Multiple Choice Questions

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Comprehension of spoken and written words take place in the region of

  • association area

  • motor area

  • Wernicke's area

  • Broca's area


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Broca's area

The production of language is linked to the Broca's area. It controls mator functions involved with speech production. People who have damage this area of the brain can understood words but struggle to put them together in speech.


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Name the condition when the concentration of ketone body increases in urine.

  • Acromegaly

  • Diabetes mellitus

  • Diabetes insipidus

  • Cushing's disease


Which of the following is not related to the autonomic nervous system?

  • Peristalsis

  • Digestion

  • Excretion

  • Memory and learning


Which of the following is the function of adrenalin?

  • Helps in gastric juice secretion

  • Increases heart rate and blood pressure

  • Increases blood calcium

  • Helps in milk secretion


Which one of the following cranial nerves is carying the nerve fibres originating from the Edinger-Westphal nucleus?

  • Oculomotor

  • Trochlear

  • Abducens

  • Vagus


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Endemic goitre is a state of

  • increased thyroid function

  • normal thyroid function

  • decreased thyroid function

  • moderate thyroid function


Islets of Langerhans are found as

  • anterior pituitary

  • kidney cortex

  • spleen

  • endocrine pancreas


Skin is an accessory organ of respiration in

  • human

  • frog

  • rabbit

  • lizard


Colour blindness is due to defect in

  • cones

  • rods

  • rods and cones

  • rhodopsin


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How many laminae are present in the grey matter of spinal cord?

  • Four

  • Six

  • Eight

  • Ten