Tranquilisers and antiseptics

30 questions on Tranquilisers and antiseptics from the Chemistry in Everyday Life chapter: 6 NEET level, 13 JEE Main, 11 JEE Advanced. Each one opens with its answer and solution.

• Equanil belongs to which class of drugs? NEET level
• Tincture of iodine is a 2-3 percent solution of iodine in NEET level
• Veronal and luminal are derivatives of NEET level
• Chemicals that kill or stop the growth of microorganisms and can be applied to living tissues such as cuts and wounds are called NEET level
• Dettol, a household antiseptic, is a mixture of JEE Main level
• Drinking water is disinfected with chlorine at 0.30 ppm (taken as 0.30 mg of Cl2 per litre). What mass of chlorine is needed to treat 7500 L of water? JEE Main level
• Assertion: A 0.2 percent solution of phenol is an antiseptic. Reason: Phenol is an organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is attached directly to a benzene ... JEE Main level
• Select the correct statements about tranquilisers and related drugs. JEE Main level
• Which of the following statements about noradrenaline is correct? JEE Main level
• According to the standard NCERT treatment, which substance is added to some soaps to give them antiseptic properties? JEE Main level
• Match List I with List II. List I: (P) Equanil, (Q) Luminal, (R) Iproniazid, (S) Iodoform. List II: (1) mild tranquiliser, (2) barbiturate, (3) antidepressant, ... JEE Main level
• A dilute aqueous solution of which compound is a weak antiseptic used for washing the eyes? JEE Main level
• Select the correct statements about tranquilisers. JEE Advanced level
• A depressed patient is given a drug X that raises the effective level of noradrenaline in the body. Which description of X is consistent with the mechanism of d... JEE Advanced level
• By the standard NCERT convention, 0.2 percent phenol is an antiseptic and 1 percent phenol is a disinfectant. A hospital stock bottle holds 1.0 percent phenol. ... JEE Advanced level
• Select the correct statements about antiseptics and disinfectants. JEE Advanced level
• Match List I with List II. List I: (P) Dettol, (Q) Tincture of iodine, (R) Bithionol, (S) Chlorine at 0.2-0.4 ppm. List II: (1) added to soaps, (2) disinfection... JEE Advanced level
• Chloroxylenol, a component of Dettol, is 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol. With C = 12, H = 1, O = 16 and Cl = 35.5, its molar mass and the class of compound are JEE Advanced level
• A low level of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline in the body is associated with NEET level
• Dettol is a well-known antiseptic. It is a mixture of NEET level
• Phenol is used at two different concentrations: a 0.2% solution and a 1% solution. Which statement is correct? JEE Main level
• Assertion (A): Iproniazid and phenelzine are used as antidepressant drugs. Reason (R): They inhibit the enzyme that catalyses the degradation of noradrenaline, ... JEE Main level
• Match the substance in Column I with its category/use in Column II. Column I: P. Luminal (phenobarbitone); Q. Meprobamate; R. Bithionol; S. Tincture of iodine. ... JEE Main level
• Which of the following statements are correct? JEE Main level
• Tincture of iodine used as an antiseptic contains 2.6 g of iodine per 100 mL of the alcohol-water solution. A bottle holds 85 mL of it. Taking I = 127, calculat... JEE Main level
• Veronal (5,5-diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3) is made by condensing diethyl diethylmalonate with urea in the presence of sodium ethoxide. How many moles of et... JEE Advanced level
• Three drugs are described. K: raises the level of noradrenaline by inhibiting the enzyme that degrades it. L: a derivative of barbituric acid that induces sleep... JEE Advanced level
• A municipal reservoir holds 3.6x10^6 L of water (density 1.00 g mL^-1). Drinking water is treated to 0.20 ppm of Cl2 by mass (that is, 0.20 g of Cl2 per 10^6 g ... JEE Advanced level
• Which of the following statements are correct? JEE Advanced level
• Which of the following statements are correct? JEE Advanced level