GPAT Question Paper 2019

About this paper

This is a scanned copy of the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2019 question paper, with an answer key on the last page. It has 125 multiple-choice questions with four options each; marks and time are not printed. The questions are grouped under subject headings: eleven opening questions on pharmacy law, patents, marketing and pharmaceutical engineering, then Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology. The chemistry block includes named reactions, drug synthesis and pH and osmotic-pressure calculations, and the pharmacology block includes pathology and physiology questions.

Exam

GPAT

Subject

GPAT

Year

2019

Questions

125

Pages

11

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Questions 1–11

  No heading: pharmacy and narcotics law, patents, marketing and pharmaceutical engineering

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry

  Questions 12–49: organic, medicinal and analytical chemistry and biochemistry

• Pharmaceutics

  Questions 50–87: dosage forms, physical pharmacy, pharmacokinetics, microbiology and regulation

• Pharmacognosy

  Questions 88–97

• Pharmacology

  Questions 98–125, including pathology and physiology

Topics covered

• Pharmaceutical jurisprudence and patents
• Pharmaceutical marketing
• Pharmaceutical engineering
• Named reactions and organic chemistry
• Medicinal chemistry and drug synthesis
• Pharmaceutical analysis
• Biochemistry
• Pharmaceutics and physical pharmacy
• Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology and pathophysiology

Questions from this paper

1. In India the patent office has its head office at Kolkata. Where are its branch offices?
2. When 50 mL of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide is added to 100 mL of 0.1 M acetic acid (Ka = 1.82 × 10⁻⁵), what is the pH of the resulting solution?
3. Which semi-synthetic penicillin is made by acylating 6-APA with p-hydroxyphenylglycine?
4. Emulsifiers A and B, with HLB values of 4 and 14, are mixed to give a required HLB of 12. What weight of each is needed for a total of 7 g?
5. How does the glycoside scilliroside in red squill act?
6. Testing of chemicals by OECD guideline No. 420 refers to which kind of study?