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CB21
SYLLABUS : Neural Control and Co-ordination

Max. Marks : 180 Marking Scheme : + 4 for correct & (–1) for incorrect Time : 60 min.

INSTRUCTIONS : This Daily Practice Problem Sheet contains 45 MCQs. For each question only one option is correct.
Darken the correct circle/ bubble in the Response Grid provided on each page.

1. Afferent nerve fibres carry impulses from (c) gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)
(a) effector organs to CNS (b) receptors to CNS (d) dopamine
(c) CNS to receptors (d) CNS to muscles 6. Which is the example of conditioned reflex ?
2. The nerve centres which control the body temperature and (a) Eyes closed when anything enter into it.
the urge for eating are contained in: (b) Hand took up when piercing with needle.
(a) hypothalamus (b) pons (c) Salivation in a hungry dog in response to ringing of
(c) cerebellum (d) thalamus a bell.
3. Rods and cones of eyes are modified
(d) Digestion food goes forward in alimentary canal.
(a) multipolar neuron (b) unipolar neuron
(c) bipolar neuron (d) None of these 7. The black pigment in the eye which reduces the internal
4. The nerve transmitter, produced at the synapse and reflection is located in
neuromuscular junction, is (a) retina (b) iris
(a) GTP (b) ATP (c) cornea (d) sclerotic
(c) acetylcholine (d) phosphokinase 8. Which one of the following does not act as a
5. Alzheimer disease in humans is associated with the neurotransmitter ?
deficiency of: (a) Epinephrine (b) Norepinephrine
(a) glutamic acid (c) Cortisone (d) Acetylcholine
(b) acetylcholine
RESPONSE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
GRID 6. 7. 8.
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9. During the propagation of a nerve impulse, the action 15. Saltatory conduction of nerve impulse takes place through :
potential results from the movement of : (a) Myelinated fibre
(a) K+ ions from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid. (b) Non-myelinated fibre
(b) Na+ ions from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid. (c) Grey fibres
(c) K+ ions from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid. (d) None of these
(d) Na+ ions from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid. 16. In which part of the brain corpora quadrigemina is located?
10. The cochlea of ear contains (a) Diencephalon (b) Mesencephalon
(a) perilymph (c) Prosencephalon (d) Rhombencephalon
(b) aqueous humour 17. A person entering an empty room suddenly finds a snake
(c) perilymph and endolymph right in front on opening the door. Which one of the following
(d) only endolymph is likely to happen in his neuro-hormonal control system ?
11. Eustachian tube connects (a) Sympathetic nervous system is activated releasing
(a) External ear with middle ear epinephrine and norepinephrine from adrenal medulla.
(b) External ear with internal ear (b) Neurotransmitters diffuse rapidly across the cleft and
(c) Middle ear with pharynx transmit a nerve impulse.
(d) Internal pharyax (c) Hypothalamus activates the parasympathetic division of
12. Mark the incorrect statement brain.
(a) The ear ossicle attached to tympanic membrane is malleus (d) Sympathetic nervous system is activated releasing
(b) Opsin (of Rhodopsin) develops from vitamin A epinephrine and norepinephrine from adrenal cortex.
(c) The pressure on ear drum is equalized by eustachian tube 18. The blind spot is the region where
(d) Otolith organ consists of saccule and utricle (a) Image is formed
13. Frequency of sound is discriminated by (b) Cones are numerous
(a) The intensity of movement of basilar fibres of cochlea (c) The optic nerve leaves out
(b) The type of fluid - perilymph or endolymph (d) Image is formed during the dark
(c) The site at the cochlear coil 19. In myopia or short sightedness
(d) All of these (a) Image is formed slightly in front of retina because eye
14. Which one of the following is the correct difference between ball is longer
rod cells and cone cells of our retina? (b) Eye ball is normal but image is formed over blind spot
Rod Cells Cone Cells (c) Eye ball is normal but images is formed slightly behind
(a) Distribution More Evenly the retina due to faulty lens
(d) Curvature of cornea becomes irregular
concentrated in distributed all
20. Sequence of meninges from inner to outside is
centre of retina over retina
(a) Duramater – Archnoid – Piamater
(b) Visual High Low (b) Duramater – Piamater – Arachnoid
activity (c) Arachnoid – Duramater - Piamater
(c) Visual Iodopsin Rhodopsin (d) Piamater- Arachnoid - Duramater
pigment 21. Among which one of the following groups of chemicals, all
contained are neurotransmitters?
