1.The protein coat of virus is called: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
- Capsid
- Cosmid
- Capsomere
- Chromophore
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Correct answer: (a) Capsid
The protein coat of a virus is its capsid.
151 MCQs from MDCAT 2019 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.
1.The protein coat of virus is called: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Capsid
The protein coat of a virus is its capsid.
2.Among followings, ______ enzyme is naturally found in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Reverse Transcriptase
Reverse transcriptase is carried in the virion and copies its RNA into DNA.
3.How many molecules of ATP would be utilized for phosphorylation of one glucose molecule during glycolysis? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Two
Two ATP are spent in phosphorylating the glucose before any is made.
4.Glycolysis takes place in the ______ of cells. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Cytoplasm
Glycolysis needs no organelle and goes on in the cytoplasm.
5.If water has a high latent heat of vaporization, how could this property of water be helpful to plants and animals? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) With the release of small amount of water vapours, a great amount of heat loss can take place.
A little sweat carries off a great deal of heat, which is what makes evaporation such an efficient coolant.
6.Starch is present in tubers, fruits, and grains but absent in animal cells. Instead, animals have a substance stored in liver and muscles known as: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Glycogen
Glycogen is the storage polysaccharide of liver and muscle.
7.Which is an example of a Disaccharide? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Lactose
Lactose is glucose joined to galactose.
8.The covalent bond or bridge between two monosaccharides to form a disaccharide is called a: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Glycosidic bond
The link between two sugar units is a glycosidic bond.
9.The structure of a fibrous protein comprises of polypeptide chains in the form of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Long strands or fibrils
A fibrous protein is drawn out into long strands, which is what makes it strong and insoluble.
10.In glycine, R is __________. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) H atom
Glycine is the simplest amino acid; its side chain is a single hydrogen atom.
11.Most proteins are made up of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 20 types of Amino acids
Twenty amino acids are coded for and make up almost all proteins.
12.Lipids contain double amount of energy as compared to the same amount of carbohydrates due to the presence of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Higher proportion of C-H
A fat is rich in carbon hydrogen bonds and poor in oxygen, so its oxidation yields more energy.
13.Sequence of amino acids, in a polypeptide chain of protein molecule, corresponds to the sequence of nucleotides on mRNA for that protein. If the reading frame of mRNA for a human protein is 993 nucleotides, including a stop codon at the end, how many amino acids would be incorporated in the polypeptide chain? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 330
$993/3$ is $331$ codons, of which the last is a stop, so $330$ amino acids.
14.The process in which a complementary copy of the code from a gene is produced by RNA Polymerase in the nucleus: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Transcription
Copying a gene into RNA is transcription.
15.Which one is an example of a Nucleotide? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) ATP
A nucleotide is a base, a sugar and a phosphate; ATP is adenosine with three phosphates.
16.If sequence in DNA is CCCTAGAG, then what would be the sequence in messenger RNA after transcription ? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) GGGAUCUC
RNA pairs G with C and A with U, so CCCTAGAG is transcribed as GGGAUCUC.
17.The nitrogen-containing bases in nucleotide are of two types; Purines and Pyrimidines. The purines bases are: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Adenine and Guanine
Adenine and guanine have the double ring of a purine; cytosine and thymine are pyrimidines.
18.As a result of replication, parental DNA would become completely dispersed and that each strand of all the daughter molecules would be a mixture of old and new DNA. This is called as: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Dispersive idea
The dispersive idea would have each daughter molecule a patchwork of old and new; replication is in fact semi-conservative.
19.Meselson and Stahl transferred few bacteria grown in N15 medium to N14 medium for replicating their DNA. What would be the result after two rounds of replication? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 50% hybrid duplex and 50% light duplex
Each strand of the heavy duplex serves as a template, so after two rounds half is hybrid and half is fully light.
20.Ester linkages occur in: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Nucleic acids
The sugar and phosphate of the backbone are joined by phosphodiester, that is ester, linkages.
