All of the following statements are correct except:

Flumazenil is used for the management of long-term alcohol dependence syndrome

Opioid withdrawal is rarely fatal

Buprenorphine can be used for the management of opioid withdrawal

Cannabis withdrawal is associated with minimal physical symptoms

Which of the following is not a mechanism of action of ADH?

Increases absorption of urea in descending limb of loop of Henle

Increases absorption of NaCl in thick ascending limb

Increases water permeability in collecting ducts

Increases absorption of urea in medullary collecting duct

General Pharmacology — AIIMS PG Previous Year Questions

87 solved PYQs · 2010–2025 · Pharmacology

Solved PYQs: 87
Years covered: 2010–2025
Avg / year: ~7
Subject: Pharmacology

How many AIIMS PG questions come from General Pharmacology?

General Pharmacology has contributed 87 questions to AIIMS Postgraduate Entrance papers between 2010 and 2025 — an average of about 7 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 12,215 AIIMS PG questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 87 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to General Pharmacology within Pharmacology, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample General Pharmacology questions from real AIIMS PG papers

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Question 1 · AIIMS PG 2025
All of the following statements are correct except:
1. (A) $Opioid withdrawal is rarely fatal$
2. (B) $Buprenorphine can be used for the management of opioid withdrawal$
3. (C) $Flumazenil is used for the management of long-term alcohol dependence syndrome$
4. (D) $Cannabis withdrawal is associated with minimal physical symptoms$
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$Answer: (C) Flumazenil is used for the management of long-term alcohol dependence syndrome$
Question 2 · AIIMS PG 2025
Which of the following is not a mechanism of action of ADH?
1. (A) $Increases absorption of NaCl in thick ascending limb$
2. (B) $Increases water permeability in collecting ducts$
3. (C) $Increases absorption of urea in medullary collecting duct$
4. (D) $Increases absorption of urea in descending limb of loop of Henle$
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$Answer: (D) Increases absorption of urea in descending limb of loop of Henle$
Question 3 · AIIMS PG 2025
One of the following statements regarding venom is incorrect:
1. (A) $Viperidae - Hemotoxic$
2. (B) $Elapidae - Myotoxic$
3. (C) $Common krait - Neurotoxic$
4. (D) $Common cobra - Neurotoxic$
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$Answer: (B) Elapidae - Myotoxic$
Question 4 · AIIMS PG 2025
Sodium thiopentone is regarded as an ultrashort-acting drug due to
1. (A) $Short elimination half-life$
2. (B) $Metabolism$
3. (C) $Excretion$
4. (D) $Rapid redistribution$
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$Answer: (D) Rapid redistribution$
Question 5 · AIIMS PG 2025
Loading dose of an oral drug depends on all of the following except?
1. (A) $Volume of distribution$
2. (B) $Half-life$
3. (C) $Plasma concentration$
4. (D) $Bioavailability$
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$Answer: (B) Half-life$

General Pharmacology questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2025	21
2024	8
2023	17
2022	18
2021	13
2019	1
2018	1
2017	3
2015	1
2014	1
2013	2
2010	1

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How many AIIMS PG questions have been asked from General Pharmacology?

EByAi's bank holds 87 real AIIMS PG questions from General Pharmacology, asked between 2010 and 2025 — about 7 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is General Pharmacology important for AIIMS PG?

87 questions over 12 papers make General Pharmacology a moderate-weightage chapter in AIIMS PG Pharmacology. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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