Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following causes an increase in sodium reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule?

  • Increase in aldosterone levels

  • Increase in antidiuretic hormone levels

  • Decrease in aldosterone levels

  • Decrease in aldosterone levels


A.

Increase in aldosterone levels

The increase in aldosterone levels cause and increase in sodium reabsorption is DCT. It is secreted by outer, layer of adrenal gland when aldosterone is present in the blood, all the Na+ in the filtrate is reabsorbed. Retaining Na+ raises the osmotic pressure of the blood and reduces the water loss from the body.

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  • Retinal is the light absorbing portion of visual photopigments

  • In retina, the rods have the photopigments rhodopsin, while cones have three different photopigments

  • Retinal is a derivative of vitamin -C 

  • Retinal is a derivative of vitamin -C 

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To obtain virus - free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?

  • Apical meristem only

  • Palisade parenchyma

  • Both apical and axillary meristems

  • Both apical and axillary meristems

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Select the correct matching of the type of the joint with the example in human skeletal system

  • Types of joint

    Example

    Cartilaginous joint

    Between frontal and parietal

  • Types of joint

    Example

    Pivot joint

    Between third and fourth cervical vertebrae
  • Types of joint

    Example

    Hinge joint

    Between humerus and pectoral girdle
  • Types of joint

    Example

    Hinge joint

    Between humerus and pectoral girdle
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How do parasympathetic neural signals affect the working of the heart?

  • Reduce both heart rate and cardiac output

  • heart rate is increased without affecting the cardiac output

  • Both heart rate and cardiac output increase

  • Both heart rate and cardiac output increase

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Person with blood group AB is considered as universal recipient because he has
  • Both A and B antigens on RBC but no antibodies in the plasma

  • Both A and B antibodies in the plasma

  • No antigen or RBC and no antibody in the plasma

  • No antigen or RBC and no antibody in the plasma

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Identify the hormone with its correct matching of source and function.

  • Oxytocin - posterior pituitary, growth and maintenance of mammary glands.

  • Melatonin - pineal gland, regulates the normal rhythm of sleep-wake cycle

  • Progesterone - corpus luteum, stimulation of growth and activities of female secondary sex organs

  • Progesterone - corpus luteum, stimulation of growth and activities of female secondary sex organs

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Fight or flight reactions cause activation of 

  • the parathyroid glands, leading to increased metabolic rate

  • the kidney, leading to suppression of reninangiotensin - aldosterone pathway 

  • the adrenal medulla, leading to increased secretion epinephrine and norepinephrine

  • the adrenal medulla, leading to increased secretion epinephrine and norepinephrine

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Stimulation of a muscle fibre by a motor neuron occurs at

  • the neuromuscular junction

  • the transverse tubules

  • the myofibril

  • the myofibril

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Injury localised to the hypothalamus would most likely disrupt

  • short term memory

  • coordination during locomotion

  • executive function, such as decision making 

  • executive function, such as decision making 

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