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Control and Coordination in Plants and Animals

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Which of the following is not an application of gibberellin hormones of plants?

  1. Parthenocarpy

  2. Breaking of dormancy

  3. Increase in fruit size

  4. Delay in senescence

  5. In bolting


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cytokinins delay the senescence of plant organs by controlling protein synthesis and mobilisation of resources. This phenomenon is called the Richmond Lang effect. They help produce chloroplast in leaves. These are also called anti-ageing hormones.

Which among the following statements regarding the sympathetic nervous system is incorrect?

  1. Sympathetic nerves originates inside the vertebral column.

  2. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for up and down-regulating in many homeostatic mechanisms of the body.

  3. The sympathetic nervous system mobilises the body in a fight-or-flight response.

  4. Sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes vasodailation of most blood vessels in the body.

  5. Sympathetic nervous system stimulates gut motility and urinary system output and function.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes vasoconstriction of most blood vessels, including those of the skeletal muscle.

A neuron is a nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system. Which part of the neurons receives information?

  1. Nodes of Ranvier

  2. Dendrites

  3. Axon terminal

  4. Axon

  5. Neurilemma


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In a neuron, a dendrite receives a signal from an axon terminal of a neuron through a synapse.

Which among the following lobes of the brain governs the emotions and memory of an individual?

  1. Limbic lobe

  2. Frontal lobe

  3. Parietal lobe

  4. Occipital lobe

  5. Temporal lobe


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Limbic lobe of the brain governs the emotions and memory of an individual.

The structure of auxin was first determined by _______________________.

  1. David Rockwell Goddard

  2. Kenneth Vivian Thimann

  3. Ernst Munch

  4. Georges Ville

  5. Jose R. Velasco


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Kenneth Vivian Thimann is known for his studies of plant hormones, which were widely influential in agriculture and horticulture. He isolated and determined the structure of auxin, the first known plant hormone.

The plant hormone having polar movement in downward direction is ______________.

  1. auxin

  2. abscisic acid

  3. ethylene

  4. gibberellic acid

  5. cytokinins


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An auxin is manufactured primarily in the shoot tips (in leaf primordia and young leaves), in embryos, and in parts of developing flowers and seeds. Its transport from cell to cell, through the parenchyma surrounding the vascular tissues, requires the expenditure of ATP energy. IAA moves in one direction only, that is the movement is polar and, in this case, downward.

Which of the following statements regarding auxins is incorrect?

  1. They activate tropic responses.

  2. They activate a gene required for making a protein necessary for growth of the plant.

  3. They maintain apical dominance.

  4. They activate the differentiation of non-vascular tissue in the shoot apex.

  5. They activate cellular elongation.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

They activate the differentiation of non-vascular tissue in the shoot apex. They activate the differentiation of vascular tissue in the shoot apex and in calluses. They also initiate division of the vascular cambium in the spring and promote growth of vascular tissue in healing of wounds.

Which among the following in mammals including humans connects the limbic system to other parts of the brain?

  1. The thalamus

  2. The epithalamus

  3. The metathalamus

  4. The hypothalamus

  5. The subthalamus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The epithalamus is a dorsal part of the diencephalon and connects the limbic system to other parts of the brain.

Which among the following parts of brain provides remarkable distinctions between humans and other animals?

  1. Cerebral cortex

  2. The limbic system

  3. The cerebellum

  4. The thalamus

  5. The spinal cord


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The cerebral cortex is the portion of the brain that provides remarkable distinctions between humans and other animals. It enables humans not only to receive and interpret all kinds of sensory information, such as color, odor, taste, and sound, but also to remember, analyze, interpret, make decisions, and performs a host of other higher brain functions.

Anita met with a road accident and lost her memory. Which part of her brain must have been affected in the accident?

  1. Hypothalamus

  2. Wernicke's area

  3. Broca's area

  4. Pons

  5. Cerebral cortex


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The cerebral cortex plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language and consciousness.

