ICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences · India · NTA for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences is a postgraduate admission exam run by NTA for ICAR, for candidates in India. Computer-based, 120 MCQs in 120 minutes, +4 for correct and -1 for wrong, maximum 480. English only.
Source: icar.org.in.
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IVC Act s.30, Drugs and Cosmetics Act schedules, residues, ADI and MRL derivation, withdrawal periods, the colistin and diclofenac bans, antimicrobial resistance, and pharmaceutical calculations.
Writing a lawful prescription and dispensing safely: who may prescribe, extra-label use and the cascade, withdrawal periods and MRLs, drugs prohibited in food animals, pharmacovigilance, controlled drugs and records.
Our 20 ICAR AIEEA questions in this subject: 5 easy, 11 medium, 4 hard, across 6 units.
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These 10 were written to ICAR AIEEA and are not shown on any other exam's page.
A cytotoxic drug is dosed per square metre of body surface area. Using BSA (m²) = K × (body weight in g)^(2/3) ÷ 10,000 with K = 10.1 for dogs, what is the BSA of a 10 kg dog?
D. 0.47 m²
10,000 g raised to the power 2/3 = 464.2; × 10.1 = 4688; ÷ 10,000 = 0.47 m². 4.69 divides by 1000 instead of 10,000; 0.0047 uses kilograms instead of grams; 1 m² is roughly the BSA of a dog of about 30 kg, not 10 kg.
Under Section 30 of the Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984, which of these is reserved for a registered veterinary practitioner?
D. Signing or authenticating a veterinary certificate
Section 30 reserves practising veterinary medicine, holding a veterinary post, signing or authenticating veterinary certificates, and giving expert evidence to registered practitioners. Supervised minor services such as vaccination are allowed to trained paravets by its proviso, and running a pharmacy is licensed under drug law, not the IVC Act.
Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945 in India, most antibiotics are in which schedule, which restricts their retail sale to a prescription?
A. Schedule H
Schedule H drugs may be sold by retail only on the prescription of a registered practitioner. Schedule G carries a caution label, Schedule M covers good manufacturing practice, and Schedule Y covers clinical trials.
Which statement best describes India's legal framework for off-label use of medicines in animals, compared with the UK cascade and US AMDUCA?
A. It has no formal cascade or extra-label framework like theirs
India's drug law does not set out a cascade or extra-label framework comparable to the UK, EU or US. Vets commonly use human formulations where no veterinary one exists and should apply the same principles: necessity, consent, a conservative withdrawal and records.
A residue toxicology study gives a NOAEL of 5 mg/kg body weight per day. With a safety factor of 100, what is the acceptable daily intake for a 60 kg person?
B. 3 mg/day
ADI = NOAEL ÷ safety factor = 5 ÷ 100 = 0.05 mg/kg/day; × 60 kg = 3 mg/day. 0.05 is the per-kilogram figure, not the daily total; 300 forgets the safety factor; 30 applies a safety factor of 10 instead of 100.
The default safety factor of 100 used to derive an ADI from a NOAEL accounts for what?
A. Tenfold for differences between species and tenfold for variation among people
The factor of 100 combines 10 for extrapolation from test animals to humans and 10 for differences between individual people. Larger factors are used for severe effects or weak data.
Nitrofurans such as furazolidone are banned in food animals in the EU and the US mainly because of which concern?
D. Genotoxic, carcinogenic residues with no settable MRL
Nitrofurans and their metabolites are genotoxic carcinogens, so no safe residue level exists. They are listed in Table 2 of Regulation 37/2010 and prohibited for extra-label use in US food animals (except approved topical uses).
Ractopamine is a feed additive in some countries but is banned in others. Which statement is correct?
C. It is approved in the US but banned in the EU and China
Ractopamine, a beta-agonist that increases lean growth, is approved in the US and some other countries but banned in the EU and China. A Codex MRL exists, yet national bans remain, which is why it causes trade disputes.
Which substance is listed in Table 2 (prohibited substances) of Regulation (EU) 37/2010?
C. Metronidazole
Table 2 lists chloramphenicol, nitrofurans, metronidazole, dimetridazole, ronidazole, dapsone, colchicine, chlorpromazine, chloroform and Aristolochia. Oxytetracycline, benzylpenicillin and ivermectin have MRLs in Table 1.
Which Indian statute controls narcotic drugs such as morphine and pethidine held by veterinary hospitals?
D. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985
Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances are controlled under the NDPS Act 1985, with state licences to hold them, alongside the Schedule X rules of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules.
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