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Recruitment applications are invited On-line through the proforma Application to be made available on WEBSITE (apspsc.gov.in) in from 22/02/2012 to 22/03/2012 (Note: 20/03/2012 is the last date for payment of fee) for recruitment to the post of Drug Inspector in A.P. Drugs Control Administration Service.

The desirous eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE by satisfying themselves with the terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details are as follows:-

Post: Drug Inspector

Post Code 01

No. of vacancies: 56 posts

Age as on 01/07/2011 Min. Max.: 18-34

Scale of Pay: 16,150-42,590

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess the qualifications from a recognized University as detailed below or equivalent thereto, subject to various specifications in the relevant service rules and as indented by the department as on the date of notification.
Must possess a Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Science or Medicine with Specialization in Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from an University established in India by Law.

NOTE:
1. THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE USER GUIDE AND DECIDE THEMSELVES AS TO THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS RECRUITMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE APPLYING AND ENTER THE PARTICULARS COMPLETELY ONLINE. ALL CANDIDATES HAVE TO PAY RS. 100/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED ONLY) TOWARDS APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF FEE HAVE ALSO TO PAY RS. 120/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONLY) TOWARDS EXAMINATION FEE,
2. APPLICANT MUST COMPULSORILY FILL-UP ALL RELEVANT COLUMNS OF APPLICATION AND SUBMIT APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE ONLY. THE PARTICULARS MADE AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE SHALL BE PROCESSED THROUGH COMPUTER AND THE ELIGIBILITY DECIDED IN TERMS OF NOTIFICATION AND CONFIRMED ACCORDINGLY.
3. THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ONLINE IN THE PRESCRIBED PROFORMA AVAILABLE IN THE WEBSITE AND WITHIN THE TIME SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AND THE COMMISSION WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF DISCREPANCY.
4. APPLICANTS MUST COMPULSORILY UPLOAD HIS/HER OWN SCANNED PHOTO AND SIGNATURE THROUGH J.P.G FORMAT.
5. THE APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT FURNISH ANY PARTICULARS THAT ARE FALSE, TAMPERED, FABRICATED OR SUPPRESS ANY MATERIAL INFORMATION WHILE MAKING AN APPLICATION THROUGH WEBSITE.
6. IMPORTANT:- HAND WRITTEN/TYPED/PHOTOSTAT COPIES/PRINTED APPLICATION FORM WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
7. ALL THE ESSENTIAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY SHALL COMPULSORILY BE KEPT WITH THE APPLICANTS TO PRODUCE AS AND WHEN REQUIRED, ON THE DAY OF VERIFICATION DATE ITSELF FOR VERIFICATION.
IF CANDIDATES FAIL TO PRODUCE THE SAME, THE CANDIDATURE IS REJECTED / DISQUALIFIED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE.

The following blank formats (Proforma) are available in the Commission’s Website
(apspsc.gov.in) The candidates can use, if required.
i). Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate
ii). Declaration by the Un-Employed
iii). School Study Certificate
iv). Certificate of Residence
v). Creamy Layer Certificate
IMPORTANT NOTE: Distribution of vacancies among roster points is subject to variation and confirmation from the Unit Officer/ Appointing authority.

