Here the questions and answers of the Pharmacist Grade II (Homoeo) Examination conducted by Kerala PSC on 04-11-2020 for the Homoeo Department for those preparing for the Pharmacist (Homoeo) examinations. All the answers to the following questions are published on the Kerala PSC website as final answer key. 

PHARMACIST GRADE II (HOMOEO)
KERRAL PSC HELD ON : 04-11-2020 CATEGORY NO : 191/2018
1] Official pharmacy is concerned with
[A] Physician
[B] Pharmacopoeia
[C] Theories of Galen
[D] None

2] Lac. Felinum prepared from
[A] Dog's milk
[B] Cat's milk
[C] Cow's milk
[D] Curd

3] In which sec. Hahnemann told about imponderabilia ?
[A] 280
[B] 281
[C] 288
[D] 256

4] Saccharum Lactis is synonym of
[A] Milk sugar
[B] Sugar of milk
[C] Pellets
[D] 1 and 2

5] The most common impurity in sugar of milk is
[A] Alum
[B] Starch
[C] Na
[D] K

6] The chemical formula of sugar of milk is
[A] 𝐶12𝐻22𝑂11
[B] 𝐶11𝐻22𝐻20
[C] 𝐶11𝐻22 𝑂12
[D] 𝐶12𝐻22𝑂11𝐻2𝑂

7] Saccharum lactis is prepared from
[A] Cow's milk
[B] Goat's milk
[C] Sugar cane
[D] Sheep's milk

8] The 20 No. Globules size means 10 globules of equal size acquire size _______ space.
[A] 10 mm
[B] 20 mm
[C] 20 cm
[D] 2 dm

9] There are _________ type of vehicles.
[A] 5
[B] 10
[C] 3
[D] 4

10] The main protein of the milk is
[A] Albumin
[B] Globulin
[C] Casein
[D] All

11] Sugar of milk is insoluble in
[A] Water
[B] Alcohol
[C] Ether
[D] Chloroform

12] Identification of the mother tincture is confirmed by
[A] Alcohol content determination
[B] pH value
[C] Total solids
[D] Chromatography

13] The protocol for drug proving is decided by
[A] Project director
[B] Advisor
[C] Proving supervisor
[D] Prover

14] The age of prover should ideally be
[A] Below 18 years
[B] Between 18 and 45 years
[C] Above 45 years
[D] Any age

15] The prover makes data entries of the deviations in health in
[A] Daybook
[B] Initial medical report proforma
[C] Response monitoring proforma
[D] Case record book

16] Immediately is represented as
[A] s.o.s.
[B] stat
[C] ante
[D] h.s

17] Name of the remedy its potency and its quantity is included in
[A] Signature
[B] Subscription
[C] Superscription
[D] Inscription

18] Pure sugar of milk is ________ in colour.
[A] Yellowish white
[B] Cream coloured
[C] Milky white
[D] Lime coloured

19] An animal charcoal is an ________ in nature.
[A] Effervescent
[B] Purifier
[C] Absorbent
[D] All

20] Cones are made of
[A] Cane sugar
[B] Egg-albumine
[C] Both
[D] Milk sugar

21] Globules are prepared from
[A] Milk sugar
[B] Sugar of milk
[C] Pure cane sugar
[D] All

22] Globules are ________ in taste.
[A] Tasteless
[B] Bitter
[C] Sweet
[D] Sour

23] Cones are a type of ________ vehicle.
[A] Solid
[B] Semi-solid
[C] Liquid
[D] None

24] The chemical formula of ethyl alcohol is
[A] 𝐶3 𝐻6 𝑂𝐻
[B] 𝐶2 𝐻5 𝑂𝐻
[C] 𝐶𝑂𝑂𝐻
[D] 𝐶4 𝐻5 𝑂𝐻

25] Mol. Weight of ethyl alcohol is
[A] 46.07
[B] 49.07
[C] 48
[D] 47.07

26] The term alcohol originates from
[A] Greek
[B] Germany
[C] Arab
[D] America

27] Alcohol is ________ in nature.
[A] Hygroscopic
[B] Highly inflammable
[C] Mix easily with 𝐻2𝑂
[D] All

28] Pure alcohol is __________ in reaction.
[A] Acidic
[B] Alkaline
[C] Neutral
[D] All

29] Sp. gravity of absolute alcohol is
[A] 0.795
[B] 0.935
[C] 0.825
[D] 0.0325

30] The absolute alcohol contain __________ by volume of pure alcohol.
[A] 99.4%
[B] 98%
[C] 89%
[D] 95.5%

31] Glycerine is a __________ alcohol.
[A] Monohydric
[B] Dihydric
[C] Trihydric
[D] Tetrahydric

32] Almond oil is
[A] Tasteless
[B] Pale yellow
[C] Slightly soluble in alcohol
[D] All

33] The homoeopathic remedy should be repeated
[A] When the patient is improving
[B] When improvement ceases
[C] Symptoms disappear according to Hering's law of direction of cure
[D] When common symptoms are present

