NEET Biology Chemical Coordination and Integration MCQs Set 13

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Question 1: A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and characterised by (i) a low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is:
(a) Simple goitre
(b) Myxoedema
(c) Cretinism
(d) Hypothyroidism
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Answer: (b) Myxoedema

Explanation:
1. Myxoedema : is a disease caused in adults by hypothyroidism which causes produciton of excessive amounts of glycoprotein in the interstitial spaces due to which accumulation of fluid in the tissues resulting in edema.

Question 2: Feeling the tremors of an earthquake a scared resident of seventh floor of a multistoryed building starts climbing down the stairs rapidly. Which hormone initiated this action?
(a) Gastrin
(b) Thyroxin
(c) Adrenaline
(d) Glucagon
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Answer: (c) Adrenaline

Explanation:
1. Adrenaline is secreted by adrenal medulla during stress, hence it is also known as stress-hormone or 3F-responsive hormone (Tight, flight and flight hormone).

Question 3: A person is having problems with calcium and phosphorous metabolism in his body. Which one of the following glands may not be functioning properly?
(a) Thyroid
(b) Parathyroid
(c) Parotid
(d) Pancreas
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Answer: (b) Parathyroid

Explanation:
1. Parathormone (PTH) secreted by parathyroid gland regulates calcium and phosphorus homeostasis.

Question 4: A steroid hormone which regulates glucose metabolism is :
(a) Cortisol
(b) Corticosterone
(c) 11-deoxycorticosterone
(d) Cortisone
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Answer: (a) Cortisol

Explanation:
1. This option, Cortisol, is the correct choice, as it agrees with the standard NCERT account of this topic.

Question 5: Which one of the following is not a second messenger in hormone action?
(a) cGMP
(b) Calcium
(c) Sodium
(d) cAMP
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Answer: (c) Sodium

Explanation:
1. Secondary messengers – Ca2+, cAMP, cGMP, IP3 etc. – Na+ is not considered to be secondary messenger.

Question 6: Which of the following is an accumulation and release centre of neurohormones?
(a) Posterior pituitary lobe
(b) Intermediate lobe of the pituitary
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) Anterior pituitary lobe
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Answer: (c) Hypothalamus

Explanation:
1. Posterior lobe of pituitary stores the released hormones by neurosecretory cells of hypothalamus.
2. The hornones viz. oxytoicn and ADH are released by posterior lobe of pituitary.

Question 7: Which hormone causes dilation of blood vessels, increased oxygen consumption and glycogenolysis?
(a) ACTH
(b) Insulin
(c) Adrenalin
(d) Glucagon
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Answer: (c) Adrenalin

Explanation:
1. This option, Adrenalin, is the correct choice, as it agrees with the standard NCERT account of this topic.

Question 8: Damage to thymus in a child may lead to
(a) A reduction in haemoglobin content of blood
(b) A reduction in stem cell production
(c) Loss of antibody mediated immunity
(d) Loss of cell mediated immunity
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Answer: (d) Loss of cell mediated immunity

Explanation:
1. Thymus is responsible for the maturation of lymphocytes that are produced in the red bone marrow that goes to thymus and convert to T-lymphocytes.
2. T-lymphocytes are known to regulate cell mediated immunity.

Question 9: Thymosin hormone is secreted by
(a) Thyroid gland
(b) Parathyroid gland
(c) Thymus gland
(d) Hypothalamus
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Answer: (c) Thymus gland

Explanation:
1. Thyroid gland – Thyroxin (T3, T4), thyrocalcitonin Parathyroid gland – Parathormone Thymus gland – thymosin Hypothalamus – Vasopressin (ADH), oxytocins.

Question 10: The hormone which regulates the basal metabolism in our body is secreted from
(a) Adrenal cortex
(b) Pancreas
(c) Pituitary
(d) Thyroid
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Answer: (d) Thyroid

Explanation:
1. Thyroxine hormone secreted by thyroid gland controls the BMR of the body.

Question 11: Calcitonin is a thyroid hormone which
(a) Elevates calcium level in blood
(b) Has no effect on calcium
(c) Elevates potassium level in blood
(d) Lowers calcium level in blood
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Answer: (d) Lowers calcium level in blood

Explanation:
1. Calcitonin secreted by thyroid gland is hypocalcaemic.
2. Parathormone secreted by parathyroid galnd is hypercalcaemic.
3. Deficiency in Mineralocorticoid (secreted by adrenal cortex) increases K+ level.

Question 12: Which hormone stimulates the formation and secretion of milk in female?
(a) Oxytocin
(b) Progesterone
(c) LH
(d) Prolactin
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Answer: (d) Prolactin

Explanation:
1. Prolactin hormone stimulates the formation and secretion of milk while oxytocin hormone is reponsible for ejection of milk.

