Which endocrine gland becomes inactive in old age from Biology C

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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.


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)


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206.

Which endocrine gland becomes inactive in old age

  • Adrenal

  • Thymus

  • Pineal

  • Pituitary


B.

Thymus

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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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