34] The fraction of full dose that is to be taken at short interval is called as
[A] Divided dose
[B] Maximum dose
[C] Booster dose
[D] Fatal dose

35] Higher potencies are best adapted to
[A] Oversensitive patients
[B] Incurable chronic diseases
[C] Intelligent intellectual persons quick to act and react
[D] Coarse fibered, sluggish, individual of gross habits

36] Liniments are prepared by taking one part of the requisite mother tincture and four part of
[A] Glycerin
[B] Olive oil
[C] Yellow's Beeswax
[D] Distilled water

37] 'Shake well before use' needs to be mentioned on the level of
[A] Lotions
[B] Ointments
[C] Cerates
[D] Liniments

38] External application of remedies is discussed in 6􀀄ℎ addition of Organon of medicine
[A] Aphorism 3
[B] Aphorism 267
[C] Aphorism 270
[D] Aphorism 285

39] In Stapf's process for purification of sugar of milk the variety of alcohol used is
[A] Absolute alcohol
[B] Strong alcohol
[C] Dispensing alcohol
[D] Dilute alcohol

40] For preparation of liniments vehicle used is
[A] Olive oil
[B] Almond oil
[C] Sesame oil
[D] Chaulmoogra oil

41] Deionization process is used for the purification of
[A] Strong alcohol
[B] Distillled water
[C] Olive oil
[D] Glycerin

42] Fusel oil is a common impurity present in
[A] Alcohol
[B] Distilled water
[C] Olive oil
[D] Almond oil

43] Polarimeter is used for measurement of rotation are generally constructed used with
[A] K light
[B] N light
[C] Mercury vapour lamp
[D] 2 and 3

44] Drug power in tincture of class I is
[A] 1/6
[B] 1/2
[C] 1/4
[D] 1/10

45] Under class — II the proportion of plant and alcohol is
[A] 3 : 2
[B] 2 : 3
[C] 2 : 4
[D] 1 : 2

46] Centesimal scale is introduced by
[A] Hahnemann
[B] Hering
[C] Both
[D] Clarke

47] 2C = __________ x.
[A] 6
[B] 3
[C] 2
[D] 4

48] Fifty Millesimal scale was introduced in _________ edn. of organon of medicine.
[A] 6􀀄ℎ
[B] 5􀀄ℎ
[C] 4􀀄ℎ
[D] 2􀀅􀀆

49] In fifty Millesimal scale, The 1􀀇􀀄 potency will contain _________ part of the original drug.
[A] 1/5,000
[B] 1/50,000
[C] 1/5,00,000
[D] 1/2,500

50] Decimal scale was introduced by
[A] Dr. C. Hering
[B] Dr. Hahnemann
[C] Dr. Hart Laub
[D] 1 and 2

51] The entire process of trituration is done in _____ stage.
[A] 4
[B] 5
[C] 3
[D] 6

52] The total time required for the first stage of Trituration is __________ min in decimal scale.
[A] 10
[B] 20
[C] 15
[D] 60

53] The jumping potency can be prepared from
[A] 3x
[B] 6x
[C] 3c
[D] 2 and 3

54] "Bid" is
[A] Drink
[B] Twice a day
[C] Wax
[D] Paper

55] "Trit" is
[A] Rule
[B] Like this
[C] Thrice daily
[D] Trituration

56] "D" is
[A] A dose
[B] Give
[C] Day to day
[D] To be given

57] Trituration were followed in
[A] Class I – IV
[B] Class VA, VB
[C] Class VIA, VIB
[D] Class VII – IX

58] During trituration, Hahnemann divided the sugar of milk in the ratio
[A] 33 : 33 : 33
[B] 1 : 3 : 5
[C] 11 : 33 : 55
[D] Hahnemann did not divide sugar of milk in three parts

59] Number of Succussion strokes in preparation of fifty Millesimal scale potencies is
[A] 10
[B] 50
[C] 100
[D] 50000

60] In fifty millesimal scale, for each degree of dynamization, the material part of the medicine is decreased
[A] 50000 times
[B] 500 times
[C] 50 times
[D] 1/50000 times

61] 'Medicamens au globules' is the term for
[A] Fifty millesimal scale potencies
[B] Centisimal scale potencies
[C] Dispensing medicine in globules
[D] Dispensing medicine in Distilled water

62] The globules used for fifty millesimal scale potencies are such that
[A] 100 globules weigh 100 mg
[B] 100 globules weigh 65 mg
[C] 100 globules weigh 50 mg
[D] 100 globules weigh 1 mg

63] Centisimal scale potencies are represented by suffixing the lettter
[A] C
[B] D
[C] LM
[D] X

64] The drug strength of 10X potency is
[A] 10−1
[B] 10−2
[C]  10−10
[D] 10−100

65] To cure the dynamically deranged vital force, the medicine should be in
[A] Liquid form
[B] Solid form
[C] Crude form
[D] Dynamic form

66] The more a drug is potentized
[A] Quality of drug decreases
[B] Quantity of drug is increases
[C] Dynamic power of drug increases
[D] Dynamic power of drug decreases

67] Which one of the following substance has the property of sublimation ?
[A] Silica
[B] Argentum Nitricum
[C] Camphor
[D] Ferrum metallicum
Answer : Option-C

68] The process of separating out the tincture with force from solid drug material is termed as
[A] Decantation
[B] Filteration
[C] Sublimation
[D] Straining

69] Fractional Distillation is very useful in the purification of
[A] Organic liquids
[B] Inorganic liquids
[C] Metals
[D] Gases
Answer : Option-A

70] "T.I.D" and "Thrice a day" are
[A] T.D
[B] T.d
[C] b.d
[D] tt.

