GPAT (Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test)
Date of Examination:
February
Time of Examination:
3 hours
Examination Fees:
Rs. 1200/-
Eligibility:
Bachelor’s
degree holders in Pharmacy ( 4 Years after 10 +2, including lateral
entry candidates ) and those who are in the final year of B.Pharmacy
Course are eligible for appearing in GPAT Examination.
Brochure and Forms:
Starting date of registration:
November
Last date of registration:
January
Mode of application:
Online
Result:
March
Syllabus
The syllabus for the GPATentrance exam has been given in the tabulated format below:
PHARMACEUTICS
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* Introduction to Physical pharmacy; Matter, Properties of Matter :
* Micromeretics and Powder Rheology :
* Surface and Interfacial Phenomenon :
* Viscosity and Rheology :
* Dispersion Systems :
* Complexation :
* Kinetics and Drug Stability :
* Importance of microbiology in pharmacy; Structure of bacterial cell; Classification of microbes and their taxonomy :
* Identification of Microbes :
* Control of microbes by physical and chemical methods :
* Sterilization :
* Immunology and Immunological Preparations :
* Genetic Recombination :
* Antibiotics :
* Introduction to pharmaceutical jurisprudence & ethics :
* An elaborate study of the followings :
* A brief study of the following Acts with special reference to the main provisions and the latest amendments :
* Introduction to dispensing and community pharmacy; Prescription :
* Principles involved and procedures adopted in dispensing:
* Incompatibilities :
* Community Pharmacy :
* Organization and Structure of hospital pharmacy :
* Drug Store Management and Inventory Control :
* Drug distribution Systems in Hospitals :
* Central Sterile Supply Unit and their Management :
* Manufacture of Sterile and Non – sterile Products :
* Drug Information Services :
* Records and Reports :
* Nuclear Pharmacy :
* Importance of unit operations in manufacturing; Stoichiometry :
* Fluid Flow :
* Heat transfer :
* Evaporation :
* Distillation :
* Drying :
* Size Reduction :
* Mixing :
* Filtration and Centrifugation :
* Crystallization :
* Dehumidification and Humidity Control :
* Refrigeration and Air Conditioning :
* Material of Construction :
* Material Handling Systems :
* Corrosion :
* Plant location :
* Industrial Hazards and Safety Precautions :
* Automated Process Control Systems :
* Liquid Dosages Forms :
* Semisolid Dosage Forms :
* Suppositories :
* Extraction and Galenical Products :
* Blood Products and Plasma Substitutes :
* Pharmaceutical Aerosols :
* Ophthalmic Preparations :
* Capsules :
* Micro – encapsulation :
* Tablets :
* Coating of Tablets :
* Parenteral Products :
* Surgical products :
* Packaging of Pharmaceutical Products :
* Designing of dosage forms; Pre-formulation studies :
* Performance evaluation methods :
* Biopharmaceutics :
* Pharmacokinetics :
* Clinical Pharmacokinetics :
* Bioavailability and Bioequivalence :
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
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* Importance of inorganic compounds in pharmacy and medicine :
* Gastrointestinal Agents :
* Major Intra and Extra – cellular Electrolytes :
* Essential and Trace Elements :
* Topical Agents :
* Gases and Vapors :
* Dental Products :
* Miscellaneous Agents :
* Pharmaceutical Aids Used in Pharmaceutical Industry :
* Acids, Bases and Buffers :
* Inorganic Radiopharmaceuticals :
* Importance of basic fundamentals of physical chemistry in pharmacy; Behaviour of Gases :
* The Liquid State :
* Solutions :
* Thermodynamics :
* Photochemistry :
* Chemical Kinetics :
* Quantum Mechanics :
* Properties :
* Stereochemistry :
* Preparation and Reactions of :
* Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions :
* Heterocyclic Compounds :
* Biochemistry in pharmaceutical sciences; The concept of free energy :
* Enzymes :
* Co – enzymes :
* The Citric Acid Cycle :
* Lipids Metabolism :
* Biological Oxidation :
* Metabolism of ammonia and nitrogen containing monomers :
* Purine biosynthesis :
* Pyrimidine biosynthesis :
* Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids :
* Mutation :
* Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis :
* Basic Principles of Medicinal Chemistry :
* Drug metabolism and Concept of Prodrugs; Principles of Drug Design ( Theoretical Aspects ) :
* Synthetic Procedures, Mode of Action, Uses, Structure Activity Relationships including Physicochemical Properties of the Following Classes of Drugs :
* Autacoids :
* Steroidal Drugs :
* Drugs acting on the central nervous system :
* Diuretics; Cardiovascular drugs :
* Thyroid and Anti thyroid drugs; Insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents :
* Immunosuppressives and immunostimulants; Diagnostic agents; Pharmaceutical Aids; Microbial Transformations :
* Enzyme Immobilization :
* Different techniques of pharmaceutical analysis, Preliminaries and definitions :
* Fundamentals of volumetric analysis :
* Acid Base Titrations :
* Oxidation Reduction Titrations :
* Precipitation Titrations :
* Gravimetric Analysis :
* Non – aqueous titrations :
* Miscellaneous Methods of Analysis :
* Potentiometry :
* Conductometry :
* Coulometry :
* Polarography :
* Amperometry :
* Chromatography :
* The Theoretical Aspects, Basic Instrumentation, Elements of Interpretation of Spectra, and Applications ( quantitative and qualitative ) of the Following Analytical Techniques :
* Quality assurance :
PHARMACOLOGY
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* Pathophysiology of common diseases; Basic Principles of Cell Injury and Adaptations :
* Basic Mechanisms involved in the process of inflammation and repair :
* Immunopathophysiology :
* Pathophysiology of Common Diseases :
* Fundamentals of general pharmacology :
* Pharmacology of Peripheral Nervous System :
* Pharmacology of Central Nervous System :
* Pharmacology of Cardiovascular System :
* Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System :
* Drugs acting on urinary system :
* Autacoids :
* Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System :
* Drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract :
* Pharmacology of Endocrine System :
* Chemotherapy :
* Principles of Toxicology :
* Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy :
* Important Disorders of Organs, Systems and their Management :
* CNS Disorders :
PHARMACOGNOSY
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* Sources of Drugs :
* Classification of Drugs :
* Study of medicinally important plants belonging to the families with special reference to :
* Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Storage of Crude Drugs :
* Quality Control of Crude Drugs :
* Systematic pharmacognostic study of the followings :
CARBOHYDRATES and derived products : (agar, guar gum acacia, Honey, Isabagol, pectin, Starch, sterculia and Tragacanth;)
Lipids : (Bees wax, Castor oil, Cocoa butter, Codliver oil, Hydnocarpus oil, Kokum butter, Lard, Linseed oil, Rice, Bran oil, Shark liver oil and Wool fat;
)
* RESINS :
* TANNINS :
* VOLATILE OILS :
* Phytochemical Screening :
* FIBERS :
* Studies of Traditional Drugs :
* General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies and Basic Metabolic Pathways / Biogenesis :
* Lignans, quassanoids and flavonoids. Role of plant – based drugs on National economy :
* Plant Tissue Culture :
* Marine pharmacognosy :
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