Most repeated MCQS of MDCAT/ETEA 2023:
1. The unit of energy produced by food in the
human body is called
(a) Watt
(b) DNA
(c) Calorie (Correct)
(d) Ampere
2. Proteins are made of
(a) Sugar
(b) Fatty acid
(c) Nucleic acid
(d) Amino acid (Correct)
3. Amount of water in mammalian blood is
(a) 99%
(b) 98%
(c) 90% (Correct)
(d) 92%
4. Which of the following Vitamin helps in
clotting of blood?
(a) Vitamin B
(b) Vitamin A
(c) Vitamin D
(d) Vitamin K (Correct)
5. Which of the following vitamins are fat
soluble?
(a) Vitamins A,B, C, D
(b) Vitamins A, D, E, K (Correct)
(c) Vitamins A, B, C, D
(d) None of these
6. Which of the following is not a source of
Vitamin C?
(a) Potato
(b) Tomato
(c) Guava
(d) Milk (Correct)
7. Ozone is present in which of the following layers
of atmosphere
(a) Troposphere and Thermosphere
(b) Troposphere and Stratosphere (Correct)
(c) Mesosphere
(d) Thermosphere
8. The study of relationship between organism
and their environment is called
(a) Ecology (Correct)
(b) Oncology
(c) Lithology
(d) None of these
9. Most of the ozone in the atmosphere is
concentrated in the
(a) Mesosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Stratosphere (Correct)
(d) Ionosphere
10. The most abundant element in Earth’s crust
is
(a) Silicon
(b) Oxygen (Correct)
(c) Aluminum
(d) None of these
11. Which of the following vitamins is Water
soluble?
(a) Vitamins B, E
(b) Vitamins A, B
(c) Vitamins C, D
(d) Vitamins B, C (Correct)
12. In railway tracks, a small gap is left
between the rails
(a) To allow for the expansion during heat
(Correct)
(b) To save the cost of metal
(c) To permit the shrinkage of metal
13. Friction can be reduced by changing over
from
(a) Sliding to rolling (Correct)
(b) Rolling to sliding
(c) Potential energy to kinetic energy
14. A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity
inside it. If the ball is heated, the volume of the cavity will
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease (Correct)
(c) Remain unaffected
15. As we climb up the mountain, the atmospheric
pressure will
(a) Decrease (Correct)
(b) Increase
(c) Remain the same
(d) None of these
16. Which of the following vitamin is produced
in the body with the help of sunlight?
(a) Vitamin D (Correct)
(b) Vitamin E
(c) Vitamin K
(d) None of these
17. Vitamin ‘D’ prevents
(a) Tooth diseases
(b) Bone diseases (Correct)
(c) Eye diseases
(d) Skin diseases
18. Heart attack is caused due to
(a) Blood sugar
(b) Cholesterol (Correct)
(c) Blood protein
(d) Blood urea
19. Which of the following diseases has posed a
serious threat the world over?
(a) Tumour
(b) Paralytic stroke
(c) AIDS (Correct)
(d) Tuberculosis
20. Which of the following disease is not
water-borne?
(a) Cholera
(b) Influenza (Correct)
(c) Amoebiasis
(d) Typhoid
21. Typhoid and cholera are typical examples of
(a) Infection diseases
(b) Air-borne diseases
(c) Water-borne diseases (Correct)
(d) None of these
22. Who invented the hydrogen bomb?
(a) J. Robert Oppenheimer
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) Samuel Cohen (Correct)
(d) Edward Teller
23. Logarithm tables were invented by
(a) John Napier (Correct)
(b) John Doe
(c) John Harrison
(d) John Douglas
24. Who invented optical fibre?
(a) Samuel Cohen
(b) Narinder Kapany (Correct)
(c) Percy L. Spencer
(d) T. H. Maimah
25. Brass is an alloy of
(a) Copper and Tin
(b) Copper and Zinc (Correct)
(c) Copper and Nickel
(d) None of these
26. A transformer is used to
(a) Increase DC voltage
(b) Increase or decrease AC voltage (Correct)
(c) Decrease DC voltage
(d) None of these
27. Which of the following gases is used for
purification of water?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Ammonia
(c) Chlorine (Correct)
(d) Neon
28. Pure gold is
(a) 17 carats
(b) 20 carats
(c) 24 carats (Correct)
(d) 36 carats
29. Which of the following is a gas?
(a) Thorium
(b) Plutonium
(c) Mercury
(d) Chlorine (Correct)
30. Which one of the following mixture of gases
is required in gas welding?
