Biology Practice Test 1




Biology Practice Test 1

Biology Practice Test 1 is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of key biological concepts, theories, and processes for competitive entry tests like MDCAT, NUMS, AKU, UET, ECAT, NTS, as well as FSC Board Exams. This test covers topics from cell biology, genetics, physiology, ecology, evolution, and more, helping students improve accuracy and retention.

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

This theory says that “mitochondria and chloroplasts are, in effect, ancient bacteria which now live inside the larger cells”:

PMC 2020
Biology
Evolution
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The viruses are:

NTS 2011
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology

Q.22 What are T Cells and their rolelin IHV infection?

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Gymnosperms are referred to as “naked seeded plants”, because

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Genetic information in the DNA is encoded as:

NTS 2018
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology

Q.21  All of the following are true for platyhelminthes except:

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Cellulose is the major component of

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Category: Biology

Q.11 In cocci, three plane division result in formation of sarcine which is a

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Platyhelminthes means:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

NADH produces how many ATP?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology

Four events in the transmission of nerve impulses across synapses are:

I. depolarisation of the presynaptic membrane

II. propagation of postsynaptic action potential

III. reabsorption of the transmitter substance

IV. release of transmitter substance into the synaptic cleft

In which sequence do these events occur?

FIRST -> LAST

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Coordination and Control

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage is :

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During anaphase, each chromosome has:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Cell Cycle
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

What is an example of sperms of liverworts, mosses, ferns which move towards archegonia, in response to nucleic acid released by the ovum?

PMC Practice 7
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Water constitutes –% of body weight?

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

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

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The water content of mammalian blood is regulated by antidiuretic hormone(ADH). In which part of the nephron does regulation occur ?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology

Q.32 Lymphocytes are found in:

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Male and female sea urchins release their sperm and eggs Into the water where fertilization takes place. How can their reproduction be described?

NTS 2013
Biology
Reproduction
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Category: Biology

Q44 Study of fossils is called

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Chlorosis, i.e., yellowish hue on the leaves results from

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Mitotic apparatus in animals is formed by

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is not found in series proterostomia.

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

A hormone called _______ controls the secretion of gastric juice.

NUMS 2018
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology

Digestion of which food components starts from the oral cavity?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Nutrition

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Prokaryotes are considered to be evolved

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Category: Biology

In the commercial manufacture of insulin, a human gene is inserted into which one of the following?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biotechnology

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

A group of 8 cocci is called

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which of the following statement about conifers is correct?

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The release of droplets of water from hydathodes is called:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Breathing is considered as a:

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Spread of tumor cells and establishment of secondary areas of growth is

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

In Pakistan, the furniture wood is mainly obtained from the members of family:

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

For respiratory metabolism, a bacterial cell membrane contains:

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which of the following is not an evidence for evolution?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Evolution
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Turner’s syndrome is characterized by having:

UHS 2015
Biology
Growth and Development
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Chest cavity is bounded by ribs and muscles on the sides, while the floor of chest cavity is called:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Bacteria that live in intestine and produce vitamin K belong to?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Inactive enzyme precursors such as pepsinogen for pepsin are called as:

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

During aristotle time, it was thought that

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Evolution
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

J. Seiler in 1914 discovered which type of sex determination in moths?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following statements is a correct distinction between autotrophs and heterotrophs?

PMC Practice 7
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which of the following phyla of Kingdom Animalia do humans belong to?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Archaeopteryx is a transitional stage between the members of which one of the following pairs?

NTS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The concentration of Na ions in the body fluids is controlled by the ____ hormone.

NTS 2012
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The diploid human chromosome set has:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The genetically engineered vaccine is available for which of the following hepatitis virus?

PMC Practice 5
Biology
Biotechnology
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Marine fish can keep their internal environment hypertonic with respect to the surrounding salty water by retaining.

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Liposomes are:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Biotechnology
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The virus can only survive and reproduce inside a:

NTS 2019
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

All of the following are characteristics of kingdom fungi except:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Factory of ribosomal systhesis is

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The enzyme found in saliva responsible for the digestion of carbohydrates is:

NTS 2018
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology

Which type of protein structure contains the three dimensional structure?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Biological Molecules

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following types of bacterial reproduction is most similar to mitosis?

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

In alkaptonuria

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Gaseous exchange through the skin is known as ______ respiration.

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The first layer of cell wall which is formed is:

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Of the following, which one is missing in herbivores?

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Commonly used restriction enzyme is

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which one of the following sets includes the bacterial diseases?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Genotype of blood group ‘AB’ in human is ______.

