GPAT Question Paper 2021

About this paper

This is a copy of the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2021 question paper, complete with an answer key at the end. The paper comprises 125 multiple-choice questions organized across primary sections: Pharmaceutics (formulation, rheology, kinetics, packaging, and regulatory schedules), Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Pharmacognosy (phytochemistry, herbal standardization, and alkaloid/terpenoid chemistry), Pharmaceutical Chemistry (organic mechanisms, heterocycles, stereochemistry, and physical chemistry), Pharmaceutical Analysis (spectroscopy and NMR), and Other Subjects including Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Management.

Exam

GPAT

Subject

GPAT

Year

2021

Questions

125

Pages

8

Answers included

Yes

Topics covered

• Pharmaceutics and drug delivery systems
• Physical pharmacy, rheology, and kinetics
• Pharmaceutical jurisprudence and regulatory guidelines
• Pharmacology and pathophysiology
• Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, and herbal evaluation
• Organic and medicinal chemistry
• Pharmaceutical analysis and spectroscopy (UV, NMR, MS)
• Biochemistry and biotechnology
• Pharmaceutical microbiology and immunology
• Pharmaceutical marketing and management

Questions from this paper

1. The phenomenon of increasing the solubility of weak electrolytes and non-polar molecules by the addition of a water miscible solvent in which the drug has good solubility is called?
2. Select the equation that gives the rate of drug dissolution from a tablet.
3. Vigabatrin produces anti-epileptic activity through which mechanism?
4. Which ring structure is present in strychnine?
5. Formaldehyde undergoes Grignard reaction to give which class of alcohol?
6. What is the total number of amino acids in human insulin (A and B chains combined)?