NPC B.Pharm study guide
NPC B.Pharm · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Nepal Pharmacy Council (NPC) name registration examination is the gateway by which a pharmacy graduate in Nepal is entered on the Council's register as a pharmacist. The page you are reading prepares you for the 32nd Name Registration Examination cycle, whose application form was opened from 16th Kartik 2083 to 15th Mangsir 2083, with an exam fee of Rs. The NPC B.Pharm study guide has 7 sections and about 2,151 words.
01Pharmacy Legislation: Statutes, Authorities and Offences
This domain tests the statutory framework for drugs and pharmacy practice in Nepal: the Drug Act 2035 (1978) and its regulations, the Nepal Pharmacy Council Act 2057 (2000), the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act 2033 (1976), and related consumer-protection provisions. Questions usually ask which authority does what, which licence is required, and what follows a breach.
369 words, about 2 min02Nepal Pharmacy Council Act 2057: Registration, Education and Discipline
This domain focuses on the Nepal Pharmacy Council Act 2057 (2000), which creates the Council and governs entry to, and discipline within, the pharmacy profession. Exam items test the Council's mandate, registration requirements, ethical duties and the consequences of practising without registration.
359 words, about 2 min03Regulations and Guidelines: Registration, GMP and Post-Marketing Control
This domain covers the subordinate instruments that translate the Acts into practice: DDA drug registration guidelines, GMP/GDP requirements, labeling and advertising rules, pharmacovigilance and clinical-trial guidance, and national treatment tools such as the National List of Essential Medicines and Standard Treatment Guidelines. The exam tests which instrument governs a given activity and what evidence a dossier must contain.
327 words, about 2 min04Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis: Assay, Validation and Stability
This domain tests pharmacopoeial quality control: identification, purity and limit tests, assay by titrimetry and instrumental methods, method validation, and stability. Expect calculations and interpretation of acceptance criteria rather than pure theory.
285 words, about 1 min05Pharmaceutics and Dosage Form Design: From Properties to Performance
This domain covers preformulation, dosage-form selection and the quality tests that show a design works. Exam questions connect physicochemical properties to excipients, manufacturing route and performance.
297 words, about 1 min06Pharmaceutical Technology: Unit Operations, Sterilisation and Validation
This domain tests manufacturing technology: unit operations, equipment, sterilisation, aseptic processing, validation and utilities. Questions often ask why a parameter is controlled, or calculate a lethality or sterility value.
285 words, about 1 min07Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapeutics and Clinical Pharmacy
This domain integrates pharmacology, therapeutics and clinical pharmacy: receptor mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, drug selection, interactions, adverse drug reactions, monitoring and patient counselling. Pharmacodynamics: agonist/antagonist, potency versus efficacy, therapeutic index.
229 words, about 1 min