GPAT 2023 Live Updates (Shift 1 & 2); Answer Key, Question Paper Analysis, Expected Cutoffs

NTA is expected to soon release the official notification stating the GPAT result date and answer key solutions.

Yes, there are few colleges that will grant admission to candidates without the GPAT scores. However, the top MPharma colleges will not grant admission to candidates without GPAT. 

From May 22, it's been three days till today. It is expected that NTA will release the GPAT provisional answer key today at gpat.nta.nic.in. 

Yes, a candidate can challenge multiple answers. Please remember that you will have to pay INR 1000/- per question/answer to challenge the GPAT answer key. For example: if you challenge one answer, you will have to pay INR 1000/-. In case you challenge three answers, in this case, the GPAT challenge fee becomes INR 3000/-. 

GPAT answer key challenge fee is a non-refundable processing fee. Candidates can make fee payment through Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking/Paytm.

As per the NTA guidelines for the GPAT exam conducted last year, candidates were required to pay online a sum of INR 1000/- (One Thousand only) as a processing fee for each key challenged. It is expected that this year also the fee would remain the same. 

In the previous year, the EWS category cutoff was 122 marks. The GPAT expected cutoff for the EWS category can witness a surge of 10-12 marks more in comparison to the previous year.

The GPAT cutoff for the previous year for the OBC category stood at 120 marks. As the cutoff is expected to go higher this year, candidates belonging to the OBC category can expect the GPAT cutoff 2023 to be around 130 marks.

The GPAT merit comprises the candidate’s roll number, rank, NTA scores, and marks obtained in the entrance test. NTA publishes the GPAT merit list on the NTA-GPAT website.

Candidates who have been shortlisted on the merit list by NTA will be called for the counselling process by the participating institutes.

Candidates will be able to download GPAT 2023 answer key by following the steps mentioned as under:

• Click on the GPAT answer key download link mentioned on the homepage.

• Login to the application portal using the application number of GPAT and password/DOB

• The GPAT answer key PDF will be displayed on the screen and will mention the question id along with the correct answers.

• Candidates will also be able to download their response sheet

• Check the code-wise GPAT answer key 2023

• Match the answers marked in the GPAT exam from the answer key PDF with your response sheet

• Download the GPAT 2023 answer key for future reference

GPAT cutoff is announced along with the GPAT exam result. NTA releases the cutoff for the participating colleges who accept the GPAT score for admission to MPharma courses. 

There is no intimation about the release of the GPAT answer key by NTA yet. NTA will release the provisional answer key along with the further event schedule for the candidates who appeared for the exam. 

Solving GPAT mock tests will help in the revision of some unexplored and untouched topics. Candidates will be able to gauge their performance and analyse their speed to solve the question paper within the stipulated time. 

 The exam pattern usually contains details such as the time duration, language, whether the question paper is subjective or objective in nature, marking scheme and other parameters. Therefore, it is essential for exam preparation to get a clear understanding of the GPAT exam pattern. 

The GPAT 2023 exam held in shift two was termed to be of moderate difficulty level. Pharmaceutical chemistry was difficult to attempt. Whereas questions from topics such as pharmaceutics and pharmacology were easy.

The GPAT answer key will be released in PDF format. It will mention the correct solutions to the questions asked in the GPAT 2023 exam. 

1. Make a timetable
2. Make a list of all the essential topics 
3. Collate and practice the list of questions on medicines and pharmaceuticals 
4. Use sticky notes to create charts, graphs, diagrams, and tables, which they can then put in front of their study table
5. Solve GPAT question papers 

1. GPAT Cracker, Dr. Sanjar Alam and others
2. The Pearson Guide to GPAT and Other Entrance Examination in Pharmacy, Akaberi Shah Baser
3. GPAT: A Companion, Nazma N. Inamdar
4. Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form Design, Aulton
5. Biochemistry, Lehninger or By Satyanarayan

1. Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi
2. Panjab University, Chandigarh
3. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
4. Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
5. Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
6. Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research – [DIPSAR], New Delhi
7. Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy – [BVCOP], Kolhapur
8. IIT BHU - Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi

NTA to announce GPAT result 2023 date soon at the official website via an official notification. It is expected that the GPAT result will be announced in the second or third week of June 2023.

GPAT question paper and candidate response sheet will be released by NTA on the official website for candidates. 

Candidates can take a look at the GPAT memory-based questions:

1. pM indicators used in ??

2. Non-Newtonian viscometer

3. Travelers diarrhea treated with?

4. Which one of the following is not anti Tb drug ( streptomycin, gentamicin, isoniazid, clotrimazole )

5. What is Suture?

6. Avicel is also known as?

7. Carboxymethyl cellulose used in tablets?

8. Purpose of barometric leg in jet condenser?

Here are some of the memory-based questions from GPAT 2023 question paper:

Clotting factors activated by Vitamin K are....?