21.If 15 um size object is observed under light microscope, using 5X eyepiece and 10X objective, its magnified image size will be: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) 750 um
The magnification is $5\times10=50$, and $15\times50$ is $750\,\mu\mathrm{m}$.
22.Passive processes for the movement of molecules across cell surface membrane are: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) facilitated diffusion and osmosis
Osmosis and facilitated diffusion both run down the gradient and cost no energy.
23.The structure present in a eukaryotic cell but absent in prokaryotic cells is; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Nucleus
A prokaryote has DNA, ribosomes and a membrane, but no nucleus.
24.The prokaryotes possess ribosome with larger subunit of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 50S
The prokaryotic ribosome is 70S, made of a 50S and a 30S subunit.
25.Among the following, which cellular organelle contains circular DNA, similar to those found in bacteria? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Mitochondria
Mitochondria carry a circular chromosome like a bacterium’s.
26.Site of mRNA translation (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Ribosomes
Translation happens on the ribosome.
27.Which cell organelle is responsible for protein modification? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Golgi body
The Golgi body trims, glycosylates and packages the proteins the reticulum sends it.
28.Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is responsible for the metabolism of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Lipids
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum makes and breaks down lipids and steroids.
29.The finger like infoldings, which are formed by inner membrane of mitochondria, are called: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Cristae
The infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane are the cristae.
30.Microtubule subunits (for spindle fibers) are synthesized in _______ phase. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) G2
The proteins for the spindle are made in G2, after replication and before division.
31.The phase of mitosis in which sister chromatids move towards opposite poles: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Anaphase
The sister chromatids are pulled apart at anaphase.
32.During the G2 phase: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Energy is stored for Chromosome movement and mitotic specific proteins(Tubulin) are produced
G2 is the gap in which the proteins of the spindle are made and energy is laid in for division.
33.If stimulation is above ______, impulses travel to the brain along the sensory neuron. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Threshold potential
A stimulus below the threshold sets off nothing; above it the impulse is full sized.
34.In an action potential, the permeability of sodium ions in the neurons increases due to; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) The opening of sodium channels/gates
The sodium gates open and sodium rushes in down its gradient.
35.The reflex action is the phenomena which only involves: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) receptors, effectors, and spinal cord
A spinal reflex needs only the receptor, the cord and the effector; the brain learns of it afterwards.
36.Acetylcholine and Noradrenaline are two types of ______ used in our nervous system: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Neurotransmitters
Both are neurotransmitters, acetylcholine in the parasympathetic and noradrenaline in the sympathetic system.
37.The main neurotransmitter for synapses is ______, which lie outside the central nervous system. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine is the transmitter of the neuromuscular junction and the autonomic ganglia.
38.The type of energy, reduced by the enzymes, for biological reactions to occur is called the: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Activation energy
An enzyme lowers the activation energy of the reaction.
39.An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid
Malonic acid resembles succinic acid closely enough to occupy the active site of the dehydrogenase.
40.A student of chemical engineering mistakenly engulfed the toxic compound “A” which was a potent inhibitor of a certain enzyme. He was immediately brought to a hospital where the doctor injected, intravenously, substrate “B” to minimize the toxic effect of Compound A. His life was saved from serious damage. The treatment method shows that compound A was a ______ inhibitor. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Competitive reversible
Flooding the enzyme with substrate displaced the inhibitor, which is the mark of competitive reversible inhibition.
41.Change in frequency of alleles that occurs by chance Is called as: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Genetic drift
Chance changes in allele frequency are genetic drift.
42.According to the theory of natural selection, organisms produce: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) More offspring than supported
More young are born than can survive, and it is among these that selection works.
43.During spermatogenesis, the __________, which are haploid cells eventually mature into spermatozoa/mature sperms: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Spermatids
The spermatids are the haploid cells that grow tails and become spermatozoa.
44.Which hormonal pair would maintain the endometrium and make it receptive for implantation of embryo? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Estrogen and Progesterone
Oestrogen builds the lining and progesterone holds it ready for the embryo.
