Antiprotozoals and Anthelmintics
- Previous year questions on Antiprotozoals and Anthelmintics 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.
- 30 live questions in Antiprotozoals and Anthelmintics.
- 2 of 30 questions carry a verified exam year: 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.Moxidectin was approved by FDA recently for
- AFilariasis
- BOnchocerca volvulus✓ Correct answer
- CHypertension
- DScabies
Q2.Mebendazole is more effective than albendazole in Rx of
- AEnterobius vermicularis
- BTrichuris trichiura✓ Correct answer
- CTrichinella spiralis
- DAscaris lumbricoides
Q3.The treatment of early stage of East African sleeping sickness is by
- APentamidine
- BEflornithine
- CSuramin✓ Correct answer
- DMelarsopol
Q4.The following antihelmintic acts by producing flaccid paralysis of the worm
- AQuinacrine
- BDiethylcarbamazine
- CMebendazole
- DPiperazine✓ Correct answer
Q5.A lady has taken medication for amoebiasis infection. She drank alcohol in a pay. She has nausea vomiting and dizziness. Which anti-amoebic drug could have led to interaction with alcohol to produce these symptoms?
- AMetronidazole✓ Correct answer
- BNitazoxanide
- CParomomycin
- DDiloxanide
Q6.Praziquantel is used for the treatment of
- AStrongyloidiasis
- BTrichomoniasis
- CSchistosomiasis✓ Correct answer
- DRhinosporidiosis
Q7.Which of the following antihelmintic acts by producing flaccid paralysis of the worm?
- AQuinacrine
- BDiethylcarbamazine
- CMebendazole
- DPiperazine✓ Correct answer
Q8.Drug which clears trypanosomes from blood and lymph nodes and is active in late CNS stages of African sleeping sickness
- AEmetine
- BMelarsoprol✓ Correct answer
- CNifurtimox
- DSuramin
Q9.All the drugs are used in the treatment of Giardiasis except:
- ANitazoxanide
- BMetronidazole
- CTinidazole
- DDiloxanide furoate✓ Correct answer
Q10.Metronidazole:
- AHas no side-effects
- BIs used in management of ANUG✓ Correct answer
- CIs mainly concentrated in saliva
- DIs active against gram-positive aerobes
Answer key
Q1: B. Onchocerca volvulus; Q2: B. Trichuris trichiura; Q3: C. Suramin; Q4: D. Piperazine; Q5: A. Metronidazole; Q6: C. Schistosomiasis; Q7: D. Piperazine; Q8: B. Melarsoprol; Q9: D. Diloxanide furoate; Q10: B. Is used in management of ANUG.
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