NSAIDs
- Previous year questions on NSAIDs 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.
- 35 live questions in NSAIDs.
- 2 of 35 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.Which NSAID undergoes enterohepatic circulation?
- APhenylbutazone
- BAspirin
- CIbuprofen
- DPiroxicam✓ Correct answer
Q2.Analgesic effect of paracetamol is mediated by action on which of the following receptor?
- ANK 1
- BBK 1
- CP2X3
- DTRPV 1✓ Correct answer
Q3.Recently used topical NSAID for ophthalmic use
- AIndomethacin
- BNepafenac✓ Correct answer
- CFlurbiprofen
- DOxyphenbutazone
Q4.Antidote of paracetamol is
- AN-acetylcysteine✓ Correct answer
- BMethylene blue
- CEDTA
- DNo effective antidote known
Q5.All are true of paracetamol poisoning except?
- AAcetylcysteine is antidote
- BAsymptomatic for 24 to 30 hours
- C10 mg is safe dose
- DAcetylcysteine block glutathione in paracetamol poisoning✓ Correct answer
Q6.Aspirin acts on which part of brain?
- ASubstantia gelatinosa✓ Correct answer
- BLimbic system
- CMedulla
- DCortex
Q7.Which of the following is a false statement?
- AAcetaminophen does not have anti-inflammatory action
- BNSAIDs with least cardiovascular risk in Naproxen
- CGastric irritation is more severe with NSAIDs compared to aspirin✓ Correct answer
- DNon selective COX-2 inhibitors are contraindicated in postoperative patients
Q8.A patient on 300 mg of aspirin will show all the following except:
- AIrreversible inhibition of cyclooxygenase path way
- BProlonged bleeding time
- CInhibition of thromboxane TXA2
- DInhibition of prostaglandin PGI2✓ Correct answer
Q9.Which of the following is a selective COX-2 inhibitor?
- ADiflunisal
- BPiroxicam
- CSulindac
- DParecoxib✓ Correct answer
Q10.true about cox2 are all except
- AIt is constitutively expressed on some cell surfaces
- BActivation of cox2 leads to ulcer protective effect on gastric mucosa✓ Correct answer
- CInduced at site of inflammation
- DIt is utilised in generation of eicosanoids with ring structure
Answer key
Q1: D. Piroxicam; Q2: D. TRPV 1; Q3: B. Nepafenac; Q4: A. N-acetylcysteine; Q5: D. Acetylcysteine block glutathione in paracetamol poisoning; Q6: A. Substantia gelatinosa; Q7: C. Gastric irritation is more severe with NSAIDs compared to aspirin; Q8: D. Inhibition of prostaglandin PGI2; Q9: D. Parecoxib; Q10: B. Activation of cox2 leads to ulcer protective effect on gastric mucosa.
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