45.Which of the following hormone stimulates the ovulation from the follicle into oviduct? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Luteinizing hormone
The surge of luteinizing hormone bursts the follicle and releases the ovum.
46.Inside ovary, primary oocyte divides through first meiotic division, forming two haploid cells, the secondary oocyte and: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Polar body
The first meiotic division is unequal: one large secondary oocyte and one small polar body.
47.Thin filaments of muscles contain _____ chains of actin molecules. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Two
The thin filament is two chains of actin monomers twisted round each other.
48.The thick filaments, in a myofibril of muscles, are made of ________. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Myosin
The thick filament is myosin.
49.The function of calcium ions in muscle contraction is to: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Bind to troponin molecule and cause them to move
Calcium binds troponin, which shifts the tropomyosin off the binding sites of actin.
50.Homozygous means: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) having two identical alleles of a gene.
Homozygous means the two alleles of the gene are alike.
51.A person was married to his cousin and both are heterozygous for Sickle Cell anemia. Among their four kids, what will be proportion of homozygotes? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 50%
The cross gives $1:2:1$, so half the children are homozygous, one way or the other.
52.Blood group AB is an example of __________ . (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Co-dominance
Both alleles are expressed, so both antigens appear on the cells.
53.If a carrier haemophilic female (XHXh) is married to a haemophilic male (XhY). What will be the ratio of presence of haemophilia in the children. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Carrier female 25%, haemophilic female 25%, normal male 25% and 25% haemophilic male
Half the daughters are carriers and half affected; half the sons are normal and half affected.
54.In which situation are genes, are not assorted independently, during meiosis in a chromosome? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) When genes are linked and their loci are close to each other
Genes close together on one chromosome are carried into the same gamete.
55.In genetics, the term locus refers to the ______ of the gene on the chromosome. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Position
The place a gene occupies on its chromosome is its locus.
56.Which of the following blood vessels contain semilunar valves? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Veins
Veins carry semilunar valves that stop the blood falling back.
57.The major function of basophils is to: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Release heparin to prevent blood clotting
Basophils release heparin, which keeps the blood from clotting, and histamine.
58.Now-a-days every newborn gets regular shots of vaccine for polio. It contains _________ for polio to make a child immune against this disease. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Antigens
A vaccine carries the antigen, and the body makes its own antibodies against it.
59.A person got an infection, he became ill but then he survived. What do you think which of immunity he would have developed? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Naturally induced active immunity
He made his own antibodies in answer to a natural infection, so the immunity is naturally acquired and active.
60.A disease caused by gradual breakdown of the thin walls of alveoli is; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Emphysema
Emphysema is the breakdown of the alveolar walls, which cuts the surface for gas exchange.
61.During inspiration, the space inside the chest cavity is increased due to: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) The contraction of the muscles of the diaphragm
The diaphragm contracts and flattens, which deepens the chest cavity.
62.Substances responsible for increasing the set point of the hypothalamus are called: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Pathogens
Pyrogens from the pathogens raise the setting of the hypothalamic thermostat, which is what a fever is.
63.The main nitrogenous excretory product of humans is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Urea
Humans convert their ammonia to urea in the liver.
64.The route of urine excretion from kidney to outside of body is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Kidney -> ureter -> urinary bladder -> urethra
Urine passes from the kidney down the ureter to the bladder and out through the urethra.
65.The Plasmid pBR322 has antibiotic resistance genes for: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Ampicillin and Tetracycline
pBR322 carries resistance to ampicillin and to tetracycline, which is how transformed cells are picked out.
66.Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Transgenic mice for testing safety of polio vaccine before use in humans
Transgenic mice carrying the human receptor are used to test the safety of the polio vaccine.
67.Which enzyme is administered to the patients of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease (SCID)? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Adenosine Deaminase (ADA)
Adenosine deaminase is the enzyme missing in ADA-SCID, and it is given by injection or by gene therapy.
68.Complementary DNA molecule is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) DNA from mRNA
Complementary DNA is made from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase, so it carries no introns.
