PHARMACOLOGY QUIZZES 41 | Multiple Choice Questions| Medical Exam Preparations

01. Which one of the following drugs is an adrenergic antagonist Alpha Blocker drug?
A. Atropine
B. Benztropine
C. Prazosin
D. Succinylcholine
E. Neostigmine

Answer: C. Prazosin

02. Ranitidine is used to treat one of the following diseases?
A. Viral infection 
B. Blood pressure  
C. Diabetes 
D. Stomach Ulcer  
E. Malaria  

Answer: D. Stomach Ulcer

03. Beta-Blocker drug is following?
A. Atropine
B. Nicotine
C. Mecamylamine
D. Atracurium
E. Pindolol

Answer: E. Pindolol

04. Which one of the following agents is used to eradicate the organism's (Phthisis pubis) extraerythrocytic phase?
A. Chloroguanide
B. Chloroquine
C. Primaquine
D. Pyrimethamine
E. Quinacrine


Answer: C. Primaquine

05. Indirect acting irreversible cholinergic agonist drug?
A. Neostigmine
B. Tacrine
C. Echothiophate
D. Pilocarpine

Answer: C. Echothiophate

06. Which one of the following drugs belongs to ANTIMETABOLITES drugs for Cancer?
A. Capecitabine
B. Capreomycin
C. Lamivudine 
D. Ezetimibe
E. Indanyl carbenicillin 

Answer: A. Capecitabine

07. Which of the following drug is a part of drugs for subcutaneous and systemic mycoses?
A. Ibandronate
B.  Flucytosine
C. Ethambutol 
D. Miconazole
E. A & B

Answer: B.  Flucytosine

08. Which one of the following drugs belongs to drugs for hepatic viral infections?
A. Aluminium hydroxide 
B. Capreomycin
C. Lamivudine 
D. Ezetimibe
E. Indanyl carbenicillin 

Answer: C. Lamivudine

09. Which of the following drug is a part of drugs for subcutaneous and systemic mycoses?
A. Ibandronate
B.  Fluconazole
C. Ethambutol 
D. Furosemide 
E. A & B

Answer: B.  Fluconazole

10. Which one of the following drugs belongs to drugs for hepatic viral infections?
A. Aluminium hydroxide 
B. Capreomycin
C. Interferon  
D. Ezetimibe
E. Indanyl carbenicillin 

Answer: C. Interferon

11. Which of the following prostaglandin type also called prostacyclin?
A. PGA
B. PGB
C. PGE
D. PGI2
E. PGE1

Answer: D. PGI2

12. Misoprostol is an analog of the following type of prostaglandin?
A. PGA
B. PGB
C. PGE
D. PGI2
E. PGE1


Answer: E. PGE1

13. Which of the following drug is used as a cervical ripening agent to induce labor?
A. Dinoprostone
B. Etodolac
C. Ketorolac
D. Nubemetone
E. Celecoxib


Answer: A. Dinoprostone

14. A drug that blocks the viral membrane matrix protein M2 and its ability to modulate intracellular PH?
A. Acyclovir 
B. Oseltamivir
C. Ribavirin
D. Rimantadine 
E. Zanamivir 

Answer: D. Rimantadine 

15. A 12-year-old boy frequently experiences severe asthmatic attacks and becomes cyanotic, dyspneic, and agitated. Which of the following agents would be most likely used to prevent these attacks?
A. Atropine
B. Cromolyn sodium
C. Epinephrine
D. Scopolamine

Answer: B. Cromolyn sodium

16. Which one of the following drugs is a microtubule inhibitor chemotherapeutic drug?
A. Busulfan
B. Vincristine
C. Dactinomycin
D. Methotrexate

Answer: B. Vincristine

17. Which of the following causes pancreatitis?
a. Azathioprine
b. Exenatide
c. L-asparaginase
d. Didanosine
e. All of the above

Answer: e. All of the above

18. One of the following statements about the use of succinylcholine is wrong?
A. Malignant hyperthermia with halothane
B. prolonged apnea in patients deficient in cholinesterase
C. causes Hyperkalemia
D. Resistance to plasma cholinesterase
E. Act like Acetylcholine to depolarize junction

Answer: D. Resistance to plasma cholinesterase

19. What is the antidote of theophylline?
A. Activated charcoal 
B. Esmolol
C. Pralidoxime
D. A & B 
E. All of the above

Answer: D. A & B 

Activated charcoal is used to enhance the elimination and Esmolol or any Beta-adrenergic antagonist is used to treat tachycardia dysrhythmia and Hypotension. This is caused by theophylline action in which elevated cyclic adenosine monophosphate levels.

20. Which one of the following drugs causes inhibition of viral neuraminidase?
A. Zanamivir 
B. Oseltamivir 
C. Amantadine
D. Ribavirin 
E. A & B
F. A & C


Answer:  E. A & B

Both drugs are effective against Both A & type B influenza virus. 

Oseltamivir causes GI discomfort and nausea 

Zanamavir causes irritation of the respiratory tract.(caution in asthmatic patients.)