12 OCTOBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

Quinolones are

bacteriostatic

antimetabolites

broad-spectrum

penicillin derivatives

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The scientist who first discovered the substance penicillin was

Alexander Fleming

none of these

Paul Ehrlich

Joseph Lister

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Which of the following drugs involves modification of the drug by enzymatic modification or degradation of its active element to alter its/their resistance?

Aminoglyosides

Choloramphenicol

All of these

Pencillins

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Which of the following drugs may show plasmid-mediated resistance?

Methicillin

Nalidixic acid

Rifampicin

Ampicillin

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Both penicillin and fluoroquinolones

are inactivated by β-lactamase

bind to and inactivate a bacterial protein

must be transported into the cytoplasm in order to act

inhibit the cross-linking of peptidoglycan

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Which of the following is not an example of potent antitumer agents?

Erythromycin

Sibromycin

Neothramycin

Anthramycin

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A parenteral route of drug administration refers to

nonoral

oral

intravenously

intramuscularly

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The antibiotics not clinically useful for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

ceftazidime

aminoglycosides

piperacillin

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The larger the __________ , the better the chemotherapeutic agent.

selective toxicity

therapeutic dose

spectrum

therapeutic index

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Which of the following tests is used to determine the minimal lethal concentration?

Dilution susceptibility tests

Broth dilution test

Agar dilution test

All of these

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