Eligibility

1	Gurpreet Singh
2	Deepak K S
3	Keron Babu N
4	Shahnawaz Karim
5	Mohnish Grover
6	Sirsendu Sekhar Ray
7	Ashoka G K
8	Jos V Stanley
9	Prasanna Ganapa
10	Ramakant Rawat
11	Earnest Mendoz
12	Binoj Varghese V
13	Atul Kumar
14	Anthuvan Saghaya Rajesh A
15	Kumar Sourav
16	Sarabjeet Singh
17	Ramkrishna Mondal

MBBS degree with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate. The candidate must have completed the internship. The candidates must have studied Mathematics at +2 level (The students who have passed +2 level Mathematics as additional subject from National Open School or State Boards are also eligible for admission). Seats are reserved for SC/ST and physically challenged (handicapped) candidates as per Government of India rules

Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi

The Application Form, Admit Card Format, and the Information Brochure are now available on the website http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/~gate. The candidates can download the application form and send the completed application form, with two self addressed slips, and a demand draft for the non-refundable application fee of Rs. 1500/- (Rs. 700/- for the SC/ST candidates) in favour of ‘IIT Kharagpur’ payable at any Nationalised bank in Kharagpur.

Application material can also be obtained in person/by post by submitting two self-addressed slips and a demand draft as mentioned above, from the ‘Chairman, GATE, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302’.

Candidates who choose to download the application form have to send the following through Speed Post before March 1, 2004:

    (a) Application form completed in all respects
    (b) The two Admit cards duly filled in
    (c) Demand draft as per the procedure outlined above
    (d) Acknowledgement form duly filled in
    (e) Two address slips
    (f) Copy of SC/ST Certificate if applicable

Candidates who purchase the application form from the GATE Office, IIT Kharagpur have to ensure that they submit through Speed Post before March 1, 2004:

    (a) Application form completed in all respects
    (b) The two Admit cards duly filled in
    (c) Acknowledgement form duly filled in
    (d) Two address slips
    (e) Copy of SC/ST Certificate if applicable

All the above application related material should be sent in an envelope to:

    The Chairman
    GATE
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
    Kharagpur – 721 302 (WB)

Note: The authorities empowered to issue SC/ ST certificate are:

1. District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Collector / Deputy

Commissioner / Additional Deputy Commissioner / First Class Stipendiary Magistrate / City

Magistrate / Sub-Divisional Magistrate / Taluk Magistrate / Executive Magistrate / Extra

Assistant Commissioner.
2. Chief Presidency Magistrate / Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate / Presidency

Magistrate.
3. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar.
4. Sub-Divisional Officer at the area where the Candidate and/or his family normally resides.
5. Administrator / Secretary to Administrator / Development Officer (Lakshadweep Islands)

Certificate signed by any other official will not be accepted.

Admit card is an important document, which has to be produced during the test, counseling, and enrolment. It will be issued only to those candidates who submit the application form complete in all respects before the closing date. It should normally reach the students by 30.3.2004. If it is not received by this date, the Chairman GATE should be contacted immediately. The Institute will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity resulting in late or non-delivery of the admit card.

The admission test will be of objective type to test the aptitude of the candidates in +2 level Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics apart from the standard syllabi of MBBS. It will consist of 10 questions in Mathematics, 15 questions each in Physics and Chemistry and 80 questions based upon MBBS syllabus. The test will be of two-hour duration and will be held between 10.00 and 12.00 hrs on 11.04.2004, Sunday. The test date and time will not be changed under any circumstances.

Counseling

On the basis of performance in the written test a short list of candidates will be prepared and the short-listed candidates will be called for counseling at IIT Kharagpur on 11.06.2004, Friday.

Newton’s laws of motion, translation and rotation, energy and power, conservation of linear momentum, simple harmonic motion, Hook's law, First law of thermodynamics, expansion of solid, Gas laws, Maxwell distribution of velocity, waves, Interference of two waves, total internal reflection, Coulomb's law, Ohm's law, Magnetic Field due to Current, Faraday's law of induction, Photoelectric effect, Bohr model of atom, Radioactivity.

