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1. General
Pharmacology
PRESENTED BY- NIKITA GUPTA

2. 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

3. 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 Orphan in receptors

4. 3. Drug administered through the following route is most
likely to be subjected to first-pass metabolism:
A. Oral
B. Sublingual
C. Subcutaneous
D. Rectal

5. 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

6. 5. Which of the following drugs is administered by intranasal
spray/application for systemic action:
A. Phenylephrine
B. Desmopressin
C. Azelastine
D. Beclomethasone dipropionate

7. 6. Compared to subcutaneous injection, the intramuscular
injection of drugs:
A. Is more painful
B. Produces faster response
C. Is unsuitable for depot preparations
D. Carries greater risk of anaphylactic reaction

8. 7. 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

9. 8. Alkalinization of urine hastens the excretion of:
A. Weakly basic drugs
B. Weakly acidic drugs
C. Strong electrolytes
D. Nonpolar drugs

10. 9. Majority of drugs cross biological membranes primarily by:
A. Passive diffusion
B. Facilitated diffusion
C. Active transport
D. Pinocytosis

11. 10. Diffusion of drugs across cell membrane:
A. Is dependent upon metabolic activity of the cell
B. Is competitively inhibited by chemically
related drugs
C. Is affected by extent of ionization of drug molecules
D. Exhibits saturation kinetics

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