MDCAT 2015

MDCAT 2015 Past Paper with Answers (All Subjects)

83 MCQs from MDCAT 2015 in our bank, each with its correct answer and a solution. This is a recall-based collection gathered from students and past-paper books, not the complete official paper.

MDCAT 2015 by subject

Biology

1.Malate is oxidized by (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. ATP
  2. NADP to oxaloacetate in Krebs’s Cycle.
  3. NAD
  4. FAD
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Correct answer: (c) NAD

Malate dehydrogenase passes the hydrogen to NAD.

2.In electron transport chain, the electrons from NADH and FADH2 are passed to; (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Cytochrome a
  2. Cytochrome a3
  3. Co-enzyme c
  4. Co-enzyme Q
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Correct answer: (d) Co-enzyme Q

Both feed their electrons into coenzyme Q, which passes them along the chain.

3.Carriers of the respiratory chain are located on: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Matrix of mitochondria
  2. Outer membrane of mitochondria
  3. Inner membrane of mitochondria
  4. Cytoplasmic matrix
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Correct answer: (c) Inner membrane of mitochondria

The carriers sit in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

4.Monosaccharides are major components of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. DNA, ATP, Ribulose bisphosphate and Cysteine
  2. DNA, NAD and Insulin
  3. DNA, NADP, ATP and Ribulose bisphosphate
  4. DNA, RNA and Myosin
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Correct answer: (c) DNA, NADP, ATP and Ribulose bisphosphate

Ribose and deoxyribose are the sugars of the nucleic acids, of ATP and of ribulose bisphosphate.

5.Which one of the following is an example of unsaturated fatty acid? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Butyric Acid
  2. Oleic Acid
  3. Palmitic Acid
  4. Acetic Acid
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Correct answer: (b) Oleic Acid

Oleic acid has a double bond in its chain; the others are saturated.

6.Fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane states that protein molecules float in a fluid layer. (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Galactose
  2. Phospholipids
  3. Glucose
  4. Carbohydrate
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Correct answer: (b) Phospholipids

The proteins float in a bilayer of phospholipid, which is what makes the model a fluid mosaic.

7.Blood group antigen contains: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Glycoproteins
  2. Phospholipids
  3. Glycolipids
  4. Sphingolipids
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Correct answer: (a) Glycoproteins

The A and B antigens are the sugar chains of glycoproteins on the red cell surface.

8.How many triplets of microtubules are present in centriole? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Ten
  2. Eight
  3. Nine
  4. Seven
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Correct answer: (c) Nine

A centriole is nine triplets of microtubules.

9.Ribosomes are tiny organisms, which are involved in the synthesis of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Protein
  2. RNA
  3. Nucleus
  4. Nuclosome
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Correct answer: (a) Protein

Ribosomes are where protein is made.

10.Which organelle is bounded by two membranes? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Ribosome
  2. Mitochondria
  3. Lysosome
  4. Nucleolus
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Correct answer: (b) Mitochondria

A mitochondrion has an outer membrane and a folded inner one.

11.At the beginning of nuclear division, the number of microtubule triplets in two pairs of centrioles that migrate to opposite poles are: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 108
  4. 36
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Correct answer: (d) 36

Each centriole is nine triplets, and two pairs make four centrioles, that is thirty-six triplets.

12.During maternal mitosis, non-disjunction of autosomal chromosome pair results in the formation of an egg having 24 chromosomes in: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
  2. Down’s Syndrome
  3. Turner’s Syndrome
  4. Jacob’s Syndrome
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Correct answer: (b) Down’s Syndrome

An egg with an extra chromosome 21 gives a child with three of them.

13.Typical symptoms like enlarged breasts and small testis in male are attributed to: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Down’s Syndrome
  2. Turner’s Syndrome
  3. Klinefelter’s Syndrome
  4. Phenylketonuria
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Correct answer: (c) Klinefelter’s Syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome is XXY, with an extra X in the male.