Chemical equilibrium, Chemical and enzyme kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry, Enzyme catalysis, Coordination Chemistry - preliminary concepts, Bonding, Strong and weak interactions, Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity, Characteristic reactions of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, amines, carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Optical isomerism of compounds containing two asymmetric centers. Aromatic and heterocyclic compounds (one hetero atom), Carbohydrates, Amino acids, Nucleic acids and Proteins: general structure and physical properties.

Algebra of complex numbers. Theory of quadratic equations and quadratic expressions, relationship between roots and coefficients. Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions.
Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point from a line, lines through point of intersection of two lines. Limit, continuity and derivative of a function, limit, and derivative of sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions and composite functions. Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, integration by parts.

Anatomy- gross and applied, Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Pharmacology: emphasis on clinical pharmacology, Pathology including microbiology and parasitology- emphasis on microscopic structures. Social and Preventive Medicine: emphasis on infectious and communicable diseases, immunization and family planning, Medicine including Pediatrics, Surgery including Orthopaedics and Urology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and ENT, Anaesthesia and Oncology, Radio-diagnosis.

Admission offer letter will be issued to the candidates successful in the counseling on payment of an admission fee of as given below. The admission fee is non-refundable in case of a candidate who fails to enroll in the programme for any reason. Candidates with an admission offer letter shall enroll on payment of tuition fee. The admission offer will automatically lapse if a candidate fails to enroll within the stipulated time. The seat thus vacated will be offered to a candidate from a panel drawn up during the counseling. The enrolled candidates shall register for the course tentatively on July 21, 2004

(Note: Fee structure and amount are subject to change from time to time; the non-refundable fee has a tuition component of Rs 2,500/- per semester which is waived in case of SC/ST category students)

All students are required to abide by all the rules and norms of IIT Kharagpur and conduct themselves in a manner befitting the rich traditions of IIT Kharagpur. Any breach of discipline will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee, which will take any action it thinks fit.

Commencement of sale of application forms : 27.01.2004

Last date for:
(a) Request of application forms by Post :             20.02.2004
(b) Sale at GATE Office (IIT Kharagpur) :               01.03.2004
(c) Receiving completed application forms :          01.03.2004

Date of Admission Test :                                          11.04.2004
Announcement of Results :                                       07.05.2004
Counselling at IIT Kharagpur :                                  11.06.2004
Date of Registration ( Joining) :                               21.07.2004

Despatch of Application Form

The Completed Application form along with
(a) Admit Card duly filled in,
(b) Acknowledgement Card duly filled in and requisite postage stamp affixed on it,
(c) Address Slips duly filled in,
(d) The receipt given by the GATE Office and
(e) Attested copy of caste certificate, in case the candidate belongs to SC/ST category,

should be sent in the envelope to

Further information on Postgraduate Programme in Medical Science and Technology can be obtained from:

Test Structure: MMST Admission Test will be of two-hour duration. The test will consist of 120 objective/multiple-choice type questions. It will consist of 10 questions in Mathematics, 15 questions each in Physics and Chemistry, and 80 questions based upon MBBS syllabus. The test will be held between 10.00 and 12.00 hrs on 11.04.2004.

1. Candidates are advised to occupy their assigned seats 15 minutes prior to commencement of the admission test. Candidates will not be permitted to enter examination hall after 15 minutes from the commencement of the test.

3. All questions are of objective/multiple-choice type. For each question, the appropriate alternative is to be tick marked [Ö] in blue/black/blue-black ink. Sketch pen or ink of any other colour is not permitted. Calculators, electronic diaries, cell phones and similar electronic equipment will not be allowed in the examination hall.

4. Candidates are requested to write the name, registration number and examination centre in the space provided on the cover page of the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook and nowhere else.

