ModelPaperPhD Microbiology

MODEL PAPER
PHD ADMISSION TEST

Department of Microbiology
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Total Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 1 Hr 30 Minutes
Name: ___________________________ Date: _______________

Roll No: _________________________
The paper will have three parts with marks and section distribution as below.
Part 1. English (grammar) (10 marks). Total number of questions will be 10, each question will
have 1 mark
Part 2: Analytical logical (general) (20 marks). Total number of questions will be 20, each
question will have 1 mark
Part 3. Subject based MCQs (70 marks). Total number of questions will be 70, each question will
have 1 mark.
Note: The subject based questions will be selected from all fields of microbiology.
Part 1 ENGLISH (GRAMMAR) (10 Marks)
Synonyms: For each question encircle a matching word in meaning from the given options
1. Xenobiotic
a. Foreign to living beings
b. Sinkable
c. Unmanageable in the environment
d. Brackish
2. Synoptic
a. Summary
b. Symbiotic
c. Tentative
d. Tacit
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Analogy: Choose the lettered pair of words whose relationship is Most Like the relationship
expressed in the original linked pair.
3. Dwell: Denizen
a. Shun: Outcast
b. Inherit: Heir
c. Squander: Miser
d. Obey: Autocrat
4. Mendicant: Impecunious
a. Critic: Quizzincal
b. Complainer: Petulant
c. Physician: Noble
d. Liar: Compulsive
Encircle any one of the suitable options from the following for each highlighted (italicized
underlined) word in the sentence
5. He opened the letter without caring to read the address on envelop.

a. Thinking
b. Bothering
c. Worrying
d. Knowing
Part 2: ANALYTICAL LOGICAL (GENERAL) (20 Marks)
Read the following passages and then encircle the best answer choice for each question
o (Questions 6-8 are based on the following passage)

Seven students –F, G, H, I, J, K, and L are being considered for a University fellowship. In
evaluating these students, the Dean has received from the registrar’s office their official
transcripts including their cumulative grade points averages (GPAs). In analyzing this
information, the Dean made the following observations:
o None of the students has the same GPA as any other student
o K’s GPA is higher than L’s, but lower than H’s.
o I has a higher GPA than J.
o Both F and G have higher GPAs than H
6. Each of the following would be true EXCEPT

a. F has the highest GPA
b. G has the highest GPA
c. More than 3 students have higher GPAs than K
d. More than 3 students have lower GPAs than K
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7. Which of the following, if true, would be sufficient to determine who has the lowest
GPA?
a. I has the highest GPA
b. I has a lower GPA than K
c. K has a higher GPA than J
d. J has highest GPA than K
8. If H as a higher GPA than I, which of the following CANNOT be tree

a. I’s GAP is equal to the average of F’s and G’s
b. I’s GPA s equal to the average of K’s and L’s
c. J’s GPA is equal to the average of K’s and L’s
d. J has the second lowest GPA
o (Questions 9-12 are based on this passage)

Observe the dilemma of the fungus: it is plant like, but it possesses no chlorophyll. While all
other plants put the sun’s energy to work for them combining the nutrients of ground and air
into the body structure, the chlorophylless fungus must look elsewhere for an energy supply.
It finds it in those other plants which having received their energy free from sun; relinquish it
at some point in their cycle either to animals or to fungi. In this search for energy the fungus
has become the earth’s major source of rot and decay. Wherever, you see mold forming on a
piece of bread, or a pile of leaves turning it in to compost, or a blown-down tree becoming
pulp on the ground, you are watching a fungus eating. Without fungus action the earth would
be piled high with the dead plant life of past centuries. In fact, certain plants which contain
resins that are toxic to fungi will last indefinitely; specimens of the redwood, for instance,
can still be found resting on the forest floor centuries after having been blown down.
9. Which of the following words best describes the fungus as depicted in the passage?
a. Unevolved
b. Sporadic
c. Enigmatic
d. Parasitic
10. The passage states all the following about fungi EXCEPT:
a. They are responsible for the decomposition of much plant life
b. They cannot live completely apart from other plants
c. They are vastly different from other plants
d. They are poisoness to resin-producing plants
11. The author’s statement that “you are watching a fungus eating” is best described as
a. Figurative
b. Ironical
c. Parenthetical
d. Erroneous
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12. The author is primarily concerned with
a. Warning people of the dangers of fungi
b. Relating how most plants use solar energy
c. Describing the actions of fungi
d. Explaining the long life of some redwoods
PART 3. SUBJECT BASED MCQS (70 MARKS)

(For each question encircle the right option from the following)
13. Group of RNA used for regulation of genes are called:

a. polycistronic
b. cluster of mRNA
c. hmRNA
d. siRNA
14. Scanning microscopy is a technique to visualize:

a. Surface topology
b. Subcellular structure
c. Live culture
d. Motility of bacteria
15. Which of the following virus is used for management of pest in agriculture:
a. Baculovirus
b. Adenoviruses
c. Lentiviruses
d. Cucumber mosaic virus
16. In anaerobic respiration all occur except for:

a. Incomplete oxidation of substrate
b. Generation of 2 ATP
c. Involvement of both glycolysis and Krebs cycle
d. Formation of lactic acid, fumaric acid, calvanic acid etc
17. Which of the following method is not used for next generation sequencing:
a. Micrroarray
b. Illumina sequencing
c. Pyrosequencing
d. DNA nanoball sequencing

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MODEL PAPER

PHD ADMISSION TEST

Name: _____________ Date: _

Part 1 ENGLISH (GRAMMAR) (10 Marks)

5. He opened the letter without caring to read the address on envelop.

Part 2: ANALYTICAL LOGICAL (GENERAL) (20 Marks)

o (Questions 6-8 are based on the following passage)

6. Each of the following would be true EXCEPT

8. If H as a higher GPA than I, which of the following CANNOT be tree

o (Questions 9-12 are based on this passage)

PART 3. SUBJECT BASED MCQS (70 MARKS)

13. Group of RNA used for regulation of genes are called:

14. Scanning microscopy is a technique to visualize:

16. In anaerobic respiration all occur except for:

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