Multiple choice questions on Nervous system with answers:
Ques. Brain is
(a) Ectodermal
(b) Mesodermal
(c) Endodermal
(d) Mesendodermal
Ques. Select the correct statement that satisfies the characteristic of spinal nerve
(a) Each spinal nerve is mixed nerve
(b) Each spinal nerve is somatic sensory
(c) Each spinal nerve is visceral motor
(d) Each spinal nerve is somatic motor
Ques. Parasympathetic nerves increase the mobility in
(a) Small intestine
(b) Heart
(c) Brain
(d) None of the above
Ques. If the vitreous humour does not have a density similar to that of the lens in the vertebrate eye, the light rays will be
(a) Absorbed
(b) Deflected
(c) Deviated
(d) None
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Ques. The spinal cord terminates in
(a) Corpus terminale
(b) Coput terminale
(c) Cauda terminale
(d) Filum terminale
Ques. Which one of the following contains practically no neurons?
(a) Grey matter
(b) Synapse
(c) White matter
(d) Nerve
Ques. The largest number of neurons are found in
(a) Brain
(b) Retina
(c) Spinal cord
(d) Tongue
Ques. The dorsal root of spinal cord contains
(a) Somatic motor fibres
(b) Visceral motor fibres
(c) Somatic sensory fibres
(d) Visceral sensory fibres
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Ques. Corpora striata is found in
(a) Paracoel
(b) Metacoel
(c) Cerebrum
(d) Diocoel
Ques. Lack of sensation to recognize any things is
(a) Agnosia
(b) Analgesia
(c) Aphasis
(d) Amnesia
Ques. The spinal cord extends from the brain through
(a) Foramen Magnum
(b) Iter
(c) Anterior commissure
(d) Foramen of Monro
Ques. The pneumotaxis centre in the body is
(a) Heart
(b) Lung
(c) Medulla
(d) Liver
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Ques. The self governing nervous system is known as
(a) Central nervous system
(b) Peripheral nervous system
(c) Autonomic nervous system
(d) Sympathetic nervous system
Ques. The innermost meninx surrounding the central nervous system in frog and man respectively are
(a) Piamater and piamater
(b) Arachnoid and piamater
(c) Piamater and duramater
(d) Arachanoid and duramater
Ques. A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies is the __ division.
(a) parasympathetic
(b) sympathetic
(c) somatic
(d) adaptive
Ques. The eighth cranial nerve (auditory) of vertebrates leads from brain to
(a) Ear
(b) Eye
(c) Nose
(d) Tongue
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Ques. The cytons of reflex in central nervous system and autonomal nervous system is
(a) Sensory
(b) Mixed
(c) Motor
(d) All of these
Ques. Stimulation of sympathetic nervous system causes
(a) Increased sweat secretion
(b) Increased tear secretion
(c) Decreased salivary secretion
(d) All of these
Ques. Tweleve pairs of ribs and twelve pairs of cranial nerves are found in
(a) Fish
(b) Frog
(c) Lizard
(d) Man
Ques. Lateral ventricles are found in
(a) Heart
(b) Brain
(c) Thyroid
(d) Brain and heart
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Ques. Third ventricle of rabbit’s brain is called
(a) Rhinocoel
(b) Rhombocoel
(c) Diocoel
(d) None of these
Ques. Reflexes for blood pressure are located in
(a) Forebrain
(b) Midbrain
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) Medulla oblongata
Ques. Function of sympathetic system is to
(a) Decrease heart beat
(b) Increase heart beat
(c) Contract respiratory organ
(d) Secrete saliva
Ques. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by
(a) Ependymal cells
(b) Choroid plexus
(c) Neuroglial cells
(d) Neurons
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Ques. Breathing is controlled by
(a) Lungs
(b) Trachea
(c) Medulla oblongata
(d) Hypothalamus
Ques. Corpus callosum is found in the brain of
(a) Elephant
(b) Pigeon
(c) Crocodile
(d) Frog
Ques. The control of blood sugar level, osmoregulation and thermoregulation are the function of
(a) Medulla oblongata
(b) Cerebellum
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) Diencephalon
Ques. If frog’s brain is crushed, even then its leg moves on pinpointing. It is called
(a) Simple reflex
(b) Conditional reflex
(c) Neurotransmitter function
(d) Autonomic nerve condition
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Ques. Nissl’s granules are found in
(a) Liver cells
(b) Nerve cells
(c) Intestinal cells
(d) Kidney
Ques. Which of the following is a mixed nerve
(a) Trochlear
(b) Hypoglossal
(c) Glossopharyngeal
(d) Oculomotor
Ques. Nerve cells do not possess
(a) Neurilemma
(b) Sarcolemma
(c) Dendrite
(d) Axon
Ques. What is found in Primate’s brain?
(a) Cerebellum
(b) Diencephalon
(c) Neopallium cortex
(d) Optic lobes
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Ques. The neuron terminates in the muscles, the terminal part is known as
(a) Button
(b) Synapse
(c) End plate
(d) Terminal plate
Ques. Preparation of the type of stimulus depends on the
(a) Strength of the nerve impulse
(b) Specificity of connection to receptor organs
(c) Rate of the nerve impulse
(d) Ionic change moving in and out of the nerve
Ques. During transmission of nerve impulse the potential inside membrane has the following type of charge
(a) First positive, then negative and back positive
(b) First negative then positive and back negative
(c) First positive then negative and remain negative
(d) First negative then positive and remain positive
Ques. Afferent nerve fibres carry impulses from
(a) Effector organs to central nervous system
(b) Receptors to central nervous system
(c) Central nervous system to muscles
(d) Central nervous system to receptors
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Ques. Cerebrospinal fluid is present
(a) Beneath the piamater
(b) Between piamater and arachnoid mater
(c) Between arachnoid and duramater
(d) In extra duramater
Ques. If cerebral hemispheres of frog are removed, the animal
(a) Dies after sometime
(b) Dies immediately
(c) Behaves normally
(d) Stops feeling
Ques. Reflex action is controlled by
(a) Sympathetic nervous system
(b) Autonomic nervous system
(c) Spinal cord
(d) Peripheral nervous system
Ques. Nerve impulse initiates with the movements of
(a) K+
(b) Mg+
(c) Ca+
(d) Na+
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Ques. Which one of the following reflex do not include innervation of brain?
(a) Spinal reflex
(b) Cranial reflex
(c) Afferent reflex
(d) Efferent reflex
Ques. Which part of brain controls emotions like love, anger and pleasure?
(a) Medulla oblongata
(b) Hypothalmus
(c) Cerebrum
(d) Cerebellum
Ques. Which of the following cells are present in nervous system?
(a) Osteocytes
(b) Platelets
(c) Glial cells
(d) Fibroblasts