(a) Oxygen and ethylene
(b) Oxygen and hydrogen
(c) Acetylene and oxygen (Correct)
(d) All of above
31. One horse power is equal to
(a) 736 watts
(b) 746 watts (Correct)
(c) 748 watts
(d) 796 watts
32. Heat from the sun is received by the earth
through
(a) Conduction
(b) Convection
(c) Radiation (Correct)
(d) Condensation
33. As the temperature of ice rises, the ice
melts and its density
(a) Decreases
(b) Constant
(c) Increases (Correct)
(d) All of above
34. A branch of science dealing with the study
of fossils is called
(a) Parasitology
(b) Palaeontology (Correct)
(c) Theology
(d) Radiology
35. The theory of inheritance of acquired
characters was propounded by
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Gregor Mendal (Correct)
(c) J.B. Lamarck
(d) Weismann
36. Which of the following was discovered by
Ronald Ross?
(a) Cholera germs
(b) Malaria parasite (Correct)
(c) Jaundice germs
(d) None of these
37. Radioactivity was discovered by
(a) Henry Bequerel (Correct)
(b) Marie Curie
(c) Newton
(d) Einstein
38. The science of heavenly bodies is called
(a) Astrophysics
(b) Astronomy (Correct)
(c) Astroneuties
(d) Cosmology
39. Which of the following has no blood, but
respires?
(a) Cockroach
(b) Earthworm
(c) Fish
(d) Hydra (Correct)
40. Which of the following is the basic
characteristic of a living organism?
(a) Ability to move
(b) Ability to reproduce (Correct)
(c) Ability to eat
(d) Ability to breath
41. In which organ of the human body are the
lymphocyte cells formed?
(a) Liver
(b) Long bone
(c) Pancreas
(d) Spleen (Correct)
42. What is stored in the gall bladder?
(a) Enzymes
(b) Bile (Correct)
(c) Urea
(d) Insulin
43. The study of structures and formation of
rocks and minerals on other plants is called
(a) Cosmology
(b) Virology
(c) Astrogeology (Correct)
(d) Histology
44. Which vitamin canot store in human body?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin C (Correct)
(c) Vitamin D
(d) Vitamin E
45. Deficiency of vitamin C causes
(a) Night-blindness
(b) Beri-Beri
(c) Scurvy (Correct)
(d) None of these
46. Which Vitamin is known as Ascorbic Acid?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin K
(d) Vitamin C (Correct)
47. Deficiency of Vitamin C causes
(a) Tooth diseases (Correct)
(b) Bone diseases
(c) Eye diseases
(d) Skin diseases
48. All forms of energy that we use are
ultimately transformed into
(a) Electrical energy
(b) Heat energy (Correct)
(c) Light energy
(d) Chemical energy
49. Water helps in the metabolism process in the
presence of
(a) Amino acids
(b) Ribonucleic Acid
(c) Proteins
(d) Enzymes (Correct)
50. The proteins are made in the cells under the
instructions of
(a) Genes (Correct)
(b) DNA
(c) RNA
(d) Ribosome
51. Which is an essential constituent of diet?
(a) Starch (Correct)
(b) Glucose
(c) Amino acid
(d) None of these
52. Deficiency of iron in human diet causes:
(a) Goitre
(b) Scurvy
(c) Anaemia (Correct)
(d) Rickets
53. Which of the following acids secreted
internally, helps in digestion?
(a) Formalin
(b) Citric
(c) Hydrochloric (Correct)
(d) Acetic
54. After drinking contaminated water, you would
be most apt to develop symptoms of
(a) Malaria
(b)Typhoid fever (Correct)
(c) Yellow fever
(d) Formalin
55. Recording of brain waves from outer surface
of head is called
(a) E.C.G.
(b) MRI
(c) C.T. scans
(d) E.E.G (Correct)
56. Which one of the following is an example of
hereditary disease?
(a) AIDS
(b) Hemophilia (Correct)
(c) Syphilis
(d) Formalin
57. Hair, finger nails, hoofs etc. are all made
of?
(a) Fat
(b) Vitamins
(c) Proteins (Correct)
(d) Iron
58. What type of infection is tuberculosis?
(a) Viral
(b) Bacterial (Correct)
(c) Fungal
(d) Parasitic
59. AIDS virus destroys the ____ system of the
human body.
(a) Circulation
(b) Immune (Correct)
(c) Digestion
(d) Brain
60. Which sets of colour combinations is added
in colour vision in TV?
