Multiple Choice Questions

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During a woman's life time, she produces about:

  • 40-50 eggs

  • 300-350 eggs

  • 400-500 eggs

  • 750-850 eggs


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400-500 eggs

The number of immature primordial follicles varies with age. In new borns, the number varies from 250,000 to 500,000; at puberty 100,000 to 200,000 and at menopause it is nil. Of these, only 400-500 follicles undergo maturation and ovulation and rest degenerate.


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Which one of the following statements with regard to embryonic development in humans is correct?

  • Cleavage divisions bring about considerable increase in the mass of protoplasm

  • In the second cleavage division, one of the two blastomeres usually divides a little sooner than the second

  • With more cleavage divisions, the resultant blastomeres become larger and large

  • Cleavage division results in a hollow ball of cells called morula


Endometrium is the lining of

  • bladder

  • vagina

  • uterus

  • oviduct


Secretion of androgens by testes is regulated by:

  • LTH

  • FSH

  • ICSH

  • Oxytocin


The production and maturation of sperm in testes is known as :

  • oogenesis

  • sporogenesis

  • gametogenesis

  • spermatogenesis


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The phase of menstrual cycle in humans that lasts for 7-8 days, is :

  • menstruation

  • luteal phase

  • ovulatory phase

  • follicular phase


Which one of the following statement with regard to the embryonic development in humans is correct ?

  • Cleavage results in a hollow balls of cells called morula

  • Cleavage in mammalian ova is unequal holoblastic and horizontal

  • Rearrangement of blastomeres, a central cavity is formed inside the morula

  • Cleavage bring about considerable increase in the mass of protoplasm


Embryo sac is

  • microgametophyte

  • microsporangium

  • megagametophyte

  • megasporangium


Human sperm was discovered by

  • Leeuwenhoek

  • Aristotle

  • Graaf

  • Pander


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Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after parturition is

  • ICSH

  • Prolactin

  • ACTH

  • LH


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