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Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test GPAT 2024 : Admission Details
| Eligibility Criteria |
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| Passed / Appearing Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy |
| Note: B.Tech Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Technology candidates are not eligible. |
| Age Limit |
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| No age limit restriction for appearing in Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2024 Admission. |
GPAT 2024 Entrance Exam : Center District Name Details
Interested Candidate Can Read the Full GPAT 2024 Notification
| Exam Districts |
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| Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Amritsar, Arrah, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bikaner, Delhi NCR, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut,patna, Muzaffarnagar, Muzaffarpur, Udaipur, and various other exam districts available across PAN India. For details, refer to the Information Brochure. |
Appearing Candidates
Candidates appearing for the final year (4th Year) examination of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) whose result will be declared before commencement of admission to M. Pharm course for the academic year 2024-25 are eligible to appear in GPAT 2024. Candidates appearing for the Prefinal year (3rd Year) examination of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) whose results for Final Year (4th Year) will be declared before commencement of admission to M. Pharm course for the academic year 2025-26 are also eligible to appear in GPAT 2024.
Candidates found to be ineligible at any stage of GPAT 2024 will not be permitted to appear in the examination and/or counseling. In an unlikely event of any ineligible candidate appearing and/or being successful in the GPAT 2024, the results/ candidature of such candidate shall be cancelled and/or are deemed to be cancelled.
Scheme of Examination
The examination shall be a multiple choice questions test delivered using computers network (CBT) as per scheme prescribed. An indicative Blueprint of the examination is as under:
| Type of Questions | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
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| Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Allied Subjects | 38 | 152 |
| Pharmaceutics & Allied Subjects | 38 | 152 |
| Pharmacognosy & Allied Subjects | 10 | 40 |
| Pharmacology & Allied Subjects | 28 | 112 |
| Other Subjects of B. Pharm course | 11 | 44 |
| Total | 125 | 500 |
The exam consists of 125 multiple-choice questions, each with 4 response options/distractors available only in English. Candidates must select the correct, best, or most appropriate response from the 4 options provided for each question. The time allotted for the exam is 3 hours (180 minutes).
Marking Scheme
| S. No. | Response | Marks |
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| 1 | Correct Response | 4 Marks |
| 2 | Incorrect Response | 1 Mark shall be deducted |
| 3 | Unattempted Question | Zero |
Additional Information:
- There shall be a 25% negative marking for incorrect answers.
- No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.
- The question paper will be divided into multiple timed sections. For example, if the paper has 5 timed sections (Sections A, B, C, D, and E), each section will contain 25 questions and be allotted 36 minutes.
- Candidates will be restricted from moving to the next section until the allotted time for the current section is over. Once the time for a section is up, candidates will not be allowed to review or modify their responses for that section. The next section will begin automatically after the allotted time for the previous section ends.
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About GPAT
GPAT is a national level examination for awarding scholarships to qualified candidates seeking entry into the Master of Pharmacy (M. Pharm) course. The first GPAT was conducted in the year 2010 and thereafter it was conducted every year till 2018 by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as per the directions of Ministry of Education, Government of India and from the year 2019, the examination is conducted through the National Testing Agency (NTA) as per the directions of Ministry of Education, Government of India to till 2023.
The Pharmacy Council of India has taken the initiative to conduct the GPAT and disbursement of scholarship honoring the Judgement of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India of dated 05.03.2020 stating that “AICTE Act, governing the general technical education would be amended deleting ‘pharmacy’ from its mandate and the pharmacy education would thereafter be governed by the Pharmacy Act, 1948”. The Pharmacy Council of India has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences for conducting the GPAT.