Identify the reaction order given (there may be the 2nd order equation)

Calculation of Css I.V…equation (from biopharmaceutics section)

Scavenger cell also called?

Graves disease causes?

Identify Alpha 1 blockers?

Characteristics of microemulsion are ...?

The TCPs will help the candidates to familiarise themselves with the computer-based mode of GPAT 2023 exam especially for those living in rural areas.

The questions from the Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology sections were easy. The language of the question was quite difficult to understand. 

GPAT number of questions

The overall difficulty level of GPAT 2023 in shift one was easy to moderate. GPAT exam in the second shift was also termed as easy to moderate difficulty level. 

• Aspirants will find out about the type of questions asked in the exam
• Candidates will be able to find out the weaknesses and strengths
• Candidates can practice on their speed to solve the GPAT question papers

• Login to the applicant portal, using 'application number and password' or 'application number and date of birth'

• Click on the link stating 'Display GPAT questions papers 2023'

• Verify GPAT 2023 question paper code and match the answers marked

• Download NTA GPAT question papers for future use

Candidates can calculate their GPAT rank using this formulae:

Raw marks equal to less than a particular aspirant divided by the total number of test-takers. 

No, it is mandatory to have a GPAT application number to log in to the admission portal at the NTA-GPAT website. Only registered candidates will be able to download GPAT scorecard.

GPAT Scorecard contains following information:

• Application number
• Candidate's name
• Mother's name
• Father's name
• Category
• Gender
• Person with Disability
• State of residence
• Date of birth
• Nationality
• Marks obtained in GPAT 2023
• Maximum marks
• NTA score
• All India Rank
• Validity of scorecard
• Category-wise cutoff qualifying scores
• Other important information by NTA

The fee to raise the challenge against the GPAT answer key was INR 200 per question till last year. In 2023, the fee to raise the challenge will be mentioned in the notification to be released by NTA. 

Candidates are required to log in using the application number and password or date of birth to download the GPAT answer key. 

The candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or equivalent from a recognised university. The candidate must be a citizen of India. 

Candidates are required to log in to the NTA-GPAT admission portal using their application number and date of birth along with the security pin in order to download GPAT scorecard. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will also release the official GPAT 2023 answer key in online mode at gpat.nta.nic.in. A direct link to download the GPAT answer key PDF 2023 will be provided soon,

GPAT exam is conducted for admission to MPharma or equivalent courses. The GPAT scores are accepted by 800 participating institutes and all the AICTE approved top institutions and universities.

Top colleges acepting GPAT scores are:
1. Jamia Hamdard New Delhi
2. NIPER (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research), Mohali
3. BITS Pilani
4. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
5. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
6. Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
7. Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, New Delhi
8. Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
9. Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune
10. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

NTA releases GPAT result in the form of scorecards which can be downloaded in PDF format. Candidates have to visit the official website to download the GPAT scorecard.

No, NTA will not refund any fee if the candidates wishes to raise objection against the GPAT provisional answer key. 

Yes, NTA charges minimal fee to raise objection per question. Candidates can challenge the GPAT provisional answer key by paying a minimal amount at the admission portal.

NTA releases provisional answer key to maintain the transparency in the process. The GPAT provisional answer key contains the answers evaluated by the experts at NTA. When NTA releases candidates’ response sheet along with the GPAT provisional answer key then they are open to raise objections or challenge the answer key. After evaluating the objections, NTA release the final answer key at the official website.

Follow the steps mentioned below to raise objection against the provisional answer key:

Login to the GPAT 2023 website.

Click on ‘View Question Paper’ for marked responses and to view or challenge the Answer keys, click on the link ‘Click to view /Challenge Answer Key’.

The ID next to the question under the column „Correct Option(s)‟ stands for the correct Answer Key to be used by NTA. The Dropped Questions are highlighted and not for the challenge.

To challenge this option, you may use any one or more of the Option IDs given in the next four columns by clicking the check box.

After clicking your desired option, scroll down, „Save your Claims‟ and move to the next screen.

You will see a display of all the Option IDs you have challenged.

Upload supporting documents which you can select ‘Choose File’ and upload. All documents are to be put in a single PDF file.

Click on ‘Save your Claims and pay the fee’ or in case to modify the claims, click on ‘Modify your Claims’.

GPAT result will be announced tentatively in the thir week of June 2023. Candidates will be able to download GPAT result from the official NTA-GPAT website.

Candidates can check GPAT memory-based question paper which is available in PDF format by clicking on the direct link provided on this page.

Around 40 questions were asked from Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacognosy section.

