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Hello, I am looking for the details regarding the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT). So can you please provide me the details regarding this including the syllabus and the paper pattern of the exam??

[Kiran Chandar]

You are looking for the details regarding Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT). So I am providing it to you:

The dates of the exam this year are gone.

The dates were:

Registration window opens on 13th November 2014

Last date for online registration 12th January 2015

Print out of Hall ticket from 02nd February 2015 to 24th February 2015

Computer based test dates 23rd February 2015 to 24th February 2015 (Test Timings: 09.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 02.30 p.m. to 05.30 p.m.)

Declaration of result: 27th March 2015

Print out of Score Cards from 27th March 2015 to 27th April 2015

Eligibility:

Bachelor’s degree holders in Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2, including lateral entry candidates).

Test Venue:

Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amravati, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Gulbarga, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Nellore, Noida, Panaji, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Rajkot, Ranchi, Shimla, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warrangal

Paper Pattern:

Duration 03 hours
No. of Questions 125
Total Marks 125
Type of Paper Objective-Type (MCQ)
Process Online
Negative Marking 1/4 (one-fourth) mark

Syllabus:

Pharmaceutics:
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:
Identification of Microbes
Control of microbes by physical and chemical methods
Sterilization
Immunology and Immunological Preparations
Genetic Recombination
Antibiotics

Introduction to dispensing and community pharmacy; Prescription:
Principals involved and procedures adopted in dispensing of:
Incompatibilities
Community Pharmacy
Organization and Structure of hospital pharmacy
Hospital Formulary
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:
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
Ophthalmic Preparations
Capsules
Micro-encapsulation
Tablets
Coating of Tablets
Parenteral Products
Surgical products
Designing of dosage forms; Pre-formulation studies
Performance evaluation methods
Biopharmaceutics
Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Bioavailability and bioequivalence

Pharmaceutical Chemistry-
Biochemistry in pharmaceutical sciences
Basic Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

Pharmacology-
Immunopathophysiology
Pathophysiology of Common Diseases
Fundamentals of general pharmacology
Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacognosy-
Sources of Drugs:
Carbohydrates
Tannins
Volatile Oils
Fibers
Glycoside Containing Drugs
Alkaloid Containing Drugs

General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies and Basic Metabolic Pathways/Biogenesis:
Terpenes
Glycosides
Alkaloids
Role of plant-based drugs on National economy
Applications of plant tissue culture in pharmacognosy
Marine pharmacognosy

Best of luck buddy..!!