14.Turner’s syndrome is characterized by having: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Trisomy 21
  2. 44 + XXY
  3. Trisomy 18
  4. 44 + XO
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Correct answer: (d) 44 + XO

Turner syndrome is a single X with no partner.

15.Number of pairs of autosomes in humans in: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 23
  2. 24
  3. 21
  4. 22
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Correct answer: (d) 22

Of the twenty-three pairs, twenty-two are autosomes and one is the sex pair.

16.Neurotransmitter secreted at synapse outside the central nervous system is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Dopamine
  2. Polypeptide
  3. Androgen
  4. Acetylcholine
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Correct answer: (d) Acetylcholine

Acetylcholine is the transmitter of the neuromuscular junction and the autonomic ganglia.

17.Conduction of action potentials from one mode of Ranvier to another in myelinated neurons is through: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Hyperpolarization
  2. Resting Membrane Potential
  3. Depolarization
  4. Saltatory Conduction
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Correct answer: (d) Saltatory Conduction

The impulse leaps from node to node, which is saltatory conduction.

18.Some enzymes require helper which is non-protein part for its efficient functioning that is called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Accelerator
  2. Cofactor
  3. Prosthetic group
  4. Apoenzyme
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Correct answer: (b) Cofactor

A non-protein part an enzyme needs is a cofactor.

19.Which molecular structure of enzyme is essential for activity of enzyme? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Primary Structure
  2. Quaternary Structure
  3. Secondary Structure
  4. Tertiary Structure
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Correct answer: (d) Tertiary Structure

The folded tertiary shape is what makes the active site, so activity depends on it.

20.Pepsin, protein digesting enzymes, sets best pH: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 3.00
  2. 4.50
  3. 2.00
  4. 6.00
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Correct answer: (c) 2.00

Pepsin works in the acid of the stomach, at about pH 2.

21.Which one of the following is an example of competitive inhibitor? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Glucose
  2. Fumerate
  3. Succinic Acid
  4. Melonate
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Correct answer: (d) Melonate

Malonate resembles succinate closely enough to occupy the active site of the dehydrogenase.

22.From evolutionary point of view, which respiratory protein is common in many organisms? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Cytochrome a
  2. Cytochrome b
  3. Cytochrome c
  4. Cytochrome d
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Correct answer: (c) Cytochrome c

Cytochrome c is found in almost every aerobic organism, and its sequence traces their relationships.

23.In human testis, which structure is responsible for carrying sperm from inside the testis? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Seminiferous tubules
  2. Urinogenital duct
  3. Seminal Vesicles
  4. Vasa efferentia
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Correct answer: (d) Vasa efferentia

The vasa efferentia carry the sperms from the testis to the epididymis.

24.In which part of female reproductive system fertilization takes place? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Proximal part of oviduct
  2. Uterus
  3. Placenta
  4. Vagina PLSPOT 18 of 20
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Correct answer: (a) Proximal part of oviduct

Fertilization happens in the upper third of the oviduct.

25.In females, FSH stimulates the ovary to produce: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Progesterone
  2. Lactin
  3. Oestrogen
  4. Oxytocin
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Correct answer: (c) Oestrogen

FSH ripens the follicle, and the growing follicle secretes oestrogen.

26.In which phase of human female menstrual cycle, endometrium prepares for the implantation of embryo? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Proliferative phase
  2. Menstrual phase
  3. Secretory phase
  4. Ovulation phase
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Correct answer: (c) Secretory phase

In the secretory phase progesterone thickens the lining and fills its glands.

27.Ejection of milk from mammary glands is under the control of which one of the following hormones? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Androgen
  2. Oxytocin
  3. Progesterone
  4. Estrogen
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Correct answer: (b) Oxytocin

Oxytocin contracts the muscle round the milk ducts and lets the milk down.

28.Syphilis, sexually transmitted disease is caused by: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. HIV
  2. Treponema pallidum
  3. Neisseria gonorhoeae
  4. Type ‘2’ virus
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Correct answer: (b) Treponema pallidum

Syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum.

