Chemistry

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Question:

Aspirin is pain relieving antipyretic drug but can be used to prevent heart attack. Explain.

Answer:

Aspirin prevents platelet coagulation and thus has antiblood clothing action, therefore, can prevent blood clotting in heart.

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Chemistry in Everyday Life

Q 1.

What is a soft soap?

Q 2.

What are antiseptics?

Q 3.

What is meant by the term broad spectrum antibiotics? Explain.

Q 4.

Compounds with antiseptic properties are
(a) CHCl,   (b) CHI3
(c) Boric acid   (d) 0.3 ppm aqueous solution of Cl2

Q 5.

Explain the term, target molecules or drug targets as used in medicinal chemistry.

Q 6.

What are the functions performed by histamine in the body?

Q 7.

Sodium salts of some acids are Very useful as food preservatives. Suggest a few such acids.

Q 8.

Assertion (A): Chemical messengers are chemicals that enable communi ¬cation of message between two neutrons or between neurons and muscles. Reason (R): Chemicals enter the cell through receptor.

Q 9.

What are antagonistic drugs?

Q 10.

With the help of an example explain how do tranquilizers control the feeling of depression?

Q 11.

Write the chemical equation for preparing sodium soap from glyceryl oleate and glyceryl palmitate. Structures of these compounds are given below:
(i)(C15H31COO)3C3H5-Glyceryl palmitate
(ii)(C17H32COO)3C3H5-Glyceryl oleate

Q 12.

Which type of drugs come under antimicrobial drugs?

Q 13.

How does the branching of hydrocarbon chain of synthetic detergents affect their biodegradability?

Q 14.

What are fillers and what role these fillers play in soap?

Q 15.

Which of the following are anionic detergents?
(a) Sodium salts of sulphonated long chain alcohol.
(b) Ester of stearic acid and polyethylene glycol.
(c) Quaternary ammonium salt of amine with acetate ion.
(d) Sodium salts of sulphonated long chain hydrocarbons.

Q 16.

How are transparent soaps manufactured?

Q 17.

What happens when the bond formed between an enzyme and an inhibitor is a strong covalent bond?

Q 18.

Why do we need to classify drugs in different ways?

Q 19.

Name the macro molecules that are chosen as drug targets.

Q 20.

Which of the following compounds are administered as ant-acids?
(a) Sodium carbonate (b)Sodium Hydrogen carbonate
(c)Aluminium carbonate (d)Magnism Hydroxide

Q 21.

Aspirin is pain relieving antipyretic drug but can be used to prevent heart attack. Explain.

Q 22.

Explain the role of allosteric site in enzyme inhibition?

Q 23.

Assertion (A): Receptor proteins show selectivity for one chemical messenger over the other.
Reason (R): Chemical messenger binds to the receptor site and inhibits its natural function.

Q 24.

Veronal and Luminal are derivatives of barbituric acid which are ………….

Q 25.

Why are certain drugs called enzyme inhibitors?

Q 26.

Assertion (A): Sulpha drug contain sulphonamide group.
Reason (R): Salvarsan is a sulpha drug.

Q 27.

How do antiseptics differ from disinfectants? Give one example of each.

Q 28.

Which of the following is an example of liquid dishwashing detergent?
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Q 29.

Hair shampoos belong to which class of synthetic detergent?

Q 30.

Which analgesics are called opiates?

Q 31.

What is the side product of soap industry? Give reactions showing soap formation.

Q 32.

What is the difference between saccharin and saccharic acid?

Q 33.

Match the class of compounds given in Column I with their functions given in Column II.
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Q 34.

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) followed by a statement of Reason (R) is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices:
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason does not explain assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason-both are correct statements and reason explains the assertion.
(c) Both assertion and reason are wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statements.
(e) Assertion is wrong statements and reason is correct statement.

Assertion (A): Penicillin (G) is an antihistamine.
Reason (R): Penicillin (G) is effective against gram positive as well as gram negative bacteria. .

Q 35.

Assertion (A): Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Reason (R): Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.

Q 36.

What are enzyme inhibitors? Classify them on the basis of their mode of attachments on the active site of enzymes. With the help of diagrams explain how do inhibitors inhibit the enzymatic activity.
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Q 37.

Why do we require artificial sweetening agents?

Q 38.

Low level of noradrenaline is the cause of depression. What type of drugs are needed to cure this problem? Name two drugs.

Q 39.

Name a substance which can be used as an antiseptic as well as disinfectant.

Q 40.

Why is the use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drinks?

Q 41.

Name the sweetening agent used in the preparation of sweets for a diabetic patient.

Q 42.

Explain the following terms with suitable examples:
(i) cationic detergents (ii) anionic detergents and (iii) non-ionic detergents

Q 43.

What are biodegradable and non-biodegradable detergents? Give one example of each.

Q 44.

Explain the cleansing action of soaps.

Q 45.

Which of the following are not used as food preservatives?
(a) Table salt (b) Sodium hydrogen carbonate
(c) Cane sugar (d) Benzoic acid

Q 46.

What is the average molecular mass of drugs?

Q 47.

What type of forces are involved in binding of substrate to the active site of enzyme?

Q 48.

What is the medicinal use of narcotic drugs?

Q 49.

How are receptor proteins located in the cell membrane?

Q 50.

Match the soaps given in Column I with items given in Column II.
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