69.DNA polymerase enzyme for PCR is isolated from bacteria, Thermus aquaticus, because; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) It can withstand high denaturation temperature.
Taq polymerase comes from a hot spring bacterium and survives the $95^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$ of each cycle.
70.Which two elements are isotopes? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 14X8 and 15Y8
Isotopes have the same proton number and different mass numbers.
71.Solution contains 85.5 g of sucrose (C12H22O11) in 250 cm3. What is its molarity? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) 1 M
$85.5/342$ is $0.25$ mole in $0.25\,\mathrm{dm^3}$, that is $1\,\mathrm{M}$.
72.The average atomic mass of Boron is 10.8. It has two isotopes of masses 10 and 11 respectively. What is the percentage of isotope with the average mass of 10? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) 20%
$10x+11(1-x)=10.8$ gives $x=0.2$, that is $20\%$.
73.The number of moles of water in 1 kg ice are: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 55.5 moles
$1000/18$ is about $55.5$ moles.
74.How many moles of Calcium Carbonate are present in 1.75 kg of Calcium Carbonate (Ar of Ca = 40, Ar of C = 12, Ar of O = 16) (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 17.5 mol
$1750/100$ is $17.5$ moles.
75.During stoichiometric calculations, which of the following laws must be followed? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Law of conservation of mass
Matter is neither made nor destroyed, so the equation must balance.
76.Which of the following is the electronic configuration of Cr? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) [Ar] 3d5 4s1
A half filled d subshell is stable, so chromium is $[\mathrm{Ar}]3d^5 4s^1$.
77.All the collisions between the particles of gases are elastic in nature. What is meant by “Elastic Collisions”? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) No change in the total kinetic energy
An elastic collision is one in which the total kinetic energy is unchanged.
78.Which of the following substances exhibits hydrogen bonding? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) NH3
Only ammonia has hydrogen bound to nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.
79.The pH of 10-2 M aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) 12
$10^{-2}\,\mathrm{M}$ alkali gives pOH $2$, so the pH is $12$.
80.The Ka values of HCI, CH3COOH, HF, and H2SO4 are 107, 1.85 x 10-5, 6.7 x 10-5 and 102 respectively. The decreasing order of acidic strength is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) HCI > H2SO4 > HF > CH3COOH
The larger the acid dissociation constant the stronger the acid.
81.In contact process, to which substance adequate quantities of water is added to convert it to sulphuric acid? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) H2S2O7
Sulphur trioxide is absorbed in sulphuric acid to give oleum, and water is then added to that.
82.What is the measure of activation energy in an endothermic reaction? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) The energy of activation of backward reaction is less than that of forward reaction
The products lie above the reactants, so the barrier is lower seen from the product side.
83.If the energy of activation of a chemical reaction is very low, the rate of that chemical reaction is observed to be very high because? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Number of efficient or fruitful collisions increase
A low barrier means a large fraction of collisions carry enough energy to succeed.
84.Which of the equations shows ‘’twice’’ the enthalpy change of neutralization as the following equation (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) H2SO4 + Mg(OH)2 -> MgSO4 + 2H2O
A diprotic acid with a dibasic alkali makes two moles of water, so twice the heat is given out.
85.Oxidation number of particular element can be directly or indirectly inferred from its: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Group number
The group number gives the number of outer electrons, and so the usual oxidation state.
86.Which one of the following molecules has sp3 hybridization? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) CH4
Carbon in methane has four sigma bonds and no lone pair.
87.Which of the following set constitutes of all the molecules and ions of non-planar geometry? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) CH4, NH4 +, MnO4- , NF3
Methane, the ammonium ion, the permanganate ion and nitrogen trifluoride are all three dimensional.
88.In the second period of elements, although oxygen lies next to nitrogen yet its ionization first energy is lower than that of nitrogen because? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) In oxygen, there exists repulsion between pair of electrons present in the same orbital of valence shell.
Nitrogen has a half filled p subshell; in oxygen one orbital holds a pair, and their repulsion makes that electron easier to remove.
