Question

The uses of plaster of paris are:

• A. it is used as plaster for supporting fractured bones
• B. for making toys and material for decoration
• C. for making smooth surface
• D. all of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

all of the above

Some of the uses ofplaster of paris are as follows :-

1. It is used in medicine to make plaster casts to immobilize broken bones and hence used for supporting fractured bones.

2. It is also used to make and hold parts of ornamental plasterwork on ceilings. Thus, it is used in decoration and for making toys.

3.It can be also used to make surfaces smooth.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).