29.The total number of cervical and thoracic vertebrate in human vertebral column is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 7
  2. 19
  3. 14
  4. 33
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Correct answer: (b) 19

Seven cervical and twelve thoracic vertebrae make nineteen.

30.A sarcomere is the region of a myofibril between two successive: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. M-lines
  2. Z-lines
  3. I-bands
  4. T-tubules
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Correct answer: (b) Z-lines

A sarcomere runs from one Z line to the next.

31.The sarcolemma of muscle fibre folds inwards and forms a system of tubes which runs through the sarcoplasm called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Myofilaments
  2. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
  3. Z-lines
  4. Transverse tubules
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Correct answer: (d) Transverse tubules

The infoldings of the sarcolemma are the transverse, or T, tubules.

32.According to sliding filament theory, when muscle fibers are stimulated by nervous system, which of the following changes occurs? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. I-bands shorten
  2. H-zone becomes more visible
  3. Z-lines move further apart
  4. A-bands shorten
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Correct answer: (a) I-bands shorten

The thin filaments slide in, so the I band and the H zone narrow while the A band holds its length.

33.If lactic acid build up in thigh muscles, it causes muscle tiredness and pain. This condition is called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Muscle Fatigue
  2. Tetany
  3. Cramps
  4. Oxygen debt in muscles
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Correct answer: (a) Muscle Fatigue

Lactic acid built up in a working muscle brings on muscle fatigue.

34.Human skin colour is a good example of? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Sex-linked inheritance
  2. Polygenic inheritance
  3. x-linked inheritance
  4. y-linked inheritance
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Correct answer: (b) Polygenic inheritance

Skin colour is set by several genes together, which is polygenic inheritance.

35.ABO blood system is an example of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Polygenes
  2. Multiple genes
  3. Multiple Alleles
  4. Multiple Mutation www.PakLearningSpot.com
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Correct answer: (c) Multiple Alleles

The ABO system has three alleles, of which each person carries two.

36.X-linked recessive trait is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Hypophosphatemia
  2. Vitamin-D resistant rickets
  3. Haemophilia
  4. Diabetes Mellitus
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Correct answer: (c) Haemophilia

Haemophilia is carried on the X chromosome and is recessive.

37.Right atrium is separated from right ventricle by: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Bicuspid Valve
  2. Semilunar Valve
  3. Tricuspid Valve
  4. Interatrial Septum
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Correct answer: (c) Tricuspid Valve

The tricuspid valve guards the right atrioventricular opening.

38.The flaps of tricuspid valves are attached to muscular extensions of right ventricle known as: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Smooth Muscles
  2. Papillary Muscles
  3. Intercostal Muscles
  4. Skeletal Muscles
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Correct answer: (b) Papillary Muscles

The chordae tendineae run from the papillary muscles to the cusps.

39.One complete heart beat consists of one systole and one diastole and lasts for about: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 0.8 sec
  2. 0.2 sec
  3. 0.4 sec
  4. 0.5 sec
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Correct answer: (a) 0.8 sec

At seventy-five beats a minute one cycle lasts $0.8\,\mathrm{s}$.

40.The heart beat cycle starts when electric impulses are generated from; (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. AV Node
  2. SV Node
  3. SA Node
  4. PQ Node www.PakLearningSpot.com
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Correct answer: (c) SA Node

The sinoatrial node is the pacemaker.

41.In response, β-cells produce plasma cells that synthesize antibodies and release in blood plasma and tissue fluid. (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Cell-Mediated
  2. Hormonal
  3. Humoral
  4. Phototactic
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Correct answer: (c) Humoral

Antibodies released into the body fluids carry the humoral response.

42.B-lymphocytes are named due to their relationship with: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Blood
  2. Bursa of Fabricius
  3. Bone Marrow
  4. Bile Duct
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Correct answer: (b) Bursa of Fabricius

B cells were first found maturing in the bursa of Fabricius of the bird.

43.Response of body against the transplanted organ is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Homeostatic Response
  2. Behavioral Response
  3. Primary Response
  4. Cell-mediated Response
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Correct answer: (d) Cell-mediated Response

The graft is attacked by T lymphocytes, so the rejection is cell mediated.

