History Of Pharmacology

1. The earliest known writings on medicinal agents are from which civilization?
a) Egypt
b) China
c) India
d) Greece
Answer: c) India

2. The Pen Tsao, a compilation of herbal remedies, was authored by:
a) Theophrastus
b) Hippocrates
c) Emperor Shen Nung
d) Valerius Cordus
Answer: c) Emperor Shen Nung

3. The Ebers Papyrus is associated with which ancient civilization?
a) India
b) Egypt
c) Rome
d) Greece
Answer: b) Egypt

4. Which ancient document contained 829 prescriptions including opium and castor oil?
a) Pen Tsao
b) Kahun Papyrus
c) Ebers Papyrus
d) Materia Medica
Answer: c) Ebers Papyrus

5. Ayurveda is recognized as:
a) A Greek system of medicine
b) A Chinese martial art
c) The Indian system of medicine
d) A Roman classification of herbs
Answer: c) The Indian system of medicine

6. Who is known as the Lord of Ayurveda?
a) Sushruta
b) Charaka
c) Dhanvantari
d) Nakula
Answer: c) Dhanvantari

7. Which Ayurvedic scholar is most associated with internal medicine?
a) Sushruta
b) Nakula
c) Vaghbata
d) Charaka
Answer: d) Charaka

8. Who is considered the father of surgical techniques in Ayurveda?
a) Vaghbata
b) Charaka
c) Sushruta
d) Dhanvantari
Answer: c) Sushruta

9. Nakula, one of the Pandavas, contributed to:
a) Ayurveda literature
b) Chemical pharmacology
c) Veterinary medicine and animal husbandry
d) Classification of poisons
Answer: c) Veterinary medicine and animal husbandry

10. Hippocrates is best known for:
a) Classifying medicinal plants
b) Discovering antibiotics
c) Describing disease as a natural process
d) Writing the first pharmacopoeia
Answer: c) Describing disease as a natural process

11. Theophrastus is called the Father of:
a) Surgery
b) Pharmacognosy
c) Ayurveda
d) Materia Medica
Answer: b) Pharmacognosy

12. Dioscorides wrote the first:
a) Ayurvedic text
b) Herbal remedy list in Chinese
c) Materia Medica
d) Pharmacogenomic database
Answer: c) Materia Medica

13. The first pharmacopoeia, compiled by Valerius Cordus, was published:
a) During his lifetime
b) Posthumously
c) In China
d) In India
Answer: b) Posthumously

14. Oswald Schmiedeberg is known as the:
a) Father of Pharmacognosy
b) Father of American Pharmacology
c) Father of Modern Surgery
d) Father of Pharmacology
Answer: d) Father of Pharmacology

15. Who founded the first pharmacology department in the USA?
a) Oswald Schmiedeberg
b) Sir James Black
c) John Jacob Abel
d) Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra
Answer: c) John Jacob Abel

16. Sir James Black is known for developing:
a) Ayurvedic formulas
b) Beta-blockers and H2-receptor antagonists
c) Traditional Chinese medicines
d) Vaccines for viral diseases
Answer: b) Beta-blockers and H2-receptor antagonists

17. Who is considered the Father of Modern Pharmacology?
a) John Jacob Abel
b) Oswald Schmiedeberg
c) Sir James Black
d) Dioscorides
Answer: c) Sir James Black

18. The founder of experimental pharmacology in India is:
a) Dhanvantari
b) Ram Nath Chopra
c) Sushruta
d) Hippocrates
Answer: b) Ram Nath Chopra

19. Which scientist lived between 1838–1921 and formalized pharmacology as a discipline?
a) James Black
b) Oswald Schmiedeberg
c) William Martindale
d) Valerius Cordus
Answer: b) Oswald Schmiedeberg

20. Which ancient text is veterinary-focused and associated with Egypt?
a) Pen Tsao
b) Ebers Papyrus
c) Kahun Papyrus
d) Sushruta Samhita
Answer: c) Kahun Papyrus