Antimalarials
- Previous year questions on Antimalarials 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.
- 25 live questions in Antimalarials.
- 3 of 25 questions carry a verified exam year: 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.Drug useful in chloroquine resistant malaria is
- AMefloquine✓ Correct answer
- BProguanil
- CPyrimethamine
- DPrimaquine
Q2.Tafenoquine - antimalarial drug has been approved in July 2018 for
- ARadical cure of P falciparum
- BRadical cure of P vivax✓ Correct answer
- CClinical cure of P falciparum
- DClinical cure of P vivax
Q3.Which of the following is clinical use of tafenoquine?
- ARadical cure of Plasmodium vivax✓ Correct answer
- BProphylaxis of malaria in pregnancy
- CTreatment of severe falciparum malaria
- DTreatment of endemic malaria in children < 2 years
Q4.Which is gametocidal for all species:
- AQuinine
- BChloroquine
- CPrimaquine✓ Correct answer
Q5.Which of the following drug has gameticidal action against all species of plasmodium?
- APrimaquine✓ Correct answer
- BChloroquine
- CQuinine
- DNone of these
Q6.A patient from the north-eastern states was diagnosed to have infection with P. falciparum malaria. What is the most appropriate drug for this patient?
- AArtemether plus lumefantrine✓ Correct answer
- BSulfadoxine plus pyrimethamine
- CChloroquine
- DMefloquine
Q7.Antimalarial drug used for causal prophylaxis act at which stage of developmental cycle
- AGametogony
- BErythrocytic schizogony
- CPre-erythrocytic schizogony✓ Correct answer
- DExo-erythrocytic schizogony
Q8.Which of the following drug has gametocidal action all species of Plasmodium?
- APrimaquine✓ Correct answer
- BChloroquine
- CQuinine
- DNone of these
Q9.If a drug is active against the pre-erythrocytic stage of the malarial parasite it will be useful as a:
- ASuppressive prophylactic
- BCausal prophylactic✓ Correct answer
- CClinical curative
- DRadical curative
Q10.Which one of the following antimalarial drugs is safe for use in, pregnancy ?
- AAtovaquone
- BTetracycline
- CProguanil✓ Correct answer
- DPrimaquine
Answer key
Q1: A. Mefloquine; Q2: B. Radical cure of P vivax; Q3: A. Radical cure of Plasmodium vivax; Q4: C. Primaquine; Q5: A. Primaquine; Q6: A. Artemether plus lumefantrine; Q7: C. Pre-erythrocytic schizogony; Q8: A. Primaquine; Q9: B. Causal prophylactic; Q10: C. Proguanil.
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