PHARMACOLOGY QUIZZES 49 | Multiple Choice Questions| Medical Exam Preparations

01. Antimuscarinic agent is following?
A. Atropine
B. Acetylcholine
C. Physostigmine
D. Tacrine
E. Nicotine

Answer: A. Atropine

02. Indapamide belongs to the one of the following class of diuretics?
A. Thiazide Diuretic
B. Loop Diuretics
C. Potassium sparing diuretics
D. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

Answer: A. Thiazide Diuretic

03. Which one of the following drugs is a Tetracycline?
A. Demeclocycline
B. Cefadroxil
C. Cefdinir
D. Cefepime

Answer: A. Demeclocycline

04. A drug that is a part of Macrolide is following?
A. Cefaclor
B. Azithromycin
C. Cefdinir
D. Cefepime

Answer: B. Azithromycin

05. Which one of the following is a anterior pituitary hormone?
A. Torsemide
B. Atorvastatin
C. Fenofibrate
D. Desmopressin
E. Somatostatin

Answer: E. Somatostatin

06. Which one of the following drugs is a thiazide diuretic drug?
A. Chlorthalidone
B. Bumetanide
C. Amiloride
D. Acetazolamide

Answer: A. Chlorthalidone

07. Which of the following hormone belongs to the posterior pituitary?
A. Oxytocin 
B. Urofollitropin
C. Somatrem
D. Furosemide 
E. A & B

Answer: A. Oxytocin 


08. A drug that effects the thyroid hormone is one of the following ?
A. Bumetanide
B. Furosemide 
C. Levothyroxine
D. Sulbactam
E. A & B

Answer: C. Levothyroxine

09. A drug has black box warning due to severe hematologic ADRs?
A. Aspirin 
B. Clopidogrel 
C. Ticlopidine 
D. Dipyridamole 
E. Digoxin 

Answer: C. Ticlopidine 

10. Following drugs should be avoided in patients with heart failure?
A. Diuretic 
B. Inotropic drugs 
C. CCBs
D. B-blocker 
E. ACE inhibitors 

Answer: C. CCBs

11. Following statements about the use of the Metformin is incorrect?
A. A biguanide
B. Insulin sensitiser 
C. Promotes insulin secretion 
D. Requires insulin for action 
E. Hypoglycaemia risk is low


Answer: C. Promote insulin secretion

12. Which one of the following glucocorticoids is long acting?
A. Amiloride
B. Prednisone  
C. Cortisone  
D. Betamethasone
E. A & B

Answer: D. Betamethasone

13. Which one of the following glucocorticoids is long acting?
A. Amiloride
B. Dexamethasone  
C. Cortisone  
D. Prednisolone
E. A & B

Answer: B. Dexamethasone

14. Which one of the following is the class of aliskiren?
A. ACE inhibitor 
B. Direct renin inhibitor  
C. Angiotensin receptor blocker 
D. Corticotropin 
E.  Interior pituitary hormone 

Answer: B. Direct renin inhibitor 

15. Counterregulatory hormone in diabetes that works against insulin include the following?
 A. Glucagon
B. Growth hormone
C. Catecholamines
D. Cortisol
E. All of the above 

Answer: E. All of the above

16. Onychomycoses is the fungal infection of one of the following?
A. Skin
B. Teeth
C. Nails
D. Hair


Answer: C. Nails

17. Which one of the following fungistatic drugs has a half-life of 30 hours?
A. Ketoconazole
B. Fluconazole
C. Voriconazole
D. Posaconazole


Answer: Fluconazole

18. Which one of the following causes induction of cellular enzymes that interfere with viral protein synthesis?

A. Zanamavir 
B. Gancyclovir 
C. Amantadine
D. Ribavirin 
E. Interferon-alpha 

Answer: E. Interferon-alpha

19. Which one of the following drugs is used to prevent acute mountain sickness?
A. Furosemide
B. Mannitol
C. Acetazolamide
D. Spironolactone
E. Chlorthalidone

Answer: C. Acetazolamide

20. Atropine causes:?
a) Bradycardia followed by tachycardia
b) No effect on Heart
c) Only bradycardia
d) Only tachycardia
e) Tachycardia followed by bradycardia 

Answer: a) Bradycardia followed by tachycardia