GPAT Question Paper 2024

About this paper

This is a copy of the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2024 question paper, complete with an answer key at the end. The paper comprises 125 multiple-choice questions organized across primary sections: Pharmaceutics (tablet coatings, BCS classification, pilot plant scale-up, rheology, pharmacokinetics, and the Indian Patent Act), Pharmaceutical Chemistry (SAR, reaction mechanisms, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and stereochemistry), Pharmacology (receptor pharmacology, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular agents, chemotherapy, and human physiology), Pharmacognosy (biosynthetic pathways, volatile oils, saponins, and herbal identification tests), and Other Subjects including Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Biostatistics.

Exam

GPAT

Subject

GPAT

Year

2024

Questions

125

Pages

6

Answers included

Yes

Topics covered

• Pharmaceutics, drug delivery systems, and industrial pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical jurisprudence, acts, and regulatory guidelines
• Physical pharmacy, rheology, and reaction kinetics
• Pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry
• Spectroscopy (NMR, Mass Spectrometry, UV-Vis) and analysis
• Pharmacology, receptor dynamics, and chemotherapy
• Human anatomy, physiology, and pathology
• Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, and herbal drugs
• Biochemistry, microbiology, and immunology
• Biostatistics and research methodology

Questions from this paper

1. Coating of Eudragit NE40D on tablets is done to prepare which type of tablets?
2. Which of the following equipment measures weight variation using reflected energy?
3. Which ionization technique in mass spectrometry is most suitable for large biomolecules like proteins?
4. Which oral hypoglycemic agent increases the levels of incretin hormone by inhibiting the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4)?
5. The key intermediate for the biosynthesis of C6-C3 units is?
6. Virus mediated transfer of host DNA from one cell to another cell is known as?