Cytokines, Growth Factors and Targeted Agents
- Previous year questions on Cytokines, Growth Factors and Targeted 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.
- 25 live questions in Cytokines, Growth Factors and Targeted Agents.
- 2 of 25 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018.
- Pharmacology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Binimetinib was approved by FDA recently for
- AProstate cancer
- BMelanoma✓ Correct answer
- CSmall pox
- DChicken pox
Q2.The main Side effect of Imatinib mesylate
- ALeg ulcers
- BFluid retention✓ Correct answer
- CFlagellate hyperpigmentation
- DIrreversible myelosuppression
Q3.Which of the following therapy is known to stimulate progenitor megakaryocytes and used in Rx of Cancer Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia?
- AIL-2
- BIL-6
- CIL-8
- DIL-11✓ Correct answer
Q4.Capillary leak syndrome is caused by which of the following drug?
- AFilgrastim
- BSargramostim✓ Correct answer
- CPeg filgrastim
- DDarbepoetin
Q5.Midostaurin is a new drug used for the treatment of:
- ACML
- BALL
- CAML✓ Correct answer
- DCLL
Q6.Sorafinib is most useful in which cancer
- ARCC✓ Correct answer
- BHepatoma
- CGlioblastoma
- DMultiple Myeloma
Q7.Which of the following substance is used as biological therapy for malignant melanoma?
- AIL-2✓ Correct answer
- BInfliximab
- CEtanercept
- DAll of the above
Q8.which of the following tyrosine kinase inhibitor is used in carcinoma of lung ?
- Aafatinib
- Bceritinib
- Cerlotinib
- Dall of the above✓ Correct answer
Q9.Encorafenib was approved by FDA recently for
- AProstate cancer
- BMelanoma✓ Correct answer
- CSmall pox
- DChicken pox
Q10.Axicabtagene ciloleucel is used in:
- ARelapsed myeloma
- BT cell lymphoma
- CDiffuse large B cell lymphoma✓ Correct answer
- DSmall cell lung Ca
Answer key
Q1: B. Melanoma; Q2: B. Fluid retention; Q3: D. IL-11; Q4: B. Sargramostim; Q5: C. AML; Q6: A. RCC; Q7: A. IL-2; Q8: D. all of the above; Q9: B. Melanoma; Q10: C. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
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