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NOTE ON IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
1) Vacancies: The recruitment will be made to the vacancies notified only. There shall be no waiting list as per G.O.Ms.No. 81 General Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dated 22/02/1997 and Rule 6 of APPSC Rules of procedure. In any case, no cognisance will be taken by Commission of any vacancies arising or reported after the completion of the selection and recruitment process or the last date as decided by the Commission as far as this Notification is concerned, and these will be further dealt with as per G.O. & Rule cited above.
2) The Recruitment will be processed as per this Notification and also as per the Rules and Instructions issued by the Government and also as decided by the Commission from time to time in terms of respective Special Rules/Adhoc Rules governing the Recruitment and G.O. Ms. No. 339, Health and Family Welfare (L2) Dept., Dt. 28/08/1996, and other related G.Os, Rules etc. applicable in this regard.
3) Rules: All are informed that the various conditions and criterion prescribed herein are governed by the General Rules of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 read with the relevant Special Rules applicable to any particular service in the departments. Any guidelines or clarification is based on the said Rules, and, in case of any necessity, any matter will be processed as per the relevant General and Special Rules cited as in force.
4) The Commission is empowered under the provisions of Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India read with relevant laws, rules, regulations and executive instructions and all other enabling legal provisions in this regard to conduct examination for appointment to the posts notified herein, duly following the principle of order of merit as per Rule 3(vi) of the APPSC Rules of Procedure read with relevant statutory provisions and ensuring that the whole recruitment and selection process is carried out with utmost regard to maintain secrecy and confidentiality so as to ensure that the principle of merit is scrupulously followed. A candidate shall be disqualified for appointment, if he himself or through relations or friends or any others has canvassed or endeavored to enlist for his candidature, extraneous support, whether from official or non-official sources for appointment to this service.
5) Reservation for local candidates is not applicable as the posts are identified as State Wide as per Presidential Order.
6) The persons already in Government Service/ Autonomous bodies/ Government aided institutions etc., whether in permanent or temporary capacity or as work charged employees are however required to inform in writing, their Head of Office/ Department, that they have applied for this recruitment.
7) The Commission is also empowered to invoke the penal provisions of the A.P. Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act 25/97 for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto in respect of this Notification.
8) Caste & Community: Community Certificate issued by the competent authority in terms of G.O.Ms No. 58, SW (J) Dept., dt: 12/5/97 should be submitted at appropriate time. As per General Rules for State and Subordinate Service Rules, Rule -2(28) Explanation: No person who professes a religion different from Hinduism shall be deemed a member of Schedule Caste. BCs, SCs & STs belonging to other States are not entitled for reservation, Candidates belonging to other States shall pay the prescribed fee of Rs. 120/- (One hundred and Twenty only) through Challan and upload as indicated at Para-4. Otherwise such applications will not be considered and no correspondence on this will be entertained.
9) Reservation and eligibility in terms of General Rule 22 & 22 (A) of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules are applicable.
10) Reservation to Disabled persons is not applicable.
11) The Reservation to Women will apply as per General Rules and Special Rules.
12) Reservation to BC-E group will be subject to the adjudications of the litigation before the Honorable Courts including final orders in Civil Appeal No: (a) 2628-2637 of 2010 in SLP. No. 7388-97 of 2010, dated. 25/03/2010 and orders from the Government.
13) Government have issued orders in G.O. Ms. No. 3, Backward Classes Welfare(C-2) Department, dated 4/4/2006, laying down the criteria to determine Creamy Layer among Backward Classes in order to exclude from the provisions of reservations. Government of Andhra Pradesh has adopted all the criteria to determine the Creamy Layer among Backward Classes as fixed by the Government of India. In view of the Government orders, in G.O. Ms. No. 3, Backward Classes Welfare(C-2) Department, dated 4/4/2006, the candidates claiming as belong to Backward Classes have to produce a Certificate regarding
their exclusion from the Creamy Layer from the competent authority (Tahasildar). Certificate excluding from Creamy Layer has to be produced at an appropriate time. In case of failure to produce the same on day of verification, the Candidature is rejected without further correspondence.
14) The Candidates who have obtained Degrees through Open Universities / Distance Education mode are required to have recognition by the Distance Education Council, IGNOU. Unless such Degrees had been recognised by the D.E.C. they will not be accepted for purpose of Educational Qualification. The onus in case of doubt, of Proof of recognition by the D.E.C. that their Degrees / Universities have been recognised, rests with the Candidate.

Minimum 18 years & Maximum 34 years as on 01/07/2011.

N.B.: No person shall be eligible if less than 18 years and is more than 34 of years. NOTE: The upper age limit prescribed above is relaxable in the following cases:

Sl.

Category of candidates

Relaxation of age

No.


permissible

1

2

3

1.

Retrenched temporary employees in the State Census Department with a minimum service of 6 months.

3 Years

2.

A.P. State Government Employees (Employees of

5 Years based on the


APSEB, APSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are

length of regular service.


not eligible).


3.

Ex-Service men

3 years & length of service rendered in the armed forces.

4.

N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.)

3 Years & length of service rendered in the N.C.C.

5.

SC/ST and BCs

5 Years

EXPLANATION:
After provision of the relaxation of Age in Col. No. 3 of table above; the age shall not exceed the maximum age prescribed for the post for the candidates at Sl.No. 3 & 4.
The age relaxations for Ex-Servicemen is applicable for those who have been released from Armed Forces otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency.

