Pharmacist Syllabus Railway Exams

Can you provide me the syllabus for Railway exams for the post of Pharmacist as I am preparing for the exam?

[Kiran Chandar]

The Railway recruitment board exams are conducted for the recruitment of candidates to various units in Railways. The exam is conducted on all India level every year and the notification about the exam is published in the leading newspapers.

Structure and Syllabus of Pharmacist test-
Written Test and Interview are the basis of selection to the various posts.

The question paper is of objective type and will consist of 4 parts:
General Awareness
Analytical and Quantitative Skills
General Arithmetic
Language General Hindi/General English
No. of questions : 100-120

Duration : 90 min
For every wrong answer there will get negative marking .5 as per wrong answer.

Question papers are provided in Urdu, Hindi, and English and in other Local Languages

Educational Qualification
Any Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university

Reference Books for Pharmacist Exam--
Some good reference books:

English Grammar by Wren and Martin

Upkars Special Class Railway Apprentice Exam books
R S Agarval [Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning]
Upkars Railway Recruitment Board Examination Technical Cadre books
Managing Railroad Transportation Book
Railway Operation and Control Books
Elements of Train Dispatching Volume 1


Professional Knowledge- Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Biotechnology and Microbiology
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, etc.

Aptitude
Probability
Areas
Time and Distance
Averages
Problems on L.C.M and H.C.F
Simplification and Approximation
Time and Work Partnership
Numerical Problems
Volumes Profit and Loss
Simple Interest
Pipes and Cisterns
Ratio and Proportion
Permutations and Combinations
Boats and Streams
Indices and Surds
Simple Equations
Quadratic Equations
Races and Games
Mixtures and Allegations
Problems on Trains
Compound Interest
Mensuration
Numbers and Ages
Percentages, etc.


Reasoning
Similarities and Differences
Space Visualization
Judgments
Analogies
Spatial Orientation
Analysis
Relationship Concepts
Statement-Conclusion
Observation
Arithmetical Reasoning and Figural Classification
Non-Verbal Series
Syllogistic Reasoning
Discrimination
Problem Solving
Coding and Decoding
Decision Making
Arithmetic Number Series
Visual Memory, etc.


General Awareness
Geography
Indian Parliament
Indian Economy
Famous Books and Authors
Chemistry
Inventions in the World
Famous Days and Dates
Sports
Basic Computer
Environment
Indian Culture
Zoology
Indian History
Indian Politics
Physics
Botany, etc.