There are 125 objective-type questions in the GPAT exam. Candidates have to choose one best responses among the 4 responses given in the question paper.  

GPAT counselling will be conducted by individual participating institutes after the announcement of the GPAT result in the second week of June 2023. NTA has already issued guidelines to the participating colleges and institutes to use scores obtained by the students for allotment of seats in MPharma courses.

GPAT Preparation starts with a thorough understanding of GPAT exam pattern and GPAT syllabus. GPAT Syllabus consists of a total of 19 subjects which are further divided into various sub topics. 

NTA has not released any official statistics regarding the number of candidates who appeared for the GPAT exam in 2023. It is expected that approximately 50,000 candidates appeared for the national-level MPharma entrance exam on May 22, 2023. 

As per the GPAT exam analysis 2023, the exam difficulty level was easy to moderate. Based on the expert analysis and student reaction received after the exam on May 22, it is expected that the GPAT cutoff 2023 will tentatively be 160+ for General category. 

NTA is responsible for releasing GPAT cutoff and merit list at the official website, gpat.nta.nic.in. The GPAT cutoff will also be released by the participating institutes that accept GPAT scores. 

GPAT answer key 2023 will be released along with the final result. Candidates must note that the GPAT provisional answer key is released along with the GPAT response sheet and the final answer key is released after the GPAT objection raising window closes. 

Candidates can read the detailed GPAT exam analysis by clicking on the direct link provided below:

GPAT Exam Analysis 2023 - CLICK HERE

NTA is expected to release GPAT provisional answer key in the first week of June. However, unofficial answer key has been released by several top coaching institutes that will help students gauge their performance in the exam.   

NTA releases 'Response sheet' after releasing the provisional answer sheet to facilitate candidates to raise objections. A GPAT response sheet is an online copy of students' responses. 

GPAT 2023 unofficial answer key is available in PDF format. Students can check the GPAT answer key released by the experts through the direct link provided on this page. 

After the GPAT 2023 result announcement, if in any case, two or more candidates score equal marks then a tie will be considered. The following in descending order will decide the final result:

• Marks Obtained in Pharmaceutics
• Marks obtained in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Candidates having fewer negative responses in the paper
• Candidates older in age

NTA will announce the merit list right after the GPAT 2023 result declaration. The merit list mentions the overall rank at the All India level, independent of the candidate’s category. The merit list will be announced on the official NTA-GPAT website. 

NTA will provide GPAT result in the form of a scorecard. Details Printed on GPAT 2023 Scorecard are:

• Name of the candidate 
• Roll number of the candidate
• Category
• Application number
• Total score
• Score in percentile
• Validity of scorecard
• All India Rank
• Qualifying status

Popular MPharma specialisation that candidates pursue after taking admission to top colleges are:

• MPharma in Industrial Pharmacy
• MPharma in Pharmaceutics (Drug Regulatory Affairs)
• MPharma in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• MPharma in Pharmacognosy
• MPharma in Pharmacology

Considering the exam was of easy to moderate difficulty level, the GPAT 2023 cutoff is likely to be around 160, based on last year's data. Last year, the GPAT cutoff was 148 (General category); 120 (OBC category); 94 (SC category); 75 (ST category); 122 (EWS category).

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release GPAT 2023 cut-off after releasing the GPAT 2023 result. The cut-off will be determined by a variety of factors, including the number of candidates, seats available, marking method, and difficulty level. 

The GPAT exam counselling is not administered by NTA. Individual colleges conduct counselling for admission to MPharma programme. Candidates are advised to keep checking the individual websites for their targeted MPharma college. 

In addition to application-based questions, 30-35 questions were conceptual-based. Aspirants found Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology section easy to attempt. 

Candidates share that the chemistry section is difficult to attempt. The overall exam was termed as moderate to easy. Questions were mostly easy and a few were tricky to understand. 

Candidates have shared the initial impressions of the GPAT 2023 exam conducted in slot 2. Akin to exam conducted in slot 1, the GPAT exam was of easy to moderate difficulty level. 

GPAT 2023 exam for the second shift concludes at 5:30 PM. Candidates will soon be coming out of the examination hall after completing the exam formalities. 

The GPAT final answer key will be released along with the result by NTA. Candidates will be able to download the official answer key from the exam portal. 

GPAT exam for the second shift to conclude in another 30 minutes. The next important event is GPAT answer key which will be released soon by NTA. 

NTA will declare the GPAT 2023 result at the official NTA-GPAT website, gpat.nta.nic.in tentatively in the last week of May 2023. No official date has been announced yet. 