Question 13: The function of oxytocin is to help in
(a) Child birth
(b) Gametogenesis
(c) Growth
(d) Lactation
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Answer: (a) Child birth

Explanation:
1. Oxytocin helps in the ejection of the milk.
2. Hence, it is also known as let-down hormone while the milk formation is initiated by prolactin hormone.
3. Oxytocin helps in child birth while the growth is stimulated by the growth hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary while gametogenesis is initiated by FSH.

Question 14: Melatonin is secreted by
(a) Pineal body
(b) Skin
(c) Pituitary gland
(d) Thyroid
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Answer: (a) Pineal body

Explanation:
1. Melatonin hormone is secreted by the pineal gland located inside the brain, which helps in the regulation of 24-hour sleep-wake cycle and is antigonadal in nature.

Question 15: Acromegaly is caused by
(a) Excess of S.T.H.
(b) Excess of thyroxin
(c) Deficiency of thyroxin
(d) Excess of adrenalin
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Answer: (a) Excess of S.T.H.

Explanation:
1. Acromegaly : Oversecretion of growth hormone after puberty cause acromegaly.

Question 16: Which of the following pair is correct match of a hormone with a disease resulting from its deficiency?
(a) Relaxin – Gigantism
(b) Prolactin – Cretinism
(c) Parathyroid hormone – Tetany
(d) Insulin – Diabetes insipidus
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Answer: (c) Parathyroid hormone – Tetany

Explanation:
1. Deficiency of parathyroid hormone resulsts in parathyroid tetany because low PTH resulsts in hypocalcaemia.
2. Low levels of calcium is extracellular fuid increases the permeability of neuronal membranes to sodium ions causing a progressive depolarisation.
3. Which increases the possibility of action potential.
4. This occurs because calcium ion interacts with the exterior surface of sodium channels in the plasma membrane of the nerve cells.

Question 17: Diabetes is due to :
(a) Enzyme deficiency
(b) Iodine deficiency
(c) Na+ deficiency
(d) Hormonal deficiency
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Answer: (d) Hormonal deficiency

Explanation:
1. Diabetes occurs due to hormonal deficiency.
2. Diabetes mellitus : due to deficiency of insulin Diabetes insipidus : due to deficiency of ADH.

Question 18: If diabetes mellitus is not-controlled increased oxidation of _______ produces ketone bodies such as acetoacetate and acetone
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Fats
(c) Proteins
(d) Nucleic acids
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Answer: (b) Fats

Explanation:
1. Ketonuria is a manifestation of diabetes mellitus.
2. In the diabetes mellitus blood sugar level rises too high.
3. When this happens, the body do not have sufficient insulin to get energy into the body's cells.
4. So breakage of body tissue (fat and muscels) into ketones occurs, which can be used as fuel without need of insulin.

Question 19: Individuals with type-I diabetes
(a) Lack β-cells in the islets of Langerhans
(b) Produce enough insulin but lack functional receptors on their cells
(c) Can control their diabetes with diet and exercise
(d) All of these are correct
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Answer: (a) Lack β-cells in the islets of Langerhans

Explanation:
1. Diabetes mellitus Type - I Type - II (a) Occurs early in the life Usually late in the life (b) β-cells produce hormone insulin Life style disease resulting from weight gain and lack of exercise. – Patient doesn't have deficiency of insulin but has insensitivity to body's own insulin. (c) Insulin in given by injection Treatment includes diet and exercise and ultimately requires pills or insulin.

Question 20: Mark the correct statement w.r.t. erythropoietin.
(a) Secreted by juxtaglomerular cells
(b) Secreted in response to hypoxia
(c) Activates bone marrow cells to produce more RBCs
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Erythropoietin is secreted by the juxta glomerular cells of kidney, in response to hypoxia which activates bone marrow cells to produce more RBCs.

Question 21: What happens when the tadpole larva is kept in iodine deficient pond water?
(a) Development of giant frog
(b) Accelerated metamorphosis
(c) Inhibition of metamorphosis
(d) Development of miniature frog
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Answer: (c) Inhibition of metamorphosis

Explanation:
1. Thyroxine hormone requires iodine for the formation and this hormone is essential for the metamorphosis of tadpoles in frog.
2. Due to deficiency of iodine in water metamorphosis is inhibited.

Question 22: Which of the following hormone is a derivative of tyrosine?
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Epinephrine
(c) Nor epinephrine
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Amine – derived hormones : Thyroxine, epinephrine, nor epinephrine Tyrosine + Iodine = Thyroxine.

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