GPAT Syllabus 2024: Check Subject-Wise GPAT Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Weightage

Subjects

Topics

Physical Chemistry

1. Composition and physical states of matter
2. Colligative Properties
3. Thermodynamics
4. Refractive Index
5. Solutions
6. Electrochemistry
7. Ionic Equilibrium
8. Kinetics

Physical Pharmacy 

1. Matter, properties of matter
2. Micromeritics and powder rheology
3. Surface and Interfacial Phenomenon
4. Viscosity and Rheology
5. Dispersion Systems
6. Complexation
7. Buffer
8. Solubility

Organic Chemistry

1. General Principles
2. Different classes of compounds
3. Protection and deprotection of groups
4. Aromaticity and chemistry of aromatic compounds
5. Different aromatic classes of compounds
6. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
7. Carbonyl Chemistry
8. Heterocyclic Chemistry
9. Bridged rings 
10. Kinetic & thermodynamic control 
11. Stereochemistry
12.  Carbohydrates 
13. Amino acids & proteins 
14. Pericyclic reactions 

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

1. Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry 

•  Pharmaceutical Impurities
•  Monographs 
•  Isotopes 
•  Dentifrices, desensitizing agents, & anticaries agents 

2. Medicinal Chemistry 

• Therapeutic classes of drugs 
• Various classes of therapeutic agents 
• Different classes of therapeutic drugs 
• Different classes of therapeutic drugs 

Pharmaceutics

1. Pharmacy Profession & Introduction to Pharmaceuticals 
2. Introduction to dosage form 
3. Sources of drug information 
4. Allopathic dosage form 
5. Crude extract 
6. Allergenic extract 
7. Biological products 
8. Pharmaceutical Plant, location, layout 
9. Dosage Form Necessities and Additives 
10. Powders 
11. Capsules 
12. Tablets 
13.  Parenterals - product requiring sterile packaging 
14. Suspensions
15. Emulsions 
16. Suppositories
17. Semisolids 
18. Liquids(solutions, syrups, elixirs, spirits, aromatic water, liquid for external uses) 
19. Pharmaceutical Aerosols 
20. Ophthalmic preparations 
21. Preformulations 
22. Stability of formulated products 
23. Prolonged Action Pharmaceuticals 
24. Novel Drug delivery system 
25. GMP and Validation 
26. Packaging Materials 
27. Cosmetics 
28. Pilot plant scale-up techniques 

Pharmacology 

1. General Pharmacology 
2. Neurohumoral transmission in autonomic and central nervous system
3. Pharmacology of peripheral nervous system 
4. Pharmacology of central nervous System 
5. Pharmacology of cardiovascular system 
6. Drugs acting on urinary system 
7. Drugs acting on Respiratory system 
8. Pharmacology of Endocrine system 
9. Chemotherapy 
10. Autacoids and their Antagonists 
11. Pharmacology of drug acting on the gastrointestinal tract
12. Chronopharmacology
13. Immunopharmacology 
14. Vitamins & Minerals
15. Principles of toxicology

Pharmacognosy

1. Introductory Pharmacognosy 
2. Classification of crude drugs 
3. Factors influencing quality of crude drugs 
4. Techniques in microscopy 
5. Introduction to phytoconstituents 
6. Principles of plant classification 
7. Pharmaceutical aids 
8. Animal products 
9. Plant products
10. Toxic drugs 
11. Enzymes
12. Natural pesticides and insecticides 
13. Adulteration and evaluation of crude drugs 
14. Quantitative microscopy 
15. Biogenetic pathways 
16. Carbohydrates & lipids 
17. Tannins 
18. Volatile oils 
19. Resinous drugs 
20. Glycosides
21. Alkaloids 
22. Extraction and Isolation Techniques 
23. Phytopharmaceuticals 
24. Quality control and Standardization of herbal drugs 25. Herbal formulations 
25. Worldwide trade of crude drugs and volatile oils 
26. Herbal cosmetics
27. Traditional herbal drugs 
28. Plants based industries and research institutes in India
29. Patents
30. Ayurvedic system of medicine 
31. Homoeopathic system of medicine

