This article is an exam oriented Pharmaceutics question paper for D. Pharmacy students. It is useful for board exam preparation, revision, and practice for MSBTE, AKTU, BTEUP, RUHS and other state boards.
Pharmaceutics Practice Question Paper
Course: Diploma in Pharmacy
Time: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Section 1: Long Answer Questions
Attempt any SIX of the following:
(6 × 5 = 30 Marks)
- Discuss the development of the pharmacy profession in India.
- What are the different types of containers commonly used in pharmacy? Write briefly about glass containers.
- Define preservatives. Write their types with examples and uses.
- Define size reduction. Write in detail about the ball mill.
- Enlist excipients used in tablets. Define the following:
- Sustained-release tablet
- Extended-release tablet
- Fast-dissolving tablet
- Multilayered tablet
- Draw a layout design of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. Write its sections and activities.
- Define Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS). How will you classify it? Write briefly about its examples and challenges.
Section 2: Short Answer Questions
Attempt any TEN of the following:
(10 × 3 = 30 Marks)
- Define Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA), and cGMP.
- Give in brief the method of preparation of smallpox vaccine.
- Describe the method of preparation of effervescent granules.
- Define ointment. Write the classification of ointment bases.
- Differentiate between hard gelatin capsules and soft gelatin capsules.
- Define extraction. Write the classification of extraction.
- Draw a well-labelled diagram of Fluidized Bed Dryer (FBD) and write its principle.
- Draw a well-labelled diagram of Triple Roller Mill. Write its advantages and disadvantages.
- Define pharmaceutical aids. Write the role of colouring, flavouring, and sweetening agents.
- Write about career opportunities in pharmacy.
- Write a short note on the Indian Pharmacopoeia.
Section 3: Objective Type Questions
Attempt ALL questions:
(20 × 1 = 20 Marks)
- Define extended-release tablet.
- Define elixir.
- Write the full form of USP (U.S.P.).
- Define container.
- The disintegration time for a coated tablet is ______ minutes.
- What is the use of non-staining iodine ointment?
- Which is the most commonly used vehicle in eye drops?
- Define pessaries.
- Name any two preservatives.
- The rate of filtration is proportional to the ______ of the filter media.
- Hammer mill works on the principle of ______.
- In a cyclone separator, the powder is separated depending on its:
- Particle size
- Density of particle
- Shape of powder
- Particle size and density
- Sublimation of water from ice phase to gas phase is known as ______.
- The drugs ______ be filled in hard gelatin capsules.
- Dusting powder is dispensed in a ______ container.
- Gum acacia is used as ______ in emulsion.
- Solvent
- Solute
- Emulsifying agent
- Colourant
- Solution is stored in:
- Wide-mouth bottle
- Narrow-mouth bottle
- Both (i) and (ii)
- None of the above
- Name two identification tests for emulsion.
- Solutions are which type of liquids?
- Biphasic
- Monophasic
- Suspension
- Other than these
- What is the use of glycerin in elixir?
- Preservative
- Vehicle
- Colouring agent
- Flavouring agent
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