MDCAT 2008
216 questions, every answer verified. Free to try.
ℹ️ 216 of 220 questions available. Q95 and Q195 were never resolved in UHS's key; Q116 and Q127 are withheld because no option is correct. Where the old printed key contradicts clear science, the scientifically correct answer is used and explained.
When the official key is wrong, we say so.
Every answer here is checked against the official key published for that paper. Where the key and the subject disagree — and on some papers that happens dozens of times — we mark the answer the science supports, and the explanation on that question says plainly that we have departed from the key and why. One paper's published key turned out to belong to a different paper code entirely.
Where a question cannot be resolved at all — an unreadable scan, a missing diagram, an option the original paper never printed — we switch it off rather than guess, and the paper's own note tells you how many are missing and which. That is why a paper can read 218 of 220 instead of a tidy 100%: the number is the truth about the paper, not a target.
What the MDCAT 2008 paper tested
The 2008 paper had 216 questions across 4 subjects. Biology was the largest section, with 69 questions over 18 topics. The most-tested topics in each subject are below. Each one links to its syllabus page, with the subtopics and more past-paper questions.
Biology · 69 Qs
Chemistry · 58 Qs
Physics · 60 Qs
English · 29 Qs
Sample questions from MDCAT 2008
Three questions from the 2008 paper. Try each before opening the answer, then sit the full paper above for a score.
- Q1 · MDCAT 2008 · Nuclear Physics
When a helium atom loses an electron, it becomes:
- A.An alpha particle.
- B.Proton.
- C.A positive helium ion.
- D.A negative helium ion.
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Answer: C. A positive helium ion. — Losing one electron leaves helium with a net +1 charge — a positive helium ion (He+), not an alpha particle.
- Q2 · MDCAT 2008 · Chemical Bonding
Which type of bonding is present in NH₄Cl?
- A.Ionic.
- B.Covalent.
- C.Coordinate covalent.
- D.All of these.
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Answer: D. All of these. — NH₄Cl contains all three: covalent N–H bonds, a coordinate covalent N→H⁺ bond, and ionic attraction between NH₄⁺ and Cl⁻.
- Q3 · MDCAT 2008 · Formal and Lexical Aspect of Language
He was __________ of all valuable possessions.
- A.Robbed.
- B.Stolen.
- C.Pinched.
- D.Established.
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Answer: A. Robbed. — 'Robbed of' is the correct idiom for being deprived of possessions by theft (robbed OF something).