(a) Red, green and blue (Correct)
(b) Orange, black and violet
(c) White, red and yellow
61. Water cannot be used to extinguish fire
caused by an electric current because
(a) It may cause another short circuit (Correct)
(b) It may cause hydrolysis
(c) It may cause electrocution
62. Cloudy nights are warmer because
(a) Clouds prevent radiation of heat from ground
to air (Correct)
(b) Of low atmospheric pressure
(c) Of the compact density of air
63. Food is cooked quickly in a pressure cooker
because
(a) Boiling point of water is decreased
(b) Boiling point of water is increased
(Correct)
(c) It absorbs heat quickly
64. The AIDS virus is called.
(a) A.I.B
(b) B.I.H
(c) H.I.V (Correct)
(d) V.I.H
65. Cataract is a disease which is due to
(a) A defect in the optic nerve
(b) Inflammation in the eye
(c) Opacity of cornea (Correct)
(d) Opacity of lens
66. In which form glucose is stored in the
liver?
(a) Lactic acid
(b) Lactose
(c) Ribose
(d) Glycogen (Correct)
67. Mercury thermometer was invented by
(a) Galileo (Correct)
(b) Fahrenheit
(c) Newton
(d) Priestly
68. John Walker invented
(a) Safety match (Correct)
(b) Safety razor
(c) Safety pin
(d) Safety valve
69. Gun powder was invented by
(a) Roger Bacon (Correct)
(b) Alfred Nobel
(c) Albert Einstein
(d) Alexander Fleming
70. Who among the following does not have a
chemical element named after him?
(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Enrico Fermi
(c) Isaac Newton (Correct)
(d) Mendeleev
71. In which country alcohol is used as fuel for
vehicles
(a) U.S.A
(b) Brazil (Correct)
(c) Japan
(d) Germany
72. The device used for the measurement of
current, voltage and resistance is
(a) AVO meter (Correct)
(b) Galvanometer
(c) Ammeter
(d) Ohmmeter
73. Silicon is a
(a) Semi-conductor (Correct)
(b) Insulator
(c) Superconductor
(d) Conductor
74. What is Penicillin?
(a) Vitamin
(b) Hormone
(c) Antibiotic (Correct)
(d) Analgesic
75. Liver produces?
(a) Hormones
(b) Bile (Correct)
(c) Enzymes
(d) HCl
76. Lack of ____ causes diabetes
(a) Sugar
(b) Insulin (Correct)
(c) Calcium
(d) Vitamins
77. Triple antigen vaccine is given to children
to protect them against
(a) Polio
(b) Whooping cough (Correct)
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Contagious diseases
78. Storage batteries commonly contain
(a) Copper
(b) Mercury
(c) Lead (Correct)
(d) Iron
79. Water is a universal solvent for what
reactions.
(a) Physical
(b) Chemical
(c) Nuclear
(d) Biochemical (Correct)
80. The volume percentage of nitrogen in air is
(a) 60%
(b) 67%
(c) 74%
(d) 78% (Correct)
81. Air contains volume of carbon dioxide
approximately;
(a) 3 %
(b) 33%
(c) 0.3 %
(d) 0.03% (Correct)
82. The gases which are used by divers as an
artificial atmosphere are helium and;
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Oxygen (Correct)
(c) Neon
(d) None of these
83. Which of the following is involved in blood
clotting?
(a) Sodium
(b) Magnesium
(c) Calcium (Correct)
(d) Potassium
84. Which of the following vitamins is essential
for bone and teeth formation?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D (Correct)
85. The richest source of vitamin D is:
(a) Cod liver oil (Correct)
(b) Spinach
(c) Milk
(d) Cheese
86. Which of the following vitamins is
synthesized in the body by intestinal bacteria?
(a) Vitamin B1
(b) Vitamin B4
(c) Vitamin D
(d) Vitamin K (Correct)
87. The vitamin capable of formation of blood is
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B (Correct)
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
88. Entomology is the science which deals with
(a) Plants
(b) Animals
(c) Insects (Correct)
(d) Chemicals
89. Which of the following is a mammal?
(a) Ostrich
(b) Crocodile
(c) Platypus (Correct)
(d) Duck
90. Respiratory centre is situated in:
(a) Cerebrum
(b) Cerebellum
(c) Medulla oblongata (Correct)
(d) Diencephalon
91. The normal temperature of the human body is:
(a) 90°F
(b) 98°F
(c) 98.6°F (Correct)
(d) 96.4°F
92. The total number of bones in human skull
(a) 28
(b) 42
(c) 22 (Correct)
(d) 37
93. In brain, the site for intelligence, memory
and emotion is present in
(a) Cerebrum (Correct)
(b) Cerebellum
(c) Medulla
(d) Hypothalamus
94. The longest and the strongest bone in the
human body is
(a) Tibia
(b) Pelvis
(c) Femur (Correct)
(d) Jaw
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