quiz Pharmacology MCQ Practice

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Dose-related adverse drug reaction is called?

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Which drug is used to destroy and expel worms?

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Which of the following is the drug that relieves itching?

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Which medication is prescribed to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting?

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Which drug is prescribed in iron defeciency anemia to increase the level of haemoglobin content in the blood?

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Which of the following medication helps in rducing edema by increasing the urine output?

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Which of the drug dilates the blood vessels and is used to lower blood pressure?

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Which of the following best descrides the action of cardiotonics drugs?

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Anxiolytics are most commonly prescribed for-

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Mydriatics are drugs which-

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The study of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drug is referred as:

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Which of the following local anesthetic agent has shorter duration of action?

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The drug that increases both systolic and diastolic blood pressure from prolonged period is

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Atropine is commonly used prior to administrations of inhalant anesthetics to reduced

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The local anesthetic which also acts as an antiarrhythmic agent

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Which of the following medication is preferred in elderly patients for pain management?

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Digoxin is not given when heart rate is is

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Antidote for overdose of warfarin is

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Plasma expanders are used in:

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Lithium therapy during pregnancy increases the chance of……………. in foetus

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Dry mouth during antidepressant therapy is caused by blockade of

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The drug used in the treatment of hook worm infection is

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Which of the following antimalarial drug is safe for a child with 6PD( glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase) deficiency?

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Which of the following drugs may cause contraceptive failure if taken along with oral contraceptives?

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The drug of choice for prophylaxis of tuberculosis is

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Which of the following anti tubercular drugs is contraindicated in a pregnant woman?

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Metronidazole is effective antibacterial agent against all of the following except

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Which of the following instructions is appropriate to teach the client who was prescribed zidovudine 200 mg?

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A client is receiving IV calcium gluconate for pregnancy induced hypertension plan of care throughout injection of the drug must include

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Which of the following sites must be avoided while giving IM injection to a 2 year old child?

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When administering total parenteral nutrition (TPN) through a peripheral IV line to a school age child, what is the lowest glucose concentration that is considered safe to small veins that will also provide adequateTPN?

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All of the following antitubercular drugs crosses blood-brain barrier EXCEPT

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Gynaecomastia is one of the side effect of

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Methotrexate acts by inhibition of

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Use of oral contraceptive pills by women reduces the risk of

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Digoxin (Digitalis) is the drug of choice for

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The drug of choice in the management of pre-eclamsia is

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Zidovudine, an antiretroviral drug acts by

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Which of the following drugs is contraindicated in pregnancy?

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All of the following are the side effects of phenytoin, EXCEPT

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The therapeutic level of serum Lithium is

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Mifepristone Is an example of

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A client reported that she has missed a single dose of her combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP). Which of the following advice is appropriate for this patient?

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Magnesium sulphate is administered to a client with preeclampsia to

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When administering loop diuretic to a client, the nurse anticipates that the client may develop with electrolyte imbalance?

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Physician prescribes an infusion of 1800 ml of IV fluid over 24 hours with half of this amount to be infused over the first 10 hours. The client should receive how many milliliters of IV fluid per hour during the first a10 hours?

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Which of the following action is correct in regards to insulin administration?

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An insulin drip is infused for a patient with 40 units of insulin in 100ml of solution. The IV is beginning in use by an infusion pump and the pump is currently set at 20 ml per hour how many units of insulin is infused in each hours?

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Disulfiram, antabuse drug used in alcohol dependence syndrome deactivating

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Conjunction of which of the following drugs by a mother during pregnancy may cause phocomedia to the fetus?

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Which of the following drugs has a reducing effect on proteinuria in a normotensive diabetic patient?

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Which of the following is a common side effect of streptomycin

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Antidote for heparin is

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Antidote for benzodiazepines

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The drug administered during acute anaphylactic reaction is

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Which of the following statement is not correct about cephalosporins

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Which of the following drugs should be first administered in a patient admitted with a diagnosis of acute Myocardial Infarction?

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The Diuretics should be administered early in the morning to

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Which of the following medications is used in the management of raised ICP?

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Epinephrine reacts with which of the following receptors?

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Which of the following aminoglycoside antibiotics has the broadest spectrum of antibacterial action?

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Corticosteroids suppresses

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Frequent serum level monitoring is required when the patient is on

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Which electrolyte imbalance may predispose the patients to digitalis toxicity?

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Unwanted but unavoidable pharmacodynamic effect of the drug at therapeutic dose is known as

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Which of the following antimalarial drug is safe during pregnancy

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The antidote for Paracetamol poisoning is

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Which of the following drugs is used to prevent blood clotting during hemodialysis procedure?

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Which of the following drugs is an example for a protein pump inhibitor?

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Paracetamol is an

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Drug of choice for partial seizures is

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Which of the following is not an osmotic diuretic

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Increased suicidal tendency is associated with

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Teratogenicity refers to

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Morphine is contraindicated in which of the following conditions?

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Which of the following drugs may cause “grey baby syndrome”?

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Dopamine is preferred in the management of shock because

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What kind of substances cannot permeate membranes by passive diffusion?

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Which of the following drugs is used in HIV positive patients to control the progress of AIDS?

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Which of the following drug is not contraindicated in a lactating mother

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Which of the following drug is recommended along with intravenous administration of Quinine sulphate for treatment of Malaria?

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Antidote for organophosphorus poisoning is

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The action of the drug pseudoepinephrine is

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The pharmacological action of adrenaline includes

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Therapeutic serum level of phenytoin is the treatment of seizure is

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Which of the following drug crosses blood brain barrier?

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The drug of choice in mushroom poisoning is

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Calcium channel blockers which are used in the treatment of hypertension include

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Patient who is allergy to intravenous contrast media are also usually allergy to

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An agent used to increase the level of hemoglobin content in the blood is-

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Drugs which are used to increase the urine output are-

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Drugs which dilate the blood vessels and used to lower blood pressure-

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Cardiotonics are the drugs used to-

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Anxiolytics are drugs used-

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The rate of absorption of a drug is affected by.

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Putting a drug in liquid form into a body cavity or body orifice, is known as-

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Application of the drug to the skin usually by a friction is known as-

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Nitroglycerine is administered by which route-

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When the drug is introduced in the bone marrow, this route is called-

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When the medicine is administered into the spinal cavity, this route is known as-

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Which vitamin is also known as anti-sterility vitamin-

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In following which is the advantage of intravenous (I.V.) drug administration-