MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
(Autonomous)
(ISO/IEC - 27001 - 2005 Certified)
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SUMMER– 16 EXAMINATION
Subject Code: 0805 Model Answer Page No: 01/32
Important Instructions to examiners:
1. The answers should be examined by key words and not as word-to-word as given in the
model answer scheme.
2. The model answer and the answer written by candidate may vary but the examiner may
try to assess the understanding level of the candidate.
3. The language errors such as grammatical, spelling errors should not be given more
Importance (Not applicable for subject English and Communication Skills.
4. While assessing figures, examiner may give credit for principal components indicated in
the figure. The figures drawn by candidate and model answer may vary. The examiner
may give credit for any equivalent figure drawn.
5. Credits may be given step wise for numerical problems. In some cases, the assumed
constant values may vary and there may be some difference in the candidate’s answers
and model answer.
6. In case of some questions credit may be given by judgment on part of examiner of
relevant answer based on candidate’s understanding.
7. For programming language papers, credit may be given to any other program based on
equivalent concept.
MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
(Autonomous)
(ISO/IEC - 27001 - 2005 Certified)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
SUMMER– 16 EXAMINATION
Subject Code: 0805 Model Answer Page No: 02/32
1. Attempt any EIGHT of the following: 16
a) What are advantages of liquid dosage form? (0.5 X 4 =2 M)
Ans: i) Usually faster acting than the solid dosage forms
ii) Maybe easier to take than an oral solid dosage form for patients having
difficulty in swallowing tablets or capsules.
iii) More flexibility in dosage than some other dosage forms.
iv) May be more practical to administer than solid dosage forms for specific patient
cases.
v) Good patient compliance.
b) What are pharmacopoeias and why they are needed? (1 X 2 = 2M)
Ans: Pharmacopoeia: Pharmakon means “a drug” and poein means “to make”.
Pharmacopoeia is defined as a compressive book which is issued under the
authority of government and contains a list of drug and formulae used for medicinal
preparation with description and the tests for those substances and the standards to
which they must confirm.
Need:
Pharmacopoeias are necessary because it gives complete information about the
drugs, such as its molecular weight, formula, identification test, standards, assay,
preparations etc.
c) Name various mechanisms of size reduction.(0.5 X 4 = 2M)
Ans: i. Cutting
ii. Compression
iii. Impact
iv. Attrition
v. Combined impact and attrition
