General Science | Biology | Endocrine Glands, Hormones

General Science | Biology | Endocrine Glands, Hormones

1. Even though an animal is fed with carbohydrates rich diet, its blood sugar concentration tends' to remain constant. This is on account of the fact that is the case of an animal

Hormones of pituitary glands control metabolic process
Hormones of pancreas cause such a condition
Blood sugar is readily absorbed by the liver
Glucose undergoes autolysis

2. What would happen if the pancreas is defective?

Digestion will not take properly
Insulin and glucagon are not formed
Blood formation will stop
Blood pressure will increase

3. Which one of the following hormones stimulates pancreas for the production of digestive juice?

Renin
Trypsin
Secretin
Pepsin

4. Insulin hormone is a

Glycolipid
Fatty acid
Peptide
Sterol

5. Insulin is a

Steroid
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat

6. Which metal is present in insulin?

Tin
Copper
Zinc
Aluminium

7. Lack of which substance causes diabetes in a person?

Glycine
Haemoglobin
Histamine
Insulin

8. Insulin is produced by

Islets of Langerhans
Pituitary gland
Thyroid gland
Adrenal gland

9. The human hormone 'insulin' is produced in

Liver
Pancreas
Kidney
Pituitary

10. Insulin is a type of

Hormone
Enzyme
Vitamin
Salt

11. Insulin is

Fat
Vitamin
Carbohydrate
Protein

12. Which one of the following is a plant hormone?

Insulin
Thyroxine
Estrogen
Cytokinin

13. Insulin is received from

Rhizome of ginger
Roots of dahlia
Balsam flower
Potatoes tuber

14. Extra glucose in body gets converted into glycogen and is stored in

Stomach
Liver
Pancreas
Bile

15. Energy is stored in liver and muscles in the form of

Carbohydrate
Fat
Protein
Glycogen

16. Hugging and kissing of mother to her baby initiates, which of the following hormone for secretion?

Insulin
Noradrenaline
Follicular hormone
Oxytocin

17. Which gland secretes the milk ejection hormone oxytocin?

Pituitary gland
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid gland
Adernal gland

18. The pituitary gland by virtue of its tropic hormones controls the secretion activity of other endocrine glands. Which one of the following endocrine gland can function independent of the pituitary gland?

Thyroid
Gonads
Adernals
Parathyroid

19. Which hormone is injected to cows and buffaloes to make the milk descend to the udders?

Somatotropin
Oxytocin
Interferon
Insulin

20. The hormone related to drought tolerance is

Abscisic acid
Gibberellin
Indole acetic acid
Cytokinin

21. What is thyroxine?

Vitamin
Hormone
Enzyme
None of these

22. Iodine containing hormone is

Thyroxine
Insulin
Adrenaline
Testrogen

23. Iodised salt is useful because it

Improves digestion
Increases resistance to diseases
Controls the thyroid gland
All of the above

24. Iodine containing, thyroxine hormone is

Glucose
Amino acid
Ester
Peptides

25. Which hormone stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete thyroxine?

TSH
FSH
LTH
ACTH

26. Which one of the following hormones contains iodine?

Thyroxine
Testosterone
Insulin
Adrenaline

27. Of the following which hormone is associated with fight or flight concept?

Insulin
Adrenaline
Estrogen
Oxytocin

28. Secretion of which hormone increases heart beat and produces a feeling of excitement?

Cortisone
Insulin
Adrenaline
Testosterone

29. By whom estrogen is produced?

Egg
Follicles
Corpus luteum
Uterus

30. What is estrogen?

Bone
Hormone
Enzyme
Vitamin

31. Which of the following hormones play a role in release of milk from mammary glands?

Andrenaline
Thyroxine
Progesterone
Oxytocin

32. In the human body, which of the following is ductless gland?

Liver
Sweat gland
Endocrine glands
Kidney

33. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate?

Glucagon
Growth hormone
Parathyroid hormone
Thyroxine

34. The cause of sweet taste in fruits is

Maltose
Ribose
Lactose
Fructose

35. Which is the largest gland in the human body?

Liver
Pancreas
Thyroid gland
Stomach

36. The largest gland in human body is

Pancreas
Liver
Salivary gland
Adernal gland

37. Which is the smallest gland in the human body?

Adrenal
Thyroid
Pancreas
Pituitary

38. Bile is stored in which of the following organ?

Spleen
Pancreas
Appendix
Gall bladder

39. Bile is produced in which part of the body?

Liver
Spleen
Gall bladder
Pancreas

40. Scientists of the Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agricultural and Technology have developed a substance that can reduce the percentage of flower droppings in pulses so as to enhance pulse production. Which is that substance?

An insecticide called TIVA
A fertilizer called TIVA
A nutrient mixture called TIVA
A growth hormone called TIVA

41. Which hormone is found in the gaseous form?

Abscisic acid
Ethylene
Gibberellins
Auxins

42. The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is

Ethane
Acetylene
Carbon dioxide
Oxytocin

43. Which of the following phytohor- mone is mainly responsible for fruit ripening?

Cytokinin
Abscisic acid
Ethylene
None of these