Welcome to Pharmacology Nursing MCQ – Set 1, designed to strengthen your understanding of drug actions, medication safety, and therapeutic uses.

These exam-oriented MCQs are highly useful for NCLEX, AIIMS, CHO, ANM/GNM, RRB, OET & CBT (UK Nursing), and NCLEX-RN (Australia).

These Pharmacology MCQs are highly important and crucial to read and practice, as many Nursing Officer and Staff Nurse recruitment exams, along with various entrance examinations, frequently include such questions.

In addition, Pharmacology-based MCQs play a vital role in exams like AIIMS (NORCET), PGIMER, SSC, and State PSC Staff Nurse examinations, making them essential for effective preparation and success.

πŸ“š Following are the topics included in this section:

  • Antitussives
  • Antidotes
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Anesthetics
  • Emetics
  • Steroids
  • Cardiotonic drugs
  • Anxiolytics
  • Mydriatics

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-01


Dose-related adverse drug reaction is called?

(a) Failure
(b) Augmented
(c) Bizarre
(d) AEnd of use

Ans: (b) Augmented βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-02


Which drug is used to destroy and expel worms?

(a) Antibiotics
(b) Anti-inflammatory
(c) Antihelminthics
(d) Antipruritics

Ans: (c) Antihelminthics βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-03


Which of the following is the drug that relieves itching?

(a) Anti-infective
(b) Antipruritic
(c) Antiseptic
(c) Anti-inflammatory

Ans: (b) Antipruritic βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-04


Which medication is prescribed to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting?

(a) Emetics
(b) Antiemetics
(c) Anti diarrhetics
(d) Steroids

Ans: (b) Antiemetics βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-05


Which drug is prescribed in iron defeciency anemia to increase the level of haemoglobin content in the blood?

(a) Haematinics
(b) Haemostatic
(c) Oxytocics
(b) All of the above

Ans: (a) Haematinics βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-06


Which of the following medication helps in rducing edema by increasing the urine output?

(a) Antihypertensive
(b) Diuretics
(c) Anti diuretic hormone
(d) None of the above

Ans: (b) Diuretics βœ”

Nursing Pharmacology MCQ Number-07


Which of the drug dilates the blood vessels and is used to lower blood pressure?

(a) Vasodilators
(b) Mydriatics
(c) soconstrictor
(d) Myotics

Ans: (a) Vasodilators βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-08


Which of the following best descrides the action of cardiotonics drugs?

(a) Treat dysrrhythmias
(b) Treat inflammatory disease of the heart
(c) Increase heart rate and cardiac muscle contractions
(d) All of the above

Ans: (c) Increase heart rate and cardiac muscle contractions βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-09


Anxiolytics are most commonly prescribed for-

(a) To induce sleep
(b) To relieve anxiety
(c) To treat depression
(d) None of the above

Ans: (b) To relieve anxiety βœ”

Pharmacology Nursing MCQ Number-10


Mydriatics are drugs which-

(a) Dilate the blood vessels
(b) Dilate the pupil of the eye
(c) Constrict the pupil of the eye
(d) Contract the blood vessels

Ans: (b) Dilate the pupil of the eye βœ”

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