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JKSSB Laboratory Technician (Medical / Clinical Laboratory / Pharmacy) Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Laboratory Technician covering Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Regulatory Acts (Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 Scope & Schedules F2/FF/J, Adulterated/Misbranded/Spurious Drugs, Pharmacy Act 1948 PCI Constitution Sec 3 UGC/MCI & Penalties Sec 41, DPCO 2013 Essential Commodities Act 16% Retailer Margin NPPA, MTP Act 2021 24 Weeks & Single Women Rights, Poisons Act 1919 List B Oxalic Acid, Drugs & Magic Remedies Act 1954 Sec 7, M&TP Excise Duties Act 1955 Bonded/Non-Bonded Labs Excise Commissioner, PCA Act 1960 Sec 12 Phooka Offense & Jallikattu SC Ban, Drug Inspector Sec 21 IPC Public Servant, Trade Marks Act 1999 10 Years), Pharmaceutics & Dosage Form Technology (Tablet Defects Capping/Mottling/Picking/Orange Peel, Sugar Coating Sub-Coating, Chewable Mannitol, Hard Gelatin Capsule Sizes 000 to 5 & 300mg Size 1, IP Weight Variation & Content Uniformity Protocol, Suppository Displacement Value, Alligation Calculation 250g 7.5% from 50% and 5%, Vanishing Creams O/W Base, Water Number 100g, Primary Emulsions Mineral Oil 3:2:1, Routes Intracisternal, Freezing Point Depression Isotonicity Cocaine/NaCl 0.746% w/v, Factor VII 15 IU/ml, Diagnostic Blood Grouping Reagents Anti-A Blue/Anti-B Yellow/Anti-Lewis Colorless, pH-Partition Hypothesis Unionized>Anions>Cations, Rapid Absorption pKa<5, 99% Protein Binding 100% Free Rise, Zero-Order Half-Life t1/2=0.5C/K, Non-Absorbent Cotton Packaging, Compound NaCl Ringer Injection), Pharmaceutical Analysis & Limit Tests (Karl Fischer Titration Pyridine Buffer & I2+SO2+H2O->2HI+SO3 Reaction, UV-Vis Bathochromic Red Shift, Nielsen Rules alpha,beta-Unsaturated Acids, Chromophores vs Auxochromes -OH/-NH2/-X, Autoclave 121C 15 min at 15 psi, Bioburden, Thermal Kinetics F/D/Z Values, Spores Clostridium perfringens 100C Survival, IP Alcohol Determination K2Cr2O7 Distillation Apparatus, Microbiological Assays Neomycin S. epidermidis & Vit B12 L. leichmannii, TAMC Methods, Limit Tests Chlorides AgCl White Opalescence, Arsenic Gutzeit HgCl2, Heavy Metals Acetate Buffer pH 3.5), Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy (Ultra-Short Barbiturates Thiopental, TCAs Imipramine & Clomipramine 3-Chloro, Barbituric Acid 5-Position Tautomerization, Antiepileptics Methsuximide/Phenytoin/Valproic/Tiagabine, Famotidine Thiazole Ring, Triprolidine E-Isomer 1000x Potency, Voveran Diclofenac, Prostaglandin 20C Cyclopentanone, Heroin Diacetylmorphine & Naloxone Antidote, Steroids Pregnane 21C/Androstane 19C/Cholestane 27C/Estrane 18C, 5alpha-H Stereochemistry, Cortisone vs Prednisone Delta-1 Double Bond, Levonorgestrel 18-Ethyl beta-Config, Ethinylestradiol Enterohepatic Recycling, Statins Competitive HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Lasix Furosemide, Crude Drugs Roots/Leaves/Barks, Adrenergic Ephedrine, Emetic Ipecac Emetine/Cephaeline, Vasaka Expectorant, Datura Thorn Apple, Reserpine Vanillin-Acetic Acid Red, Leaf Microscopy Digitalis/Hyoscyamus/Belladonna/Senna, Nux-Vomica Strychnine Mandelin Purple, Cinchona ledgeriana 14% Alkaloids, Tulsi Eugenol 70%, Digitalis Drying <60C, Senna Stomatal Index 17-20, Bael Aegle marmelos), and General Knowledge, Physiology & Current Affairs (Article 370 Special Status, Prostate Gland Fluid, India-Afghanistan Border 106 km, REER Overvaluation Export Competitiveness, El Niño Eastern Pacific Warming, FIDE World Chess, RTGS Real-Time Gross Settlement, Kisan Kavach Anti-Pesticide Suit, Sheetal Devi Para-Archery, Paris 2024 Paralympics Nitesh Kumar Gold).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
5 Sections

Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History

The Declared Weightage represents the marks allocated in the official notification. The Observed Count reveals the actual number of solved questions asked in real past papers from our verified dataset.

