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Comparing Previous MDCAT Syllabus & 2025

BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY

 Added Plant Hormones (Forms &  Added Group 4A reactions (S & P Block
Function) Elements
 Added Effects of Smoking (Respiration)
 Removed Group 3A reactions (S & P
 Removed Virus Discovery (Acellular Block Elements)
Life)  Removed Proton Discovery, Hydrogen
 Removed Respiration (Bioenergetics) Atom: Quantum Theory (Atomic
 Removed Fluid Mosaic Model (Cell Structure)
Structure & Function)  Removed Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law,
 Removed Spinal Cord (Nervous Avogadro’s Law, Gas Constant Units,
Coordination) Ideal vs. Real Gas (Gases)
 Removed Complete Chemical  Removed Standard Electrode Potential
Coordination of an Electrode (Electrochemistry)
 Removed Complete Digestion
PHYSICS ENGLISH & L.R
 Removed Newton’s Laws (Force &
Motion)
 Removed Energy Transfer in Progressive  No Major Changes
Waves, Comparison of Transverse &
Longitudinal Waves, Laplace Correction
(Waves)
 Removed First Law of Thermodynamics;
Cp - Cv = R (Thermodynamics)

“2025-MDCAT SYLLABUS”

BIOLOGY
No. Chapter Name Topics

 Classification of viruses (structure, strands, diseases, host)

1 ACELLULAR LIFE  Symptoms, transmission, and causes of viral diseases (AIDS)

 Photosynthesis process

2 BIOENERGETICS  Role of factors (light, water, CO2) in photosynthesis

 Light-dependent and independent phases

 Classification of biological molecules

 Importance of biological molecules

 Properties of water (polarity, hydrolysis, specific heat, solvent, reagent,

3 density, cohesion/ionization)
BIOLOGICAL
MOLECULES  Carbohydrates: monosaccharides (glucose), oligosaccharides (sucrose,
lactose), polysaccharides (starches, cellulose, glycogen)

 Proteins: amino acids, protein structure

 Lipids: phospholipids, triglycerides, alcohol, and esters (acylglycerol)

 RNA overview

 Conjugated molecules (glycolipids, glycoproteins)

 Animal and plant cell comparison

4  Prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cells

CELL STRUCTURE &
FUNCTION
 Organelles: nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus,
mitochondria

 Receptors as transducers

 Neuron structure

 Neuron components: cell body, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, Schwann

cells
5 COORDINATION &
CONTROL/NERVOUS &  Nerve impulse
CHEMICAL
 Reflexes classification
COORDINATION
 Reflex arc components functions

 Brain structure and functions

DIVERSITY AMONG
6
ANIMALS (THE
KINGDOM ANIMALIA)  Animal characteristics

 Characteristics of enzymes

 Enzyme action mechanism

7 ENZYMES
 Factors affecting enzyme action (temperature, pH, concentration)

 Enzyme inhibitors

 Origin of life: evolution concept

8 EVOLUTION  Lamarck’s theory: inheritance of acquired characters

 Darwin’s natural selection theory

 Bacterial cell structure

PROKARYOTES
9 (KINGDOM MONERA)  Bacteria: diversity in shape and size

 Importance of bacteria and controlling harmful bacteria

 Male & female reproductive systems: functions and hormones

10 REPRODUCTION  Menstrual cycle (female reproductive cycle)

 Sexually transmitted diseases (causes and symptoms)

 Cartilage and bone characteristics and functions

 Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle characteristics

 Skeletal muscle structure

SUPPORT &
 Skeletal muscle contraction
11 MOVEMENT
 Joints classification

 Arthritis

 Mendelian inheritance laws

 Independent assortment law and examples

 Gene linkage and crossing over

12 INHERITANCE
 Gene linkage and independent assortment interactions

 Sex-linkage and inheritance of sex-linked traits

 Hemophilia inheritance

 Carnivorous plants examples (pitcher plant, Venus flytrap, sundew)

 Osmotic pressure in plants

13
FORM AND FUNCTION
IN PLANTS  Water and mineral uptake (roots, xylem, phloem)

 Plant hormones functions

 Human heart structure

 Phases of heartbeat
CIRCULATION

14  Arteries, veins, and capillaries structure and function

 Lymphatic system (nodes, vessels, organs)

15 IMMUNITY  Specific immunity mechanisms

 Respiratory system functions

16 RESPIRATION  Gaseous exchange in lungs

 Smoking impact on the respiratory system

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CHEMISTRY
No. Chapter Name Topics

