Candidates for DSSSB pharmacist, ESIC pharmacist, Railways Pharmacist, RRB pharmacist, AIIMS exam etc face common questions. Such as How to prepare for government pharmacist exams and best books for pharmacist job exam.
So, we are giving best books and preparation tips for pharmacist job exam. The exam pattern for various pharmacist exams differs.
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Pharmacist Exam Pattern
ESIC pharmacist, Railways Pharmacist, state pharmacist etc. exam pattern is commonly same and paper consist of two parts, technical and non-technical.
In technical part pharmacy subjects are asked. In non-technical part general awareness, aptitude and comprehension questions are asked.
See pattern overview for different pharmacist job exams.
In ESIC technical part is of 100 marks for 50 question, while non-technical part is 50 marks for 50 question.
In RRB pharmacist exam 70 questions will be from pharmacy and 30 questions from non-technical. Download Railways Pharmacist (RRB) Syllabus and Important subjects
In DSSSB pharmacist exam, ratio was 100 marks for both pharmacy and non-pharmacy part.
In CGHS new pattern, 40 questions are from technical part while 60 are from general knowledge. CGHS Pharmacist Exam Syllabus And Pattern
In AIIMS pharmacist exam, 100 questions are asked from pharmacy. But AIIMS Delhi & Raipur ask 25 questions from non-technical part and 75 questions from pharmacy.Rajasthan pharmacist exam till now only asked pharmacy questions.
Pharmacist government job exam has objective questions. So preparation tips and best books list for pharmacist exam are given accordingly.
Best Books And Strategy For Pharmacy Part
In technical part pharmacy subjects are asked. In most pharmacist exams pharmacy subjects constitutes the major part of the exam, so technical part is very important. Now let us see which guide and what books are good for technical paper.
Best Guide for Pharmacist Exam
You should buy two guides for pharmacist and drug inspector exams. They will help lot. Guides are cheaper than coaching. Guide will have some good compilations useful for every pharmacist exam.
- Piyush Guide for Drug Inspector and Pharmacist Exam Piyush Pharmacist Guide on Amazon
- Pharmacy kit is also a fine book. You can check it here Pharmacy Kit on Amazon
- Advanced Entrance Guide For Pharmacist Exam By Birla Advanced Pharmacist Entrance Guide By Birla On Amazon
If you have any two of above three, then enough.
• What to study: Read the guide as per syllabus. For example CGHS pharmacist exam do not ask pharmacognosy and pharmaceutics now.
Do not waste time on medicinal chemistry part for most pharmacist job exams.
For ESIC pharmacist exam you can prepare basic structure of common drugs only. No synthesis etc.
Other Books For Detailed Study
CGHS, DSSSB, ESIC pharmacist exam are diploma level generally. After once completing diploma books you can follow the strategy below. Please note that Pharmacognosy is not asked in CGHS exam.
Pharmacology
Preferred Book: Essentials of medical Pharmacology by KD Tripathi. Check Price of K.D Tripathi Pharmacology Here
• What to study: First do introduction chapters for basics. Then focus on classifications, mechanism, toxicity and antidotes, name side effects like red men syndrome, grey baby syndrome etc. Then look what differentiate a given drug from other drug in same class orr what makes it special. Like how a second-generation antibiotic differ from first.
• All chapters are to be done many times. Still important chapters are antimicrobials or antibiotics, anticancer, cholinergic and adrenergic, Hypoglycemic drugs, heart and blood chapters, hypnotics, NSAIDs
Pharmaceutics
Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics by Brahmankar. Do this thoroughly.
Pharmaceutical engineering by cvs subrahmaniam
• What to study: Do applications of mills , driers etc
Physical Pharmaceutics by CVS subrahmaniam
• What to study: suspension, emulsion are important
Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy –Lieberman & Lachman
• What to study: Tablet defects are important and also tables in book for various additives are important
Other pharmaceutics topics
• Distegraton and dissolution tests, Prescription abbrevations
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacognosy by C.K Kokathe, purohit and gokhale
• classification tables alkaloid, glycosides, resins, major tests, plant hormones
Jurisprudence
– NK Jain or any good book. Check NK Jain Book Price Here.
• What to study: years, members, definitions, schedules
Hospital Pharmacy and Drug store management
Any good book of the subject. You can buy these two.
- Drug store management by Mehta See Price Of Drug Store and Business Management Book on amazon
- Hospital and clinical pharmacy by Siddiqui Hospital and clinical Pharmacy Book on Amazon
For hospital and clinical pharmacy latest edition of PC dandya book is also fine.
Anatomy and Pathophysiology
• Heart, blood group and nutrition chapters from any good anatomy and physiology, like Book By gandhi
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Uv, visible, IR, chromatography and titration basics only
Other Topics to Study
• Basics from Good inorganic chemistry book
Previous Papers
• What to study: DSSSB paramedical, ESIC paramedical, railway paramedical and GPAT previous year papers
Download DSSSB, GPAT, ESIC etc Previous year Paramedical Papers for Practice
Best Books For Non Technical Part
Most pharmacist Job exams pattern show that they will ask questions about general awareness and logical reasoning etc. Prepare this part also as per syllabus of your exam. Below is the strategy and best books list to prepare non technical part.
General awareness & GK
Lucent general knowledge by Arihant latest published edition is a must if your general awareness is not good.