Pharmaceutical Analysis 

1. Importance of quality control in pharmacy 
2. Acid-base titrations 
3. Non-aqueous titrations
4. Oxidation-reduction titrations
5. Precipitation titrations 
6. Complexometric titrations 
7. Gravimetry 
8. Extraction techniques 
9. Potentiometry 
10. Miscellaneous methods of analysis 
11. Calibration 
12. General principles of spectroscopy 
13. Ultraviolet-visible Spectrometry 
14. Spectrofluorimetry
15. Flame photometry & atomic absorption spectrometry 16. Infrared spectrometry 
16. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry 
17. Mass spectrometry 
18. Polarography
19. Nephelometry & Turbidimetry 
20. Chromatography  
21. Miscellaneous 

Biochemistry

1. Cell 
2. Carbohydrates 
3. Proteins
4. Lipids 
5. Vitamins 
6. Biological oxidations & reductions 
7. Enzymes 
8. Nucleic acids 
9. Hereditary diseases

Biotechnology

1. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture 
2. Animal Cell Culture
3. Fermentation Technology and Industrial Microbiology.
4. Recombinant DNA Technology 
5. Process and Applications
6. Biotechnology Derived Products

Microbiology

1. Introduction to Microbiology
2. Microscopy and staining technique
3. Biology of Microorganisms
4. Fungi and Viruses
5. Aseptic Technique
6. Sterilization & Disinfection 
7. Microbial spoilage 
8. Vaccines & Sera 
9. Microbial Assay 

Pathophysiology

1. Basic principles of cell injury and adaptation 
2. Basic mechanisms of inflammation and repair 
3. Disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
4. Disorders of homeostasis: white blood cells, lymphoid tissues, and red blood cells related diseases
5. Immunopathology including amyloidosis 
6. Infectious diseases 
7. Neoplastic diseases 
8. Pathophysiology of common diseases
9. Laboratory tests for Liver function tests and kidney function tests

Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

1. Bio-pharmaceutics 
2. Bio-availability & Bio-equivalence
3. Bio-pharmaceutical statistics 

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Basic concepts and general principles

Human Anatomy and Physiology

1. Cell physiology 
2. The Blood 
3. Gastrointestinal tract 
4. Respiratory System 
5. Autonomic nervous system
6. Sense organs 
7. Skeletal System 
8. Central Nervous system 
9. Urinary System 
10. Endocrine Glands 
11. Reproductive System 
12. Cardiovascular system 13. Lymphatic system

Pharmaceutical Engineering

1. Fluid flow 
2. Heat transfer 
3. Evaporation
4. Distillation 
5. Drying
6. Size reduction and size separation 
7. Extraction 
8. Mixing 
9. Crystallisation 
10. Filtration and Centrifugation 
11. Dehumidification and humidity control 
12. Refrigeration and air conditioning 
13. Material of constructions 
14. Automated process control systems
15. Industrial hazards & safety precautions

Pharmaceutical Management

1. Introduction to management 
2. Planning and Forecasting 
3. Organization 
4. Research Management 
5. Inventory Management 
6. Communication 
7. Marketing Research 
8. Leadership and motivation 
9. Human resource and development (HRD)
10. GATT
11. World trade organization (WTO) and trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS) 
12. Standard institutions and regulatory authorities 

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence

Basic Concepts like historical background, relevant acts and rules

Dispensing and Hospital Pharmacy

1. Basic Concepts
2. Compounding and dispensing of certain prescriptions
3. Reading and counselling of prescriptions from the clinical practice

Sections

No. of Questions

Maximum Marks

Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Allied Subjects

38

152

Pharmaceutics and Allied Subjects

38

152

Pharmacognosy and Allied Subjects

10

40

Pharmacology and Allied Subjects

28

112

Other Subjects

11

44

TOTAL

125

500