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Multiple Choice Questions

Anaerobic respiration is also called :

  • restoration

  • fragmentation

  • multiplication

  • fermentation


The largest quantity of air that can be expired after a maximum inspiratory effort is

  • residual volume

  • tidal volume

  • vital capacity of lung

  • lung volume


Asthma is caused due to :

  • infection of lungs

  • infection of trachea

  • bleeding into pleural cavity

  • spasm in bronchial muscles


A person breathing normally at rest, takes in and expels approximately half a litre of air during each respiratory cycle. This is called :

  • tidal volume

  • vital capacity

  • inspiratory reserve volume

  • expiratory reserve volume


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The Largest quantity of air that can be expired, after maximal inspiration, is called :

  • tidal volume

  • vital capacity

  • residual volume

  • total lung volume


The number of RBCs in man increases if he lives at a higher altitude, this is because

  • there is more oxygen at the mountains

  • there is less oxygen at mountains

  • more heat is required to be produced in the body for keeping warm

  • there are no germs in the air in mountain


The average diameter of red blood corpuscles of man is

  • 7.2 µm

  • 8.1 µm

  • 9.2 µm

  • 10.3 m


In which of the following subjects, the dead space is highest?

  • Old man

  • Old woman

  • Young man

  • Young woman


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When the oxygen supply to the tissue in inadequate, the condition is

  • dyspnea

  • hypoxia

  • asphyxia

  • apnea


Generally artificial pace-maker consists of one battery made up of

  • nickel

  • dry cadmium

  • photo sensitive material

  • lethium


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