FACULTY OF PHARMACY
B. Pharmacy I Year (Supplementary) Examination, November 2016
Subject: Pharmaceutics I (General Dispensing Pharmacy)
Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 70
Note: Answer All questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1 Discuss about the procedure for registration as pharmacist. 7
Write about the United States Pharmacopoeia. 7
OR
Discuss the pharmacy as a career. 6
Prepare 1000 grams of dilute acid from acetic acid (acetic acid B.P. 33% Dil.
Acetic acid 4
Give the calculations for 100 g powder containing of substance to be made from
10% and 2%. 4
2 Define prescription and describe the different parts of prescription. 7
Write a note on organoleptic additives used in the formulations. 7
OR
Define the following dosage forms: 4x2
Draughts
ii) Irrigation solutions
iii) Creams
iv) Aromatic waters.
Add a note on containers used for packaging of dispensed products. 6
3 Write the principle and procedure of the following preparations:
Cresol soap solution 3
ii) Tincture of iodine 3
Discuss the following:
Creaming 2
ii) Emulsifying agents 2
iii) Phase inversion 2
iv) Caking 2
OR
Distinguish the following:
Deflocculated and flocculated suspensions 3
ii) Pessaries and suppositories 2
iii) Floccules and granules 3
iv) Creaming and cracking 3
Lotions and liniments 3
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G.Pulla Reddy College of Pharmacy
Hyderabad
OU 1701 OU 1701
Code No. 6034 S

4 Discuss about the different types of ointment bases with examples for each. 8
Write the preparation of the following: 6
Simple ointment
ii) Compound zinc paste
OR
Discuss about the different gelling agents used for preparation of jellies. 8
Select a suitable dosage form, write the principle, procedure, formula and mention
incompatibility if any to dispense the following prescription. 6
Rx Rx
Arachis oil 25 ml Tetracycline HCl 250 mg
Purified water upto 100 ml Take along with milk.
5 Write the diagnostic uses of radiopharmaceuticals. 7
Discuss the procedure of percolation process for extraction of crude drugs. 7
OR
Write about the official medicinal gases and their uses. 8
Define the following: 6
Decoction
ii) Infusion
iii) Tincture.