5. Put your signature in the space provided on the cover page of the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook.

6. Do not remove any sheet from the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook. All rough work should be done only on the blank pages in the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook. No supplementary sheet will be provided.

7. Once the test starts you will not be allowed to leave the examination hall for any reason till the test is over and all other formalities are completed.

8. You should remain seated after completing the test. The invigilator will collect the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook. You will be allowed to leave the examination hall only after the Question Paper-cum-Answerbooks from all the candidates have been collected.

9. Additional instructions given on the Question Paper-cum-Answerbook should be strictly followed.

Candidates found violating the instructions of the Test/Invigilator, will be disqualified. A candidate giving assistance to any other candidate or seeking/ receiving help from any source in answering questions or copying in any manner in the test will forfeit his/ her chance of being considered for admission.

1. Resistances of 1, 2 and 3 ohms are connected in the form of a triangle. If a 1.5 volt cell of negligible internal resistance is connected across the 3 ohm resistance then the power delivered by the cell is

a) 0.25 Watt
b) 0.50 Watt
c) 1.00 Watt
d) 1.50 Watt
2. The displacement X of a particle at any instant of time ( t ) is given by X = a₀ – a₁t + a₂t². The acceleration of the particle is

(a) a

₀ (b) a₁ (c) a₂ (d) 2a₂ 3. A doubly ionized helium ion and a hydrogen ion are accelerated through the same potential. The ratio of the speed of the helium and hydrogen ion is

4. A long spring is elongated by 2cm. , its potential energy is U. Its potential energy for an elongation of 10 cm will be

a) U/25
b) U/5
c) 5U
d) 25U

5. The total energy of a body executing S.H.M. is E. Its Kinetic energy when the displacement is half of the amplitude is

(a) E/4
(b) E/8
(c) 3E/4
(d) 2E

6. Four point particles each carrying a charge Q are located at corners of square of side R. The force acting on a particle with charge 4Q and located at the center of the square is

a) 4Q²/ R²
b) 8Q²/ R²
c) 2Q²/ R²
d) Zero

7. In the nuclear reaction ₇N¹⁴ + ₂H⁴ → ₈O¹⁷ + …………, the missing term is a / an

a) electron
b) proton
c) neutron
d) alpha particle

8. There are two point charges 1 micro-coulomb and 5 micro-coulomb. The ratio of the forces acting on them is

(a) 1:1
(b) 1:25
(c) 1:5
(d) 5:1

9. Of the following properties, the photon does not possess

(a) rest mass
(b) energy
(c) momentum
(d) frequency
10 The velocity of light in glass is 2.0 X 10⁸ m/s.The refractive index of the glass with respect to air is 1.5. In a certain liquid the velocity of light is found to be 2.5 X 10⁸ m/s. The refractive index of the liquid with respect to air would be
a) 0.64
b) 0.80
c) 1.20
d) 1.44
11. Which one of the following statements is correct ?

a) Proteins consisting of one polypeptide chain can have quaternary structure
b) The formation of disulphide bond in a protein requires two cysteine residues that should be adjacent to each other in the primary sequence of the protein
c) The denaturation of proteins always leads to an irreversible loss of secondary and tertiary structure
d) The primary structure determines the folding of a protein

12. The structure of cysteine at pH 2.0 is

13. The pH of a solution at 25^oC containing 0.02 M sodium acetate and 0.04 M acetic acid (pKa = 4.75 at same temperature) is

a) 4.45
b) 4.75
c) 5.05
d) 4.15
14. For the reaction H_2(g) + I_2(g)⌐ 2HI_(g) the equilibrium constant Kp changes with

a) total pressure
b) catalyst
c) the amounts of H₂ and I₂
d) temperature

15. Which one of the following is correct about enzyme catalyzed reaction?

a) increases both the forward and the reverse reaction rates
b) increases the energy of the transition state
c) decreases the entropy of the reaction
d) increases the ratio of products to reacts

