:
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Q15. …………………is considered as nitro dyes.
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Q16. ………………is considered as triphenyl methane dyes.
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Q17. …………………is considered as acid dye.
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Q18. Congo Red and Maritius yellow are ……………dyes
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Q19. The derivation of Alizarin with aluminium is.........colour.
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Q20. Blue colour is obtained when Alizarin is mixed with………………
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Q21. Indigo is a/an……………dye.
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Q22. ………………..is used in the preservation of fruit juices and squashes.
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Q23. Which of the following is an artificial sweetening agent?
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Q24. ........is not an electron carrier in electron transport chain.
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Q25. Of the following, which one is a freon gas.
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Q26. Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate compound in which central metal?
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Q27. Which chemical element was found in gaseous state in the atmosphere surrounding the Sun by scientist Pierre Janssen?
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Q28. Who discovered the "Positron"?
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Q29. Boson: a subatomic particle is named after ...
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Q30. Which non-metallic element has the chemical symbol "S"?
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Q31. What was the first man made alloy?
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Q32. Apart from Oxygen and hydrogen, which two elements form atleast one per cent each in sea water composition?
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Q33. What is Alumina?
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Q34. The rows of the periodic table are called……
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Q35. What is the hardest naturally occurring substance?
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Q36. The most abundant metal in the earth's crust is......
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Q37. Apart from Zinc and copper, what other element forms the gunmetal?
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Q38. Element 112, the highest numbered element to be officially recognized by the IUPAC, was named after a famous scientist in 2010. Who was he?
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Q39. To which group do the 'chaleogens' belong in the periodic table?
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Q40. Traces of which two elements give the green tinge to Emerald?
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Q41. What is modified gun metal = 86% copper + 9.5% tin + 2.5% lead and 2% zinc - used for?
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Q42. What is the term used for the number of individual atoms in exactly 12 grams of the most common form of Carbon?
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Q43. Which of these is not a metal?
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Q44. What is common to the chemical symbols - Cm, Ir, Nb, Pd and V?
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Q45. Who discovered the "neutron" a sub-atomic particle?
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Q46. Which of the following, a non-metal, that remains liquid at room temperature?
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Q47. What is the atomic number of the chemical element carbon?
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Q48. What are "ununquadium" and "ununhexium"?
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Q49. Isotopes of the same element have different ...
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Q50. Hematite and Magnetite are mineral forms of ....