What is in the paper
Pick the exam to see each part of the paper and how many marks it carries.
Exam
30
marks
18
questions
50
minutes
- MCQs 14 × 1 mark 14 marks
- Short questions 2 × 3 marks 6 marks
- Long questions 2 × 5 marks 10 marks
From VU’s Fall 2025 midterm paper pattern for undergraduate courses. The Fall 2026 midterm pattern has not been announced yet. VU announces the pattern again before each exam period, and can change it.
Courses with an MCQ-only paper
These courses have no short or long questions. Most are introductory courses taken in the first semester. You attempt every MCQ, and only your best answers count.
Midterm
40 MCQs
Best 30 counted
Final term
90 MCQs
Best 60 counted
- ENG101 English Comprehension
- CS101 Introduction to Computing
- PAK301 Pakistan Studies
- ISL202 Islamic Studies
- ECO401 Economics
- MGT211 Introduction To Business
- MGT301 Principles of Marketing
- MGT503 Principles of Management
- PSY101 Introduction to Psychology
- BIO101 Basic I-Biology
- SOC101 Introduction to Sociology
- ZOO503 Zoogeography and Paleontology
- BT401 Genetic Resources & Conservation
- ENG001 Elementary English
- MTH001 Elementary Mathematics
- PHY101 Physics
Based on VU course announcements and student reports from recent exams. VU posts each course's pattern in its VULMS announcements, so check there before your exam.
How the paper works
- In papers with short and long questions, every question is compulsory. There is no choice between questions, so prepare the whole syllabus for each exam.
- Short questions carry 3 marks and long questions 5 marks. In the midterm, each MCQ carries one mark.
- You sit the paper at the exam centre and on the date you booked in your date sheet. How the date sheet works
- The midterm and final term together decide most of your course marks. See the VU grading scheme