GPAT-2013 Pharmacy Exam Questions
GPAT-2013 Pharmacy Exam Questions
GPAT-2013
1. What is mechanism of aprotinin
(a) Inhibits Corboxypeptidase (b) Inhibits Plasminogen
(c) Inhibits plasmin (d) Inhibits plasminogen activator
3. A compound with an –OH group and –OR group bonded to the same carbon atom is………..
(a) An actal (b) A hemicacetal (c) A simple ether (d) An aldol
4. The reaction of Grignard reagent with aldehydes and ketones gives alcohols .
This is known as ………………
(a) NEcleophilic addition reaction (b) Necleophillic substitution reaction
(c) Electrophllic substitution reaction (d) Electrophilic addition reaction
7. Which of the following criteria should be considered when reviewing a medication for addition to
the hospital formulary
(a)The amount of samples provided to hospital physicians
(b)Research funds donated to the hospital by the pharmaceutical company
(c)National adverse drug reaction reports
(d)Whether is a gluten-free oral formulation
9. What in the reason of complicated penetration of some drugs through brain-blood barrier
(a)High lipid solubility of a drug
(b)High endocytosis degree in a brain capillary
(c)Absence of pores in the brain capillary endothelium
(d)Meningitis
11. The increase in concentration of second messengers (cAMP, cGMP, Ca2+ etc.) leads to:
(a) Inhibition of intracellular protein kinases and protein phosphorylation
(b) Protein kinases activation and protein phosphorylation
(c) blocking of interaction between a receptor and an effector
(d) Antagonism with endogenous legands
12. Which of the following cholinomimetics activates both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors
(a) Lobeline (b) Pilocarpine (c) Carbachol (d) Bethanechol
14. Following emigration from blood vesels, leucocyte migration to the site of infection or injury in
mediated by
(a) Bradykinin (b) Chemokines and Complements C5a
(c) Histamine (d) Prostaglandins
16. When the angle of repose exceeds…………… , the powder flow is rarely acceptable for
pharmaceutical manufacturing purpose
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 60
17. The chelate, EDTA4: can described as what type of chelating ligand
(a) Bidentate (b) Tetradentate (c) hexadentate (d) Tridentafe
18. Living cells are negatively charged inside primarily because of………………
(a)ATP, organic acids, and other negative molecules that cannot escape
(b)Removal of sodium ions, which are positively charged, by the Na+/K pump
(c)Extrusion of Ca2+ ion, which is much more concentrated outside a cell than inside
(d)Cell membranes that are more permeable to potassium than sodium
22. What is the osmolality of a solution if one mmole of glucose and two mmoles of NaCl are dissolved
in 1 kg of the water
(a) 3 mOsm (b) 4 mOsm (c) 5 mOsm (d) 6 mOsm
23. How much can be the working revolution per minute (RPM) of the ball mill
(a) 23-28 √D where D means the diameter of jar
(b) Two times more than the critical revolution per minute
(c) 42.3 √D (D=diameter of the jar)
(d) The average of critical RPM and the optional RPM
24. An extension of the normal pharmacological effects of a drug or its metabolite is termed as ………..
(a) Type A ADR (b) Type B ADR (c) Type C ADR (d) Type D ADR
26. Which of the following would cause increase in the binding strength at the dry granulation
process in significant degree
(a) Carboxymethylamylopectiglycolate (b) Macrogol 4000
(c) Magnesium Stearate (d) Lactose
28. Cyclohexanone exhibits only …………….. peaks in 13CNMR spectrum due to symmetry
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
29. If an organic compound does not absorb UV visible radiation it means compound does not contain
…………………
(a)Single bond (b)Sigma bond (c)Conjugated double bond (d)Dative bond
38. Which of the following is a selective medium for the growth of vibreochelerae
(a) Thayer martin medium (b) Cefoxitin cycloserine fructose agar
(c) Skirrow’s medium (d) Thiosulfate citratr bile surcrose agar
44. In adults, drugs are an important cause of Fanconi’s syndrome. Drugs that cause Fanconi’s
Syndrome include which group below . Select One
(a) Antiretroviral agents, aminoglycosides, glucocorticoids
(b) Tenofovir, outdated tetracycline, cisplatin
(c) Cidofovir, galactose supplements, NSAIDs
(d) Cyclosporin, Tenofovir, lamivudine
47. Drugs that show nonlinear pharmacokinetics have which of the following property
(a) A constant ratio of drug metabolites is formed as the administered dose increase.
(b) The elimination half – life increasing as the administered dose increase
(c) The area under the plasma drug concentration versus time curve increasing in direct
proportion to an increase in the administered dose.
(d) Both low and high doses follow first order elimination kinetics
(e) The steady state drug concentration increases in direct proportion to the dosing rate
48. Which of the following pair of volujmetric method of argentometric titration and indicator used is
matched correctly
(1) Fajan’s Method Chromate
(2) Mohr’s method Fluroescein
(3) Vohlard’s method Ferric salt
The method and indicator matches correctly in……………..
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 3 only (d) 2 only
Visit: www.pharmacyindia.org [email protected] Contact: 8006781759,8171313561
PHARMACY INDIA
Face it | Fight it | Achieve it
49. The reaction of the citric acid cycle that is most similar to the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
catalyzed conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA is the conversion of
(a) Citrate to isocitrate (b) Fumarate to malate
(c) Malate to oxaloacetate (d) α-ketogultarate to succinyl-CoA
50. Which one of the following pairs of lipids & related compounds exbibit opposite biological
activities
(a) 5-HPETE & leukotriene D4 (b) Cholic acid & Lithocholic acid
(c) Neuraminidase Inhibitors (d) Acetone & β-hydroxybutyprate
52. Palmitic, oleic or stearic acid ester of cholesterol used manufacture of cosmetic creams is………….
(a) Oleo oil (b) Lanoline (c) Spermaceti (d) Chaulmoogra oil
53. Appropriate reasons for the deviation form the beer’s law among the following are
(P) Mnonchromaticity of light (Q) Very high concentration of analyte
(R) Association of analyte (S) Dissociation of analyte
(a) P, Q AND R (b) Q, R, and S (c) P,R and S (d) P, Q and S
55. LeChatelier’s principle states that increasing temperature favors a reaction that………..
(a) Release energy as heat (b) Requires energy as heat
(c) Involves a chemical catalyst (d) Gluconeogenesis
56. In absorption spectrometry, high values of absorbance values (grater than 1 or 2) tend to give
poorer precision because
(a) Too much light saturates the detector (b) Little light reaches the detector
(c) Beer’s law deviations are worse (d) Monochromators work poorly under intense light
57. According to lipinskl’s rule of 5 , which of the following properties of drug molecules are likely to
cause poor oral absorption
(a) A molecular weight lesser than 500 (b) a log P less than 5
(c) Less than 5 hydrogen bond donors (d) More than 10 hydrogen bond accepters
58. Polarographic method of analysis to obtain indivisual amonuts of Cu2+ and Cd2+ in a given mixture
of the ions (Cu 2+ and Cd2+) is achieved by measuring their………..
(a) Half way potentials (b) Migration currents
Visit: www.pharmacyindia.org [email protected] Contact: 8006781759,8171313561
PHARMACY INDIA
Face it | Fight it | Achieve it
60. The positively polarized carbon atom of a carbonyl group acts as…………
(a) An electrophile and a lewis base (b) A nucleophile and a lewis acid
(c) A nucleophile and a lewis base (d) An electrophile and a lewis acid
64. Active site for all serine proteases consists of which triad
(a) Ser-Glu-Asp (b) Ser-Glu-Met (c) Ser-His-Asp (d) Ala-Glu-Met
66. Which drug is associated with hepatic/ renal toxic metabolite, N-acetyl-pbenzoquione
(a) Diclofenac (b) Meclofenamate (c) Indomethacin (d) Acetaminophen
67. What is the percentage of chlorpromazine (pKa = 9.3) exiting in ionized form in a solution of
chlorpromazine hydrochloride at pH 7.4
(a) 98.76 (b) 1.24 (c) 0.32 (d) 99.68
68. ……………. Is needed for suspensions, lotions, emulsions, creams and ointments to keeps a high
container consistency and yet pour and spread easily when neede (d)It also is satisfactory for
IM slow release yet easy to inject
(a) Thinxotropy (b) Rheopecty (c) Rheology (d) Newtonian flow
70. For first order reactions the rate constant, k, has the units as…………………
(a) Ms-1 (b) M-1 s-1 (c) M-2 s-1 (d) s-1
71. Which of the following may be used to assess the relative bioavailability of two chemically
equivalent drug product in a crossover study
(a) Dissolution test (b) Peak concentration
(c) Time-to-peak concentration (d) Area under the plasma level time curve
72. A 25.0 mL sample of a solution of a monoprotic acid is titrated with a 0.115 M NaOH solution the
titration curve shows equivalence point at 7.05. which of the following indicators would be best
for this titration
(a) Methyl red (b) Bromthymol blue (c) Thymol blue (d) Phenopltalein
76. Attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to proteins/ drugs do all of the following EXCEPT
(a)Protect them form rapid hydrolysis or degradation
(b)Improves micromole solubility
(c)Increases absorption form the gut
(d)Minimizing the uptake by the cells of the reticuloendothelial systems
80. Which of the following AT-II receptor antagonists (SARTANs) does not possess tetrazole moiety in
its structure
(a) Losartan (b) Irbesartan (c) Telmisartan (d) Valsartan
81. What useful information can be found from a Van Deemter plot
Visit: www.pharmacyindia.org [email protected] Contact: 8006781759,8171313561
PHARMACY INDIA
Face it | Fight it | Achieve it
(a) Optimum selectivity factor (b) Optimum mobile phase flow rate
(c) Optimum column temperature (d) The capacity factor
83. Drugs that have been found to be useful in one or more types of heart failure include all of the
following EXCEPT……………
(a) Na+/K+ ATPase inhibitors (b) α adrenoceptor agonitst
(c) β Adrenocepotor agonists and antagonists (d) ACE inhibitors
88. Aromatase is an enzyme complex that is the target for several anticancer drugs. Which of the
following anticancer drugs targets aromatase
(a) Cyptoteraone acetate (b) Reloxifene
(c) Aminoglutethimide (d) Testosterone propionate
89. Vinca alkaloids that are used in combination therapy to treat a variety of tumors. How to cancer
cells normally gain resistance to these agents
(a) Mutation of the target structure
(b) Overexpression of the carrier protein called P- glycoprotein
(c) Increased metabolism of the drug
(d) Decreased ability of the drug to enter target cells
90. A set of closely related genes of generic markers that are inherited as a single unit is
(a) Cistron (b) Gene families (c) Haplotype (d) Haploid
94. The LOD of an analysis is at the femtogram level. This corresponds to detection at the
(a) 1 in 10-18 level (b) 1 in 10-15 level (c) 1 in 10-12 level (d) 1 in 10-9 level
95. Which are those therapeutic systems, which liberate the active ingredient through a special hole,
prepared by laser
(a) TTS patches (b) IUD systems (c) OCUSERT systems (d) OROS systems
96. Which of following chromatographic technique is most suitable for small, nonvolatile water-
insoluble solutes
(a) GC (b) Reverse phase LC (c) Normal phase LC (d) SEC
100. The FDA allows a maximum of …………… salicylic acid in commercial aspirin tablets
(a)0.05 % (b) 0.1 % (c) 0.15% (d) 0.25 %
101. A phenolic acid compound isolated from the ripe fruits of myrobalan (karitaki)……………..
(a) Chebulic acid (b) Ferulic acid (c) Emblicanin (d) Pivalic acid
103. Endocrine effects of antipsychotic like chlorpromazine include all of the following EXCERT
(a) Decrease in adrencorticotrophins, Decrease in gonadotrophins
(b) Decrease in release of pituitary growth hormone
(c) Increase in prolactin secretion
(d) Decrease in thyroid hormone production
104. The most widely used agent for the treatment of acute gout arthritis is…………
(a) Indemethacin (b) Allopurinol (c) Colchicine (d) Probenecid
105. Which of the following actions of norepinephrine would be antagonized by prazosin but not by
propranolol .
(a) Increased heart rate (b) Mydriasis
(c) Relases of rennin (d) Glycogenolysis
108. The Vd for phenytoin is 70 L and half life is 1.5 hours. What is the total clearance of phenytoin
(a) 34.32 L/h (b) 32.34 L/h (c) 151.5 L/h (d) 51.51 L/h
109. For electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, which substituent possesses all of the
following properties ………………………
(1) Inductive electron withdrawer
(2) Electron donor by resonance
(3) Ring deactivator
(a)–Cl (b)–NO2 (c)–COCH3 (d)–OCH3
112. To balace intellectual property protection, competition and access to affordable prescription
drug, the act made by US government is
(a) Drug Price Competition act (b) Patent term Restroration act
Visit: www.pharmacyindia.org [email protected] Contact: 8006781759,8171313561
PHARMACY INDIA
Face it | Fight it | Achieve it
117. The agent that can only be given intravenously for heart failure is……………….
(a)Digoxin (b) Amiodarone (c) Quinidine (d) Dobutamine
118. A prescription order for an antibiotic preparation includes the directions ‘ii gtt AU q.i.d” what
auxiliary label should be affixed to the prescription order container
(a) Take with meals (b) For the eye (c) For rectal use (d) For the ear
119. Which one of the following amino acid residues is specifically recognized by chymotrypsin
during peptide bond cleavage
(a) Phe (b) Leu (c) Val (d) Asp
125. In which category of in vitro in vivo correlation the mean in vitro dissolution time is compared
either to the mean residence time of to the mean residence time or to the mean in vivo
dissolution time
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
Answer 2013
1-c 2-b 3-b 4-a 5-c 6-a 7-c 8-b 9-c 10-c
11-b 12-c 13-a 14-b 15-c 16-c 17-c 18-a 19-b 20-a
21-d 22-c 23-a 24-a 25-c 26-b 27-d 28-c 29-c 30-c
31-b 32-b 33-c 34-b 35-b 36-d 37-a 38-d 39-b 40-d
41-a 42-a 43-d 44-b 45-c 46-d 47-b 48-c 49-d 50-c
51-c 52-d 53-b 54-b 55-b 56-b 57-d 58-d 59-d 60-d
61-a 62-d 63-a 64-c 65-b 66-d 67-a 68-a 69-a 70-d
71-c 72-b 73-c 74-a 75-c 76-c 77-c 78-a 79-b 80-c
81-b 82-a 83-b 84-d 85-d 86-b 87-d 88-c 89-d 90-c
91-d 92-c 93-a 94-b 95-d 96-d 97-a 98-a 99-c 100-c
101-a 102-b 103-d 104-c 105-b 106-c 107-a 108-b 109-a 110-b
111-b 112-c 113-d 114-c 115-c 116-d 117-d 118-d 119-a 120-c
121-d 122-d 123-d 124-d 125-b