MDCAT 2024

MDCAT 2024 Past Paper with Answers (All Subjects)

578 MCQs from MDCAT 2024 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 2024 by subject

English

1.Order is the law of civilization as chaos is the law of the ______. The most appropriate word to be filled in is: (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. City
  2. Metropolis
  3. Universe
  4. Wilderness
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Correct answer: (d) Wilderness

Civilization is set against the wild, so chaos belongs to the wilderness.

2.Blueprint is to architect as algorithm is to ______ (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Designer
  2. Engineer
  3. Physician
  4. Programmer
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Correct answer: (d) Programmer

An architect works from a blueprint as a programmer works from an algorithm.

3.What does the word "SURPLUS" mean? (UHS MDCAT 2024)

  1. In excess
  2. A mathematical term
  3. Within reach
  4. Salutation
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Correct answer: (a) In excess

A surplus is what is left over, that is an amount in excess of need.

4.What does the word "ANCESTOR" mean? (UHS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Collection of stars
  2. Branch of astrology
  3. Forefathers
  4. Type of receptors
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Correct answer: (c) Forefathers

Ancestors are the forefathers from whom a family descends.

5.A person who sells goods and services is a ______ (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Consumer
  2. Purchaser
  3. Patron
  4. Vendor
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Correct answer: (d) Vendor

A vendor is one who sells.

6.The detective noticed a subtle change in the suspect's tone when he asked about her whereabouts on the night of the crime, which hinted at something more significant. What does “subtle” most likely mean? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Dramatic
  2. Notable
  3. Obvious
  4. Slight
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Correct answer: (d) Slight

Something subtle is slight and easily missed.

7.Despite the complicated situation, she remained _____, calmly assessing her options before deciding. Fill in the blank with the appropriate choice: (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Composed
  2. Erratic
  3. Frantic
  4. Hysterical
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Correct answer: (a) Composed

To assess options calmly is to be composed; the other three mean the opposite.

8.Find out synonym for "Elated" (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Confused
  2. Disappointed
  3. Nervous
  4. Overjoyed
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Correct answer: (d) Overjoyed

To be elated is to be overjoyed.

9.Which of the following words is a synonym for "meticulous"? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Abhorrent
  2. Heedless
  3. Incautious
  4. Precise
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Correct answer: (d) Precise

To be meticulous is to be exact and careful over detail.

10.Choose the sentence with the correct tense and sentence structure: (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. He is going to the market yesterday.
  2. I had been waiting for the bus, and it arrives.
  3. She will finish her homework before she went to bed.
  4. They were playing football when it started to rain.
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Correct answer: (d) They were playing football when it started to rain.

Only the fourth keeps its tenses consistent: the past continuous interrupted by the simple past.

11.Choose the correct sentence: (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. She didn't knew about the surprise party.
  2. She hasn't knew about the surprise party.
  3. She didn't know about the surprise party.
  4. She doesn't know about the surprise party.
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Correct answer: (c) She didn't know about the surprise party.

After did, the verb takes its plain form: she did not know.

12.After she ______ the stairs, her heart almost gave out from exhaustion. (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Has climbed
  2. Have climbed
  3. Had climbed
  4. Was climbing
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Correct answer: (c) Had climbed

The climbing was over before her heart gave out, so it takes the past perfect.

13.Fill in blank with Past Perfect Continuous: He _____ home from work regularly since he joined his office. (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Had walked
  2. Had been walking
  3. Walked
  4. Has been walking
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Correct answer: (b) Had been walking

Had been walking is the past perfect continuous, which suits an action running on since a point in the past.

14.All desire wealth and some acquire it. The sentence exemplifies _____ tense. (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Present indefinite
  2. Past indefinite
  3. Present perfect
  4. Simple future
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Correct answer: (a) Present indefinite

Desire and acquire are simple present forms stating a general truth.

15.If I were a doctor, I would serve humanity. The sentence is an example of _____ conditional. (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Zero
  2. Type I
  3. Type II
  4. Type III
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Correct answer: (c) Type II

Were with would marks the second conditional, for something imagined and unreal.

16.Choose the sentence which is correctly structured: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. If we had found him earlier, we could have saved his life.
  2. If we had found him earlier, we have saved his life.
  3. If we had found him earlier, we had saved his life.
  4. If we had found him earlier, we could save his life.
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Correct answer: (a) If we had found him earlier, we could have saved his life.

The third conditional pairs had found with could have saved.

17.Do you usually take a bus........ the market? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. By
  2. For
  3. Of
  4. To
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Correct answer: (d) To

Movement towards a place takes to.

18.I have been working ______ this project for two weeks. (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. At
  2. By
  3. To
  4. On
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Correct answer: (d) On

One works on a project.

19.Punctuate the given sentence correctly. The teacher asked did you complete your homework (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. The teacher asked, did you complete your homework?
  2. The teacher asked, "Did you complete your homework?"
  3. The teacher asked, "did you complete your homework".
  4. The teacher asked, did you complete your homework.
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Correct answer: (b) The teacher asked, "Did you complete your homework?"

A comma introduces the quoted question, which keeps its capital and its question mark inside the quotation marks.