44.The hormone which inhibits the secretion of pancreatic juice is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Secretin
  2. Gastrin
  3. Thyroxine
  4. Parathormone
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Correct answer: (a) Secretin

Secretin calls out the alkaline pancreatic juice but damps down the enzyme secretion of the gastric glands.

45.Trypsinogen is activated to trypsin by: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. HCl
  2. Enterokinase
  3. Mucus
  4. Gastrin
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Correct answer: (b) Enterokinase

Enterokinase of the intestinal juice converts trypsinogen into trypsin.

46.The emulsification of fats is the role of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Saliva
  2. Pancreatic juice
  3. Gastrin
  4. Bile www.PakLearningSpot.com UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, LAHORE Entrance Test – 2015 PakLearningSpot.com
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Correct answer: (d) Bile www.PakLearningSpot.com UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, LAHORE Entrance Test – 2015 PakLearningSpot.com

Bile salts break the fat into a fine emulsion for the lipase.

47.Those nephrons which are present along the border of the cortex and medulla are called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Juxtamedullary nephrons
  2. Cortical nephrons
  3. Internal nephrons
  4. Outer nephrons
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Correct answer: (a) Juxtamedullary nephrons

The juxtamedullary nephrons sit at the border and send their long loops into the medulla.

48.When water is in short supply, increased water retention occurs through the: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Cortical nephrons
  2. Proximal Convoluted Tubule
  3. Juxtamedullary nephrons
  4. The tissue of cortex
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Correct answer: (c) Juxtamedullary nephrons

Only their long loops can build the gradient that lets water be drawn back.

49.In nephrons, counter-current multiplier occurs at: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Loop of Henle
  2. Collecting Duct
  3. Bowman’s Capsule
  4. Glomerulus
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Correct answer: (a) Loop of Henle

The two limbs of the loop of Henle work against each other to multiply the gradient.

50.Ascending loop of Henle does not allow outflow of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Na+ ions
  2. K ions
  3. Cl― ions +
  4. Water
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Correct answer: (d) Water

The ascending limb is impermeable to water; it pumps out salt instead.

51.A larger quantity of dilute urine is produced in diabetes insipidus. This disease is due to the deficiency of: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Antidiuretic Hormone
  2. Aldosterone
  3. Thyroxine
  4. Cortisol
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Correct answer: (a) Antidiuretic Hormone

Without antidiuretic hormone the collecting duct stays impermeable and a great deal of dilute urine is passed.

52.Water and sodium ions are reabsorbed in: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Urinary Bladder and Urethra
  2. Ureter
  3. Adrenal Cortex
  4. Proximal Convoluted Tubule & Collecting Duct
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Correct answer: (d) Proximal Convoluted Tubule & Collecting Duct

Most water and sodium return in the proximal tubule, and the rest under hormonal control in the collecting duct.

53.In cystic fibrosis, liposomes-microscopic vesicles are sued which are coated with: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Healthy Gene
  2. Chromosome
  3. Protein
  4. Carbohydrate
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Correct answer: (a) Healthy Gene

The liposome carries a healthy copy of the gene into the cells of the airway.

54.The DNA formed by the reverse transcription is called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. rDNA
  2. dDNA
  3. cDNA
  4. DNA
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Correct answer: (c) cDNA

DNA made from RNA by reverse transcriptase is complementary DNA.

55.Bacterial cells take up recombinant plasmids when they are treated with: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. CaCl2
  2. NaCl
  3. KCl
  4. NaOH
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Correct answer: (a) CaCl2

Calcium chloride makes the wall permeable so the plasmid can enter.

56.Which one of the following is made up of radioactively labelled nucleotides? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Phage DNA
  2. Genomic Library
  3. Recombinant DNA
  4. Gene Probe
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Correct answer: (d) Gene Probe

A gene probe is a labelled length of nucleic acid that pairs with the sequence sought.

