GPAT Syllabus 2023: Exam Highlights and Detailed Syllabus

Particulars                                                                                                                                                                          Details

Exam Name

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test

Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Exam Lvl

Postgraduate

Frequency of the examination

Annual

Courses offered

MPharma and equivalent courses

Mode of the examination

Computer-based

Total Number of Registrations

53,302

Official Website

gpat.nta.nic.in

Parameters

Details

Exam mode

Computer-Based Mode

Exam duration

3 hours

Total number of questions

125

Type of questions

Multiple choice questions (MCQs)

Marking scheme

+4 mark for every correct response and -1 mark for each wrong response

Maximum marks

500

Frequency

Once a year

Types of questions

Number of questions

Maximum marks

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

38

152

Pharmaceutics

38

152

Pharmacognosy

10

40

Pharmacology

28

112

Other subjects

11

44

Total

125

500

Subjects

Topics

Pharmacology

General Pharmacology, Pharmacology of central nervous System, Pharmacology of cardiovascular system, Pharmacology of peripheral nervous system, Pharmacology of Endocrine system, Nerohumoral transmission in autonomic and central nervous system, Drugs acting on Respiratory system, Drugs acting on urinary system, Chemotherapy, Chronopharmacology, Pharmacology of drug acting on the gastrointestinal tract, Autacoids and their Antagonists, Immnopharmacology, Principles of toxicology, Vitamins & Minerals.

Pharmaceutics

Pharmacy Profession & Introduction to Pharmaceuticals, Allopathic dosage form, Introduction to dosage form, Sources of drug information, Crude extract, Dosage Form Necessities and Additives, Allergenic extract, Pharmaceutical Plant, location, layout, Biological products, Parenterals – product requiring sterile packaging, Capsules, Powders, Tablets, Suspensions, Suppositories, Emulsions, Semisolids, Pilot plant scale-up techniques, Pharmaceutical Aerosols, GMP and Validation, Ophthalmic preparations, Preformulations, Prolonged Action Pharmaceuticals, Novel Drug delivery system, Stability of formulated products, Packaging Materials, Cosmetics.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry

1. Pharmaceutical Impurities, Isotopes, Monographs,
2. Dentifrices, desensitizing agents, & anticaries agents

Medicinal Chemistry

1. Therapeutic classes of drugs, Different classes of therapeutic drugs, various classes of therapeutic agents, different classes of therapeutic drugs

Pharmacognosy

Introductory Pharmacognosy, Classification of crude drugs, Factors influencing quality of crude drugs, Techniques in microscopy, Introduction to phytoconstituents, Principles of plant classification, Pharmaceutical aids, Animal products, Plant products, Toxic drugs, Enzymes, Natural pesticides and insecticides, Glycosides, Herbal formulations, Alkaloids, Extraction and Isolation Techniques, Traditional herbal drugs, Phytopharmaceuticals, Quality control and Standardization of herbal drugs, Plants based industries and research institutes in India, Herbal cosmetics, Worldwide trade of crude drugs and volatile oils, Patents, Homeopathic system of medicine, Ayurvedic system of medicine.

Pharmacology

General Pharmacology, Nerohumoral transmission in autonomic and central nervous system, Pharmacology of peripheral nervous system, Pharmacology of central nervous System, Pharmacology of cardiovascular system, Drugs acting on urinary system, Drugs acting on Respiratory system, Autacoids and their Antagonists, Chronopharmacology, Vitamins & Minerals.

Organic Chemistry

General principles, Different classes of compounds, Aromaticity & chemistry of aromatic compounds, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Carbonyl Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Bridged rings, Stereochemistry, Carbohydrates, Amino acids & proteins, Pericyclic reactions

Biotechnology

Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, Animal Cell Culture, Fermentation Technology and Industrial Microbiology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Process and Applications, Biotechnology Derived Products.

Microbiology

Introduction to Microbiology, Biology of Microorganisms, Aseptic Technique, Sterilization & Disinfection, Vaccines & Sera, Microbial Assay, Microbial spoilage, Fungi and Viruses, Microscopy and staining technique.

Bio-Chemistry

Cell, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Biological oxidations & reductions, Nucleic acids, Hereditary diseases, Enzymes, Lipids.

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Importance of quality control in pharmacy, Acid-base titrations, Non-aqueous titrations, Oxidation-reduction titrations, Complexometric titrations, Precipitation titrations, Extraction techniques, Potentiometry, Calibration, General principles of spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-visible Spectrometry, Flame photometry & atomic absorption spectrometry.

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

General Principles, preparation, maintenance, analysis of observational records in clinical Pharmacy, ethical and regulatory issues including Good clinical practice in clinical trials, Therapeutic drug monitoring, adverse drug reaction (ADR), types of ADR, Mechanism of ADR, Drug information services, Drug interactions, Drug interaction in pediatric and geriatric patients, drug treatment during pregnancy, lactation and menstruation, Pharmacovigilance, essential drugs and rational drug usage.

Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

Bio-pharmaceutics, Bio- pharmaceutical statistics, Bio-availability & Bio-equivalence.

Pharmaceutical Management

Introduction to management, Organization, Communication, Inventory Management, Marketing Research, Human resource and development (HRD), GATT, Standard institutions and regulatory authorities, World trade organization (WTO) and trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS), Leadership and motivation.

Dispensing and Hospital Pharmacy

Study of current patent and proprietary products, generic products and selected brand products, indications, contraindications, Antiamoebic drugs, Antihistaminic drugs, Antiemetic drugs, Antacids and ulcer healing drugs., Respiratory drugs, Antibiotics, Analgesics and antipyretic drugs, Compounding and dispensing of prescriptions, Reading and counseling of prescriptions from the clinical practice.

Anatomy

Cell physiology, Gastro intestinal tract, Autonomic nervous system, Skeletal System, Urinary System, Reproductive System, Cardiovascular system, Lymphatic system, Sense organs, Central Nervous system.

Pharmaceutical Engineering

Fluid flow, Distillation, Heat transfer, Size reduction and size separation, Filtration and Centrifugation, Crystallization, Dehumidification and humidity control, automated process control systems, Refrigeration and air conditioning, Industrial hazards & safety precautions.

Sl.no

Name of the Book

1. 

Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Sciences

2. 

Advanced Organic Chemistry

3. 

Modern Pharmaceutics

4. 

Textbook of Pharmacognosy

5. 

Principles of Instrumental analysis

6. 

Textbook of Pharmacognosy

7. 

Applications of Absorption Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds

8. 

Foye's Principle of medicinal Chemistry