NUMS MDCAT Past Paper Dated: 2019

21- Which of the following is the main transmitter for synapse that lies outside the central nervous system?

A. Adrenaline
B. Nor-epinephrine
C. Serotonin
D. Acetylcholine

Answer : D. Acetylcholine

22- Which of the following muscles that make the walls of heart and are NOT present anywhere else in the body?

A. Smooth muscles
B. Cardiac muscles
C. Skeletal muscles
D. Voluntary muscles

Answer : B. Cardiac muscles

23- When the muscle is required to contract, calcium ion binds with ______ molecule and causes them to move slightly.

A. Actin
B. Myosin
C. Troponin
D. Tropomyosin

Answer : C. Troponin

24- Which of the following are present in the internal organs like stomach, intestine etc.?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. Both A and B

Answer : D. Both A and B

25- Sarcoplasmic reticulum is like endoplasmic reticulum but devoid of ______ and exhibit a highly specialized ______ pattern.

A. Ribosome, repeating
B. Mitochondrion, repeating
C. Ribosome, simplified
D. Mitochondrion, simplified

Answer : A. Ribosome, repeating

26- If we cross round yellow seeded plant with green wrinkled seeded plants, what will be phenotypic ratio at F2 generation?

A. 9:3:3:1
B. 9:4:3:2
C. 3:9:3:1
D. 8:3:3:2

Answer : A. 9:3:3:1

27- If we cross round (RR) seeded plants with wrinkled (rr) seed plant, and get F1 round seeded. In F2 generation, what will be genotypic ration of plants by Punnet square method?

A. 3:1
B. 1:1
C. 1:1:2
D. 1:2:1

Answer : D. 1:2:1

28- A continuously varying trait is encoded by alleles of two or more different genes located at different loci, all influencing the same trait from additive way is known as ______.

A. Poly traits
B. Polygenes
C. Multiple alleles
D. Different genes

Answer : B. Polygenes

29- To check the homozygosity or heterozygosity of apparently dominant trait, we do the test cross by crossing it with:

A. Any Document trait
B. Homozygous dominant trait
C. Homozygous Recessive trait
D. Heterozygous dominant trait

Answer : C. Homozygous Recessive trait

30- The total number of genes present in a particular population, at a particular time is equal:

A. Gene
B. Genome
C. Genotype
D. Gene Pool

Answer : D. Gene Pool

31- Phenotype for both TT and Tt is tall, so the allele T is known as:

A. Dominant
B. Recessive
C. Homozygous
D. Heterozygous

Answer : A. Dominant

32- Which of the following is a physical relationship of genes present on same chromosomes?

A. Epistasis
B. Gene Linkage
C. Crossing over
D. Pleiotropy

Answer : B. Gene Linkage

33- Which of the following X-linked dominant trait that is more common in human females than in human males?

A. Sickle cell Anemia
B. Hemophilia
C. Color Blindness
D. Hypophosphatemic rickets

Answer : D. Hypophosphatemic rickets

34- Luteinizing hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland, promotes ovulation and stimulate the ovaries to produce:

A. Estrogen
B. Estrogen and progesterone
C. Prolactin
D. Oxytocin

Answer : B. Estrogen and progesterone

35- Follicle-stimulating hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland, stimulates the ovaries to produce:

A. Estrogen
B. Progesterone
C. Oxytocin
D. Prolactin

Answer : A. Estrogen

36- The cell A, in the given figure is:

A. Gametophyte
B. Oogonium
C. Spermatocyte
D. Spermatid

Answer : B. Oogonium

37- Menstruation is the shedding of the lining of the uterus (endometrium) accompanied by:

A. Shivering
B. Fever
C. Bleeding
D. Vomiting

Answer : C. Bleeding

38- Which of the following is the constituent of RNA molecule?

A. Fatty acids
B. Ascorbic acid
C. Deoxyribonucleic acid
D. Ribonucleic acid

Answer : D. Ribonucleic acid

39- Which of the following are instant source of energy in living organisms, like glucose? Their general formula is:

A. Cₓ(H₂O)ᵧ
B. C₆(H₁)O₆
C. Cₓ(H₂O)ₓ
D. Cₓ(H₂O₂)ᵧ

Answer : A. Cₓ(H₂O)ᵧ

40- Which of the following are the most prominent part of cell membranes in living organisms?

A. Terpenoids
B. Waxes
C. Phospholipids
D. Acylglycerols

Answer : C. Phospholipids

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