History Of Pharmacology

Pioneers in Pharmacology and Medicine

1. Who is known as the Father of Medicine?
   A) Dioscorides
   B) Hippocrates
   C) Oswald Schmiedeberg
   D) John J. Abel
   Answer: B) Hippocrates
2. Who is regarded as the Father of Pharmacognosy?
   A) Theophrastus
   B) Dioscorides
   C) Sir James Black
   D) John J. Abel
   Answer: A) Theophrastus
3. Who compiled the first Materia Medica describing about 600 plants?
   A) Valerius Cordus
   B) Sir James Black
   C) Dioscorides
   D) Hippocrates
   Answer: C) Dioscorides
4. Who compiled the first pharmacopoeia?
   A) Oswald Schmiedeberg
   B) Sir Col. Ram Nath Chopra
   C) Valerius Cordus
   D) Theophrastus
   Answer: C) Valerius Cordus
5. Who is recognized as the Father of Pharmacology?
   A) John J. Abel
   B) Oswald Schmiedeberg
   C) Dioscorides
   D) Sir James Black
   Answer: B) Oswald Schmiedeberg
6. Who is known as the Father of Pharmacology in the U.S.A.?
   A) Valerius Cordus
   B) Theophrastus
   C) John J. Abel
   D) Hippocrates
   Answer: C) John J. Abel
7. Who is considered the Father of Modern Pharmacology and discovered beta blockers and H2-histamine blockers?
   A) Sir Col. Ram Nath Chopra
   B) Sir James Black
   C) Dioscorides
   D) Oswald Schmiedeberg
   Answer: B) Sir James Black
8. Who is the Father of Indian Pharmacology?
   A) John J. Abel
   B) Sir James Black
   C) Sir Col. Ram Nath Chopra
   D) Theophrastus
   Answer: C) Sir Col. Ram Nath Chopra
9. In which era did Hippocrates live?
   A) 380-287 B.C.
   B) 460–375 B.C.
   C) 1514-44
   D) 1838-1921
   Answer: B) 460–375 B.C.
10. Who is known for systematically classifying medicinal plants based on their individual characteristics?
    A) Dioscorides
    B) Theophrastus
    C) Valerius Cordus
    D) Sir James Black
    Answer: B) Theophrastus