(d) Over all Vision in poor Colour vision and (a) Glycine, dopamine, melatonin
function light detailed vision in (b) Somatostatin, serotonin, acetylcholine
bright light (c) Noradrenaline, somatostatin, threonine
(d) Acetylcholine, noradrenaline, dopamine
9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
RESPONSE
14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
GRID
19. 20. 21.
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22. The enzyme required for the conduction of nerve impulse 29. The local depolarization of a receptor-cell membrane is called
across synapse is: as
(a) peroxidase (b) choline acetylase (a) inhibitory postsynaptic potential (or IPSP).
(c) ascorbic acid oxidase (d) succinic dehydrogenase (b) action potential.
23. The purplish red pigment rhodopsin contained in the rods (c) resting potential.
type of photoreceptor cells of the human eye, is a derivative of (d) threshold potential.
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B1 30. Action potentials travel along a neuron because
(c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin D __________.
24. During stress condition which of the following nerves (a) the neuron cytoskeleton conducts electricity as long
start working? as an ion gradient is maintained by the sodium-potas-
sium pump
(a) Sympathetic nerves
(b) of cytoplasmic streaming within the neuron
(b) Parasympathetic nerves
(c) they are pulled along by positive-negative attraction
(c) Autonomic nerves
(d) depolarization of the membrane at one point causes an
(d) Cranial nerves increase of permeability to sodium at the next point
25. The gelatinous membrane covering the sensorys hair cells 31. Which one of the following structures constitutes the
of the ear is known as mammalian forebrain?
(a) Reissner's membrane (a) Cerebrum and cerebellum
(b) tectorial membrane (b) Olfactory bulb
(c) basilar membrane (c) Cerebellum and medulla
(d) neuro-sensory membrane (d) Thalamus, hypothalamus, and cerebrum
26. Nerve cells do not divide because they do not have 32. If you electrically stimulate a resting neuron in the middle
(a) nucleus (b) centrosome of its axon and cause it to fire an action potential, which of
(c) Golgi body (d) mitochondria the following will happen ?
27. Reflex arcs, which involve no processing in the brain, are (a) The action potential will propagate toward the axon
beneficial because they permit terminal.
(a) instantaneous signaling to motor neurons. (b) The action potential will propagate toward the cell
(b) avoidance of dangerous stimuli, even without a previ- body.
ously “learned” response. (c) The action potential will propagate toward both the
(c) immediate response to dangerous stimuli. axon terminal and the cell body.
(d) All of the above (d) The action potential will not propagate at all.
28. Drugs that alter the permeability of the plasma membrane of 33. The resting membrane potential for neuron A is –70mV, while
a neuron have which of the following effects on nerve the resting potential for neuron B is –50mV. The threshold
impulse conduction? voltage for the production of an action potential is –35mV for
both neurons. Which of the following statements is false ?
(a) They prevent movement of sodium and potassium ions
(a) Neuron A must depolarize by 35mV to reach the
into and out of the cell, thereby stopping the transmission
threshold voltage.
of the impulse.
(b) Neuron B must hyperpolarize by 15mV to reach the
(b) They primarily affect conduction along the axon. threshold voltage.
(c) They prevent the release of neurotransmitters at (c) The inside of both neurons is negatively charged
synapses. with respect to the outside.
