List of top Pharmaceutics Questions on Tablets asked in Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test

Core tablet coated with cellulose acetate phthalate has been administered to a patient. Where do you expect the drug to be released:

‘Picking’ is a term used to describe:

Which of the following terms is used to describe the “partial or complete separation of the top or body crowns of a tablet from the main body of the tablet”?

A tablet excipient, whose function to ensure that table formulation and ejection can occur with low friction between the solid and the die wall is called:

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: During the process of decompression in tablet manufacturing, expansion occurs in some tablet. 
Reason R: Expansion occurs in some tablet because of Plastic deformation that has occurred during compression process. 
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which one of the following manufacturing facility may not be required for oral solid dosage form?

In the process of adding lubricant to a granulation, the lubricant is divided finely by passing it through 60‐100 mesh nylon cloth on to the granulation, in production this process is called as ____the lubricant

In the process of sugar coating, to prevent moisture penetration into the tablet core, which one of the following step is performed?

Match List I with List II

	List I-Tablet Diluents		List II-properties
A	Lactose	I	2 to 4 percent of moisture
B	Mannitol	II	Maillard reaction
C	Calcium phosphate	III	Negative heat of solution
D	Specially dried starch	IV	Contraindicated for Tetracycline

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Select the equation that gives the rate of drug dissolution from a tablet

The friability issue of the tablet can be solved by different ways except:-

Match the events in tablet manufacturing process with the effects found in tables

(1)	Rapid drying of coated tablets after coaching	(P)	Increased distegration time
(2)	Use to highly viscous solution	(Q)	Weight variation
(3)	Improper feed rate form hopper	(R)	Orange peel
(4)	Excessive compression force	(S)	Blistering

Which problem can arise if the material to be compressed into tablet tends to adhere to die walls

The term used to describe unequal distribution of colour on a tablet is

Delayed disintegration in tablet is a result of

Schleuniger tester is used for the tablets to measure:

What of the following is not added to chewing tablet

Evaluation of colour is tablets is done by

The disintegration time of the effervescent tablets is

What are the in-process quality control tests for tablets?