Drug Inspector Entrance Exam Details

Will you please provide me the detail of AP PSC - Drug Inspector Entrance Exam?

[Arun Vats]

Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) conducts Drug Inspector Exam for recruitment to the posts of drug inspector in state government service.

Eligibility:-

Education
- Must possess Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Science or Medicine with Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from an University established in India by Law.

Age Limit:-
Your age should be in between 18 and 36 years

Age Relaxation:-
For SC/ST and BCs - 5 Years

Syllabus for APPSC Drug Inspector Exam

-The examination is conducted in two sections.

I Section:
Questions will be asked from Contemporary developments in Science and Technology, Current Affairs, History of India with a focus on Andhra Pradesh, World Geography, Indian Economy, Mental Ability and Logical reasoning and Inferences.

II Section:

Questions will be asked from the following topics –

Sources of drugs
Preparation of Infusions, Decoctions, Tinctures, Solutions
Posology: Calculation of dosage for infants, children adults and elderly persons
Sterilization: Definition, types, procedure and testing.
Definition and types of incompatibilities
Salient features of Drugs and Cosmetics Act
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act
Brief outline of communicable diseases and their prevention
First Aid: Emergency treatment of shock, snake-bites
Classification of microbes their structure and identification
Contamination of pharmaceuticals in hospital

Reference books for APPSC Drug Inspector Exam

Arihant IAS UPSC Civil Services (Pre) Chapter wise & Explanatory General Studies by Shiv Raj Singh
Ramesh Mental Ability Test by Manoj Kr. Singh
Controlled Drug Delivery: Fundamentals and Applications by Robinson, J.R. Lee
A Global History of Narcotics
Profiles in Drug Synthesis by Gogate
Jawahar Concise Handbook of Geography of India for IAS & PCS General Studies Main Examinations
Unique Quintessence of General Studies by J K Chopra
S.Chand General Knowledge Digest and General Studies
Ramesh General Intelligence Test/Mental Ability Test by by RPH Editorial Board
Handbook on Injectable drugs by L. A. Trissel
Ophthalmic Drug Delivery System by Marcel Dekker

I want to become Drug Inspector, so will you please elloborate the Drug Inspector Entrance Exam Details?

[Arun Vats]

Drug Inspector Entrance Exams are conducts by the Union Public Services commission or any other State PSC.

Here, I am givinbg you basics details for Drug Inspector Entrance Exams.

Educational Qualification:

Candidate need to hold Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Science or Medicine with Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from an University established in India by Law.

Age Limit:
Candidate’s age should be between 18 and 36 years.

Age Relaxation:

For SC/ST and BCs - 5 Years

Exam Pattern:

General Studies & Mental Ability
150 Marks
150 Questions
150 Minutes

SUBJECT (ONE PAPER)
300 Marks
150 Questions
150 Minutes

Total: 450 Marks

Syllabus for the exam

GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY

1. General Science – Contemporary developments in Science and Technology and their implications including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.

2. Current events of national and international importance.

3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on Andhra Pradesh National Movement.

4. World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on AP.

5. Indian polity and Economy – including the country’s political system- rural development – Planning and economic reforms in India.

6. Mental ability – reasoning and inferences.

7. Disaster Management (Source : CBSE Publications) Concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India / State of A.P.Earth quakes / Cyclones / Tsunami / Floods / Drought – causes and effects. Man made disasters - Prevention strategies. Mitigation strategies / Mitigation measures.

SUBJECT

1. Importance of various Pharmacopeas with special reference to Indian Pharmacopoes, British Pharmacopea, Unites States Pharmacopoea and International Pharmacopoes.

2. Sources of drugs: Plant, Animal, Mineral, Synthetic and Biotechnological drugs.

3. Preparation of Infusions, Decoctions, Tinctures, Solutions, Soft and Dry extracts. Introduction and classification of various pharmaceutical dosage forms.

4. Various parts of “Prescription” handling of pres criptions preliminary knowledge of importantLatin terms useful in interpretation of prescription and their translation into English.

5. Posology: Calculation of dosage for infants, children adults and elderly persons. Alcohol dilutions, Proof spirit, Isotonic solutions, Displa cement value.

6. Brief outline of communicable diseases, their causative agents, modes of transmission and their prevention (Chicken pox, Tuberculosis, Malari a, Filaria, Leprosy, Sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS).

7. First Aid: Emergency treatment of shock, snake-bites, burns, poisoning and fractures.

8. Classification of microbes their structure and identification. Bacterial growth, nutritional requirements and staining.

9. Contamination of pharmaceuticals in hospital and community environments by microbes.

10. Sterilization: Definition, types, procedure and testing.

11. Sterilization of materials, equipments and utencils used in hospitals, centralized and decentralised sterilization. Drug distribution system in hospitals for out-patients and in- patients.

12. Opthalmic preparations: formulations, methods o f preparation, containers and evaluation.

13. Collection, processing, storage and evaluation of blood, blood products and plasma – substitutes

14. Surgical products: Surgical cotton, surgical guazes, bandages, sutures, ligatures and catguts.

15. Definition and types of incompatibilities (Physical Chemical and Therapeutic), correction of incompatibilities.

16. Anatomy and physiology of Cardio-vascular system and related common disorders like hypertension, hypotension, angina, myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure.

17. Anatomy and physiology of Digestive system and related disorders like peptic ulcers,constipation, diarrhoea and jaundice.

18. Functions of different parts of Brain and spinal cord, Neuohumoral transmission in the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.

19. Drugs, acting on cardiovascular system: Digital is and other cardiac glycosides, anti- hypertensive drugs, anti-anginal and vasodilators including calcium channel antagonists.

20. Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal tract: antacids, anti-ulcer drugs, anti-emetics, laxatives and anti diarrhoeal drugs.

21. Drugs acting on central nervous systems: Sadati ves, hypnotics, anti-anxiety agents, centrally acting muscle relaxants, anti-epileptics, analgesic, anti-phyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs.

22. Antigens, anti-bodies, antigen-anti body reactions, hypersensitivity active and passive immunity types of vaccines.

23. Historical development of antibiotics. Isolati on of fermentation products with special reference to pencillins and tetracyclines.

24. Carbohydrate metabolism: Glycolysis, glucogenes is, glucogenolysis, glycogen formation, pentose phosphate pathway, uronic acid pathway, abn ormalities of carbohydrate metabolism.

25. Introduction and principles of anti-microbial t herapy Cotrimoxazole, fluorauinelones, newer pencillins, broad spectrum antibiotics, cephalospor ins, macrolides, anti-tubercular, anti-leprotic, antifungal and anti-viral drugs.

26. Anti protozoan and anthelmintic drugs. Chemith eraphy of neoplastic diseases.

27. Salient features of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 with special reference to Duties and powers of Inspectors. Composition an d functions of statutory bodies.

28. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985 with special reference to procurement and utilization of dosage forms.

[pearlofRoot]

Living in America, I feel as though the education system is seriously lacking. I never had to take any sort of college entrance exam and my elligibility had to do with what GPA I got in my highschool years with a sub par education. I think that an entrance exam would be cool as long as the examination pertains to the general knowledge needed to get into the college and is not biased in any way. The entrance exam should be unique for each college but certain topics should be standardized worldwide and nationwide.