Definition of Drugs — Study Resources & PYQs
Definition and basic classification of drugs.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- SATHEE (IIT Kanpur) - Chemistry in Everyday Life (Article) — Free IIT Kanpur government portal. Covers drug definition, drug-enzyme interaction, classification, tranquilizers and antibiotics in exam language. Highly recommended starting point.
- Vedantu - Classification of Drugs (Article) — Clean tabular classification (by pharmacological effect, drug action, chemical structure) with examples and MCQs. Good for making a one-page revision table.
- NCERT Chemistry - Chemistry in Everyday Life (Chapter PDF) (PDF) — The original NCERT chapter. Contains the standard definitions and drawn structures of tranquilizers and antibiotics that examiners expect. Keep this as the reference text.
- Chemistry LibreTexts — Analytical Chemistry (Article) — Open chemistry reference for spectroscopy, electrochemistry, water chemistry and analytical methods.
- NPTEL — Engineering Chemistry (Article) — Indian engineering chemistry course material covering green chemistry, fuels, materials, corrosion and related applied chemistry topics.
Definition of Drugs previous year questions
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