The main naturally occurring auxin is indole-3 acetic acid, IAA. It was first isolated from ____________.

  1. human urine

  2. human faeces

  3. corn germ oil

  4. human serum

  5. human plasma


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Natural auxin: It was first isolated from human urine by Kogl and Haagensmit. It was named as auxin-a. But later, Kogl obtained another auxin called auxin-b (auxentriolic acid) from corn germ oil and heteroauxin from human urine. Heteroauxin, also known as indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the best known natural auxin. Indole butyric acid is another natural auxin.

Which among the following is not a function of cytokinin?

  1. Flowering

  2. Apical dominance

  3. Production of male flowers

  4. Morphogenesis

  5. Cell division


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gibberellins induces production of male flowers on genetically female plants.

Which among the following types of nervous system is associated with the phrases rest-and-digest and feed and breed qualities of the living organisms?

  1. Peripheral nervous system

  2. Central nervous system

  3. Autonomic nervous system

  4. Somatic nervous system

  5. Parasympathetic nervous system


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The parasympathetic system is responsible for stimulation of "rest-and-digest" or feed and breed activities that occur when the body is at rest, especially after eating, including sexual arousal, salivation, lacrimation (tears), urination, digestion and defecation.

Coconut water is considered as liquid endosperm. The plant hormone present in coconut water is _______________.

  1. auxin

  2. gibberellin

  3. cytokinin

  4. ethylene

  5. abscisic acid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 It is found in the tissues where rapid growth is taking place like growing fruits, root tips and shoot buds. Chemically, cytokinins are purines derived from tRNA 3. They are also present in coconut water (liquid endosperm).  

Which among the following types of cells are involved in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?

  1. Oligodendroctyes

  2. Ependymal cells

  3. Pyramidal cells

  4. Glial cells

  5. Purkinje cell


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ependyma is the thin epithelium-like lining of the ventricular system of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord. Ependyma is one of the four types of neuroglia in the central nervous system (CNS). It is involved in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Which among the following is a mixed nerve?

  1. Sensory nerve

  2. Motor nerve

  3. Efferent nerves

  4. Cranial nerves

  5. Spinal nerve


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A spinal nerve is a mixed nerve which carries motor, sensory and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, one on each side of the human vertebral column.

Which among the following neuron is characterised by having an axon which has been split into two branches?

  1. Bipolar neuron

  2. Unipolar neuron

  3. Pseudounipolar neuron

  4. Multipolar neuron

  5. Interneuron


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A pseudounipolar neuron is a kind of sensory neuron in the peripheral nervous system. This neuron contains an axon that has split into two branches; one branch runs to the periphery and the other to the spinal cord.

In a neuron, where are the ion channels located?

  1. Nodes of Ranvier

  2. Axoplasm

  3. Axon hillock

  4. Axon terminals

  5. Axolemma


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The axolemma is the cell membrane surrounding an axon. It is responsible for maintaining the membrane potential of the neuron, and it contains ion channels through which ions can flow.

The planktonic larvae of the king crab (Lithodes aequispinus) use which of the following types of nastic movement while swimming upwards?

  1. Thigmotaxis

  2. Thermotaxis

  3. Rheotaxis

  4. Gravitaxis

  5. Phonotaxis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gravitaxis is a response to the attraction due to gravity. The planktonic larvae of the king crab (Lithodes aequispinus) use a combination of positive phototaxis (movement towards the light) and negative gravitaxis (upward movement).

The pons pretends as a bridge between the medulla and other parts of human brain. Which of the following functions is regulated by pons of the brain?

  1. Declarative and episodic memory

  2. Maintains body balance

  3. Memmory and speech

  4. Fight or flight response

  5. Sleep and arousal


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The pons is a section of the brain lying above the medulla oblongata. It plays important role in arousal, sleep, carrying sensory information between cerebrum and cerebellum, and helping control of autonomic functions.

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