89.Ionization energy decreases down the group, from top to bottom, due to: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Increase in shielding effect of the intervening electrons
More inner shells screen the outer electron better, so it is easier to remove.
90.Modern periodic table is arranged in ascending order of? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Proton number
The modern table is arranged by atomic, that is proton, number.
91.Which of the following element is not present in halogens? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Fe
Iron is a transition metal; the halogens are group VII.
92.Copper is a typical transition metal. Its atomic number is 29. In which oxidation state does it have a partially filled orbital in d-subshell? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Cu2+
Copper(I) is $3d^{10}$ and full; copper(II) is $3d^9$, which is partly filled.
93.Which of the following molecule shows cis- trans isomers? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) C2H2Br2
1,2-dibromoethene has one substituent on each carbon of the double bond, so cis and trans differ.
94.Alkenes undergo: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Electrophilic Addition
The pi electrons of the double bond attract an electrophile, which then adds across it.
95.Which derivative of benzene shows maximum reactivity in electrophilic substitution reactions? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Methyl benzene
The methyl group feeds electrons into the ring; the other three groups pull them out.
96.Which product is obtained by the hydrolysis of 1-chlorobutane with the aqueous sodium hydroxide? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 1-butanol
Aqueous alkali substitutes hydroxide for the halogen and gives the alcohol.
97.Which of the following reactions is used for the production of alcohols on industrial scale? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Hydration of alkenes
Ethene and steam over phosphoric acid give ethanol, which is how most industrial alcohol is made.
98.Treatment of ethene with cold sulphuric acid, followed by reaction with boiling water, yields: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Ethanol
The ethyl hydrogen sulphate formed in the cold hydrolyses on boiling to ethanol.
99.Identification tests for functional groups of organic compounds are associated with specific observations. Tollen’s reagent is an ammoniacal silver nitrate solution, which is used for the identification of a functional group X with an observation O. Identify X and O. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) X = Aldehyde O = Silver mirror
Only an aldehyde reduces Tollens’ reagent, leaving a mirror of silver.
100.Ketones can be made by oxidation of: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Secondary Alcohols
A secondary alcohol has one hydrogen on the carbinol carbon, so oxidation stops at the ketone.
101.Which type of reaction takes place when a carbonyl compound is treated with a mixture of NaCN and an acid? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Nucleophilic addition reaction
The cyanide ion attacks the electron poor carbonyl carbon, so the step is nucleophilic addition.
102.Which of the following will give a positive test with Tollen’s reagent? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Aldehydes
Only an aldehyde reduces Tollens’ reagent.
103.Which of the following compounds will give a secondary alcohol after reaction with NaBH4? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) CH3COCH3
Sodium borohydride reduces a ketone to a secondary alcohol.
104.Nitriles (RCN), on hydrolysis, in the presence of a mineral acid yield: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Carboxylic acids
A nitrile hydrolyses to the carboxylic acid and ammonia.
105.Carboxylic acids can be reduced to corresponding alcohols. Which of the following reagent can be used for this purpose? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) LiAlH4
Lithium aluminium hydride reduces the carboxyl group all the way to a primary alcohol.
106.Which of the following reagent is required for preparation of acyl chloride (CH3COCl) from ethanoic aicd? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) PCl5
Phosphorus pentachloride replaces the hydroxyl group of the acid with chlorine.
107.Which balanced chemical equation show the formation of ethanoyl chloride using thionyl chloride? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) CH3COOH + SOCl2 -> CH3COCl + SO2 + HCI
Ethanoic acid with thionyl chloride gives ethanoyl chloride, sulphur dioxide and hydrogen chloride.
108.Amino acids are bi-functional compounds, with a general formula NH2CH(R)CO2H. A tripeptide is formed between Alanine (ala), Glycine (gly), and lysine (lys). There is no repetition of amino acid in this tri-peptide; Suggest how many tri-peptides are possible? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 6
Three different residues can be arranged in $3!$ orders, that is six.
109.Which of the following bond is responsible for joining the amino acids in proteins? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Peptide Bond
Amino acids are joined by peptide bonds.