 Mole ratios from balanced equations

INTRODUCTION OF  Stoichiometric calculations (moles, particles, masses, volumes at STP)

1
FUNDAMENTAL
CONCEPTS of Chemistry  Limiting reagent

 Theoretical yield and percent yield

 Photon as unit of radiation energy

 Concept of orbitals

2 ATOMIC STRUCTURE  Principle energy levels, sub-levels, and atomic orbitals

 Shapes of s , p , and d orbitals

 Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion, Hund's Rule for electronic

configuration

 Kinetic molecular theory

 Motion of gas particles

3 GASES
 Standard temperature and pressure (STP)

 Effect of pressure and temperature change on gas volume

 Simple properties (diffusion, compression, molecular motion , spaces

between them, intermolecular forces , kinetic energy)

 Physical properties (evaporation, vapor pressure, boiling point)

4 LIQUIDS
 Hydrogen bonding in H2O, NH3, and HF

 Anomalous behavior of water (density shows maximum at 4 Celsius)

 Crystalline solids

 Factors affecting ionic crystal shape

 Ionic and molecular solids

5 SOLIDS
 Crystal lattice

 Lattice energy
 Reversible reactions and equilibrium

 Le Chatelier's Principle

 Solubility product
CHEMICAL
 Common ion effect
6 EQUILIBRIUM
 Buffer solutions and types

 Ammonia synthesis (Haber’s Process)

 Rate of reaction, rate equation, and reaction order

 Activation energy and activated complex

7 REACTION KINETICS  Factors affecting rate of reaction (concentration, temperature, surface

area)

 Rate constant and reaction rate

 Units of Thermal Energy

THERMOCHEMISTRY
& ENERGETICS OF  Exothermic and endothermic reactions
8
CHEMICAL
REACTIONS  Heat capacity, work done, and enthalpy of substances

 Hess’s Law and energy cycles

 Redox reactions

 Oxidation and reduction (oxidation numbers)

9 ELECTROCHEMISTRY
 Standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) and electrode potential

 Balancing redox equations (ion-electron, oxidation number method)

 VSEPR theory for molecule shapes

 Sigma and pi bonds

10 CHEMICAL BONDING  Molecular orbital theory and hybridization

 Polarity and ionic character of covalent bonds

 Atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity,

electronegativity, bond energy, and bond length

 S and P block elements in periodic table

 Trends in physical properties (atomic radius, ionization energy,

11 electronegativity)
S AND P BLOCK
ELEMENTS
 Reactions of Group I with water, oxygen, and chlorine , II with water,
oxygen, and nitrogen, IV elements reactions

12  Transition elements properties and reactions

TRANSITION
ELEMENTS

 Organic chemistry overview

FUNDAMENTAL  Classification of organic compounds (based on structure)

13
PRINCIPLES OF
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY  Functional groups

 Stereoisomerism types

 Classification of hydrocarbons (aliphatic and aromatic)

 Nomenclature of alkanes

 Free radical mechanisms: initiation, propagation, termination

 Mechanism of free radical substitution (e.g., methane, ethane)

 IUPAC nomenclature of alkenes

 Shape of ethane molecule (sigma and pi bonds)

 Structure and reactivity of alkenes (e.g., ethene)

 Structural isomerism in alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes

 Dehydration of alcohols and dehydrohalogenation of RX for the

preparation of ethane.

 Chemistry of alkenes by the following reactions of ethene:

Hydrogenation, hydro halogenation, hydration, halogenation,

CHEMISTRY OF
halohydration, polymerization.
14 HYDROCARBONS
 Shape of the benzene molecule (molecular orbital treatment)

 Resonance and resonance energy

 Reactivity of benzene with alkanes and alkenes

 Addition reactions of benzene and methylbenzene

 Mechanism of electrophilic substitution in benzene

 Nitration, halogenation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation of benzene

and methylbenzene

 Positions of substitution in electrophilic substitution reactions in benzene

 IUPAC naming system for alkynes

 Reactivity of alkynes compared to alkanes, alkenes, and arenes

 Preparation of alkynes via elimination reactions

 Acidity of alkynes
 Hydrogenation of alkynes

 Difference between substitution and addition reactions in hydrocarbons

 Nomenclature of alkyl halides

15 ALKYL HALIDES  Structure and reactivity of RX

 Nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions

 Nomenclature and structure of alcohols

ALCOHOLS AND  Alcohols and phenols chemistry (ether and ester preparation, electrophilic
16 PHENOLS aromatic substitution)

 Nomenclature and structure of aldehydes and ketones

ALDEHYDES &
17 KETONES  Preparation, reactivity, and reduction to alcohols

 Oxidation reactions of aldehydes and ketones

 Nomenclature, chemistry, and preparation of carboxylic acids

 Reactivity of carboxylic acids

18 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS  Chemistry of carboxylic acids by conversion to carboxylic acid derivatives:

Acyl halides, acid hydrides, esters, amides and interconversion reactions.