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PARA-4: (a) FEE: (Remittance of Fee) Each applicant must pay Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred Only) towards Application Processing Fee and Examination Fee RS.120/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONLY) (if Candidates are not exempted from payment of Fee). Payment of Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred Only) towards application processing fee is compulsory for all Applicants. b) Mode of Payment of Fee:
I    Step:-The Candidate has to logon to the WEBSITE (apspsc.gov.in) and enter his/her
Basic Personal Details like Name, Father's Name, Date of Birth, and Community.
II    Step:-Immediately on entering the above details the Applicant will get (downloadable)- Challan
Form to pay the Fee at AP Online centers /State Bank of India.
III    Step:-The Applicant should pay the prescribed Fee in any one of the A.P. Online centers /
State Bank of India and obtain Fee paid challan with Journal Number in the first instance.
IV    Step:-On the next working day after payment of Fee the Applicant should again visit
WEBSITE and enter the Journal Number to get the format of Application. The applicant has to invariably fill all the columns in the Application and should submit ON-Line. Even after making payment of fee, candidate fails to submit the bio-data particulars, such applications shall be rejected without giving any notice. V Step:- If any candidate fails to enter "Community" for any reason, they will be treated as an OC without giving any notice.

NOTE ON EXEMPTIONS: The following category of candidates are exempted from payment of fee:
a)    SC, ST, BC & Ex-Service Men.
b)    Families having Household Supply White Card issued by Civil Supplies Department, A.P. Government. (Residents of Andhra Pradesh)
c)    Un employed youth in the age group of 18 to 34 years as per G.O.Ms.No. 439, G.A.(Ser.A) Dept., dated: 18/10/1996 should submit declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission.
d)    Applicants belonging to the categories mentioned above (except Ex-Service Men) hailing from other States are not entitled for exemption from payment of fee and not entitled for claiming any kind of reservation.

PROCEDURE OF SELECTION:
THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE POSTS WILL BE MADE BY WRITTEN EXAMINATION (OBJECTIVE TYPE) FOR ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.

THE FINAL SELECTION OF THESE POSTS WILL BE BASED ON THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
1.    The minimum qualifying marks for selection are OCs 40%, BCs 35% SCs, and STs 30% or as per rules. The minimum qualifying marks are relaxable in the case of SC/ST/BC on the discretion of the Commission.
2.    The candidates will be selected and allotted to Service/ Department as per their rank in the merit list against the vacancies available.
N.B.: Mere securing minimum qualifying marks does not vest any right in a candidate for being considered for selection.
3.    The appearance in all the papers at the Written Examination as per rules is compulsory. Absence in any of the papers will automatically render his candidature as disqualified.
4.    Candidates have to produce Original documents and other particulars on the day of verification date itself for verification as and when required and called for. If candidate fails to produce the certificates if any one, and the particulars furnished in the Application do not tally with the Original documents produced by the candidate, the candidature will be rejected/disqualified without any further correspondence. As candidature for the recruitment is processed through Computer/Electronic devices based on the particulars furnished in the Application Form, the candidate is advised to fill in all the relevant particulars carefully.
5.    While the Commission calls for preference of candidates in respect of posts etc., in the application form, it is hereby clarified that the said preferences are only indicative for being considered to the extent possible but not binding or limiting the Commission's powers enjoyed under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, the Commission has the power to assigning a successful candidate to any of the notified posts for which he is considered by them to be qualified and eligible, subject to fulfilling the selection criterion.
6.    The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being found medically fit in the appropriate medical classification, and if he/she is of sound health, active habits free from any bodily defect or infirmity.

PARA-6: RESERVATION TO LOCAL CANDIDATES: Reservation to the Local candidates is not applicable as the selection is made on state-wide merit.

PARA-7: SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:- The Scheme & Syllabus for the written examination has been shown in Annexure-II.

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PARA-8: HOW TO APPLY:
A) HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:
i) The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications and then proceed further.
I    Step: The Candidate has to logon to the WEBSITE (apspsc.gov.in) and enter his/her
Basic Personal Details like Name, Father's Name, Date of Birth, and Community.
II    Step: Immediately on entering the above details the Applicant will get (downloadable)- Challan
Form to pay the Fee at AP Online centers /State Bank of India.
III    Step: The Applicant should pay the prescribed Fee in any one of the A.P. Online centers / State Bank of India and obtain Fee paid challan with Journal Number in the first instance.
IV    Step: On the next working day after payment of Fee the Applicant should again visit WEBSITE and enter the Journal Number to get and fill the format of Application and should submit ON-LINE.
V    Step: Affix your recent Colour Passport Size Photograph on a White Paper and then sign
below the photograph with Black Pen. Scan the above Photo and Signature and Upload in the appropriate space provided (JPG Format) in Application Form.
VI    Step: The applicants have to invariably fill all the relevant columns in the Application and should submit ON-LINE.
ii)    Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not be accepted and liable for rejection.
iii)    Only applicants willing to serve anywhere in the Andhra Pradesh should apply.
iv)    For any problems related to Online submission and downloading of Hall-Tickets please contact 040-23557455 ((Call Time: 9.30 A.M to 1.00 P.M & 1.30 P.M to 5.30 P.M) or mail to appschelpdesk@gmail.com.