110.According to Watson and Crick’s model of DNA, the DNA molecule consists of a double helix. What type of forces are responsible to keep two strands of DNA together? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Hydrogen bonding
The bases of the two strands are paired by hydrogen bonds.
111.An intermolecular force of attraction X is relatively stronger than the other intermolecular forces. It stabilizes alpha-helix and Beta-pleated sheets of proteins. The double helical structure of DNA is also stabilized by this force of attraction. Identify X. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Hydrogen bonding
Hydrogen bonds hold the alpha helix, the pleated sheet and the two strands of DNA alike.
112.Disposable cups are made of a polymer ‘polystyrene’. Polystyrene is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) An addition polymer
Polystyrene is made by adding styrene monomers with nothing eliminated.
113.Which one of the following compounds is an additional polymer? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Polyvinyl chloride
Poly(vinyl chloride) is built by adding monomers with nothing eliminated.
114.For projectile motion, in the absence of air resistance: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Horizontal acceleration is zero
Gravity acts only downwards, so nothing accelerates the projectile horizontally.
115.The range Of the projectile depends upon the velocity of the projection and the angle of the projection i.e 45. For a fixed velocity, when the angle of projection is larger than 45. Which of the following is correct? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) The height attained by the projectile will be more but the range is less
Above $45^{\circ}$ more of the velocity goes into the vertical, so the projectile rises higher but lands nearer.
116.If two objects of equal masses ‘m’ are moving towards each other with the same speeds ‘v’ then what will be the total final momentum after elastic head-on collision? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 0 kg m/s
The two momenta are equal and opposite, so their sum is zero before and after.
117.Work done, due to centripetal force, for circular motion will be: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Zero
The centripetal force is always at right angles to the motion, so it does no work.
118.Which of the following statement shows that no work is done? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) The moon Orbiting the earth.
The moon moves at right angles to the pull on it, so gravity does no work.
119.An automobile is moving forwards with uniform velocity due to the force exerted by its engine. If the force is doubled with the velocity remaining constant what happens to its total power? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) It is doubled
$P=Fv$, so at the same speed twice the force is twice the power.
120.An object is moving along a circular path of radius 4m. What will be its angular displacement if it moves 14 m on this circular path? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 3.5 radians
$\theta=s/r=14/4$, that is $3.5$ radians.
121.When the length of simple pendulum is doubled, the ratio of its new time period to old time period is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) √2
$T=2\pi\sqrt{l/g}$ goes as the square root of the length.
122.In simple harmonic motion, acceleration will be maximum, when object is at: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Maximum displacement from the mean position
$a=-\omega^2x$, so the acceleration is greatest where the displacement is greatest.
123.The sum of all forms of molecular energies (Kinetic and Potential) of a substance is termed as? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Internal energy
The sum of the kinetic and potential energies of all the molecules is the internal energy.
124.Molecules Of a gas at constant pressure for a fixed amount of gas have average kinetic energy X. Increasing temperature from 27 C to 327C, average K.E. of molecules will become: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 2X
Mean kinetic energy goes as the absolute temperature, and $600/300$ is two.
125.Electric field strength at a point between oppositely charged plates is ‘E’. If the distance between plates is reduced to half, what will be the new value of electric intensity? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 2E
$E=V/d$ between parallel plates, so halving the separation doubles the field.
126.A particle, carrying a charge of 5e, falls through a potential difference of 25 V. What would be energy acquired by the particle in ‘J’. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 125 x 1.6 x 10-19 J
$W=qV=5e\times25$, that is $125\times1.6\times10^{-19}\,\mathrm{J}$.
127.Electric field strength of a point charge is E and electric potential is V, at a distance ‘r’ from the point charge. What is the electric potential at a point for the same point charge where electric field strength is E/4? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) V/2
$E$ goes as $1/r^2$ and $V$ as $1/r$, so a quarter of the field means twice the distance and half the potential.
128.Kirchhoff’s first law/rule corresponds to: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Law of conservation of charge
What flows into a junction must flow out of it, which is the conservation of charge.
