MCAT Practice Test - Page 2
21. Fly-traps in two pitcher plants ‘Sundew and Venus’ are similar in that they both:
A. Are saprophytes
B. Trap insects
C. Are symbiotic
D. Lack chlorophyll
22. Which of the following is most likely the result of large-scale destruction of forests?
A. Increase in air humidity
B. Decrease in floods
C. Increase in soil erosion
D. Decrease in carbon dioxide
23. The amount of lactic acid in muscles rises when they start lacking:
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Glucose
D. Hydrogen carbonate
24. The enzymes in pancreatic juice digest:
A. Carbohydrates and proteins only
B. Carbohydrates and proteins only
C. Fats and proteins only
D. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
25. Which of the following addictive drugs is sometimes injected for relief from severe pain?
A. Heroin
B. Alcohol
C. Aspirin
D. Nicotine
26. The bacterial cells and virus particles both have:
A. A cell membrane
B. Nuclear material
C. A cell wall
D. A slime layer
27. The percentage of arthropods in total animal kingdom is:
A. 85%
B. 45%
C. 75%
D. 60%
28. Uric acid is a major nitrogenous waste-matter that is formed by:
A. Earthworm
B. Grasshopper
C. Planaria
D. Man
29. The center that controls breathing, constriction and dilation of blood vessels, and heart-beating is located in:
A. Cerebellum
B. Pons
C. Medulla oblongata
D. Hypothalamus
30. Which one of the following fungi is poisonous?
A. Morchella
B. Amanita
C. Agaricus
D. Rhizopus
2. PHYSICS
31. The pages of a book are visible to us because they:
A. Absorb light
B. Emit light
C. Reflect light
D. Refract light
32. If a person throws a stone vertically upwards while sitting in a train moving with constant velocity, the stone will fall:
A. In his hand
B. Behind him
C. In front of him
D. Outside the train
33. A neutral body is rubbed and its charge becomes positive. It must have:
A. Gained protons
B. Gained neutrons
C. Gained electrons
D. Lost electrons
34. Angular momentum is defined as:
A. The dot product of position vector and linear momentum
B. The cross product of position vector and linear momentum
C. The simple product of position vector and linear momentum
D. The product of distance and linear momentum
35. A charged particle is placed in an electric field E. If the charge on the particle is doubled, the force exerted on the particle by the field is:
A. Doubled
B. Halved
C. Quadrupled
D. Unchanged
36. What is the wavelength of the light in millimeter?
A. 5.4 × 10⁻³
B. 5.4 × 10⁻⁵
C. 5.4 × 10⁻⁴
D. 5.4 × 10⁻¹⁰
37. Elephants have large flat feet. It helps them, having heavy weight, in walking properly on ground and maintaining proper body posture by:
A. Reducing ground friction on their feet
B. Reducing their pressure on ground
C. Increasing feet penetration into ground
D. None of the above
38. The second law of thermodynamics states that:
A. 100% conversion of mechanical work into heat is not possible
B. 100% efficient heat engine is not possible
C. 100% conversion of heat into mechanical work is not possible
D. None of these
39. The change in temperature of 20°C is equivalent to change in temperature on Kelvin scale of:
A. 0.9 K
B. 20 K
C. 11 K
D. 6.7 K
40. The force restraining an object’s motion on an inclined plane:
A. Is directed into the plane
B. May be friction
C. Is directed sideways
D. Is always friction
41. A person, standing in an elevator which goes up with constant upward acceleration, exerts a push on the floor of elevator whose value:
A. Is always equal to his weight
B. Is always lesser than his weight
C. Is always greater than his weight
D. Is greater when his acceleration is greater than g
42. The magnetic field is produced by:
A. Moving protons
B. Stationary protons
C. Stationary electrons
D. Moving electrons
43. Slight gaps are intentionally left between blocks of a building for:
A. To drain water accumulated on the roof
B. To avoid cracks due to temperature impacts
C. To allow light to internal of room
D. None of them