(d) All of the above (d) A single EPSP received by neuron A would cause it to
depolarize slightly.
22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
RESPONSE
27. 28. 29. 30. 31.
GRID
32. 33.
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34. You are sitting in biology class daydreaming. Your 39. Arbor vitae is composed of
intrinsic heartbeat is controlled by ..... (a) Neuroglea cells (b) Grey matter
(a) the spinal cord. (c) White matter (d) All of these
(b) the cerebrum. 40. Twilight vision is also called
(c) the medulla. (a) Scotopic vision and is the function of rods
(d) levels of adrenaline in the blood. (b) Scotopic vision and is the function of cones
35. The threshold of a neuron is (c) Photopic vision and is the function of rods
(a) The amount of inhibitory neurotransmitter required to (d) Photopic vision and is the function of cones
inhibit an action potential. 41. The white matter of the CNS is always
(b) The membrane voltage at which an axon potential will (a) deep to the grey matter
be suppressed. (b) unmyelinated
(c) the amount of excitatory neurotransmitter required to (c) arranged into tracts
elicit an action potential.
(d) composed of sensory fibers only
(d) The membrane voltage at which the membrane
42. The pneumotaxic centre in the body is
potential develops into an action potential.
(a) Heart (b) Lung
36. Which of the following statements about gap juctions or
(c) Medulla (d) Liver
electrical synapses is false?
43. Identify the organ/innervation mismatch
(a) Connexons form molecular tunnels between two cells.
(a) Glossopharyngeal nerve-tongue
(b) Electrical synapses cannot be inhibitory
(b) Optic nerve-Eye
(c) Electrical synapses do not allow for temporal
summation. (c) Facial nerve-Olfactory epithelium
(d) Electrical transmission is very slow and is bidirec- (d) Cochlear nerve-Spiral organ
tional. 44. Our ear can hear the frequency of sound waves
37. All but one of the following chemicals are neurotransmit- (a) 20 to 20,000 cycles/sec
ters that function in the human brain. Select the excep- (b) 1000 to 2000 cycles/sec
tion. (c) 5000 to 7000 cycles/sec
(a) Dopamine (b) Glycine (d) 5000 to 10,000 cycles/sec
(c) Atropine (d) Glutamic acid 45. Fenestra ovalis is the opening of –
38. Which of the following cell stop dividing after birth ? (a) Cranium (b) Tympanum
(a) Epithelium (b) Neuron (c) Tympanic cavity (d) Brain
(c) Glial cells (d) Liver

34. 35. 36. 37. 38.

RESPONSE
39. 40. 41. 42. 43.
GRID
44. 45.
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Total Questions 45 SpaceTotal Marks
for Rough Work
180
Attempted Correct
Incorrect Net Score
Cut-off Score 45 Qualifying Score 60
Success Gap = Net Score – Qualifying Score
Net Score = (Correct × 4) – (Incorrect × 1)
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1. (b) Afferent nerve fibres – sensory nerve fibres which carry 26. (b) Once differentiated, nerve cells do not divide as they lack
senses from receptors to brain or spinal cord (CNS). mitotic activity. Lack of mitotic activity indicates that they
Efferent nerve fibres – motor nerve fibres that carry orders do not have centrosome.
or responses from CNS to effectors (muscles and glands). 27. (d) Reflex arcs allow for rapid processing and response.
2. (a) Hypothalamus contains important nerve centres that controls 28. (d) These drugs alter perception of stimuli and work mainly at
the body temperature, thirst, hunger, eating, water balance the axon or the synapse
and sexual function. 29. (b) An action potential is a localized electrical event—a membrane
3. (c) The rods and cones are exceptionally specialized bipolar depolarization at a specific point of stimulation.
neurons which have developed some structural features to 30. (d) An influx of sodium depolarizes the membrane and opens
carry out the transduction of light energy into neuronal more sodium channels, causing still more depolarization, an
signals. example of positive feedback.
