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Select the correct statements about tranquilisers.

  1. AChlordiazepoxide and meprobamate are relatively mild tranquilisers
  2. BIproniazid and phenelzine are barbiturates used to induce sleep
  3. CBarbiturates such as veronal and luminal are sleep-producing (hypnotic) tranquilisers
  4. DTranquilisers act by neutralising excess stomach acid

Answer: A, C

Barbiturates are hypnotic and chlordiazepoxide and meprobamate are mild tranquilisers. Iproniazid and phenelzine are antidepressants and tranquilisers act on the nervous system, not on stomach acid.
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