NUMS MDCAT Past Paper Dated: 2018

61- Transport of glucose across the cell membrane occurs by?

A. Simple diffusion
B. Facilitated diffusion
C. Osmosis
D. Primary active transport

Answer : B. Facilitated diffusion

62- Which artery supplies blood to the liver?

A. Pulmonary artery
B. Hepatic artery
C. Celiac artery
D. Thoracic artery

Answer : B. Hepatic artery

63- Movement of the Hip joint is which type of synovial joints?

A. Gliding joint
B. Ball and socket joint
C. Pivot joints
D. Hinge joint

Answer : B. Ball and socket joint

64- A hormone called ____ controls the secretion of gastric juice.

A. Gastrin
B. Secretin
C. Thyroxin
D. Idothyroxine

Answer : A. Gastrin

65- Process of uncontrolled cell division is due to which one of the following reasons?

A. DNA replication
B. Mutations
C. Translation
D. Transcription

Answer : B. Mutations

66- Which of the following is derived from Latin word VENUME which means poisonous?

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Virus
D. Malaria

Answer : C. Virus

67- Functions of the brainstem include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Integration of righting reflexes
B. Autonomic control for respiration
C. Equilibrium and posture regulation
D. Initiation of voluntary moments

Answer : D. Initiation of voluntary moments

68- Cardiac output is increased by all the following EXCEPT:

A. Hypoxia
B. Exercise
C. Sleep
D. Pregnancy

Answer : C. Sleep

69- An enzyme that helps in the conversion of RNA to DNA is called:

A. Polymerase
B. Transcriptase
C. Reverse transcriptase
D. Synthetase

Answer : C. Reverse transcriptase

70- Sequence of stop codon in DNA is:

A. TAG
B. AUG
C. UAG
D. AGT

Answer : A. TAG

71- The type of gene interaction in which the effect caused by a gene at one force interfere with the effect caused by another gene at another locus is known as:

A. Pleiotropy
B. Epistasis
C. Polygenic inheritance
D. Gene linkage

Answer : B. Epistasis

72- Which one of the following pairs represents analogous feature:

A. Elephant tusks and human incisors
B. Teleost erythrocyte and mammalian erythrocyte
C. Insect wing and bat wing
D. Mole forelimb and bird wing

Answer : C. Insect wing and bat wing

73- The position of an organism in a food chain of an ecosystem called:

A. Level of ecosystem
B. Food chain
C. Food web
D. Trophic level

Answer : D. Trophic level

74- Which of the following trophic levels has largest biomass ecosystem?

A. Decomposers
B. Primary consumer
C. Secondary consumer
D. Producers

Answer : D. Producers

75- The zone with insufficient light to support photosynthesis ecosystem is called:

A. Oceanic sub-zone
B. Linnetic zone
C. Profundal zone
D. Littoral benthal zone

Answer : C. Profundal zone

76- If an ideal gas has volume V at 27° and R is head becomes 1.5V. then the value of final temperature is ______.

A. 327K
B. 873L
C. 177°C
D. 600°C

Answer : C. 177°C

77- An electron is moving along the axis of a solenoid carrying correct statement about the electromagnetic force acting on:

A. The force acts radially outwards
B. The force acts radially inwards
C. The force acts in the direction of motion
D. No force acts

Answer : D. No force acts

78- The magnetic lines of force are directed in a manner that that:

A. Originate at south pole and terminate at north pole
B. Pass through the magnet
C. Originate at north pole and terminate at south pole
D. Go away from both the poles

Answer : C. Originate at north pole and terminate at south pole

79- What happened to the pressure of a sample of helium gas 200K to 300 K, with no change volume?

A. Pressure increases by a factor of 4
B. Pressure decreases by a factor of 4
C. Pressure decreases by a factor of 2
D. Pressure increases by a factor of 1.5

Answer : D. Pressure increases by a factor of 1.5

80- Which of the following following is dimensionless quantity:

A. Power
B. Frequency
C. Refractive index
D. Impulse

Answer : C. Refractive index

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