Antidepressants and Anxiolytics
- Previous year questions on Antidepressants and Anxiolytics for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Pharmacology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 32 live questions in Antidepressants and Anxiolytics.
- 4 of 32 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Pharmacology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Which of the following hormones is used in the adjuvant treatment of depression?
- AProgesterone
- BCortisol
- CACTH
- DLevothyroxine✓ Correct answer
Q2.Tricyclic antidepressants can alter the oral absorption of many drugs by
- AComplexing with other drugs in the intestinal lumen
- BAltering gut motility✓ Correct answer
- CAltering gut flora
- DDamaging gut mucosa
Q3.The following drug has anxiolytic action with least sedation
- ABuspirone✓ Correct answer
- BTriazolam
- CAlprazolam
- DChlordiazepoxide
Q4.A patient of endogenous depression was administered imipramine. After how much time interval the therapeutic effect of Imipramine is likely to manifest?
- A3 days
- B1 week
- C3 weeks✓ Correct answer
- D3 months
Q5.Which of the following drug has anxiolytic action with least sedation?
- ABuspirone✓ Correct answer
- BTriazolam
- CAlprazolam
- DChlordiazepoxide
Q6.All are true about Desvenlafaxine except
- AIt is a D2 receptor antagonist✓ Correct answer
- BCan cause priapism
- CCan cause glaucoma
- DCan cause hyperlipidemia
Q7.Fluoxetine causes all, except
- ADiarrhoea
- BInsomnia
- CSedation✓ Correct answer
- DAnxiety
Q8.All the following drugs are mono amino-oxidase inhibitors except
- AMoclobemide
- BTranylcypromine
- CSelegeline
- DDuloxetine✓ Correct answer
Q9.In Serotonin syndrome the most characteristic feature is
- ASweating
- BMyoclonic jerks✓ Correct answer
- CPalpitation
- DAnxiety
Q10.All can cause serotonin increase except:
- AMDMA
- BAmphetamine
- CFluoxetine
- DLSD✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: D. Levothyroxine; Q2: B. Altering gut motility; Q3: A. Buspirone; Q4: C. 3 weeks; Q5: A. Buspirone; Q6: A. It is a D2 receptor antagonist; Q7: C. Sedation; Q8: D. Duloxetine; Q9: B. Myoclonic jerks; Q10: D. LSD.
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