Army Medical Cadet Route
Not publishedof exam
Biology Paper-I
37%of exam
Chemistry Paper-I
26.5%of exam
Physics Paper-I
26.5%of exam
English Paper-I
10%of exam
Paper-II Psychological Test
5%of exam
Quick Facts
- Scored test
- NUMS MDCAT-2026
- Total MCQs
- 200 across two papers
- Paper-I
- 150 MCQs, 165 min
- Paper-II
- 50 MCQs, 15 min
- Format
- Paper-based one-best-answer
- Test date
- Sunday, 23 August 2026
- MBBS pass
- 55% MDCAT
- FSc minimum
- 60% with Biology, Chemistry
- MDCAT merit share
- 50% of admission merit
- Science items
- 70% recall, 30% application
- Army special test
- Blueprint not published
Paper-I Weights
Bio 37, Chem 26.5, Phys 26.5, Eng 10
Biology 55 MCQsChemistry 40 MCQsPhysics 40 MCQsEnglish 15 MCQs
NUMS vs National MDCAT
NUMS MDCAT
- 150 subject MCQs
- 165 minutes
- Plus psychological paper
- Biology 37%
National MDCAT
- 180 MCQs
- 180 minutes
- Logical reasoning section
- Biology 45%
Different papers, different mixes
Which Source Rules?
- Test structure question→NUMS MDCAT-2026 syllabus
- Registration or fee→NUMS MDCAT-2026 notice
- MBBS pass percentage→Army Medical College criteria(55%)
- Merit formula→PM&DC Admissions Regulations(50/40/10)
- Army special test→Active induction notice(Not published)
- Age, marks, documents→Join Pakistan Army portal
- Coaching blog claim→Treat as unverified(Confirm officially)
Paper Structure
- Paper-I
- 150 MCQs, 165 minutes
- Paper-II
- 50 MCQs, 15 minutes
- Biology
- 37%, 55 MCQsPaper-I
- Chemistry
- 26.5%, 40 MCQsPaper-I
- Physics
- 26.5%, 40 MCQsPaper-I
- English
- 10%, 15 MCQsPaper-I
- Psychological test
- 5%, 50 MCQsPaper-II
- Format
- Paper-based, one best answer
- Difficulty split
- 20% easy, 60% moderate
- Hard items
- 20% of the paper
- Science items
- 70% recall, 30% applicationBio/Chem/Phys
- Negative marking
- Not stated by NUMS
Admission Merit Split
MDCAT 50, FSc 40, Matric 10
MDCAT halfFSc 40%Matric 10%PM&DC notified
Army Test vs MDCAT
Army special test
- Recruitment centres
- Blueprint unpublished
- Army controls rules
NUMS MDCAT
- NUMS controls rules
- Full syllabus published
- 23 August 2026
Two owners, two sources
Selection Pipeline
- Admitting university
- NUMS, not the college
- AMC MBBS seats
- Medical Cadets only
- Stage 1
- Pass NUMS MDCAT
- Stage 2
- Army recruitment-centre special test
- Stage 3
- Thorough medical examination
- Registration
- Join Pakistan Army portal
- NUMS test scope
- Armed Forces colleges only
- Special test blueprint
- Not published by Army
- Cycle rules
- Read the active induction notice
- Merit weightage
- MDCAT 50%, FSc 40%
- Matric share
- 10% of admission merit
Selection Stages
MDCAT, special test, medical exam
NUMS MDCAT firstArmy recruitment centreThorough medicalRegister on portal
Test Day Rules
- Arrive
- Three hours before start
- Centre sealed
- Half hour before start
- Start time
- 10:00 AM PST, local centres
- Bring
- Printed admit card
- Identity
- Original matric certificate, photograph
- Second ID
- CNIC, Juvenile card, passport
- Writing
- Two blue/black ball points
- Barred
- Pencils, gel pens, markers
- Also barred
- Phones, smart watches, gadgets
- Allowed extra
- One clean clip board
- Admit card
- Download using CNIC number
- Centre choice
- Two cities, ranked preference
Germ Layers
Diplo two, triplo three layers
Cnidarians diploblasticMesoderm makes muscleTriploblastic organ systems
Mitosis vs Meiosis
Mitosis
- One division
- Two diploid cells
- Genetically identical
Meiosis
- Two divisions
- Four haploid gametes
- Crossing over varies
Repair versus gametes
Biology Picker
- Organelle makes ATP→Mitochondrion(Aerobic)
- Carbon dioxide fixed→Calvin cycle(Stroma)
- Extra substrate restores rate→Competitive inhibitor
- Four varied haploid cells→Meiosis(Two divisions)
- Sugar moves source to sink→Phloem(Living tubes)
- Change is reversed→Negative feedback(Homeostasis)
- Trait skips to males→X-linked recessive
Cell + Biomolecules
- Fluid mosaic model
- Plasma membrane structure
- Rough ER
- Ribosomes, secreted protein processing
- Smooth ER
- Lipids, detoxification, calcium store
- Mitochondrion
- Aerobic ATP production site