Candidates can refer to the below steps to check their GPAT 2023 answer key:

• Visit the official website of GPAT 2023 – gpat.nta.nic.in 

• Click on the link indicating Answer Key/Recorded Response

• Login with the Application Number and Password or Date of Birth

• Enter Security Pin

• Click on ‘View Question Paper’

• Check GPAT 2023 answer keys and match them with your Response Sheets

GPAT answer key (provisional) 2023 will be released 2-3 days after the GPAT exam concludes on May 22, 2023.

National Testing Agency NTA the exam conducting body of GPAT exam decides and release the GPAT 2023 exam pattern. 

Find out the GPAT exam analysis based on the difficulty level of each section:

GPAT 2023 exam duration has reached the approximate halfway mark. Another 110 minutes are left for candidates to complete and submit the paper. 

GPAT 2023 the language of the questions was tricky to understand for the candidates. Waiting for the student reaction of the candidates who are appearing for the second slot exam. 

There are 5 five sections in GPAT 2023 exam namely Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Allied Subjects, Pharmaceutics & Allied Subjects, Pharmacognosy & Allied Subjects, Pharmacology & Allied Subjects, and other subjects.

GPAT previous year's GPAT cut-off (2022) as provided below:

Here is a list of top pharmacy colleges of India who accept GPAT scores:

1. NIPER HYDERABAD
2. NIPER Hajipur
3. Jamia Hamdard
4. University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
5. L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad

Indirect questions were asked and question based on chemica reaction and process were quite tricky and time consuming. 

GPAT 2023 second slot exam begins at 2:30 pm and concludes at 5:30 pm in online mode at the designated test centres across 110 exam cities. 

On May 22, for shift one, the overall difficulty level of the exam was moderate to easy. The GPAT question pattern was easy compared to the question paper of last year. 

GPAT 2023 second slot exam will begin on 2:30 pm and will conclude at 5:30 pm in online mode at the test centres.

For the second slot candidates, its time to rush to the GPAT exam centre. The gate closing time is 2PM. 

No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination centre, on a Date and time other than that allotted to them in their GPAT Admit Card.

Candidates for the slot 2 exam have started approaching the GPAT 2023 exam centre. The MPharma entrance exam is set to begin at 2:30 PM.  

There were 30-35 questions that were easy while some were conceptual. Overall GPAT exam was of moderate difficulty level. 

No change in the GPAT exam pattern was reported this year. The question paper was based on the guidelines issued by NTA. there were no end-moment surprises for the candidates. 

Candidates who attempted the exam a second time have shared that the GPAT 2023 exam is easy compared to the previous year. 

GPAT 2023 cutoff is expected to go higher this year with the morning slot aspirants reporting the exam to be of easy to moderate difficulty level. Let's see what the second-shift students have to say about the exam. The overall cutoff will depend upon the exam being conducted in both the shifts. 

GPAT 2023 was overall and easy to medium difficulty level exam. No change in the exam pattern was reported. The Pharmaceutical Chemistry section is reported to be the most difficult one among the other sections. The Pharmaceutics section was the easiest one. The question based on the reaction and its process were difficult to attempt. 

GPAT 2023 exam was conducted for a duration of 180 minutes. Candidates had to solve 125 objective-type questions (MCQs). A good number of questions were asked from Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacognosy section. 

As GPAT 2023 exam concludes at 12 pm The post-exam formalities have been discharged by the candidates such as handing over the rough sheets and picking the essential belonging from the centre. Now candidates can be seen coming out of the exam discussing about paper. 

GPAT 2023 Centre

GPAT exam for the morning slot which began at 9:00 AM has concluded at 12:00 PM. Parents can be seen eagerly waiting for the candidates at the GPAT test centre. The students for the second slot of GPAT exam will prep up to appear for the exam. The reporting time for the second slot is 1:30 PM. 

NTA has assured the candidates that for rough work such as calculations/writing work rough sheet will be provided at the Centre in the examination Room/Hall and on completion of the test candidates must hand over the rough sheets to the invigilator on duty in the Room/Hall. 

Candidates can follow these tips to answer the MCQs in the GPAT 2023 exam. These tips have been shared by the NTA in the official exam bulletin:

1. To select the option(s), click on the corresponding button(s) of the option(s)
2. To deselect the chosen answer, click on the button of the chosen option again or click on the “Clear Response” button.
3. To save the answer, the candidate MUST click on the “Next” button.
4. To mark the question for review (without answering it), click on the “Flag” button

1. The candidate must show, on demand, the Admit Card for entry into the examination room/hall.
2. The candidate should ensure that the question paper available on the computer is as per the opted Subject Code/ Discipline indicated in the Admit Card.
3. Candidates should take their seats immediately after the opening of the examination hall on their allotted seats. 
4. The candidate must sign and paste the photograph on the Attendance Sheet at the appropriate place