Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Syllabus
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) Syllabus

Medical students are eagerly waiting for the syllabus so that they may grasp it. Rumors did enchant the minds of medical students regarding change in merit criteria and syllabus but none of them is factual. Syllabus is similar to the last year syllabus.

MCAT Syllabus 2015

It is designed by keeping in view the Medical and Dental Students. For this, the students who intend to get appeared in MCAT exam, they must know the syllabus of MCAT. The table is drawn to display number of questions and subjects.

Sr.# Subject No. of Questions
1. Physics 44
2. Chemistry 58
3. English 30
4. Biology 88
Total 220

Passing Criteria: For MCAT’s entry test, MCAT carries 80% for it and the result of Pre-Medical exam holds only 20%.

Structure of Syllabus 2014

PHYSICS: Total MCQs are 44. Including syllabus is:

  1. Physical quantities and units (Understanding physics is important)
  2. Forces (e.g. Show an understanding of moment of force and concept of weight)
  3. Fluid Dynamics (concept of viscosity, understanding equation of continuity)
  4. Light (understanding the principles of light, its diffraction along with all concepts)
  5. Waves (explaining energy and understanding of ultrasound and Audible frequency Range)
  6. Deformation of solids (understanding tensile or compressive deformation)
  7. Ideal gases (understanding of thermal equilibrium and all topics)
  8. Heat and thermodynamics (laws of thermodynamics along with internal energy)
  9. Electronics (logic gates)
  10. Current electricity (Ohm’s law, resistors and capacitors)
  11. Magnetism an electromagnetism (magnetic field due to current in straight wire and solenoid
  12. Modern physics (main features of X-Ray tube, its usage, principles of CT scanning and all topics)
  13. Nuclear physics (understanding radioactivity, decay, isotopes, and nuclear radiation detector and radiation hazards

CHEMISTRY: Total MCQs are 58. Including syllabus is:

  1. Physical Chemistry (all topics)
  2. Inorganic Chemistry (all topics)
  3. Organic Chemistry (all topics)

ENGLISH: Total MCQs are 30, including syllabus is:

Part 1: Four questions on choosing suitable alternative from given alternatives

Part 2: 6 questions on sentences with grammatical errors, a candidate has to identify those errors.

Part 3: 10 questions consisting of a list of four sentences each. Choose the correct sentence.

Part 4: 10 questions on choosing right synonym from the given synonyms.

BIOLOGY: Total MCQs are 88, syllabus is:

  1. Introduction to biology
  2. Cell biology
  3. Biological Molecules
  4. Microbiology
  5. Kingdom Animalia
  6. Human Physiology
  7. Bio energetics
  8. Biotechnology
  9. Ecosystem
  10. Evolution and Genetics

In order to get prepared a candidate has to go through the above mentioned syllabus so that he or she may accomplish MCAT holder ship.