- Lysosome
- Hydrolytic digestion of waste
- Prokaryote
- No nucleus, 70S ribosomes
- Peptidoglycan
- Bacterial wall, penicillin target
- Enzyme
- Lowers activation energy only
- Competitive inhibitor
- Binds active site, reversible
- Non-competitive inhibitor
- Binds elsewhere, reshapes site
- Water polarity
- Universal solvent, high specific heat
- Light reactions
- Thylakoid; ATP, NADPH, oxygen
- Calvin cycle
- Stroma; carbon dioxide fixed
- Glycolysis
- Cytoplasm, glucose to pyruvate
Xylem vs Phloem
Xylem
- Dead hollow vessels
- Water and minerals
- Upward only
Phloem
- Living sieve tubes
- Dissolved sugars
- Source to sink
Water up, sugar both
Human Physiology
- Neuron parts
- Dendrites, cell body, axon
- Myelin sheath
- Speeds saltatory impulse conduction
- Chemical synapse
- Neurotransmitter crosses the cleft
- Negative feedback
- Reverses change, restores set point
- Positive feedback
- Amplifies change; labour contractions
- Reflex arc
- Receptor, spinal relay, effector
- Cerebellum
- Balance, posture, movement coordination
- Medulla
- Breathing and heart rate
- Cardiac cycle
- Systole contracts, diastole fills
- Arteries
- Thick wall, carry away
- Veins
- Valves prevent backflow
- Surfactant
- Lowers alveolar surface tension
- Sliding filament
- Myosin pulls actin inward
- Calcium role
- Exposes actin binding sites
- Cardiac muscle
- Striated, branched, involuntary
- Smooth muscle
- Unstriated, spindle-shaped, involuntary
Genetics + Evolution
- Monohybrid cross
- 3:1 phenotype ratio
- Genotype ratio
- 1:2:1 from heterozygous cross
- Test cross
- Against homozygous recessive parent
- Dihybrid cross
- 9:3:3:1 phenotype ratio
- Independent assortment
- Separate genes segregate independently
- Crossing over
- Prophase I, new combinations
- Sex linkage
- X-linked recessive hits males
- Haemophilia
- Classic X-linked recessive disease
- Mitosis
- Two identical diploid cells
- Meiosis
- Four varied haploid gametes
- Lamarck
- Acquired characteristics, not supported
- Darwin
- Natural selection on existing variation
- Neo-Darwinism
- Selection plus genetic variation
Plants + Prokaryotes
- Xylem
- Dead vessels, water upward
- Phloem
- Living sieve tubes, sugars
- Transpiration pull
- Drives the xylem water column
- Osmosis
- Water to lower water potential
- Root hairs
- Increase mineral uptake surface
- Carnivorous plants
- Pitcher plant, Venus flytrap
- Bacteria shapes
- Cocci, bacilli, spirilla
- Virus classification
- Structure, strands, host, disease
- Viruses
- Acellular, replicate inside host
- AIDS
- HIV, body fluid transmission
- Diploblastic
- Ectoderm and endoderm only
- Triploblastic
- Adds mesoderm, true organs
Electrode Rule
AN OX, RED CAT
Anode oxidationCathode reductionTrue both cells
Sigma vs Pi Bond
Sigma bond
- Head-on overlap
- Rotation allowed
- Stronger
Pi bond
- Sideways p overlap
- Rotation locked
- More reactive
Double bond has both
Chemistry Picker
- Reactant runs out first→Limiting reactant(Compare moles)
- Pressure raised, moles differ→Shift to fewer moles
- Rate up, position unchanged→Catalyst(Lower activation energy)
- Oxidation happens here→Anode(Both cell types)
- Silver mirror forms→Aldehyde(Tollens')
- Bromine water decolourised→Alkene(Addition)
- Tetrahedral, 109.5 degrees→sp3 hybridisation
Physical Chemistry
- Limiting reactant
- Runs out, fixes yield
- Percentage yield
- Actual over theoretical, times 100
- Avogadro's number
- Particles in one mole
- Molar volume STP
- 22.4 litres per mole
- Ideal gas deviation
- High pressure, low temperature
- Boyle's law
- Pressure inversely proportional to volume
- Charles's law
- Volume proportional to absolute temperature
- Le Chatelier
- System opposes the imposed change
- Pressure shift
- Toward fewer gas moles
- Catalyst
- Lowers activation energy only
- Exothermic
- Negative enthalpy change, heat released
- Endothermic
- Positive enthalpy change, heat absorbed
- Hess's law
- Enthalpy is a state function
- Oxidation
- Loss of electrons, number rises
- Standard hydrogen electrode
- Reference potential, zero volts
Orbital Filling Rules
