Brace yourself for the BHU-PMT!

Updated on: Monday, June 07, 2010

The Institute Of Medical Sciences, Benaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) is one of the three institutes of BHU and comprises — The Faculty of Medicine, which conducts MBBS, MD and MS courses in different disciplines; DM and M.Ch courses in different superspecialities; Ph. D courses and M.Sc (Health Statistics) besides a few PG Diploma courses. The Faculty of Dental Sciences, which conducts MDS and BDS courses and the Faculty of Ayurveda, which conducts BAMS, MD (Ay) and MS (Ay) and Ph.D courses besides a few PG Diploma programmes.

IMS-BHU will hold its entrances on 13 June so…

* Create a realistic revision plan according to your needs
* Schedule and pace your learning
* Divide the course material into small segments broken into short sessions with breaks
* Prioritise your study material
* Ensure that you get enough free time interspersed with study time
* Here are some model question papers to help you along…

BOTANY
One correct option
1. Flies are mainly attracted by the unpleasant smell of Aristolochia flowers. To avoid them, the plant develops a special type of mechanism to ensure pollination. What is this unpleasant smell and special mechanism of pollination?
(A) Decaying tobacco and fly-trap, respectively
(B) Rotten meat and pseudo copulation, respectively
(C) Rotten fish and pseudo copulation, respectively
(D) Decaying tobacco and lever mechanism, respectively

2. Congress grass (Parthenium argentatum) is a troublesome weed that produces an acid which inhibits the growth of other plants. This acid is
(A) HCN
(B) trans-cinnamic acid
(C) oxalic acid
(D) indol acetic acid

More than one correct option
Directions
In the following questions, more than one answer given may be correct. Select the correct answers and mark them according to the codes given below
Codes
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(B) 1 and 2 are correct
(C) 2 and 4 are correct
(D) 1 and 3 are correct

3. Which of the following facts are correct for umbel type of inflorescence?
1) All flowers arise from the same point on the peduncle
2) The pedicels of different flowers show a little difference
3) The flowers are arranged in a centripetal manner
4) The flowers show a basipetal succession

4. Which of the following are not the function of synergids in a mature embryo sac?
1) Transmitting genes to the next generation
2) Attracting insects for pollination
3) Secreting chemotactic substances
4) Providing a way for the entry of the pollen tube into the embryo sac

5. A woman with two genes, one for haemophilia and one for colourblindness, on one of her X chromosomes marries a normal man. The progeny will be
1) 50% haemophillic and colourblind sons and 50% normal sons
2) 50% daughter carrier and 50% normal daughter
3) Out of the total, 50% of the offsprings will be normal
4) All sons will be haemophillic and colourblind

ZOOLOGY
One correct option
1. Night blindness can be treated by...
(A) Using corrective glasses with proper lenses
(B) Including a lot of green leafy vegetables and yellow fruits in the diet
(C) Using eye drops containing B-carotene
(D) Avoiding darkness

2. Which one of the following statements is incorrect about menstruation:
(A) The beginning of the cycle of menstruation is called men-arche
(B) During normal menstruation about 40 ml of blood is lost
(C) The menstrual fluid can easily clot
(D) At menopause, there is an especially abrupt increase in the gonadotropic hormones

3. Crustaceans have
(A) Cephalothorax, one pair of antennae and a chitinous exoskeleton
(B) Cephalothorax, abdomen, two pairs of antennae and biramous appendages
(C) Chitinous exoskeleton, biramous appendages and well developed lungs
(D) Head, abdomen, one pair of antennae and nauplius larva

More than one correct option
Directions
In the following questions, more than one answer given may be correct. Select the correct answers and mark them according to the codes given below
Codes
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(B) 1 and 2 are correct
(C) 2 and 4 are correct
(D) 1 and 3 are correct

4. The tertiary structure of a protein...
1) refers to its three-dimensional shape
2) is created by the additional bonds between the functional groups
3) is due to the coiling or folding of its linear polypeptide chains
4) refers to the linear sequence of amino acids in its polypeptide chains

5. How can one keep a tadpole of a frog unchanged in the same stage for a pretty long time?
1) Maintain it on very little food
2) Surgically remove its thyroid gland
3) Add a lot of thyroxin to the aqueous medium in which it is kept
4) Provide it with an antithyroid substance like thiourea

PHYSICS
One correct option
1. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap which is 5m above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at the instant the first drop touches the ground. How far from the ground is the second drop at that instant? (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 1.25m (B) 2.50m
(C) 3.75m (D) 5.00m

2. A cup of tea cools from 65.50C to 62.50C in one minute in a room with a temperature of 22.50C. How long will the same cup of tea take to cool from 46.50C to 40.50C in the same room? (Choose the nearest value)
(A) 1 minute (B) 2 minutes
(C) 3 minutes (D) 4 minutes

3. A proton and an a-particle enter a uniform magnetic field at right angles to it with the same
velocity. The time period of the a-particle as compared to that of the proton will be
(A) 1/4 (B) half
(C) 2 times (D) 4 times

More than one correct option
Directions
In the following questions, more than one answer given may be correct. Select the correct answers and mark them according to the codes given below
Codes
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(B) 1 and 2 are correct
(C) 2 and 4 are correct
(D) 1 and 3 are correct

4. The force exerted by the floor of an elevator on the foot of a person standing there is more
than the weight of the person, if the elevator is
1) going down and slowing down
2) going up and slowing down
3) going up and speeding up
4) going down and speeding up

5. A rectangular block of mass m and area of cross section A floats in a liquid of density p. If it is given a small vertical displacement from equilibrium, it undergoes oscillation with a time period T, then
1) T2 µ m
2) T2 µ 1/p
3) T2 µ 1/A
4) T2 µ p

CHEMISTRY
One correct option
1. The hydrocarbon which can release H2 when treated with sodium in liquid ammonia is
(A) CH3 CH2C º CCH2 CH3
(B) CH3 CH2 CH2C º CCH2 CH2 CH3
(C) CH3 CH2C º CH
(D) CH3 CH = CHCH3
2. The pKa of a weak acid, HA, is 4.80. The pKb of a weak base, BOH, is 4.78. The pH of an aqueous solution of the corresponding salt, BA will be
(A) 9.22 (B) 9.58
(C) 4.79 (D) 7.01

More than one correct option
Directions
In the following questions, more than one answer given may be correct. Select the correct answers and mark them according to the codes given below
Codes
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(B) 1 and 2 are correct
(C) 2 and 4 are correct
(D) 1 and 3 are correct

3. How

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