NUMS 2015
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Four events in the transmission of nerve impulses across synapses are:

I. depolarisation of the presynaptic membrane

II. propagation of postsynaptic action potential

III. reabsorption of the transmitter substance

IV. release of transmitter substance into the synaptic cleft

In which sequence do these events occur?

FIRST -> LAST

NTS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A student of chemical engineering mistakenly engulfed the toxic compound “A” which was a potent inhibitor of a certain enzyme. He was immediately brought to a hospital where the doctor injected, intravenously, substrate “B” to minimize the toxic effect of Compound A. His life was saved from serious damage. The treatment method shows that compound A was a ______ inhibitor.

UHS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The technique used for the non-surgical removal of kidney stones is called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

It is possible to date the rocks by comparing the amount of specific radioactive isotopes they contain. Which of the statement is correct in this respect:

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which of the following is a freshwater sponge?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

A group of ribosomes attached to mRNA is known as

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Read the passage below to answer the question:

Haemophilia is a disorder in which blood fails to clot. Saad, a male haemophiliac, marries Sara, a normal woman and together they have four children, two boys (Ahmed and Ali) and two girls (Alia and Ayesha). None of the children display the symptoms of Haemophilia.

Ahmed, Ali, Ayesha, and Ali all marry normal individuals and have children. None of Ahmed’s or Ali’s children, male or female, display symptoms of haemophilia, but the sons of Alia and Ayesha display symptoms of haemophilia while the daughters of Alia and Ayesha do not.

Which of the following best explains the reason that Ahmed, Ali, Ayesha and Alia do not display symptoms of haemophilia, even though their father, Saad, is a haemophiliac.

NTS 2010
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The process by which one molecule of Glucose splits up into molecules of Pyruvate is called:

NTS 2018
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Conversion of ammonium into nitrates is:

UHS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Such inflorescence in which the main axis is elongated and bears sessile flowers is called:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology

The gene which controls the ABO group has how many alleles in an individual?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Variation and Genetics

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The process of cartilage formation is known as:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Support and Movement
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

The actual remains or traces of organisms that lived in ancident geological times

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

As pH of blood decreases, H+ ions increases, which combine the proteins part of hemoglobin, to decrease its ability to bind with:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Exoskeleton of a marine snail is composed of

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Category: Biology

Q43 Which cells produce oogonia in ovary?

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Category: Biology

Lysosomes function in:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Bacteria were grown in a medium containing heavy isotope of nitrogen (N15) for many generations and all their DNA contained many heavy nitrogen only. A bacterium of this type was transferred to normal medium and allowed to duplicate. After two divisions of heavy DNA is likely to be that:

NTS 2012
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in papillae extending into ridges of the fingertips?

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Natural selection can amplify or diminish variations that are

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Category: Biology

Q.10  Which of the following bond is more resistant to temperature when protein gets denatured?

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Autotrophic organisms can exist in an exclusively ______ environment.

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Enzymes for light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis would most likely be associated with:

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following is NOT a difference that would allow one to distinguish between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell?

Presence of absence of the nucleus
Presence or absence of the cell wall
Membrane bound versus no membrane bound organelles
NTS 2013
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

When a fetus is in the uterus, what carries oxygen away from the placenta?

NTS 2013
Biology
Growth and Development
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Malpighian tubules are involved in excretion in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Which valve action results from an increase in pressure in the ventricles of the heart?

NTS 2012
Biology
Transport
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

It is the non living component of the cell, it is secreted and maintained by the living portion of the cell and is found only in plants. What is this structure?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The function of respiratory passage, Cilia is to keep the airways clear of:

NTS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology

Q.16  Retroviruses have a special enzyme ‘reverse transcriptase’ which can convert ____________into ___________.

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Category: Biology

Q.32  In the ascent of sap, water moves up in:

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Reduction division is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Cell Cycle
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The most important cause of many of the respiratory disorders is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology

Q4 The branch that deals with the study of viruses fs known as?

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Carolus Linnaeus was believer of which of the following?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Evolution
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The sense organs of taste in tongue are known as:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Estimating relative CO2 consumption or O2 release during photosynthesis at different wavelengths of light, is termed as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The space between the overtopped dichotomous branches was occupied by a sheet of which cells during evolution of megaphylls?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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3 responses to “Biology Practice Test 1”

  1. Anonymous

    Hello sr thanks for your service
    But there are some MCQ Wich are out of the PMC slabus in this test
    But the test was very useful to me thanks

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  3. Anonymous

    AOA sir
    Here in the test there are many mcqs that are not included in Nums r Pmc syllabus
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