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QUESTION 15
GS3
10 marks

What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.

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What the examiner wants

Discuss the exact proposition in the PYQ — “What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing FDCs.

DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.’, directly answer: What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)?≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.’, directly answer: Discuss their merits and demerits≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.’, add one verified official-source anchor and a limitation/counterpoint specific to FDCs≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise FDCsExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.’, avoid a generic note on FDCs; answer the actual wording/directive and the FDCs proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘What do you understand by Fixed Dose Drug Combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.’, do not add examples around FDCs unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.