57.A technique in transgenic animals in which desired gene is inserted into the eggs of animal is called: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Embryonic Stem Cell mediated Transfer
  2. Microinjection
  3. Retro-virus mediated gene Transfer
  4. Virus vectors
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Correct answer: (b) Microinjection

Injecting the gene straight into the egg is microinjection.

58.Which one of the following edible products is widely pasteurized? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Soft drinks
  2. Mango squash
  3. Milk
  4. Orange Juice
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Correct answer: (c) Milk

Milk is pasteurized to kill the pathogens without spoiling its taste.

Chemistry

59.10.0 grams of glucose are dissolved in water to make 100 cm3 of its solution, its molarity is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. 0.55
  2. 0.1
  3. 10
  4. 1
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Correct answer: (a) 0.55

$10.0/180$ is $0.0555$ mole in $0.1\,\mathrm{dm^3}$, that is about $0.55\,\mathrm{M}$.

60.Given solution contains 16.0 g of CH3OH, 92.0 g of C2H5OH and 36 g of water. Which statement about mole fraction of the components is true? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Mole fraction of CH3OH is highest among all
  2. Mole fraction of C2H5OH and H2O is the same
  3. Mole fraction of CH3OH and C2H5OH is same components
  4. Mole fraction of H2O is the lowest among all
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Correct answer: (b) Mole fraction of C2H5OH and H2O is the same

The amounts are $0.5$, $2$ and $2$ moles, so ethanol and water share the same mole fraction.

61.Which one of the following is the correct presentation for Ksp? AgCl Ag+ + Cl― [AgCl] (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Ksp = [Ag +1
  2. Ksp = [Ag+1] [Cl-1] +1 -1 ] [Cl ] [AgCl]
  3. Ksp = -1 [Ag ] [Cl ]
  4. Ksp = [AgCl] ENGLISH
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Correct answer: (b) Ksp = [Ag+1] [Cl-1] +1 -1 ] [Cl ] [AgCl]

The solubility product is the product of the ionic concentrations; the solid does not appear in it.

62.Standard enthalpy of combustion of graphite at 25 oC is –393.51 kJ mol-1 and that of diamond is –395.41 kJ mol-1. The enthalpy change for graphite is: (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. – 1.91
  2. +2.1
  3. –2.1
  4. +1.91
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Correct answer: (d) +1.91

Subtracting the two combustion enthalpies leaves $+1.91\,\mathrm{kJ\,mol^{-1}}$ for graphite turning to diamond.

63.Keeping in mind the electrode potential, which one of the following reactions is feasible? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Zn+2 + Cu Cu+2 + Zn
  2. Zn + MgSO4
  3. Fe + CuSO4 ZnSO4 + Mg FeSO4 + Cu
  4. Cd + MgSO4 CdSO4 + Mg
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Correct answer: (c) Fe + CuSO4 ZnSO4 + Mg FeSO4 + Cu

Iron stands above copper in the series, so it displaces copper from the sulphate.

64.Which one of the following is NOT able to denature the ethanol? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Methanol
  2. Lactic acid
  3. Pyridine
  4. Acetone www.PakLearningSpot.com
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Correct answer: (b) Lactic acid

Denaturing means adding something poisonous or foul; lactic acid is neither.

65.How will you distinguish between methanol and ethanol? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. By Lucas test
  2. By silver mirror test
  3. By oxidation
  4. By Iodoform test
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Correct answer: (d) By Iodoform test

Ethanol has the $\mathrm{CH_3CH(OH)}$ grouping and gives iodoform; methanol does not.

66.To produce absolute alcohol (100%) from rectified spirit (95.6% alcohol), the remaining 4.4% water must be removed by a drying agent such as (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Calcium oxide
  2. Calcium chloride
  3. Calcium carbonate
  4. Carbon monoxide
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Correct answer: (a) Calcium oxide

Quicklime takes up the last of the water and leaves absolute alcohol.

67.Which one of the following was used as one of the earliest antiseptic and disinfectant? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Phenol
  2. Ether
  3. Ethanol
  4. Methanol
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Correct answer: (a) Phenol

Phenol was Lister’s antiseptic, the first used in surgery.