NOTE:
1.    The Commission is not responsible, for any discrepancy in submitting through Online. The applicants are therefore, advised to strictly follow the instructions and User guide in their own interest.
2.    The particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as final, and data entry processed, based on these particulars only by Computer. Candidates should, therefore, be very careful in Uploading / Submitting the Application Form Online.
3.    INCOMPLETE/INCORRECT APPLICATION FORM WILL BE SUMMARILY REJECTED.
THE INFORMATION IF ANY FURNISHED BY THE CANDIDATE SUBSEQUENTLY WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. APPLICANTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN FILLING-UP THE APPLICATION FORM AND SUBMISSION. IF ANY LAPSE IS DETECTED DURING
THE SCRUTINY, THE CANDIDATURE WILL BE REJECTED EVEN THOUGH HE/SHE
COMES THROUGH THE FINAL STAGE OF RECRUITMENT PROCESS OR EVEN AT A LATER STAGE.
4.    Before Uploading/Submission Application Form, the Candidates should carefully ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. NO RELEVANT COLUMN OF THE APPLICATION FORM SHOULD BE LEFT BLANK, OTHERWISE APPLICATION FORM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
5.    The Commission reserves the right to create centre(s) for examination and also to call the Candidates for the test at any other centre.

PARA-9: CENTRES FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION:
1.    The Written Examination will be held at HYDERABAD only.
2.    The Written Examination is likely to be held on 29/04/2012

PARA-10: INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1)    The candidates must note that his/her admission to the examination is strictly provisional. The mere fact that an Admission has been issued to him/her does not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission or that the entries made by the candidate in his/her application have been accepted by the Commission as true and correct. Candidates are required to upload his / her photo with signature in the prescribed format of Application form. Failure to produce the same photograph, if required, at the time of verification, may lead to disqualification. Hence the candidates are advised not to change their appearance till the recruitment process is complete.
2)    The candidates should go through the instructions given on the cover page of test booklet and carefully write his/her Register Number, Centre etc., in the Answer Sheet, which will be provided to him/her in the examination hall.
3)    Since the answer sheets are to be scanned (valued) with Optical Mark Scanner system, the
candidates have to USE BALL POINT PEN (BLUE/BLACK) ONLY FOR MARKING THE
ANSWERS. The candidates will be supplied OMR Sheet in duplicate. The candidate is required to use Ball Point Pen (Blue or Black) for filling the relevant blocks in the OMR Sheet including bubbling the answers. After writing the examination the candidate has to handover the original OMR sheet to the invigilator in the examination hall, if any candidate takes away the original OMR Sheet his/her candidature will be rejected.   However the candidate is permitted to take away the duplicate OMR Sheet. The candidates should bring Ball Point Pen(Blue/Black) and smooth writing pad to fill up relevant columns on the Answer Sheet. The candidate must ensure encoding the Subject, Register No., etc., on the O.M.R. Answer sheet correctly, failing which the Answer sheet will be rejected and will not be valued. Use of whitener on OMR Sheet will lead to disqualification.
4)    The candidates should satisfy the Invigilator of his identity with reference to the signature and photographs.
5)    The candidates should take their seats 20 minutes before the commencement of the examination and are not to be allowed after 10 minutes of the scheduled time. They should not leave the examination hall till expiry of fulltime. The candidates are allowed to use the calculators in the examination hall (not programmable calculators). Loaning and interchanging of articles among the candidates is not permitted in the examination hall. Cell phones and Pagers are not allowed in the examination hall.
6)    The candidates are expected to behave in orderly and disciplined manner while writing the examination. If any candidate takes away Answer Sheet, the candidature will be rejected and in case of impersonation/ disorder/ rowdy behavior during Written Examination, necessary F.I.R. for this incident will be lodged with concerned Police Station, apart from disqualifying appointment in future.
Merit is the only criteria that decides the selections. Candidates trying to use unfair means shall be disqualified from the selection. No correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates. The candidature and conditions specified here are subject to latest rules / orders come into force during the process of recruitment.
7)    The Commission would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to detect patterns of similarity. If it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, the Commission reserves the right to cancel his/ her candidature and to invalidate the Answer Sheet.
8)    If the candidate noticed any discrepancy printed on Hall ticket as to community, date of birth etc., they may immediately bring to the notice of Commission's officials/Chief Superintendent in the exam centre and necessary corrections be made in the Nominal Roll for being verified by the Commission's Office.

