: Define the Question.

All Questions Carries Equal Marks

Ques: 1 Define community pharmacy.

A community pharmacy, often referred to as retail pharmacy or retail drug outlets, is places where
medicines are stored and dispensed, supplied or sold.

Ques: 2 Define Prescription.

 A Prescription is an order written by a physician dentist or any other medical

 practioner to the pharmacist to compound and dispense a specific medication
 for individual patient
 Prescription is actually a direct link between physician, Pharmacist and
 patient.
 It is a silent information regarding the dispensing of prescribed medication.

Ques: 3 Define dispensing label and auxiliary label

Labels for dispensed medicines are important for communicating medicine-related information to
consumers and ensuring effective medicine use. The dispensed medicine label must include the
essential information the consumer needs to take their medicines safely and effectively.

auxiliary labels are cautionary labels added to a dispensed medicine to provide extra information to the
patient on the safe administration, use, and storage of their medicines”.

Ques: 4Who opened the first chemist shop?

opening of chemist shop in 1811 by Scotch M Bathgate opened in Kolkata.

Ques: 5 When was the first annual conference of the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association held?

The first Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) was held at Calcutta in December, 1948 and was presided
by the eminent Prof. M. L. Shroff as its President.

Note: Short Answer Type Question. All Questions Carries Equal Marks (Attempt any Three)

Ques: 1 Write a short note on Indian and International scenario of community pharmacy.
Ques: 2 What are the different types of auxiliary label?

Ques: 3 What are the different parts of prescription?

Ques: 4What are the benefits of auxiliary label?

These labels are intended to provide supplementary information regarding the safe administration, use,
and storage of the medication. Auxiliary labels provide information which can augment but not replace
verbal counselling from a pharmacist.

Note: Long Answer Type Question. All Questions Carries Equal Marks (Attempt any two)

Ques: 1 Write a note on history of Pharmacy in India

Ques: 2 Explain the handling of prescription

Ques:3 Write a note on representation of auxiliary label