FMDC sample paper solved by NTS

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ENGLISH MCQs

Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.

1.    He was very polite _______ me.

A.       to

B.       with

C.        on

D.       for

E.        of

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

2.    PHYSICAL:

A.       bodily

B.       mental

C.        material

D.       corporeal

Identify the word or phrase that needs to be changed for the sentence to be correct:

3.    Yesterday one of the teacher was called by the principal. No error.

      A                          B        C                      D                     E

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.

4.    SADNESS:

A.       unhappiness

B.       confidence

C.        belief

D.       hope

Read the passage to answer the question 5-6

Doctors are people who examine other people in their clinics. When patients visit them, the doctors follow a certain procedure. They take the pulse, thump the chest and listen to the heart beats through the stethoscope, and perhaps a miniature rubber tyre is put around the patient's arm and is blown up to check what is called blood-pressure

5.    Who are the other people whom doctors examine?

A.       Men

B.       Women

C.        Patients

D.       Children

6.    Patients visit doctors means

A.       They address them

B.       They visit their homes

C.        They go to them as patients

D.       They make courtesy calls on them

CHEMISTRY

8.    A gaseous organic compound, X, was burnt in an excess of oxygen. A 0.112 d/m sample of X, measured at s.t.p., produced 0.88 g of carbon dioxide.

How many carbon atoms are there in one molecule of X?

  

A.       1

B.       2

C.        3

D.       4

E.        8

9.    In neutralization:

A.       the base is neutralized

B.       the acid is neutralized

C.        a salt is formed

D.       all of the above

10. alpha-rays are:

A.       fast moving electrons

B.       protons

C.        neutron

D.       positively charged helium nuclei

11. Which orbital has lowest energy?

A.       3d

B.       3p

C.        4s

D.       4f

E.        5f

PHYSICS

12. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 98 m/s, how high does the ball rise? (g = 9.8 m/s^2)

A.       360 meters

B.       380 meters

C.        490 meters

D.       510 meters

E.        320 meters

13. Light passes through two parallel slits and falls on a screen. The pattern produced is due to interference and:

A.       Reflection

B.       Refraction

C.        Polarization

D.       Diffraction

E.        Absorption

14. A racing car accelerates uniformly through three gears, changes with the following average speed:

20 m/s for 2.0 s

40 m/s for 2.0 s

60 m/s for 6.0 s

What is the overall average speed of the car?

A.       12 m/s

B.       13.3 m/s 

C.        40 m/s

D.       48 m/s 

E.        37 m/sm/s

15. Radiation is the chief method of energy transfer:

A.       from the Sun to an Earth satellite

B.       from a gas flame to water in a teakettle

C.        from a soldering iron to metals being soldered

D.       from water to an ice cube floating in it

E.        from a mammal to the surrounding air

16. Which pair includes a scalar quantity and a vector quantity?

A.       Kinetic energy and momentum

B.       Potential energy and work

C.        Velocity and acceleration

D.       Weight and force

BIOLOGY

17. The common disease caused by lack of vitamin C is called:

A.       Diabetes Mellitus

B.       Typhoid

C.        Scurvy

D.       Malaria

E.        None of the above

18. The cell transmits impulses from the

A.       effector organ to the spinal cord

B.       receptor cells to the effector organ

C.        receptor cells to the spinal cord

D.       spinal cord to the effector organ

E.        spinal cord to the receptor cells

19. Which one of the following is the correct out line of the main events in photosynthesis?

A.       Oxygen reacts with a carbohydrate to produce water and carbon dioxide in the presence of light

B.       Light joins carbon dioxide to an acceptor compound which is then reduced by hydrogen obtained from water

C.        Light splits water and the resulting hydroxyl group combines with a compound which has incorporated carbon dioxide

D.       Light splits carbon dioxide and the resulting carbon then combines with oxygen and hydrogen obtained from water

E.        Carbon dioxide combines with an acceptor compound and this is reduced by hydrogen split from water by light

20. How many bones are present in the wrist?

A.       Four bones

B.       Six bones

C.        Eight bones

D.       Ten bones

E.        Many bones

21. Molds and yeast are classified as

A.       Rhodophytes

B.       Bryophytes

C.        Fungi

D.       Ciliates

E.        Flagellates

 Answer KEY of FMDC paper

Q #.	Right Choice
1	A
2	B
3	B
4	A
5	C
6	C
7	E
8	D
9	D
10	D
11	B
12	C
13	D
14	D
15	A
16	A
17	C
18	D
19	E
20	C
21	C