20.Punctuate the following sentence correctly. Lets meet at Sarahs house after school (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Let's meet at Sarah's house after school.
  2. Let's meet at Sarahs house after school.
  3. Lets meet at Sarah's house after school.
  4. Let's meet, at Sarah's house after school.
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Correct answer: (a) Let's meet at Sarah's house after school.

Let us contracts to let’s, and Sarah’s house takes the possessive apostrophe.

21.The plane ought to be taking off in a minute. The underlined word 'ought to' is: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Linking verb
  2. Modal auxiliary
  3. Helping verb
  4. Finite verb
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Correct answer: (b) Modal auxiliary

Ought to is a modal auxiliary, expressing what is expected or proper.

22.After heavy rain, the sky grew dark. The underlined verb 'grew' is: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Non-Finite
  2. Transitive
  3. Di-transitive
  4. Linking
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Correct answer: (d) Linking

Grew here links the subject to its complement dark rather than taking an object.

23.His courage earned him honour. The underlined verb 'earned' is: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Intransitive
  2. Di-transitive
  3. Complex transitive
  4. Linking
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Correct answer: (b) Di-transitive

It takes both an indirect object, him, and a direct object, honour.

24.The teacher assigned the students an assignment to be completed during vacation. The underlined verb 'assigned' is: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Mono-transitive
  2. Di-transitive
  3. Complex transitive
  4. Intransitive
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Correct answer: (b) Di-transitive

It takes an indirect object, the students, and a direct object, an assignment.

25.Of two evils choose the less. The sentence contains an adjective that is: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Comparative
  2. Positive
  3. Numeral
  4. Distributive
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Correct answer: (a) Comparative

Less compares two, so it is the comparative degree.

26.This is the very thing we want. The underlined word 'very' is a/an: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Emphatic pronoun
  2. Emphasizing adjective
  3. Reflexive pronoun
  4. Exclamatory adjective
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Correct answer: (b) Emphasizing adjective

Very here qualifies thing, so it is an adjective used for emphasis.

27.Don't be in such a hurry. The sentence contains an adjective of: (NUMS MDCAT 2024)

  1. Number
  2. Distributive
  3. Quantity
  4. Demonstrative
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Correct answer: (c) Quantity

Such a hurry says how much, not how many, so the adjective is one of quantity.

28.Identify the ERROR in the sentence: The chef quickly prepared, delicious and it served a meal. (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Punctuation
  2. Style
  3. Vocabulary
  4. Word order
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Correct answer: (a) Punctuation

The comma after prepared cuts the sentence in two and leaves it ungrammatical.

29.Identify the sentence that contains an ERROR in word order, style, or vocabulary: (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. He has a talent for solving complex problems.
  2. She enjoys reading, writing, and to paint.
  3. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  4. They quickly adapted to the new environment.
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Correct answer: (b) She enjoys reading, writing, and to paint.

The list breaks its pattern: reading, writing and painting would keep it parallel.

Logical Reasoning

30.Find out the missing term in the sequence: 15, 14, 12, 9, ? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
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Correct answer: (a) 5

The steps are $-1$, $-2$, $-3$ and then $-4$, which takes 9 down to 5.

31.All omnivores are herbivores. No herbivores are carnivores. Some carnivores are humans. Which of the following conclusions are TRUE? CONCLUSIONS: I. Some humans are carnivores. II. No carnivores are omnivores. III. Some omnivores are carnivores. (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. I and II
  2. I and III
  3. II and III
  4. I, II and III
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Correct answer: (a) I and II

Omnivores are herbivores and no herbivore is a carnivore, so no omnivore is; and some carnivores being human makes some humans carnivores.

32.If a>b, b>c, and d>a then? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

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

From $d>a$ and $a>b$ it follows that $d$ is greater than $b$.

33.A store offers a 10% discount on all items. After applying the discount, the price of an item is Rs. 450. What was the original price of the item? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Rs. 490
  2. Rs. 495
  3. Rs. 500
  4. Rs. 505
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Correct answer: (c) Rs. 500

The discounted price is nine tenths of the original, and $450/0.9$ is $500$.

34.I went 10m to the East from my house, then turned north and walked another 15m, and then I turned west and covered 12m, and then turned south and covered 15m. How far am I from my house? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. 0 m
  2. 1 m
  3. 2 m
  4. 3 m
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Correct answer: (c) 2 m

The northward and southward legs cancel, leaving $12-10$, that is $2\,\mathrm{m}$ to the west.

35.Read the following statements and identify the best cause-and-effect relation: I. Sara's productivity at work has significantly decreased over the past month. II. Sara has been experiencing frequent interruptions due to ongoing construction work near her office. Which of the following best describes the cause-and-effect relationship? (KMU MDCAT 2024)

  1. Sara's decreased productivity is causing the construction work.
  2. The ongoing construction work is causing Sara's decreased productivity.
  3. Sara's productivity was already decreasing before the construction work began.
  4. The construction work is unrelated to Sara's productivity.
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Correct answer: (b) The ongoing construction work is causing Sara's decreased productivity.

The interruptions came first and would plainly hinder work, so they are the cause.

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