Antiglaucoma Agents
- Previous year questions on Antiglaucoma Agents 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.
- 27 live questions in Antiglaucoma Agents.
- 6 of 27 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019, 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.Drug capable of causing ocular hypotension with apnoea in infants is
- ALatanoprost
- BBrimonidine✓ Correct answer
- CApraclonidine
- DAcetazolamide
Q2.Anti glaucoma drug that act by increasing uvea scleral outflow is?
- ALatanoprost✓ Correct answer
- BTimolol
- Cpilocarpine
- DDorzolamide
Q3.Antiglaucoma drug used to increase uveoscleral outflow is
- AAcetazolamide
- BPilocarpine
- CLatanoprost✓ Correct answer
- DTimolol
Q4.Anti-glaucoma drug that acts by increasing uveoscleral outflow is
- ALatanoprost✓ Correct answer
- BTimolol
- CPilocarpine
- DDorzolamide
Q5.Latanoprost used topically in glaucoma primarily acts by?
- ADecreasing aqueous humor formation
- BIncreasing uveoscleral outflow✓ Correct answer
- CReleasing pupillary block
- DIncreasing trabecular outflow
Q6.The ocular hypotensive agent causing apnoea in infants is:-
- ALatanoprost
- BTimolol
- CBetaxolol
- DBrimonidine✓ Correct answer
Q7.Anti-glaucoma drug use to increase uveoscleral outflow is
- AAcetazolamide
- BPilocarpine
- CLatanoprost✓ Correct answer
- DTimolol
Q8.Which of the following drugs act on trabecular meshwork and affects the aqueous outflow?
- ATimolol
- BPilocarpine✓ Correct answer
- CBrimonidine
- DBrinzolamide
Q9.Intraocular tension is decreased by all except
- APilocarpine
- BAtropine✓ Correct answer
- CApraclonidine
- DTropicamide
Q10.Iris cyst formation induced by
- AAtropine
- BPilocarpine✓ Correct answer
- CLatanoprost
- DTimolol
Answer key
Q1: B. Brimonidine; Q2: A. Latanoprost; Q3: C. Latanoprost; Q4: A. Latanoprost; Q5: B. Increasing uveoscleral outflow; Q6: D. Brimonidine; Q7: C. Latanoprost; Q8: B. Pilocarpine; Q9: B. Atropine; Q10: B. Pilocarpine.
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