Download RGUHS (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) Pharm.D (Doctor of Pharmacy) 1st Semester 2011 Feb 2852 Pharmaceutics Question Paper.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
First Year Pharma-D Examination ? Feb/March 2011
Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 70 Marks
PHARMACEUTICS
Q.P. CODE: 2852
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary
LONG ESSAYS (Answer any Two) 2 x 10 = 20 Marks
1. With the help of a diagram describe Soxhlet apparatus and the extraction process.
2. Define incompatibility. Discuss physical incompatibility and the therapeutic incompatibility in
detail.
3. Discuss different parts of a prescription and give their significance. Explain handling of
prescriptions.
SHORT ESSAYS (Answer any Six) 6 x 5 = 30 Marks
4. Surgical sutures and ligatures.
5. Reasons for emulsion instability.
6. Write a note on eutectic powders and explosive powders.
7. The displacement value of boric acid is 1.5. Calculate the amount of cocoa butter required to
prepare such four suppositories each containing 600 mg of drug.
8. Write the principle involved in the preparation of magnesium hydroxide mixture B.P.
9. Define ?dosage forms?. Classify and define the different types of semisolid dosage forms.
10. Differentiate between ointments and pastes.
11. Explain the development of pharmaceutical industry in India.
SHORT ANSWERS 10 x 2 = 20 Marks
12. Define the term flocculated suspensions.
13. Write two formulae for the calculation of child based on body weight.
14. Lugol?s solutions.
15. Suppositories.
16. Define ?sublimation and fusion?.
17. What is the difference between mouthwashes and gargles?
18. Name four stabilizers used in the formulations of monophasic liquid dosage forms.
19. Define enemas. Give two examples.
20 Define the term ?proof spirit?.
21. Write four advantages of powders as a dosage form.
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