Major drugs and medicines are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including pain, inflammation, infection, and mental health disorders. They can be prescribed by doctors or obtained over-the-counter. It is important to take major drugs and medicines as prescribed, and to be aware of potential side effects.

Here you are given Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on the Major Drugs and Medicinesthe topic of General Knowledge. First of all, you have to read all the GK questions related to Major Drugs and Medicines and click on one correct answer for each question. If your answer is correct, you will be displayed with a ✅ sign, but if your answer is wrong, a ❌ sign will be displayed, so that you can identify the correct answer you have given.

Q. What is Tamiflu a key drug for?

 ◉ Swine flu

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 ◉ Dengue

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 ◉ Pakso flu

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 ◉ Bird flu

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Q. Which pair of compounds is used as a narcotic (anaesthesia) in medicine?

 ◉ Oxide, chloroform

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 ◉ Magma, oxide

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 ◉ Calcium, magma

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 ◉ Nitrous oxide, chloroform

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Q. What is the study of drugs and their action called?

 ◉ Psychology

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 ◉ Arborial science

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 ◉ Physics

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 ◉ Pharmacology

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Q. Which is the branch of medicine in which synthetic chemical compounds are included?

 ◉ Allopathy

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 ◉ Greek

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 ◉ Ayurveda

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 ◉ Homeopathy

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Q. B. C.G. In which disease is the medicine called?

 ◉ tuberculosis

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 ◉ chicken pox

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 ◉ cold disease

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 ◉ leprosy

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Q. Paracetamol' is mainly a helpful drug for?

 ◉ fever control

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 ◉ Control control

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 ◉ Headache control

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 ◉ None of them

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Q. Which department comes under the duty imposed on alcohol, narcotic drugs and opium?

 ◉ Center production duty

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 ◉ state excise duty

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 ◉ Income tax

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 ◉ Road toll

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Q. Which medicine is effective in tuberculosis?

 ◉ Microbacteria

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 ◉ Alkaloid

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 ◉ Shatevaroside

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 ◉ streptomycin

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Q. What is the name of the medicine which increases the secretion of urine?

 ◉ Adrenal

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 ◉ Triuretic

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 ◉ diuretic

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 ◉ Monoratic

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Q. Quinine' (medicine) is obtained from which part of the plant?

 ◉ bark of trunk

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 ◉ from banyan tree

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 ◉ from tree bark

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 ◉ from the sugarcane tree

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Q. What is that medicine, which reduces anxiety and gives peace?

 ◉ pacifier

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 ◉ antihistamine

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 ◉ pain reliever

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 ◉ diuretic

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Q. Cortisone is a drug made from-

 ◉ from larva

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 ◉ from hormones

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 ◉ with blood

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 ◉ with mucus

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Q. What infections is multidrug therapy for?

 ◉ Pyorrhea

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 ◉ hemorrhoid

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 ◉ Malaria

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 ◉ AIDS

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Q. Pratyamal (Antacid) is found in medicines for the relief of?

 ◉ Headache

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 ◉ back pain

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 ◉ stomach pain

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 ◉ leg pain

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Q. What is the science related to medicines called?

 ◉ Pharmacology

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 ◉ Psychology

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 ◉ Philosophy

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 ◉ None of them

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