4. (c) The transmission of nerve impulse through synapse 31. (c) The embryonic forebrain gives rise to the telencephalon and
requires a chemical neuro transmitter. The most common the diencephalon. The thalamus and the hypothalamus
neurotransmitter is acetylcholine. develop from the diencephalon; the cerebral cortex develops
5. (b) Alzheimer disease in humans is associated with the deficiency from the telencephalon.
of acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter 32. (c) Since the action potential started in the middle of the axon,
produced by neurons (referred to as cholinergic neurons). rather than at the axon hillock as typically occurs, there is no
Acetylcholine plays a role in skeletal muscle movement, as previous patch of membrane currently undergoing a refractory
well as in the regulation of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. period. The action potential is thus free to propagate in both
Acetylcholine is synthesized from choline and acetyl directions.
coenzyme-A through the action of the enzyme choline 33. (b) Hyperpolarizing neuron B by 15 mV would make its
acetyltransferase and becomes packaged into membrane- membrane potential –65mV, actually taking it further away
bound vesicles. from the threshold voltage needed to fire an action potential.
6. (c) Conditioned reflexes are acquired reflexes and are dependent 34. (d) The medulla oblongata contains centers that control several
on past experiences, training and learning. I.R. Pavlov visceral functions, such as breathing, heart and blood vessel
demonstrated conditioned reflexes in a hungry dog. He activity, swallowing, vomiting, and digestion.
called food and salivation in response to it as unconditioned 35. (d) For an action potential to occur in an axon, the membrane
stimulus and sound of bell and salivation in response to must be depolarized above a certain level. This level is known
bell as conditioned reflexes. as the threshold.
7. (a) The inner layer of the posterior two-thirds of the eyeball 36. (d) Electrical synapses join two cells with protein tunnels known
consists of a light sensitive layer, called retina that as connexons. The junctions that are formed provide for
possesses two types of photoreceptors called the rods and very fast transmission between cells.
the cone cells. Retina reduces the internal reflection, so any 37. (c) Atropine is a substance that blocks the inhibitory effects of
damage to it leads to greater internal reflection of light muscarinic receptors in muscle tissue, especially the heart.
often causing an increase in light sensitivity. 38. (b)
8. (c) Epinephrine or adrenaline, norepinephrine or noradrenaline 39. (c) Arbor vitae is composed of white matter.
and acetylchloline are the neurotransmitters. These are 40. (a)
released by the nerve fibres to transmit the impulse to the 41. (c) The white matter in the CNS consists of tracts that convey
next neurone. Cortisone is not a neurotransmitter. sensations from one structure or region to another.
9. (d) Total sum of physio-electrochemical changes that takes place 42. (c)
along the length of nerve fibre is known as nerve impulse. 43. (c) The olfactory epithelium lining the superior border of the
Change in potential due to stimulation of nerve fibre is called nasal cavity is innervated by the olfactory (first cranial) nerve.
action potential. During propagation of nerve impulse, Na+ 44. (a) These are called the limits of audibility. Actual value is 20 to
enters inside so ( +ve) change is formed inside the membrane. 20000 cycles/sec.
K+ ions come out. 45. (c)
10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (b)
13. (c) The intensity of movement of basilar fibres regulates the
loudness or amplitude of sound.
14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b)
17. (a) Epinephrine and norepinephrine are secreted by
adrenalmedulla in response to stress of any kind and during
emergency situations and are called emergency hormones
or hormones of flight, or fight.
18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (d) 22. (b)
23. (a)
24. (a) During stress condition, stimulation of the sympathetic
nerves to adrenal medulla causes large quantities of adrena-
line to be released into the blood circulation and then this
hormone is carried to the specific tissues of the body where
it produces its effect e.g., increase in heart beat.
25. (b) Tectorial membrane is a gelatinous membrane covering the
sensory hair cells in the scala media of cochlea.