📌 Introduction
Anticancer drugs are used to treat cancer by inhibiting abnormal cell growth. This topic is very important for GPAT, DSSSB, and other pharmacy exams.
📝 MCQs on Anticancer Drugs
1. Cancer is characterized by:
A) Controlled growth
B) Uncontrolled cell division
C) Infection
D) Pain
✔ Answer: B) Uncontrolled cell division
2. Which is an alkylating agent?
A) Methotrexate
B) Cyclophosphamide
C) Vincristine
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: B) Cyclophosphamide
3. Alkylating agents act by:
A) Protein synthesis
B) DNA damage
C) Calcium block
D) Sodium block
✔ Answer: B) DNA damage
4. Which is an antimetabolite?
A) Methotrexate
B) Cyclophosphamide
C) Vincristine
D) Doxorubicin
✔ Answer: A) Methotrexate
5. Antimetabolites act by:
A) DNA synthesis inhibition
B) Protein synthesis
C) Calcium block
D) Sodium block
✔ Answer: A) DNA synthesis inhibition
6. Which is antitumor antibiotic?
A) Doxorubicin
B) Methotrexate
C) Vincristine
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: A) Doxorubicin
7. Which is plant alkaloid?
A) Vincristine
B) Cyclophosphamide
C) Methotrexate
D) Doxorubicin
✔ Answer: A) Vincristine
8. Vincristine acts by:
A) DNA damage
B) Inhibiting mitosis
C) Calcium block
D) Sodium block
✔ Answer: B) Inhibiting mitosis
9. Tamoxifen is:
A) Hormone
B) Antibiotic
C) NSAID
D) Vitamin
✔ Answer: A) Hormone
10. Which drug treats breast cancer?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Insulin
C) Paracetamol
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Tamoxifen
11. Common side effect:
A) Hair growth
B) Hair loss
C) Weight gain
D) Sleep
✔ Answer: B) Hair loss
12. Which causes bone marrow suppression?
A) Anticancer drugs
B) Antibiotics
C) Vitamins
D) Insulin
✔ Answer: A) Anticancer drugs
13. Which drug inhibits DNA replication?
A) Doxorubicin
B) Insulin
C) Vitamin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Doxorubicin
14. Methotrexate inhibits:
A) Folic acid metabolism
B) Calcium
C) Sodium
D) Protein
✔ Answer: A) Folic acid metabolism
15. Cancer spreads by:
A) Infection
B) Metastasis
C) Fever
D) Pain
✔ Answer: B) Metastasis
16. Which is used in leukemia?
A) Methotrexate
B) Insulin
C) Vitamin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Methotrexate
17. Combination therapy is used to:
A) Reduce cost
B) Increase effect
C) Increase pain
D) Reduce BP
✔ Answer: B) Increase effect
18. Which drug affects mitosis?
A) Vincristine
B) Methotrexate
C) Cyclophosphamide
D) Doxorubicin
✔ Answer: A) Vincristine
19. Which drug causes nausea?
A) Anticancer drugs
B) Vitamins
C) Insulin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Anticancer drugs
20. Which drug suppresses immunity?
A) Anticancer drugs
B) Vitamins
C) Insulin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Anticancer drugs
21. Which drug is alkylating agent?
A) Cyclophosphamide
B) Methotrexate
C) Vincristine
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: A) Cyclophosphamide
22. Which drug is antimetabolite?
A) Methotrexate
B) Vincristine
C) Cyclophosphamide
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: A) Methotrexate
23. Which drug is antibiotic?
A) Doxorubicin
B) Methotrexate
C) Vincristine
D) Insulin
✔ Answer: A) Doxorubicin
24. Which drug is hormone?
A) Tamoxifen
B) Methotrexate
C) Cyclophosphamide
D) Vincristine
✔ Answer: A) Tamoxifen
25. Which drug causes alopecia?
A) Anticancer drugs
B) Vitamins
C) Insulin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Anticancer drugs
26. Which is not anticancer drug?
A) Methotrexate
B) Insulin
C) Vincristine
D) Cyclophosphamide
✔ Answer: B) Insulin
27. Which drug damages DNA?
A) Cyclophosphamide
B) Insulin
C) Vitamin
D) Antibiotic
✔ Answer: A) Cyclophosphamide
28. Which inhibits folic acid?
A) Methotrexate
B) Vincristine
C) Cyclophosphamide
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: A) Methotrexate
29. Which inhibits mitosis?
A) Vincristine
B) Methotrexate
C) Cyclophosphamide
D) Tamoxifen
✔ Answer: A) Vincristine
30. Best use of anticancer drugs:
A) Pain
B) Infection
C) Cancer
D) Fever
✔ Answer: C) Cancer
🎯 Conclusion
These MCQs will help you revise anticancer drugs effectively and improve exam performance.
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Anticancer Drugs: Classification, Mechanism, Uses & Side Effects