GPAT Question Paper 2015

About this paper

This is a scanned copy of the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2015 question paper, with an answer key on the last page. It has 125 multiple-choice questions with four options each and no sections; marks and time are not printed. Several items are matching questions, pairing crude drugs with their sources, drugs with diseases or receptors, and anaemias with their treatments. The rest mix pharmacognosy, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, microbiology, analysis, biochemistry and Indian and US drug regulation, with a couple on marketing and trademarks.

Exam

GPAT

Subject

GPAT

Year

2015

Questions

125

Pages

12

Answers included

Yes

Topics covered

• Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry
• Pharmacology
• Medicinal chemistry and named reactions
• Pharmaceutics and suspensions
• Novel drug delivery systems
• Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics
• Pharmaceutical microbiology and immunology
• Pharmaceutical analysis
• Biochemistry
• Drug regulation and clinical trials

Questions from this paper

1. What is the biological source of Alexandrian senna?
2. Which eye infection is also called 'pink eye'?
3. A pharmaceutical company plans to market a generic version of a drug whose patent has expired. Which documentation must be submitted to the FDA?
4. In the pinacol–pinacolone rearrangement the final product is a ketone. What is the starting compound?
5. If a basic drug is significantly reabsorbed in the kidney, how does urine pH change its renal clearance?
6. Who is the chairman of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB)?