16. Which one of the following sugar is present in DNA ?

a) ribose
b) 2’ –deoxy ribose
c) 3’ –deoxy ribose
d) ribulose

17. Which of the following reagents would be most useful in determining the N – terminal amino acid of a polypeptide ?

a) trypsin
b) carboxypeptidase
c) phenyl isothiocyanate
d) cyanogen bromide

18. The half-life is independent of initial concentration of the reactant

a) for a second order reaction
b) for a first order reaction
c) for both first and second order reaction
d) for none of these reactions

19. If the line y – x + 2 = 0 is shifted parallel to itself towards the positive direction of the x axis by a distance 3Ö2 units, then the equation of the line in the new position is

20. Let P(x) be a quadratic polynomial whose values at x = 1 and at x = 2 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign. If -1(minus one) is a root of the equation P(x) = 0, then the other root is

a) 3/5
b) 7/6
c) 8/5
d) 13/7

21. The sum of the infinite terms of a decreasing G.P. is the greatest value of f ( x ) = x³ + 3x – 9

22. The equation of a straight line passing through the point of intersection of the lines x – y +1 = 0 and 3x + y – 5 = 0 and perpendicular to one of them is

a) x + y + 3 = 0
b) x + y – 3 = 0
c) x – 3y – 5 = 0
d) x + 3y – 5 = 0
23. For every real number a > 0, a complex number z satisfies the equation

24. The value of

a) 6
b) 9
c) 16
d) 25
26. Which of the following are Vitamin K dependent Coagulation factors ?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 5
d) 8

27. Kaposi's Sarcoma

a) does not occur in non HIV positive persons
b) has increasing incidence among AIDS patients
c) may present with massive GI bleeding
d) is more common among homosexual HIV positive patients

28. Inhibition of one of the following by a drug is likely to raise blood pressure.

a) Angiotensin converting enzyme
b) NO synthetase
c) V1a vasopressin receptors
d) Endothelin converting enzyme

29. The percentage of adenine in a double stranded DNA with 20% cytosine will be
a) 20
b) 25
c) 30
d) 40

30. Which of following materials for implants will evoke least inflammatory issue response ?

a) Polypropylene
b) Bovine Collagen
c) Polygiactin
d) Cotton

31. The free energy change ∆G for a chemical reaction :

a) is directly proportional to the standard free change ∆G⁰
b) is equal to zero at equilibrium
c) is equal to - RTlnK_eq
d) indicates the rate of the reaction

32. Which of the following statements is true with regards to the mechanism of 5 – fluorouracil as an anticancer agent ?

a) It inhibits the formation of thymine from uracil
b) It inhibits the formation of deoxy thymidine monophosphate from deoxy uridine monophosphate
c) It cause DNA – strand scission
d) It inhibits the formation of purine bases

33. High boiling point of water is due to the presence of

a) Polar bond
b) Hydrogen bond
c) Covalent bond
d) Coordinate bond

34. In myofilaments with action and myosin

a) parallel array of actin filaments is anisotropic to polarized light
b) actin filament is a triple helix of globular actin monomers
c) liquid crystalline array of the myosin filament is anisotropic to polarized light
d) actin : Myosin ratio in skeletal muscle is 0.5

35. Thyroxin binding globulin is increased in

a) pregnancy
b) nephritic syndrome
c) glucocorticoid treatment
d) cancer therapy

36. Thrombosis of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery will give rise to the following except

a) hypotonia of the homolateral limbs
b) ataxia
c) signs of cranial nerve involvement ( V to X )
d) homolateral loss of pain and thermal sensibility

37. In moderate exercise increase in cardiac output is mainly on account of

a) decreased peripheral resistance
b) increased stroke volume
c) increase of heart rate
d) increase in diastolic pressure
38. 'Marble bone appearance' is characteristic of

a) osteoporosis
b) osteogenesis imperfecta
c) flourosis
d) achondroplasia

39. Steroids are contra-indicated in

a) uveitis
b) spring catarrh
c) episcleritis
d) Herpetic corneal ulcer

40. PG – E₂ when infused intravenously has one of the following action on kidney

a) Decrease the renal plasma flow
b) Decrease in GFR
c) Increased reabsorption of water
d) Increases excretion of sodium

