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AIPMT 2012 (Mains)MCQEasy📈 Topic in 25% papers+4−1
1

Chloramphenicol is an

  1. antifertility drug
  2. antihistaminic
  3. antiseptic and disinfectant
  4. antibiotic-broad spectrum

Answer

(4) antibiotic-broad spectrum

Solution

As per NCERT, chloramphenicol, isolated in 1947, is a broad spectrum antibiotic; it is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is given orally in typhoid, dysentery, acute fever, some urinary infections, meningitis and pneumonia.

Answer: (4)

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2

Which one of the following is employed as antihistamine?

  1. Chloramphenicol
  2. Diphenhydramine
  3. Norethindrone
  4. Omeprazole
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
3

Which one of the following is employed as a tranquilizer drug?

  1. Promethazine
  2. Valium
  3. Naproxen
  4. Mifepristone
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4

Which one of the following is employed as a tranquilizer?

  1. Naproxen
  2. Tetracycline
  3. Chlorpheniramine
  4. Equanil
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2009

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