68.Both aldehydes and ketones are planer to the neighborhoods of carbonyl (C=O) group. Which one of the following bonds is distorted towards the oxygen atoms? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. π-bond of C and O
  2. Sigma bond of C and H
  3. Sigma bond of C and O
  4. Sigma bond of C and C
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Correct answer: (a) π-bond of C and O

Oxygen is the more electronegative, so the loose pi electrons of the double bond are drawn towards it.

69.Haemoglobin is a (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Genetic protein
  2. Building protein
  3. Transport protein
  4. Structural protein www.PakLearningSpot.com
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Correct answer: (c) Transport protein

Haemoglobin carries oxygen, so it is a transport protein.

70.Polymide is formed due to the condensation od hexane-dioic acid with (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Hexane-1,5-diamine
  2. Hexane-1,6-diamine
  3. Hexane-1,4-diamine
  4. Hexane-2,5-diamine
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Correct answer: (b) Hexane-1,6-diamine

Nylon-6,6 is adipic acid condensed with hexane-1,6-diamine.

71.Which one of the following is an example of co-polymer? (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Polyamide
  2. Polystyrene
  3. Polyvinyl acetate
  4. Polyvinyl chloride
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Correct answer: (a) Polyamide

A polyamide is built from two different monomers, so it is a copolymer.

English

72.In spite of all the torture, the police has failed to (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Convince
  2. Elicit
  3. Refuse
  4. Agree
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Correct answer: (b) Elicit

To elicit is to draw something out of somebody.

73.Youngsters who indulge in love affairs are usually (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Adjoined
  2. Addled
  3. Affinity
  4. Array in worldly manners. SPOT THE ERROR: In the following sentences, some segments of each sentence are underlined. Your task is to identify that underlined segment of the sentence, which contains the mistake that needs to be corrected. Fill the Circle corresponding to that letter under the segment in the MCQ Response From.
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Correct answer: (b) Addled

Addled means muddled or confused.

74.EMPATHY (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Understanding
  2. Animosity
  3. Friendship
  4. Sympathy PLSPOT 14 of 20
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Correct answer: (d) Sympathy PLSPOT 14 of 20

Empathy is entering into another’s feeling, and of these sympathy is the nearest.

75.FELICITY (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Boredom
  2. Business
  3. Happiness
  4. Relaxation
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Correct answer: (c) Happiness

Felicity is great happiness.

76.UNCANNY (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Exact
  2. Opposite
  3. Good
  4. Strange
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Correct answer: (d) Strange

Uncanny means strange in an unsettling way.

77.VIRULENT (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Progressive
  2. Harmful
  3. Healthy
  4. Positive
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Correct answer: (b) Harmful

Virulent means severely harmful or poisonous.

78.RAPT (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Trumpet
  2. Bewitched
  3. Rapid
  4. Rash
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Correct answer: (b) Bewitched

To be rapt is to be spellbound.

79.PEDAGOGY (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. The study of pediatrics
  2. The study of teaching methods
  3. The study of cultural heritage
  4. The study of pectoral muscle
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Correct answer: (b) The study of teaching methods

Pedagogy is the study of teaching.

80.INDICTMENT (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Humiliation
  2. Offended
  3. Accusation
  4. Invisible
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Correct answer: (c) Accusation

An indictment is a formal accusation.

81.MITIGATION (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Alleviation
  2. Classification
  3. Formidable
  4. Poisonous
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Correct answer: (a) Alleviation

To mitigate is to make less severe, that is to alleviate.

82.CONCERTED (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Strenuous
  2. Furious
  3. Curious
  4. Precious
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Correct answer: (a) Strenuous

A concerted effort is a strenuous, combined one.

83.ARCANE (UHS MDCAT 2015)

  1. Mysterious
  2. Furious
  3. Arid
  4. Clear BIOLOGY
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Correct answer: (a) Mysterious

Arcane means hidden or mysterious.

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