41. The phenomenon which ensures that a given lymphocyte synthesizes only a single |_g on TCR is

a) recombination
b) allelic exclusion
c) class switching
d) clonal selection

42. The binding of prokaryotic DNA dependent RNA polymerase to promoter sites of genes is inhibited by the antibiotic

a) Rifampicin
b) Terramycin
c) Puromycin
d) Streptomycin

43. Collagen is rich in one of the following amino acid derivatives

a) Hydroxyproline
b) g-carboxyglutamate
c) Methyl histidine
d) Methyl lysine

44. The following apolipoprotein may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease

a) Ap_o B48
b) Ap_o B 100
c) Ap_oE
d) Ap_oc

45. All of the following mediators released during mast cell activation cause an increase of vascular Permeability except

a) Histamine
b) Eosinophil chemotactic factor (ECF)
c) Serotonin
d) Slovo reaching subsitance of anaphylaxis

46. Prosthetic valve endocarditis occurring within two months of valve surgery is generally due to the following organisms except
a) Coagulase negative staphylococci
b) Staphylococcus aureus
c) Fungi
d) HACEK (Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella And Kingella) organisms

47. The rate of elimination of a drug in first order kinetics is proportional to one of the following

a) Amount of drug stored in the kidney
b) Blood flow to kidney
c) Extent of plasma protein binding
d) Drug concentration in plasma

48. Most common masses in the anterior mediastinum include the following except

a) Thymoma
b) Lymph node masses
c) Neurogenic tumours
d) Teratomatous neoplasm

49. The incidence of which disease is not known to be increased in AIDS

a) Tuberculosis
b) Leprosy
c) Leishmianiosis
d) Cryptococcosis

50. Choose the CORRECT statement out of the following

a) Correlation coefficient and Regression coefficient have the same statistical significance
b) A correlation coefficient of – 1 indicates “no correlation”
c) If X and Y are two variables the Regression coefficient of Y upon X is equal to the Regression coefficient of X upon
d) The function of Regression Analysis is to provide a means of estimating the value of one variable from the value of another

51. Abducens may be linked with the following except

a) Paretic (incomitant) esotropia
b) Systemic hypertension
c) Diabetes
d) Nonaccomodative esotropia

52. The following statements regarding spermatozoa are correct except

a) an acidic pH is required in the vas deferens for survival
b) contains 23 chromosomes
c) produced from spermatogonia in three weeks
d) requires both testosterone and FSH for normal development

Commencement sale of Application form:	27.01.2004
Last date for (a)Request by Post	20.02.2004
(b) Sale at IIT Kharagpur GATE Office Counters	01.03.2004
(c) Receiving Completed Application Form	01.03.2004
Date of MMST 2004 Examination	11.04.2004
Announcement of results	07.05.2004
Counselling at IIT Kharagpur	11.06.2004
Date of Registration	21.07.2004

Semester	Fee type	General (Rs)	SC/ST (Rs)
First Semester	Non-refundable	6,200/-	3,700/-
First Semester	Refundable	4,000/-	4,000/-
Each Subsequent Semesters	Non-refundable	4,700/-	2,200/-

Semester	Amount (Rs)
First Semester	9,100/-
Each Subsequent Semesters	3,100/-

Commencement sale of Application form:	27.01.2004
Last date for (a)Request by Post	20.02.2004
(b) Sale at IIT Kharagpur GATE Office Counters	01.03.2004
(c) Receiving Completed Application Form	01.03.2004
Date of MMST 2004 Examination	11.04.2004
Announcement of results	07.05.2004
Counselling at IIT Kharagpur	11.06.2004
Date of Registration	21.07.2004