 Classification and structure-function relationship of Proteins.

19 MACROMOLECULES  Proteins in maintaining body functions and their nutritional importance

 Role of enzymes as Bio-catalysts

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PHYSICS
No. Chapter Name Topics
 Displacement

 Average velocity of objects

 Displacement-time graph (objects moving in a straight line)

 Uniform acceleration

 Distinction between uniform and variable acceleration

 Projectile motion (2D motion in a vertical plane)

 Projectile in absence of air resistance

1 FORCE AND MOTION  Horizontal component of velocity is constant

 Horizontal motion vs. Vertical motion

 Solving projectile motion problems (maximum height, range, launch

angle, time of flight)

 Elastic and inelastic collisions

 Law of conservation of momentum

 Relative speed of approach is equal to relative speed of separation for

perfectly elastic collision

 Work: force × displacement

 Energy definition

 Kinetic energy
2 WORK AND ENERGY
 Potential energy and gravitational potential energy

 Power as the scalar product of force and velocity

 Work done against friction is dissipated as heat

 Energy losses in practical devices

 Angular displacement (measured in radians)

 Angular velocity and its relationship to linear velocity

ROTATIONAL AND
3 CIRCULAR MOTION  Define revolution , radian and radian

 Relationship between angular and linear displacements, velocities, and

accelerations

 Meaning of wave motion (e.g., vibrations in ropes and springs)

4 WAVES
 Solve problems using equation: v=f λ

 Mechanical waves require a medium; electromagnetic waves do not

 Wave properties: medium, displacement, amplitude, period,
compression, rarefaction, crest, trough, wavelength, velocity

 Speed of sound depends on the properties of the medium

 Principle of superposition

 Interference of sound waves

 Stationary waves formation (nodes and antinodes)

 Modes of vibration of string

 Stationary waves in vibrating air columns

 S.H.M and its characteristics

 Thermal energy transfer from higher to lower temperature

 Specific heat and molar specific heat of gas

5 THERMODYNAMICS  Thermal processes and work done during volume change

 First law of thermodynamics: change in internal energy, heat, and

work

 Coulomb's law: Force between point charges

 Electric field: definition and calculation

6 ELECTROSTATICS  Direction and magnitude of electric field lines

 Electric potential at a point in terms of work done

 Capacitance and capacitors (charging, discharging, energy stored in

capacitors)

 Concept of steady current

 Resistivity and its dependence on temperature

 Ohm's law and electrical resistance

7 CURRENT ELECTRICITY
 Internal resistance of sources and its effects on circuits

 Conditions for maximum power transfer in a circuit

 Magnetic flux density (B) & its units

 Magnetic flux: scalar product of magnetic field and area

8 ELECTROMAGNETISM  The path followed by a charged particle hot into a magnetic field in a
direction perpendicular to the field.

 A force may act on a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field.

9  Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction

ELECTROMAGNETIC
INDUCTION  Lenz’s law and its application to induced currents

 Construction and working of a transformer

 Step-up and Step-down transformers

10 ELECTRONICS  Rectification process (half and full-wave rectification)

 Working of diodes in rectification

DAWN OF MODERN
11 PHYSICS  Particle model of light (photons, energy of photons)

12 ATOMIC SPECTRA  Atomic spectra (line spectra)

 Atomic model: protons, neutrons, electrons

 Radioactive decay and half-life

13 NUCLEAR PHYSICS
 Half-life and equation λ = 0.693 / T½

 Biological effects of radiation (applications of radiation in medicine)

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2. Control of Tenses and Sentence 2. Letters & Symbol Series
Structure 3. Logical deductions
3. Sentence Structure & Writing 4. Logical Problems
Conventions 5. Course of Action
4. Subject-Verb Agreement & 6. Cause & Effect
Articles/Prepositions
5. Identify Mistakes in
Sentences/Texts
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