MCQ of Pharmacology
1.1 `Essential drugs’ are:
A. Life saving drugs
B. Drugs that meet the priority health care needs of
the population
C. Drugs that must be present in the emergency
bag of a doctor
D. Drugs that are listed in the pharmacopoeia of a
country.
1.2 An 'orphan drug' is:
A. A very cheap drug
B. A drug which has no therapeutic use
C. A drug needed for treatment or prevention of a
rare disease
D. A drug which acts on Orphanin receptors.
1.3 Drug administered through the following route is most
likely to be subjected to first-pass metabolism:
A. Oral
B. Sublingual
C. Subcutaneous
D. Recta
1.4 Transdermal drug delivery systems offer the following
advantages except:
A. They produce high peak plasma concentration
of the drug
B. They produce smooth and nonfluctuating
plasma concentration of the drug
C. They minimise interindividual variations in
the achieved plasma drug concentration
D. They avoid hepatic first-pass metabolism of
the drug.
1.5 In addition to slow intravenous infusion, which of the
following routes of administration allows for titration of
the dose of a drug with the response:
A. Sublingual
B. Transdermal
C. Inhalational
D. Nasal insufflation
1.6 Which of the following drugs is administered by intra-
nasal spray/application for systemic action:
A. Phenylephrine
B. Desmopressin
C. Azelastine
D. Beclomethasone dipropionate
1.7 Compared to subcutaneous injection, the intramus-
cular injection of drugs:
A. Is more painful
B. Produces faster response
C. Is unsuitable for depot preparations
D. Carries greater risk of anaphylactic reaction
1.8 Select the route of administration which carries the
highest risk of adversely affecting vital functions:
A. Intra arterial injection
B. Intrathecal injection
C. Intravenous injection
D. Intramuscular injection
ANSWERS
1.1 B
1.2 C
1.3 A
1.4 A
1.5 C
1.6 B
1.7 B
1.8 C