UNIT 1

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence, Drug Regulatory Acts & Forensic Pharmacy

25 Marks
Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 (Adulterated/Spurious Drugs, Schedule F2 Surgical Dressings, Sec 21 IPC Inspector), Pharmacy Act 1948 (PCI UGC Members, Sec 41 Penalties) & DPCO 2013 (16% Retailer Margin, NPPA)
Declared: 13 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
MTP Act 2021 (24 Weeks & Unmarried Women Rights), Poisons Act 1919 (List B Oxalic Acid), DMRA 1954 (Sec 7 Penalties), M&TP Act 1955 (Excise Commissioner), PCA Act 1960 (Phooka Sec 12, Jallikattu SC Ban) & Trademarks Act (10 Years)
Declared: 12 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Pharmaceutics, Dosage Form Technology & Pharmacokinetics

30 Marks
Tablet Defects (Capping, Mottling, Picking, Orange Peel), Sugar Coating Sub-Coating, Chewable Mannitol, Capsule Sizes (300mg Size 1), IP Weight Variation/Content Uniformity & Suppository Displacement Value
Declared: 15 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Alligation Calculations (250g 7.5%), Vanishing Creams O/W Base, Water Number (100g), Primary Emulsions (Mineral Oil 3:2:1), Freezing Point Isotonicity (0.746% w/v), pH-Partition Hypothesis, 99% Protein Binding Kinetics & Zero-Order t1/2=0.5C/K
Declared: 15 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

Pharmaceutical Analysis, Quality Control & Limit Tests

20 Marks
Karl Fischer Titration (Pyridine Buffer & Stoichiometry), UV-Vis Bathochromic Red Shift, Nielsen Rules (alpha,beta-Unsaturated Acids) & Chromophores vs Auxochromes (-OH/-NH2/-X)
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Autoclave (121°C 15 min 15 psi), Bioburden & F/D/Z Values, Clostridium perfringens Spores, IP Alcohol Assay (K2Cr2O7 Distillation), Microbiological Assays (Neomycin S. epidermidis, Vit B12 L. leichmannii) & Limit Tests (Chlorides AgCl, Arsenic Gutzeit HgCl2, Heavy Metals pH 3.5)
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology & Pharmacognosy

35 Marks
Ultra-Short Barbiturates (Thiopental), TCAs (Imipramine, Clomipramine 3-Cl), Antiepileptics (Methsuximide Ca/Phenytoin Na/Valproic GABA-T/Tiagabine GAT-1), Famotidine Thiazole, Triprolidine E-Isomer, Prostaglandin 20C, Heroin/Naloxone, Steroid Nuclei (Pregnane 21C, Estrane 18C, 5a-H, Delta-1 Prednisone, Levonorgestrel 18-beta), Ethinylestradiol Enterohepatic Recycling, Statins HMG-CoA & Lasix
Declared: 18 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Morphological Drug Classification, Ephedra Adrenergic, Ipecac Emetic (Cephaeline), Vasaka Expectorant, Datura Thorn Apple, Reserpine Vanillin Red, Foliar Microscopy (Digitalis Wavy, Hyoscyamus Striated, Senna Beaded Paracytic), Nux-Vomica Strychnine Mandelin Purple, Cinchona ledgeriana 14%, Tulsi Eugenol 70%, Digitalis Drying <60°C & Senna Stomatal Index (17-20)
Declared: 17 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 5

General Knowledge, Physiology & Current Affairs

10 Marks
Article 370 Special Status, Prostate Gland Function, India-Afghanistan Border (106 km), REER Overvaluation, El Niño Pacific Warming, FIDE World Chess, RTGS Banking, Kisan Kavach Body Suit, Sheetal Devi Para-Archery & Paris 2024 Paralympics Nitesh Kumar Gold
Declared: 10 MarksObserved in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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