MODEL PAPER

MBBS second Professional Annual, 2009

Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Theory

Time: 3 Hours Total marks: 70

Note: Attempt all Questions; All the Questions carry equal marks

1. a) Enumerate Parenteral Routes of drug- administration. 03

b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Intravenous Route of
drug- administration 04

2. a) Enumerate uses of Parasympathomimetic Drugs. 03

b) Classify Sympathomimetic Drugs. 04

3. a) What is the Mechanism of Action of Barbiturates? 03

b) Classify Antiepileptics. 04

4. a) A Rheumatologist is going to prescribe one of the NSAIDs for the

symptomatic relief of a 45 years old male with rheumatoid arthritis;
enlist the various groups of drugs useful for him. 03
b) Which drugs useful for an Acute Attack of Gout in a 35 years old lady;
what are the Adverse Effects of Colchicine. 04

5. a) Classify Antiarrhythmic Drugs. 04

b) What is the rationale for the Clinical Uses of Methyldopa? 03

6. a) A 20 years old lady is suffering form severe Dry Cough since last
night; what are the drugs useful for her; give their usefulness. 03
b) Classify the drugs useful for Acid-Peptic Disease. 04

7. a) A 30 years old male is suffering from Upper Respiratory Tract

Infection; enumerate the various classes of Cephalosporins. 04
b) What are the Clinical Uses of Metronidazole? 03

8. a) An 18 years old girl is suffering from Acute Attack of Malaria; what are
the drugs useful against Plasmodium falciparum-sensitive cases 03
b) Classify Antiamoebic Drugs according to severity of the dysentery 04

9. a) A 20 years old boy is suffering form fungal infection of his scalp; what
is the Mechanism of Action of Azoles? 03
b) Enumerate the Uses & Adverse Effects of Methotrexate. 04

10. a) A 50 year old male has been diagnosed as a case of Type-II Diabetes
Mellitus; how Biguanides may be useful in him? 04
b) Classify Corticosteroids 03