Question 1
Question: The cells in our body that can be over a foot long are _____.
| 1. | muscle cells |
| 2. | nerve cells |
| 3. | bone cells |
| 4. | blood cells |
Answer: 2
Question 2
Question: The substance that accelerates the growth in the stem is ____.
| 1. | auxin |
| 2. | cytokinin |
| 3. | enzyme |
| 4. | vitamin |
Answer: 1
Question 3
Question: Learning is related to ______________.
| 1. | hypothalamus |
| 2. | thalamus |
| 3. | cerebrum |
| 4. | cerebellum |
Answer: 3
Question 4
Question: Male hormone is ________________.
| 1. | oestrogen |
| 2. | progesterone |
| 3. | adrenaline |
| 4. | testosterone |
Answer: 4
Question 5
Question: Endocrine glands are those which pour their secretions into _________________.
| 1. | blood |
| 2. | ducts |
| 3. | sinuses |
| 4. | any of the above |
Answer: 1
Question 6
Question: In reflex action, the reflex arc is formed by ____________.
| 1. | muscles - receptor - brain |
| 2. | muscles - effector - brain |
| 3. | receptor - spinal cord - muscles |
| 4. | spinal cord - receptor - muscles |
Answer: 3
Question 7
Question: Auxins are _________________.
| 1. | vitamins |
| 2. | enzymes |
| 3. | proteins |
| 4. | hormones |
Answer: 4
Question 8
Question: The cerebellum is concerned with _______________.
| 1. | conditioning |
| 2. | memory |
| 3. | coordination and precision |
| 4. | intelligence |
Answer: 3
Question 9
Question: The endocrine gland also known as 'master gland' is ______.
| 1. | hypothalamus |
| 2. | pituitary |
| 3. | pancreas |
| 4. | adrenal |
Answer: 2
Question 10
Question: Which of the following acts as both endocrine and exocrine glands?
| 1. | pituitary |
| 2. | adrenal |
| 3. | pancreas |
| 4. | ovaries |
Answer: 3
Question 11
Question: Cerebral hemispheres are centres of __________.
| 1. | balance |
| 2. | smell |
| 3. | taste |
| 4. | thinking |
Answer: 4
Question 12
Question: Adrenaline increases _____________.
| 1. | heart rate |
| 2. | blood pressure |
| 3. | amount of glucose in blood |
| 4. | all the above |
Answer: 4
Question 13
Question: Junction of two neurons is called _____________.
| 1. | synapse |
| 2. | end plate |
| 3. | axon |
| 4. | dendrite |
Answer: 1
Question 14
Question: Gibberellins were discovered from ______________.
| 1. | bacteria |
| 2. | fungi |
| 3. | algae |
| 4. | mosses |
Answer: 2
Question 15
Question: Growth hormone is produced in ___________.
| 1. | hypothalamus |
| 2. | pituitary |
| 3. | pancreas |
| 4. | thyroid |
Answer: 2
Question 16
Question: The hormone secreted by the alpha cells of islets of Langerhans is _____________.
| 1. | glucagon |
| 2. | insulin |
| 3. | adrenaline |
| 4. | thymosin |
Answer: 1
Question 17
Question: An involuntary response to a stimulus is known as _______.
| 1. | jerking |
| 2. | reflex |
| 3. | conditioning |
| 4. | answer |
Answer: 2
Question 18
Question: The CNS consists of _______________.
| 1. | brain |
| 2. | spinal cord |
| 3. | brain and spinal cord |
| 4. | brain, spinal cord and all the nerves |
Answer: 3
Question 19
Question: An example of a sex hormone is _________________.
| 1. | testosterone |
| 2. | insulin |
| 3. | thyroxin |
| 4. | thymosin |
Answer: 1
Question 20
Question: Cerebrum is present in the _______________.
| 1. | fore brain |
| 2. | mid brain |
| 3. | hind brain |
| 4. | partly in a and b each |
Answer: 1
Question 21
Question: Cerebellum is situated in ___________.
| 1. | fore brain |
| 2. | mid brain |
| 3. | hind brain |
| 4. | partly in a and b each |
Answer: 3
Question 22
Question: Medulla oblongata is situated in ___________.
| 1. | fore brain |
| 2. | mid brain |
| 3. | hind brain |
| 4. | partly in b and c each |
Answer: 3
Question 23
Question: The grey matter consists of ___________.
| 1. | nerve cells |
| 2. | nerve cell bodies |
| 3. | nerve cell bodies and dendrites |
| 4. | nerve cell bodies, dendrites and axons |
Answer: 3
Question 24
Question: There are ___________ pairs of cranial nerves.