Aufbau fills, Pauli pairs, Hund spreads
Aufbau: lowest firstPauli: opposite spinsHund: singly first
Anode vs Cathode
Anode
- Oxidation always
- Negative in galvanic
- Positive in electrolytic
Cathode
- Reduction always
- Positive in galvanic
- Negative in electrolytic
Reaction fixed, sign flips
Bonding + Periodicity
- Aufbau principle
- Lowest energy orbitals first
- Pauli exclusion
- Opposite spins, four quantum numbers
- Hund's rule
- Singly fill degenerate orbitals first
- Sigma bond
- Head-on overlap, rotation allowed
- Pi bond
- Sideways p overlap, weaker
- sp3 hybridisation
- Tetrahedral, 109.5 degrees
- sp2 hybridisation
- Trigonal planar, 120 degrees
- sp hybridisation
- Linear, 180 degrees
- VSEPR
- Lone pairs repel most
- Ionisation energy
- Rises across, falls down
- Atomic radius
- Falls across, rises down
- Electronegativity
- Highest at fluorine
- Group 1 metals
- React vigorously with water
- d-block elements
- Variable oxidation states, coloured ions
Organic Chemistry
- Alkane reaction
- Free radical substitution, light
- Radical steps
- Initiation, propagation, termination
- Alkene reaction
- Electrophilic addition across double
- Bromine water test
- Decolourised by an alkene
- Benzene
- Resonance stabilised, substitution preferred
- Alkyl halide
- Nucleophilic substitution or elimination
- Primary alcohol
- Oxidises to aldehyde, then acid
- Secondary alcohol
- Oxidises to a ketone
- Tertiary alcohol
- Resists ordinary oxidation
- Tollens' reagent
- Silver mirror with aldehyde
- Fehling's solution
- Red precipitate with aldehyde
- Carboxylic acid
- Weak acid, forms esters
- Esterification
- Acid plus alcohol, acid catalysed
- Isomerism
- Same formula, different structure
Distance Falloff
Force 1/r^2, potential 1/r
Double distanceForce quarteredPotential halved
Faraday vs Lenz
Faraday's law
- Size of emf
- Rate of flux change
Lenz's law
- Direction of current
- Opposes the change
- Conserves energy
Magnitude versus direction
Physics Picker
- Range of a projectile→Horizontal velocity times time
- Speed constant, circular path→Zero net work(Kinetic unchanged)
- Direction of induced current→Lenz's law(Opposes change)
- Size of induced emf→Faraday's law(Flux rate)
- Total below smallest branch→Parallel resistors
- AC needs to become DC→Diode rectifier
- One-eighth of sample left→Three half-lives passed
Mechanics + Waves
- Projectile motion
- Horizontal and vertical independent
- Horizontal velocity
- Constant without air resistance
- Time of flight
- Set by vertical motion
- Work-energy theorem
- Net work equals kinetic change
- Power
- Force dotted with velocity
- Centripetal force
- mv^2/r toward the centre
- Angular link
- v equals omega times r
- Radian
- Arc length over radius
- Transverse wave
- Vibration perpendicular to travel
- Longitudinal wave
- Compressions and rarefactions
- Wave equation
- v equals f times lambda
- Stationary wave
- Nodes still, antinodes maximum
- Doppler effect
- Approach raises the pitch
- Simple harmonic motion
- Acceleration toward the equilibrium
- First law thermodynamics
- Heat equals internal energy plus work
- Isothermal change
- Internal energy stays constant
Series vs Parallel
Series
- Resistances add
- Same current
- Voltage divides
Parallel
- Reciprocals add
- Same voltage
- Current divides
Below smallest branch resistance
Electricity + Magnetism
- Coulomb's law
- Force falls as 1/r^2
- Electric potential
- Falls as 1/r
- Capacitance
- Charge stored per volt
- Parallel plate field
- Uniform between the plates
- Ohm's law
- Voltage equals current times resistance
- Resistivity
- Rises with metal temperature
- Series circuit
- Resistances add, same current
- Parallel circuit
- Reciprocals add, same voltage
- Internal resistance
- Causes terminal voltage drop
- Magnetic flux
- B dotted with area
- Faraday's law
- Induced emf from flux change
- Lenz's law
- Induced current opposes the change
- Transformer
- Changes voltage, conserves power
- Step-up transformer
- More turns on secondary
Modern + Nuclear
- Photon energy
- E equals h times f
- Particle model
- Light travels as photons
- Line spectrum
