BPH/I/05
Professional Course Examination, November 2018
Pre-CBCS
1st Semester
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY
Paper No. 05
General and Dispensing Pharmacy
Full Marks 40
Time 2 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
Answer any eight questions
1. Briefly explain why it is necessary for a country to have a pharmacopoeia.
How many editions of Indian Pharmacopoeia are available till date?
When was the third edition of IP published? 5
2. Discuss the role of pharmacists in community health care. 5
3. Write the full form and meaning of the following Latin abbreviations 5
m.ft.m
o.h
ad.lib.
i.c.
ung.
/486 1 Contd.
4. What is a prescription? Briefly discuss the different parts of a prescription.

5. Define posology. Discuss the different factors that influence a dosage in
human.
6. If you found that calculation of doses based on age and body weight are
not satisfactory, then what method will you follow to calculate doses for
infants? Write the merits of that method and the formula to calculate the
dose.
7. Provide a brief guideline on writing labels for dispensed medicines. Suggest
better methods to stick/attach labels to the containers.
8. Which types of dosage forms require an instruction 'shake well before
Explain what will happen if such dosage forms are taken by patients
without following the instruction.
9. What are the general causes of chemical incompatibilities? Discuss
method A and method B of solving precipitate-yielding interactions.
10. Write a note on any one of the following 5
Immiscibility
Therapeutic incompatibility
Liquefaction