PARA-11:DEBARM ENT:
a)    Candidates should make sure of their eligibility to the post applied for and that the declaration made by them in the format of application regarding their eligibility is correct in all respects. Any candidate furnishing in-correct information or making false declaration regarding his/her eligibility at any stage or suppressing any information is liable TO BE DEBARRED FOR FIVE YEARS FROM APPEARING FOR ANY OF THE EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION, and summarily rejection of their candidature for this recruitment.
b)    The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the A.P. Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of the Recruitment.
c)    The Commission is vested with the constitutional duty of conducting recruitment and selection as per rules duly maintaining utmost secrecy and confidentiality in this process and any attempt by anyone causing or likely to cause breach of this constitutional duty in such manner or by such action as to violate or likely to violate the fair practices followed and ensured by the Commission will be sufficient cause for rendering such questionable means as ground for debarment and penal consequences as per law and rules as per decision of the Commission.
d)    Any candidate is or has been found impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his / her candidature for selection or obtaining support of candidature by any means, such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, will be liable to be debarred permanently from any exam or selection held by the Service Commission's in the country.
e)    MEMORANDUM OF MARKS: _Memorandum of Marks is issued on payment of Rs.25/-(Rupees twenty five only) through crossed Indian Postal Order only drawn in favour of the Secretary, A.P. Public Service Commission, Hyderabad. Request for Memorandum of Marks from candidates, will be entertained within two months from the date of publication of the selections. Such a request must necessarily be accompanied by a Xerox copy of the Hall-ticket. Request for revaluation or recounting will not be under taken under any circumstances. Invalid, disqualified, ineligible candidates will not be issued any Memorandum of Marks and fees paid by such candidates, if any, will be forfeited to Government account, without any correspondence in this regard.
If any candidate fails to mark the Booklet Series, Roll Number etc., in the OMR Answer Sheet, the Commission reserves the right to invalidate such Answer Sheets as Answer Sheets are valued by Optical Mark Scanner. In case of rejection/ invalidation due to omission on the part of the candidate, the decision of the Commission is final and such request for Memorandum of Marks in such cases will be intimated accordingly. No request for reconsideration of such rejected/invalidated cases will be entertained under any circumstances whatsoever.

PARA-12: COMMISSION'S DECISION TO BE FINAL:
The decision of the Commission in all aspects and all respects pertaining to the application and its acceptance or rejection as the case may be, conduct of examination and at all consequent stages culminating in the selection or otherwise of any candidate shall be final in all respects and binding on all concerned, under the powers vested with it under Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Commission also reserves its right to alter and modify regarding time and conditions laid down in the notification for conducting the various stages up to selection, duly intimating details thereof to all concerned, as warranted by any unforeseen circumstances arising during the course of this process, or as deemed necessary by the Commission at any stage.

ANDHRA PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD
NOTIFICATION NO. 28 / 2011, Dt : - 27 / 12 / 2011
DRUG INSPECTOR IN A.P. DRUGS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SERVICE

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BREAK UP OF PROVISIONAL VACANCIES of DRUGS INSPECTOR IN A.P. DRUGS
CONTROL ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (General Recruitment)

State Wide Post

OC

BC-A

BC-B

BC-C

BC-D

BC-E

SC

ST

Total

Grand Total

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

G

W

19

9

3

1

3

1

1

-

3

2

2

1

5

3

2

1

38

18

56

Total:

19

9

3

1

3

1

1

-

3

2

2

1

5

3

2

1

38

18

56

NOTIFICATION NO. 28/2011

SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF DRUG INSPECTORS IN

A.P. DRUG CONTROL ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL RECRUITMENT) SCHEME

