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  • Question
  • Which of the following is not a semi synthetic chemotherapeutic agent?


  • Options
  • A. Ampicillin
  • B. Carbenicillin
  • C. Penicillin
  • D. Sulfonamide

  • Correct Answer
  • Penicillin 


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    • 1. Which of the following is not an aminoglycoside antibiotic?

    • Options
    • A. Streptomycin
    • B. Neomycin
    • C. Kanamycin
    • D. Cephalosporin
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which antibiotic has a beta-lactam ring?

    • Options
    • A. Cephalosporin
    • B. Penicillin
    • C. Tetracycline
    • D. Streptomycin
    • Discuss
    • 3. Quinones and related antibiotics are

    • Options
    • A. tetracyclines
    • B. actinorhodin
    • C. mitomycin
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Polyene antibiotics are

    • Options
    • A. large ring structures
    • B. ?-lactam - thiazolidine ring
    • C. small ring structures
    • D. any of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Nystatin is a drug used for treatment of diseases caused by

    • Options
    • A. gram negative bacterium
    • B. gram positive bacterium
    • C. yeast
    • D. protozoan
    • Discuss
    • 6. Cycloserine inhibits

    • Options
    • A. alanine racemase
    • B. D-alanyl - D-alanine synthetase
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. amidase
    • Discuss
    • 7. The larger the __________ , the better the chemotherapeutic agent.

    • Options
    • A. therapeutic index
    • B. therapeutic dose
    • C. selective toxicity
    • D. spectrum
    • Discuss
    • 8. By which of the following means antifungal chemotherapeutic agents may affect fungi?

    • Options
    • A. Interfere with nuclear division by preventing the aggregation of microtubules needed for mitosis
    • B. Interfere with normal nucleic acid synthesis
    • C. Interfere with ergosterol biosynthesis and thus alter the structure of the cytoplasmic membrane as well as the function of several membrane-bound enzymes like those involved in nutrient transport and chitin synthesis
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The mode of action of polymyxin is to

    • Options
    • A. inhibit protein synthesis
    • B. inhibit DNA synthesis
    • C. injury to the plasma membrane
    • D. inhibit folic acid synthesis
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is not an example of potent antitumer agents?

    • Options
    • A. Anthramycin
    • B. Sibromycin
    • C. Neothramycin
    • D. Erythromycin
    • Discuss


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