JKSSB Drug Control Officer (DCO / Drug Inspector) Syllabus & Exam Pattern
Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Drug Control Officer (DCO / Drug Inspector) covering Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Drug Acts (Schedule S Cosmetics, Schedule J Incurable Diseases, DTAB 8 Ex-officio, Form 20, Form 24A, Form 12B, Misbranded Drug definition, UGC Act 1956, Pharmacy Act Section 15A/3(a), DMRA 1954, NPPA DPCO, MTP Penalties, TM Act Sec 5(1)), Pharmaceutics & Dosage Forms (Angle of Repose, Mottling, Fixed Oil 4:2:1, USP Dissolution Apparatus 1 Basket, Bioequivalence FDC, Loading Dose Vd*Cp, HEPA DOP Test, Liposomes, Griffin HLB Scale, Gelatin Type A pI 9.0, Tears pH 7.4, Noyes-Whitney), Pharmaceutical Analysis & Quality Control (SCDM Fungi Sterility, Rabbit Pyrogen, Dithizone Lead, Gutzeit Arsenic, Fluorimetry Stokes Shift, Vierordt Simultaneous Equation, Phenol Bathochromic Shift, Karl Fischer Moisture, Vitamin Assays, NMR Chemical Shift), Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology & SAR (Diazepam, Brufen Ibuprofen Structure, 1-Naphthol Propranolol, Digitalis C17 Butenolide, Astemizole, Indomethacin, Clonidine alpha2, Chlordiazepoxide, Risperidone 5HT2A, MAOI Cheese Effect, Esmolol Esterase), and Pharmacognosy & General Knowledge (Rauwolfia Stratified Cork, Senna Sennosides Leguminosae, Digitalis Scrophulariaceae, Nux Vomica Strychnine 1.25%, Ipecac Emetine, Ceylon Cinnamon vs Cassia, Ma Huang Ephedra, Thalleioquin Cinchona, Article 33 Armed Forces, de Broglie, Hari Parbat Fort 1808, Blue Revolution 7th Plan, Phillips Curve, NBFC Bank Credit Restrictions).
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Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence, Drug Acts & Regulatory Affairs
Pharmaceutics, Dosage Forms & Biopharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical Analysis, Limit Tests & Quality Control
Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, SAR & Therapeutics
Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry & General Awareness
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