Wish to do static general knowledge more thoroughly ? you can refer following books
Polity for UPSC by Laximikant
NCERT old editions of history books
Economics by Ramesh Singh
Geography Of India by khullar
Science and technology by spectrum
Departmental GK
If you are preparing for DSSSB exam, get Gk book for delhi, For ESIC study about ESIC, For ITBP pharmacist exam study about paramilitary forces. For state pharmacist exam read that state Gk.
For Current Affairs
One-year current affairs from Partiyogita Darpan
Quantitative Aptitude
Fast Track Objective Mathematics by Rajesh Verma or RS Agarwal book
Reasoning
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S Aggarwal
English
Kiran previous Year SSC Papers. Introduction chapter is very useful.
Objective English by SP Bakshi
Any simple high school grammar
Previous papers
Please note for non -technical part practicing is even more important. You can use previous papers of banking to practice for reasoning, quantitative aptitude and English.
For practice of general awareness prefer SSC previous year solved papers chapter wise by kiran prakashan.
All the best, prepare for your pharmacist/ paramedical job exam with heart. Suggestions for improving this post are welcome.
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Hii sir..I’m writing RRB pharmacists..pls suggest me a good book which I may cover in short time and any other important books which are compulsory. I have done my graduation in 2013.
And also pls suggest me a book for my state Andhra Pradesh ‘s Polytechnic college lectures in pharmacy stream.. this exam is in June month..
Pls tell me the important areas where I need to focus more…. I would be happy to talk with you if it’s possible..9652357914
Thanks you.
we have provided link of pharmacy kit in above post. use that for railways pharmacist exam. Also do kd tripathi, jurispudence and dosage forms throughly. Also see here pattern and syllabus of rrb pharmacist and prepare accordigly. use previous papers of esic and cghs given in downloads section. we will also soon prepare rrb pharmacist model papers. Find them in download sections in 2-3 days.
Hii sir , when will be the dssb pharmacists exam ..I have applied for last year for this post ..any idea..thank you
Sir ,i did’nt know some of the subjects in the syllabus ,i am a dpharm student and the syllabus provided there is for both dpharm and bpharm.i don’t know anything about bpharm subjects .pls help
focus on diploma subjects. use model paper given here for guidance RRB Pharmacist Previous Year Papers And Model Papers
also read RRB Railways Pharmacist Exam Syllabus, Pattern, Books here we provided estimate of questions from each subject.
Sir is Inamdar a good book of choice for RRB pharmacist exam preparation?
form inamdar you can practice questions of pharmacolgy. pharmacognosy and pharmaceutics etc . But we suggest you to buy pharmacy kit also. complete the pharmacy kit first for rrb. we have updated the link of pharmacy kit in above post.
also check RRB Railways Pharmacist Exam Syllabus, Pattern, Books
Please give me some suggestion for bright future because i have done graduation pharma
join a company and in spare time prepare for government pharmacist exam. Payscales are expected to rise in future.
i need previous question paper pharmacist
Plz send me a ongc pharmacist exam pattern and syllabus
thank you, sir . it is really helpful. I will follow these steps ..thanks again
Sir, Tamilnadu pharmacisit exam Sep 19, pls exsm helpful book
Tn mrb exam dates are not released na ..then how cum Sep 19
.crct me if I’m wrong ..If exam dates are released please inform me and also the syllabus.
Sir I’m preparing for himachal pradesh hpsssb pharmacist exam..Please suggest me book for technical and mainly for non technical part…
Sir, you have done a great job by providing PDFs of question papers as youtube videos are very slow and can’t work when connectivity is poor. Thanks. Great job indeed!
Sir i want to apply PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WEST BENGAL PHARMACIST GRADE 3 EXAM. WHICH BOOKS ARE BEST CHOICE FOR THESE TYPES OF EXAM. PLEASE TELL ME.
diploma books, kd tripathi and pharmacy kit guide. links are given in post above.
Sir, provide me perfect link to buy a good book for Rajasthan government recruitment 2019.In this recruitment, general awareness,gk, aptitude, general hindi and english etc. are also added.so combination of professional and gk,hindi, reasoning, english, aptitude type multiple choice question book is required.help me.
the guide by birla is good for pharmacy portion. link is given in post above.
for gk, hindi, english etc no single book or guide is good, you need to prepare from separate books and current affairs also as discussed above in post.
there are combination books available but they will not help you clear the exam.
Can piyush drug inspector book helps for all the gvrmnt exams of pharma and also for drug inspector as well?please suggest … Is it ok to follow piyush alone instead of birla series ?
no, because birla series or pharmacy kit have objective questions. Get atleast one of them for practice. For drug inspector prepare as per syllabus, some topics from internet also.
If we use books of gpat discussion centre..then
First complete the basic books and one pharmacist exam guide. Then you can enrich your knowledge from any notes you want.
Book author name
Im taking the this book
please suggest me drug inspector preparation ke liye piyush book helpful hai ?
I am just starting to prepare. Don’t know how to start the preparation properly.
I am very serious to this exam.
Please give your suggestions,it will help me a lot.
Complete KD Tripathi book first of all. If you ever get bored reading that just change to pharmaceutical jurisprudence or physical pharmaceutics.
For the pharmacist exam
Can we use Piyush gpat cracker book insted of Piyush gpat drug inspector book???
Gpat exam has different syllabus and orientation. But yes pharmacology etc are same. Instead Piyush you may use pharmacy kit and guide by Birla. They are good for practice and cheaper.
Sir, when will Esic pharmacist exam will come… Is it true they will come soon..
Please reply sir.