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State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 28

What is the basis of the most useful classification of medicines for medicinal chemists?

  1. Pharmacological effect
  2. Molecular targets
  3. Chemical structure
  4. None of the above
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Answer: (B) Molecular targets

Explanation

Drugs that act on the same biomolecular target (enzyme, receptor) often share structure, making this basis most useful.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: useful to doctors, but not the most useful for chemists.

  • (B) Correct

    Correct: NCERT notes classification by molecular targets is most useful to medicinal chemists.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: similar structures can have different actions.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: molecular targets is correct.