DR.

DIYAL DAS A patient visited a physician with

complaints of high grade fever along with
One of the following pharmacological shivering. Peripheral blood film revealed
agent causes pseudomembranous falciparum type of malaria. Doctor
enterocolitis. prescribed a drug and after its intake
a. Clindamycin. patient developed tachycardia, fever,
b. Moxifloxacin. shortness of breath along with fatigue and
hemolytic jaundice. Which one of the
c. Levofloxacin.
following drugs could be responsible for
d. Vancomycin. such reactive disorder:
e. Metronidazole. a) Chloroquine.
b) Primaquine.
One of the following steroidal agents is c) Artemether.
administered to pregnant mothers when d) Quinine.
there is risk of foetal respiratory distress e) Artemesnin.
due to immaturity of lungs intrauterinely
Reduction of sympathetic outflow from
before delivery at 34 weeks of pregnancy.
vasomotor centers in brain stem resulting in
a. Dexamethosone. increased sensitivity of baroreceptors is
b. Betamethasone. brought about by one of the following
c. Triamcinolone. antihypertensive drugs.
d. Methylprednisolone. a) Methyldopa.
e. Fludrocortisones. b) Esmolol.
c) Verapamil..
A 19 years old girl suffering from d) Losartan.
psychosis visits her family physician for e) Atenolol.
the complaints of white milky discharge
from nipples after 05 months’ start of Spironolactone shows one of the following
therapy along with irregular adverse effects in males when used for
menstruation. Which one of the following prolonged periods:
a) Hirsutism
drugs could caused such symptoms. b) Gynecomastia
a. Olanzapine. c) Hyperglycemia
b. Chlorpromazine d) Hypokalemia
c. Quetiapine. e) Severe constipation.
d. Ziprasidone. Which one of the following drugs shows its
e. Zotipine. thrombolytic action by speeding up
conversion of plasminogen to plasmin:
Risk of lactic acidosis increases if the a) Lepirudin
b) Aminocaproic acid
patient is taking one of the following
c) Warfarin
drugs for glycemic control for longer d) Heparin
period: e) Reteplase
a. Rapaglinide.
Pharmacological agents with short duration
b. Acarbose. of action near site of their synthesis are
c. Miglitrol. named as:
d. Sitagliptin. a) Antihistamines
e. Metformin. b) Anticoagulants
c) Thrombolytics
Both the RNA and DNA synthesis in d) Mucolytics.
e) Autacoids
fungus are blocked by one of the
following pharmacological agents:
a. Itraconazole.
b. Amphotericin.
c. Flucytosine.
d. Ketoconazole.
e. Terbinafine.
 One of the following alpha receptor blocking
agents can be used in relieving skeletal
A 70 year old male smoker and known case of muscle spasm related with trauma:
chronic gastritis is brought to hospital with a. Tizanidine.
complaints of intermittent diarrhea, nausea b. Brimonidine.
and abdominal discomfort. His skin looks c. Apraclonidine.
pale. Peripheral smear shows magalobalstic d. Clonidine.
anemia. The appropriate drug to treat such
patient will be one of the followings: e. Phenylephrine.
a) Ferrous gluconate.
b) Ferrous fumarate. One of the following is drug of
c) Erythropoietin. choice in diabetic patient with
d) Intravenous vitamin.B12 trigeminal neuralgia:
e) Iron dextran a) Phenytoin.
b) Ethosuximide.
Diminution of therapeutic effects of a drug c) Valproic acid.
immediately after its administration is called: d) Diazepam.
a. Hypersensitivity. e) Carbamezepine.
b. Hyporeactivity.
c. Tolerance. Thromboembolism and
d. Tachyphylaxis. migraine, both are absolute
e. Placebo effect.
contraindications to the use of
one of the following drug
Therapeutic benefits to relieve nasal
congestion can be obtained with one of the groups:
following drugs: a) Anti-thyroid drugs.
a. Epinephrine. b) Tricyclic antidepressants.
b. Dopamine. c) Oral contraceptives.
c. Oxymetazoline. d) Oral hypoglycemic.
d. Isoproterenol. e) Local anesthetics.
e. Midodrine.

An asthmatic patient complains of burning

sensation in mouth along with dysphagia and
hoarseness of voice. Oral examination reveals
presence of white plaques over tongue and
oral mucosa. Which one of the following
drugs caused such clinical picture:

a) Ipratropium.
b) Terbutaline.
c) Aminophythine.
d) Salbutamol.
e) Fluticasone.

Property of a drug to move from one

tissue comportment to another after its
initial distribution is called;
a) Drug absorption
b) Drug biotransformation
c) Drug elimination
d) Drug excretion
e) Drug redistribution

50% of the administered drug bypasses the

first pass metabolism in liver via one of the
following route of drug administration:
a. Oral.
b. Transdermal.
c. Rectal.
d. Sublingual.
e. Subcutaneous in area of skin over liver.