71] "Rx" stands for the _________ word "Recipe".
[A] Greek
[B] Latin
[C] German
[D] None

72] The Drugs and Cosmetics Act developed in
[A] 1995
[B] 1940
[C] 1964
[D] 1930

73] The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 rules in __________ and amendments thereafter.
[A] 1945
[B] 1935
[C] 1950
[D] 1957

74] The drug price control order in
[A] 1970
[B] 1971
[C] Both
[D] 1975

75] The Drugs and Magic Remedies Act __________ and the rules 1955 there under.
[A] 1954
[B] 1955
[C] 1957
[D] 1951

76] Mortar and pestle used for mercurial preparation are best cleansed with
[A] Dil. 𝐻2𝑆𝑂4
[B] 𝐻𝑁𝑂3
[C] Rectified spirit
[D] Glycerine

77] Percolation is done with substance containing
[A] More moisture
[B] Very less moisture
[C] No moisture
[D] 2 and 3

78] Straight potency is introduced by
[A] Dr. Stuart Close
[B] Dr. Hahnemann
[C] Dr. Burt
[D] Dr. C. Hering

79] In 6􀀄ℎ Edition of organon of medicine, the 50 millesimal scale is described in Sec.
[A] 265
[B] 270
[C] 271
[D] 282

80] Posology means
[A] Knowledge of Psora
[B] Knowledge of Drugs
[C] Knowledge of Therapeutic
[D] Knowledge of Dose of Therapeutic agent

81] Which drug is prepared from gummy juice ?
[A] Opium
[B] Abies Nigra
[C] Asafoetida
[D] Coffea cruda

82] The proper time for collection of the whole plant is
[A] After development of leaves
[B] In early spring
[C] In flowering season, partly in bud and partly in flower
[D] Early in autumn

83] Atropine is
[A] Saponin
[B] Alkaloid
[C] Resin
[D] Tannin

84] From which of the following drugs is luna prepared ?
[A] Radium Bromide
[B] X-Rays
[C] Full Moon
[D] Sun rays

85] X-Ray is included in
[A] Mineral kingdom
[B] Imponderabilia
[C] Synthetic source
[D] Nosodes

86] Which of the following belongs to synthetic source ?
[A] Histamine hydrochloride
[B] Electricitas
[C] Colostrum
[D] Medusa

87] Electricity is an example of ___________ type of imponderabilia.
[A] Natural
[B] Artificial
[C] Both
[D] None

88] Source of drug is
[A] Drug substance
[B] Pharmacopoeia
[C] Pharmacy
[D] None

89] Source of pharmacy is
[A] Pharmacology
[B] Pharmacodynamics
[C] Pharmacopoeia
[D] Pharmacognosy

90] The World 'Placebo' is derived from ___________ word.
[A] Greek
[B] French
[C] Latin
[D] German

91] 'TLC' stands for
[A] Thin Layer of Chromosomes
[B] Thick Layer of Chromosomes
[C] Thin Layer of Chromatography
[D] Thick Layer of Chromatography

92] An example of plant nosode is
[A] Syphilinum
[B] Secale cornutum
[C] Stamonium
[D] Spongia tosta

93] First Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia in the world, published by
[A] Dr. Von Haller
[B] Dr. Hahnemann
[C] Paracelsus
[D] C. Caspari

94] Luna belongs to
[A] Nosode
[B] Imponderbilia
[C] Sarcodes
[D] None

95] Study of doses is known as
[A] Pharmacognosy
[B] Pharmacodynamics
[C] Posology
[D] Pharmacogenetics

96] 1 gram of sugar of milk is soluble in
[A] 0.2 ml of boiling water
[B] 0.5 ml of boiling water
[C] 1 ml of boiling water
[D] 2.6 ml of boiling water

97] All vegetables and animal substance should be collected in __________ form.
[A] Dried
[B] Fresh
[C] Any
[D] Slight dried

98] Drugs prepared from healthy tissues, or their secreation are known as
[A] Imponderabilia
[B] Nosodes
[C] Sarcodes
[D] None

99] The Indian name of camphor is
[A] Karpurum
[B] Gandhak
[C] Both
[D] Keshara

100] Which equipment is used to remove moisture completely from substances ?
[A] Desicator
[B] Percolator
[C] Beaker
[D] Hydrometer