129.Calculate the rate at which energy is transferred by 220 V mains supply, which provides a current of 0.1 A to a LED? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) 22 W
$P=VI=220\times0.1$, that is $22\,\mathrm{W}$.
130.A copper wire has length L and cross-sectional area A. Its resistance is R. If we halved the length and halved the diameter of wire, then what will be the resistance of this wire? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) 2R
Halving the diameter quarters the area, so $R=\rho(L/2)/(A/4)$ is $2R$.
131.If a conductor of length 7m is placed in a magnetic field of strength 0.3 T carrying current 1 A, parallel to the field. What will be the force, acting on it, due to this magnetic field? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 0 N
$F=BIL\sin\theta$, and with the current along the field the sine is zero.
132.The horizontal component of Earth magnetic flux density is 1.8 x 10-6 T. The current in a horizontal cable is 160 A. Calculate the maximum force per unit length? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 2.88x 10-4N/m
$F/L=BI=1.8\times10^{-6}\times160$, that is $2.88\times10^{-4}\,\mathrm{N\,m^{-1}}$.
133.If we change the magnetic flux linking a coil by rotating the coil in a constant magnetic field, the rate of change of this flux is: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Proportional to the emf produced in it
Faraday’s law makes the emf equal to the rate of change of flux.
134.If we give a direct current to the transformer’s primary coil, then there will be: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) No emf produced in the secondary
A steady current gives a steady flux, and only a changing flux induces an emf.
135.The wavelength of the electromagnetic wave having frequency of 3 kHz will be? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) 100 km
$\lambda=c/f=3\times10^8/3\times10^3$, that is $10^5\,\mathrm{m}$, or $100\,\mathrm{km}$.
136.The direction of current through the load resistance of a full-wave rectification circuit: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) remains constant
Both half cycles are turned the same way up, so the current through the load never reverses.
137.The value and units of the Planck constant ‘h’ can be expressed as: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) 6.63 x 10-34 Js
Planck’s constant is $6.63\times10^{-34}\,\mathrm{J\,s}$.
138.Minimum energy required to eject an electron from metal surface is called: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (c) Work function
That least energy is the work function of the metal.
139.Calculate the energy of a photon, with a frequency of 3.0 x 1018 Hz. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) 19.89 x 10-16 J
$E=hf=6.63\times10^{-34}\times3.0\times10^{18}$, that is $19.89\times10^{-16}\,\mathrm{J}$.
140.Heavy nucleus of atoms go through fission so that they can: (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) increase their binding energy per nucleon
The fragments lie nearer the peak of the binding energy curve, and the difference is released.
141.What is the quark composition of a Proton? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Two up quarks and one down quark
A proton is two up quarks and one down quark.
142.In relation, which quantity is represented by λ? (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Decay constant
$\lambda$ is the decay constant, the probability of decay per second.
143.The accident happened due to the driver’s _____ . (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Negligence
Negligence is a failure to take proper care, which is what causes an accident.
144.They sometimes feel a _____ for the mountains and the sea. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Yearning
A yearning is a strong longing for something.
145.I ______ caution in interpreting these results. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Urge
To urge caution is to press it strongly on someone.
146.The parents were stunned when they saw that children had created complete _____ in the bedroom. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (d) Mayhem
Mayhem is violent disorder.
147.She was feeling ______ even after five hours of the surgery. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Haggard
Haggard means drawn and exhausted in appearance.
148.The new teacher showed no _____ about hitting the students. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (b) Qualms
A qualm is a misgiving about doing something.
149.The culpable child _____ some words to her mother for pardoning his delinquency. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Mumbled
To mumble is to speak indistinctly, as a guilty child might.
150.The prince abdicated the crown and returned to his castle. Abdicated means; (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) Gave up
To abdicate is to give up a throne or an office.
151.In the following question, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT option. (UHS MDCAT 2019)
Correct answer: (a) It is healthful to eat a variety of food.
It is takes the singular present, and the infinitive after healthful is to eat.