GPAT 2021 Exam Analysis: Know the difficulty level, questions asked per section
Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2025 ( GPAT )
GPAT 2021 candidates’ reactions on the exam were found to be in between moderate to tough as compared to previous year. NTA conducted GPAT 2021 on February 27, 2021.
GPAT 2021 exam for the admissions in to MPharm course. The national level exam was conducted on February 27, 2021 in two shifts, one from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and other from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The exam was a computer-based test. Shiksha went to one of the exam centre in Noida to get students' reaction and reviews of the exam and found that most of the candidates have termed the exam moderate to tough as compared to last year’s question paper.
According to the candidates there were 28 questions from each Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology and Chemistry. The Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics were the easiest section. Pharmaceutics section was divided in to two sections. Questions were basic in nature and were concept based. Basic conceptual question on the dosage forms and their bioavailability were asked from both pharmaceutics and pharmacology, respectively.
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What After GPAT 2021 Exam?
GPAT 2021 result is expected to be announced in the first week of March 2021 by the NTA. Candidates will be able to check the result on the official website of NTA by logging in to their accounts using name and roll number. NTA will also release the official answer key just before the GPAT 2021 result announcement. The answer key will help the candidates to assess an estimate of their score. If any candidate feels unsatisfied with any answer in the answer key, he/she can also challenge the answer key. In order to challenge the answer key candidates have to pay a fee of Rs 1,000 per question.
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