Assertion: Our body secretes adrenaline in intense cold.Reason: A

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201.

Assertion: Our body secretes adrenaline in intense cold.

Reason: Adrenaline raises metabolic rate.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


A.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

Adrenaline is a catecholamine hormone, also known as epinephrine, secreted by the mammalian adrenal medulla as well as the adrenergic nerve endings. Its secretion is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system under conditions of stress. Adrenaline stimulates blood flow to skeletal muscles and increases blood glucose levels. It also raises metabolic rate.


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202.

The source of somatostatin is same as that of

  • thyroxine and calcitonin

  • insulin and glucagon

  • somatotropin and prolactin

  • vasopresin and oxytocin


203.

Assertion: Diabetes insipidus is marked by excessive urination and too much thirst of water.

Reason: Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted by the posterior lobe of pituitary gland,

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


204.

Which is not a gonadal hormone

  • Progesterone

  • Testosterone

  • Adrenalin

  • Estrogen


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205.

Adrenal gland is derived from

  • ectoderm

  • mesoderm

  • endoderm

  • both (a) and (b)


206.

Which endocrine gland becomes inactive in old age

  • Adrenal

  • Thymus

  • Pineal

  • Pituitary


207.

Secretin hormone is secreted by :

  • liver

  • pancreas

  • intestine

  • Brunner's glands


208.

Hormones secreted by pancreas are:

  • ACTH

  • oxytocin

  • LH and FSH

  • insulin and glucagon


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209.

Neurohypophysis secretes

  • ADH and oxytocin

  • oxytocin and estrogen

  • vasopressin and GH

  • vasopressin and estrogen


210.

Physiologically active thyroxine exists in which of the following form ?

  • Unbound

  • Bound to albumin

  • Bound to globulin

  • All of the above


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