DVM admission, UVAS Lahore

Pakistan · University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore · entrance

4practice questions written to this syllabus
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Format

No entry test at UVAS. Merit = 30% Matric + 70% FSc Part-1 (2026).

Over the years

The national MDCAT is for medical and dental admission, not veterinary.

Official source: https://www.uvas.edu.pk/Admissions/undergraduate/merit-formula.php

Subjects this exam draws on

Veterinary Biochemistry4 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Which bond links the glucose units of cellulose?

  1. beta-1,4 glycosidic bond
  2. alpha-1,4 glycosidic bond
  3. alpha-1,6 glycosidic bond
  4. alpha-1,2 glycosidic bond
Answer and working

A. beta-1,4 glycosidic bond

Cellulose is a linear polymer of glucose joined by beta-1,4 bonds, which no vertebrate enzyme can hydrolyse. Alpha-1,4 bonds are found in starch and glycogen chains, alpha-1,6 at their branch points, and alpha-1,2 links glucose and fructose in sucrose.

Veterinary Biochemistry · Biomolecules and their interactions

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