Drugs for Osteoporosis and Calcium Disorders
- Previous year questions on Drugs for Osteoporosis and Calcium Disorders 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.
- 22 live questions in Drugs for Osteoporosis and Calcium Disorders.
- 4 of 22 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 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.Drug of choice for post menopausal osteoporosis is
- AEstrogen
- BBisphosphonates✓ Correct answer
- CTeriparatide
- DThyroxine
Q2.Bisphosphonates are used for all except ?
- AOsteolytic bone metastases
- BOsteoporosis
- COsteosclerosis✓ Correct answer
- DPagets disease
Q3.What is the first line of drug for post-menopausal Osteoporosis?
- ARaloxifene
- BOestrogen
- CBisphosphonates✓ Correct answer
- DCombined OCP's
Q4.Which drug increase the bone formation in osteoporosis?
- ATeriparatide✓ Correct answer
- BRisedronate
- CCalcitonin
- DDenosumab
Q5.Denosumab is a monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of:
- AOsteomalacia
- BOsteoarthritis
- COsteoporosis✓ Correct answer
- DBreast carcinoma
Q6.Recombinant form of a hormone used in osteoporosis is
- AZolendronate
- BIbandronate
- CStrontium ranelate
- DTeriparatide✓ Correct answer
Q7.By binding RANKL with high affinity, which of the following drug reduces bone resorption?
- AAlemtuzumab
- BPalivizumab
- CDaclizumab
- DDenosumab✓ Correct answer
Q8.Which of the following is not used in osteoporosis?
- AMilnacipran✓ Correct answer
- BPTH
- CStrontium ranelate
- DDenosumab
Q9.Vitamin D toxicity is treated with
- AChloroquine
- BHydroxychloroquine
- CDexamethasone✓ Correct answer
- DKetoconazole
Q10.Cells with greatest affinity to bisphosphonates are:
- AOsteoprogenitor cells
- BOsteoblasts
- COsteoclasts✓ Correct answer
- DOsteocytes
Answer key
Q1: B. Bisphosphonates; Q2: C. Osteosclerosis; Q3: C. Bisphosphonates; Q4: A. Teriparatide; Q5: C. Osteoporosis; Q6: D. Teriparatide; Q7: D. Denosumab; Q8: A. Milnacipran; Q9: C. Dexamethasone; Q10: C. Osteoclasts.
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