WRITTEN (OBJECTIVE TYPE) EXAMINATION

1    GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY

150 Marks

150 Questions.

150 Minutes

2   SUBJECT (ONE PAPER)

300 Marks

150 Questions

150 Minutes

TOTAL

450 Marks



GENERAL STUDIES & MENTAL ABILITY
1.    General Science - Contemporary developments in Science and Technology and their implications including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
2.    Current events of national and international importance.
3.    History of India - emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP Indian National Movement.
4.    World Geography and Geography of India with a focus on AP.
5.    Indian polity and Economy - including the country's political system- rural development -Planning and economic reforms in India.
6.    Mental ability - reasoning and inferences.
7.    Disaster Management (Source : CBSE Publications)

Concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India / State of A.P. Earth quakes / Cyclones / Tsunami / Floods / Drought - causes and effects. Man made disasters - Prevention strategies. Mitigation strategies / Mitigation measures.
1.    Importance of various Pharmacopeas with special reference to Indian Pharmacopoes, British Pharmacopea, Unites States Pharmacopoea and International Pharmacopoes.
2.    Sources of drugs: Plant, Animal, Mineral, Synthetic and Biotechnological drugs.
3.    Preparation of Infusions, Decoctions, Tinctures, Solutions, Soft and Dry extracts. Introduction and classification of various pharmaceutical dosage forms.
4.    Various parts of "Prescription" handling of prescriptions preliminary knowledge of important Latin terms useful in interpretation of prescription and their translation into English.
5.    Posology: Calculation of dosage for infants, children adults and elderly persons. Alcohol dilutions, Proof spirit, Isotonic solutions, Displacement value.
6.    Brief outline of communicable diseases, their causative agents, modes of transmission and their prevention (Chicken pox, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Filaria, Leprosy, Sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS).
7.    First Aid: Emergency treatment of shock, snake-bites, burns, poisoning and fractures.
8.    Classification of microbes their structure and identification. Bacterial growth, nutritional requirements and staining.
9.    Contamination of pharmaceuticals in hospital and community environments by microbes.
10.    Sterilization: Definition, types, procedure and testing.
11.    Sterilization of materials, equipments and utencils used in hospitals, centralized and decentralised sterilization. Drug distribution system in hospitals for out-patients and in-patients.
12.    Opthalmic preparations: formulations, methods of preparation, containers and evaluation.
13.    Collection, processing, storage and evaluation of blood, blood products and plasma -substitutes
14.    Surgical products: Surgical cotton, surgical guazes, bandages, sutures, ligatures and catguts.
15.    Definition and types of incompatibilities (Physical Chemical and Therapeutic), correction of incompatibilities.
16.    Anatomy and physiology of Cardio-vascular system and related common disorders like hypertension, hypotension, angina, myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure.
17.    Anatomy and physiology of Digestive system and related disorders like peptic ulcers, constipation, diarrhoea and jaundice.
18.    Functions of different parts of Brain and spinal cord, Neuohumoral transmission in the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.
19.    Drugs, acting on cardiovascular system: Digitalis and other cardiac glycosides, anti-hypertensive drugs, anti-anginal and vasodilators including calcium channel antagonists.
20.    Drugs acting on Gastro-intestinal tract: antacids, anti-ulcer drugs, anti-emetics, laxatives and anti diarrhoeal drugs.
21.    Drugs acting on central nervous systems: Sadatives, hypnotics, anti-anxiety agents, centrally acting muscle relaxants, anti-epileptics, analgesic, anti-phyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs.
22.    Antigens, anti-bodies, antigen-anti body reactions, hypersensitivity active and passive immunity types of vaccines.
23.    Historical development of antibiotics. Isolation of fermentation products with special reference to pencillins and tetracyclines.
24.    Carbohydrate metabolism: Glycolysis, glucogenesis, glucogenolysis, glycogen formation, pentose phosphate pathway, uronic acid pathway, abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism.
25.    Introduction and principles of anti-microbial therapy Cotrimoxazole, fluorauinelones, newer pencillins, broad spectrum antibiotics, cephalosporins, macrolides, anti-tubercular, anti-leprotic, antifungal and anti-viral drugs.
26.    Anti protozoan and anthelmintic drugs. Chemitheraphy of neoplastic diseases.
27.    Salient features of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 with special reference to Duties and powers of Inspectors. Composition and functions of statutory bodies.
28.    Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985 with special reference to procurement and utilization of dosage forms.

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