Drugs: Definition — Study Resources & PYQs
Definition and basic concept of drugs in pharmaceutical chemistry.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- SATHEE (IIT Kanpur) - Chemistry in Everyday Life (Article) — Free IIT Kanpur government portal. Covers drug definition, drug-enzyme interaction, classification, tranquilizers and antibiotics in exam language. Highly recommended starting point.
- Vedantu - Classification of Drugs (Article) — Clean tabular classification (by pharmacological effect, drug action, chemical structure) with examples and MCQs. Good for making a one-page revision table.
- NCERT Chemistry - Chemistry in Everyday Life (Chapter PDF) (Article) — The original NCERT chapter. Contains the standard definitions and drawn structures of tranquilizers and antibiotics that examiners expect. Keep this as the reference text.
Taught in these subjects
- ADVANCED ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY — BST1202 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- APPLIED ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY — BST1102 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu