GPAT 2023 exam will be conducted on 22 May 2023. The date for the well-known test is announced.
It is for students who wish to study MPharma courses in colleges located across India.
Full name of the exam is Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test and is conducted by NTA.
As per GPAT 2023 exam schedule, the test will be conducted in two shifts on the exam day.
The first shift will be from 9 am to 12 pm, as per the GPAT 2023 exam schedule.
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And, the second shift is from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, according to GPAT 2023 exam schedule.
Registration for GPAT 2023 went on from 13 February to 6 March 2023.
The examination fee could be paid till 11:50 pm on 6 March 2023.
The exam date for GPAT 2023 has been announced.
The dates for admit card download are yet to be made known.
Sources say the admit cards or the hall tickets for GPAT 2023 could be released in the second or third week of May 2023.
The dates for the release of hall tickets could be anywhere from 10 to 20 May 2023.
How to download hall ticket for GPAT 2023
The process to download a hall ticket for GPAT 2023 is online.
Candidates have to visit the official website to download the admit card.
URL to access the official website is ‘https://gpat.nta.nic.in/’
The above-mentioned URL must be typed into the browser.
The webpage must be allowed to download. Candidates can wait for that.
Once the webpage is available, candidates can click the link to download GPAT 2023 admit card.
After the link is clicked, applicants can enter their registration number and other required details and submit them.
Admit cards would be visible after the above details are submitted.
The hall ticket can be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken.
GPAT 2023 exam pattern
The exam will be conducted in online mode and answers have to be marked on a computer screen.
The duration to answer the questions is three hours or 180 minutes.
Questions in GPAT 2023 will be related to pharmaceutical chemistry and allied subjects.
There will also be questions about pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, pharmacology and other subjects.
Each correct reply will fetch 4 marks and every wrong reply loses 1 mark.
What happens after the exam?
Students have to pass GPAT with the required qualifying marks.
The required qualifying marks also known as the cutoff score are the minimum marks candidates have to earn.
These are the minimum marks required to be scored to be eligible for the next phase of admission.
The marks of the candidates in the exam must either be greater than the cutoff score or equal to it.
Those who have the required qualifying marks in GPAT can apply for the further process.
The process further involves counselling.
Students must remember that National Testing Agency (NTA) only conducts GPAT.
It has no role in the admission process.
Candidates who have passed GPAT can visit the websites of the participating institutions and apply for admission separately.
They have to submit the GPAT scores while applying for admission.
Those who get a seat can pay the fees and then join the classes.
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