- Discrete electron energy levels
- Rectification
- Diode converts AC to DC
- Half-wave rectifier
- One diode, half the cycle
- Full-wave rectifier
- Bridge uses four diodes
- Half-life
- Time for half to decay
- Decay fraction
- Three half-lives leave one-eighth
- Radioactive decay
- Spontaneous and random process
- Medical uses
- Tracers, imaging, radiotherapy
- Ionising radiation
- Damages DNA in tissue
Fragment vs Sentence
Fragment
- No finite verb
- Or subordinate clause alone
- Incomplete thought
Sentence
- Subject and finite verb
- Complete thought
- Stands alone
Because alone is fragment
English Picker
- Verb near a phrase→Match the true subject
- Subordinate clause stands alone→Sentence fragment
- Unreal present situation→Second conditional
- Unreal past situation→Third conditional
- Plain plural noun→No apostrophe
- Two independent clauses→Semicolon or conjunction
English Grammar
- Subject-verb agreement
- Verb matches the true subject
- Nearest noun trap
- Ignore the intervening phrase
- Neither ... nor
- Verb matches the nearer subject
- Fragment
- Missing subject, verb, or thought
- Run-on sentence
- Two clauses, no proper joiner
- Second conditional
- Past simple plus would base
- Third conditional
- Past perfect plus would have
- Relative clause
- Who for people, which for things
- Article the
- Specific or already mentioned noun
- Preposition of time
- At clock, on day, in month
- Passive voice
- Object becomes the subject
- Parallel structure
- Match forms across a list
Vocabulary + Punctuation
- Context clue
- Meaning from surrounding sentence
- Synonym
- Word with similar meaning
- Antonym
- Word with opposite meaning
- Homophone
- Same sound, different spelling
- Possessive apostrophe
- Student's result, students' results
- Plural rule
- Never an apostrophe for plurals
- Serial comma
- Separates items in a list
- Semicolon
- Joins two related independent clauses
- Colon
- Introduces a list or explanation
- Capitalisation
- Proper nouns and sentence starts
- Comprehension items
- Answer explicit in the passage
- Word order errors
- Misplaced modifier changes meaning
Paper-I vs Paper-II
Paper-I
- 150 subject MCQs
- 165 minutes
- Published syllabus
Paper-II
- 50 psychological MCQs
- 15 minutes
- No published syllabus
Study one, pace other
Paper-II Facts
- Size
- 50 MCQs
- Time
- 15 minutes total
- Listed weightage
- 5% in the NUMS table
- Syllabus
- No content list published
- Purpose
- Aptitude and mental robustness
- Pace
- Roughly 18 seconds each
- Preparation
- Practise speed, not content
- Format
- Same one best answer
Common Traps
NUMS is not national
NUMS 150 subject MCQs ≠ National MDCAT 180 MCQs
Two separate tests
MDCAT blueprint published ≠ Army special test unpublished
Passing is not selection
55% only makes eligible ≠ Seats awarded on merit
Weights are within Paper-I
Subject percentages total Paper-I ≠ Paper-II listed separately
Paper-II is not revisable
No content syllabus published ≠ Practise pacing instead
Negative marking assumption
National MDCAT states none ≠ NUMS syllabus states nothing
Ball points only
Two blue or black ≠ Pencils and gel barred
Catalyst does not shift
Speeds both directions ≠ Equilibrium position unchanged
Xylem is not living
Xylem vessels are dead ≠ Phloem sieve tubes live
Anode sign flips
Oxidation always at anode ≠ Sign differs between cells
Last Minute
- 1.Paper-I: 150 MCQs, 165 minutes
- 2.Paper-II: 50 MCQs, 15 minutes
- 3.Biology 55, Chemistry 40, Physics 40
- 4.English 15 MCQs; psychological 50
- 5.MBBS needs 55% MDCAT minimum
- 6.Merit: MDCAT 50, FSc 40
- 7.Matric contributes 10% of merit
- 8.Army special test blueprint unpublished
- 9.AMC MBBS seats: Medical Cadets only
- 10.Arrive three hours before start
- 11.Bring two blue or black ballpoints
- 12.Phones and smart watches barred
- 13.Anode oxidises; cathode reduces
- 14.Lenz gives direction; Faraday size
- 15.Xylem dead upward; phloem living
- 16.Meiosis: four varied haploid gametes
- 17.Catalyst speeds; never shifts equilibrium
- 18.Verb matches subject, not neighbour
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