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A drug that is highly effective in treating many types of infection can,at present,be obtained only from the bark of the ibora , a tree that is quite rare in the wild. It takes the bark of 5000 trees to make one kilogram of the drug. It follows, therefore, that continued production of the drug must inevitably lead to the ibore's extinction. Which of the following,if true, most seriously weakens the arguments above ?
A The drug made from the ibora bark is dispensed to doctors from a central authority
B The drug made from the ibora bark is expensive to produce
C The leaves of the ibora are used in a number of medical products
D The ibora can be propagated from cuttings and grown under cultivation
The writer suggests that the priority when conducting historical research on colour is to ----
A ignore the interpretations of other modern day historians
B focus one's interst as far back as the prehistoric era
C find some way of organising the mass of available data
D relate pictures to information other sources
Bioavailability of a drug may be decreased if the drug is
A Water soluble
B Protein in nature
C Ionized
D Acid stable
E Lipid soluble
Following subcutaneous injection of a drug into a healthy young adult, dilatation of the pupil and a rise in systolic blood pressure are produced. The drug could be
A Acting by stimulating  and  receptors
B Acting by blocking sympathetic ganglia
C Atropine
D Adrenaline
E Morphine
Leaf reflectance depends primarily on:
A The pigments
B Internal cell structure
C Equivalent water content
D All of these
In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the
A Allowable liquid velocity
B Allowable gas velocity
C Allowable gas and liquid velocities
D Feed composition
The hardness of steel primarily depends on
A Percentage of carbon
B Percentage of alloying elements
C Heat treatment employed
D Shape of carbides and their distribution in iron
Strength of cement concrete primarily depends upon
A Quality of water
B Quantity of aggregate
C Quantity of cement
D Water-cement ratio
Although research scientists had hoped that the new drug interferon --- to be a cure for cancer, its application now appears to be more limited.
A prove
B had proven
C would prove
D will prove
Which type of research method is most appropriate when the focus of the research is subjective experience?
A Pre-empirical
B Descriptive method
C Experimental method
D Qualitative method

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