Antifungals
- Previous year questions on Antifungals 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.
- 29 live questions in Antifungals.
- 3 of 29 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2020.
- Pharmacology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Amphotericin B acts on:-
- ACell membrane✓ Correct answer
- BCell wall
- CNucleus
- DCytoplasm
Q2.Drug of choice for invasive aspergillosis is ?
- APosaconazole
- BVoriconazole✓ Correct answer
- CLiposomal AMB
- DCaspofungin
Q3.Fluconazole differs from ketoconazole in all the following except (REPEAT)
- ARoute of administration
- BMetabolism inhibition
- CAnti androgenic side effects
- DUsage in candidiasis✓ Correct answer
Q4.Which is not an adverse effect of Amphotericin B?
- AHepatotoxicity
- BHyperkalemia✓ Correct answer
- CThrombopenia
- DArrhythmias
Q5.Fungicidal drug used orally for treatment of onychomycosis
- AAmphotericin B
- BClotrimozale
- CTerbinafate✓ Correct answer
- DGresiofulvin
Q6.Which of the following drugs is used as nail lacquer for fungal infections
- AFluconazole
- BNystatin
- CItraconazole
- DTerbinafine✓ Correct answer
Q7.All of the following antifungal agents act by altering cell membrane permeability, except(2018)
- AFluconazole
- BAmphotericin-B
- CTerbinafine
- DGriseofulvin✓ Correct answer
Q8.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS IS USED AS NAIL LACQUAR FOR FUNGAL INFECTIONS?
- ATERBINAFINE✓ Correct answer
- BITRACONAZOLE
- CNYSTATIN
- DFLUCANAZOLE
Q9.DOC FOR INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS?
- AVORICONAZOLE✓ Correct answer
- BPOSACONAZOLE
- CAMPHOTERICIN B
- DCASPOFUNGIN
Q10.Econazole is useful for the treatment of following fungal infections Except
- ATinea pedis
- BHistoplasma capsulatum✓ Correct answer
- CTinea corporis
- DCutaneous candidiasis
Answer key
Q1: A. Cell membrane; Q2: B. Voriconazole; Q3: D. Usage in candidiasis; Q4: B. Hyperkalemia; Q5: C. Terbinafate; Q6: D. Terbinafine; Q7: D. Griseofulvin; Q8: A. TERBINAFINE; Q9: A. VORICONAZOLE; Q10: B. Histoplasma capsulatum.
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