| 1. | 21 |
| 2. | 31 |
| 3. | 41 |
| 4. | 12 |
Answer: 4
Question 25
Question: There are ______________ pairs of spinal nerves.
| 1. | 12 |
| 2. | 31 |
| 3. | 21 |
| 4. | 8 |
Answer: 2
Question 26
Question: The hormone that is used to keep flowers fresh is _______.
| 1. | auxin |
| 2. | gibberellic acid |
| 3. | cytokinin |
| 4. | ethylene |
Answer: 3
Question 27
Question: The hormone that speeds up the ripening process is ______.
| 1. | auxin |
| 2. | gibberelin |
| 3. | cytokinin |
| 4. | ethylene |
Answer: 4
Question 28
Question: A spinal nerve is a ________________ nerve.
| 1. | sensory |
| 2. | motor |
| 3. | mixed |
| 4. | long |
Answer: 3
Question 29
Question: Ganglion is made up of ___________.
| 1. | dendrites |
| 2. | axons |
| 3. | cytons |
| 4. | neurons |
Answer: 3
Question 30
Question: The preganglionic fibres and the postganglionic fibres are a part of ____________.
| 1. | central nervous system |
| 2. | peripheral nervous system |
| 3. | autonomous nervous system |
| 4. | endocrine system |
Answer: 3
Question 31
Question: Afferent nerves are also called the _______________.
| 1. | motor nerves |
| 2. | sensory nerves |
| 3. | mixed nerves |
| 4. | association nerves |
Answer: 2
Question 32
Question: Efferent nerves are also called as _____________.
| 1. | motor nerves |
| 2. | sensory nerves |
| 3. | mixed nerves |
| 4. | association nerves |
Answer: 1
Question 33
Question: Ganglia are present in _______________.
| 1. | the dorsal root of spinal cord |
| 2. | the ventral root of spinal cord |
| 3. | both a and b |
| 4. | neither a nor b |
Answer: 1
Question 34
Question: The hormone that causes blood sugar level to fall is _______________.
| 1. | glucagon |
| 2. | insulin |
| 3. | somatostatin |
| 4. | adrenalin |
Answer: 2
Question 35
Question: Hormone produced by the ovarian follicle is __________ and in addition ________ is produced by the corpus luteum.
| 1. | oestrogen, progesterone |
| 2. | progesterone, oestorgen |
| 3. | oestrogen, thyroxin |
| 4. | progesterone, thyroxin |
Answer: 1
Question 36
Question: The gland that plays a role in 'fight or flight response' is _________________.
| 1. | pancreas |
| 2. | pituitary |
| 3. | adrenal cortex |
| 4. | adrenal medulla |
Answer: 4
Question 37
Question: The unit of the nervous system is _______________.
| 1. | cyton |
| 2. | dendron |
| 3. | axon |
| 4. | neuron |
Answer: 4
Question 38
Question: The processes that conduct signals towards the nerve cell body are the ___________.
| 1. | fibres |
| 2. | axons |
| 3. | dendrites |
| 4. | all the above |
Answer: 3
Question 39
Question: The nodes of Ranvier are ________________.
| 1. | covering of the nerve fibre |
| 2. | swelling along the nerve fibre |
| 3. | gaps in the cover of the nerve fibre |
| 4. | collection of nerves in the heart |
Answer: 3
Question 40
Question: At the synapses, the impulses are always passed from the __________________.
| 1. | axon to the dendrites |
| 2. | dendrites to the axon |
| 3. | either way is possible |
| 4. | cyton to the dendrites |
Answer: 1
Question 41
Question: The lobes - parietal, temporal, frontal and occipetal belong to _________________.
| 1. | medulla oblongata |
| 2. | cerebrum |
| 3. | cerebellum |
| 4. | hypothalamus |
Answer: 2
Question 42
Question: Unconditioned reflex is controlled by the ______________.
| 1. | brain |
| 2. | spinal cord |
| 3. | both a and b |
| 4. | the autonomic nervous system |
Answer: 2
Question 43
Question: Blinking of eyes is a ________________.
| 1. | reflex action |
| 2. | involuntary action |
| 3. | voluntary action only |
| 4. | can be a or b |
Answer: 2
Question 44
Question: The outermost covering of the nerve is called the ________.
| 1. | perineurium |
| 2. | epineurium |
| 3. | myelin sheath |
| 4. | capsule |
Answer: 2
Question 45
Question: The box enclosing the brain is called the _____________.
| 1. | skull |
| 2. | head |
| 3. | cranium |
| 4. | vertebral column |
Answer: 3
Question 46
Question: The kind of nerve carrying impulses from the brain to a gland or a muscle is called ______.
| 1. | affector |
| 2. | effector |
| 3. | mixed |
| 4. | none of the above |
Answer: 2
