Nervous System Related Important Questions and Answers for competitive exams

 Nervous System MCQ for Upcoming exams:-

Study of nerve system is called Neurology.

Brain Disease -

Hydrocephalus, Meningitis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Memory loos, Tensions, Agraphia, Aphasia, Amnesia, Epilepsy, Dyslexia.

Nervous System Related Important Quiz:-

1. Mammalian brain differs from an Amphibian brain in possessing ?

(A) Olfactory lobe

(B) Hypothalamus

(C) Corpus callosum

(D) Cerebellum

... Answer is (C)

 2. Brain is ?

(A) Ectodermal

(B) Mesodermal

(C) Endodermal

(D) Mesenodermal

... Answer is (A)

 3. Which cell stops dividing after birth ?

(A) Neuron

(B) Glial

(C) Epithelium

(D) Liver

... Answer is (A)

 4. If a person has lost his memory in an accident, the following part of the brain have got injured  ?

(A) Diencephalon

(B) Medulla oblongata

(C) Cerebellum

(D) Cerebrum

... Answer is (D)

 5. The hind brain consists of  ?

(A) Pons + cerebellum

(B) Hypothalamus + cerebellum

(C) Medulla oblongata + cerebellum

(D) Medulla oblongata + cerebellum + pons

... Answer is (D)

 6. The smallest cranial nerve in human being is ?

(A) Trochlear

(B) Ophthalmic

(C) Abducens

(D) Vagus

... Answer is (A)

 7. Hypothalamus of the brain is not involved in this function ?

(A) Sleep-wake cycle

(B) Osmoregulation and thirst

(C) Temperature control

(D)  Accuracy of muscular movement

... Answer is (D)

 8. The thermoregulatory centre is situated in ?

(A) Spinal cord

(B) Pituitary body

(C) Cerebellum

(D) Hypothalamus

... Answer is (D)

 9. Reflex action immediately involves ?

(A) Spinal cord

(B) Cerebellum

(C) Medulla oblongata

(D) Optical lobe

... Answer is (A)

 10. A boy learns typewriting and harmonium at the same time. he finds harmonium more easy to learn. This is ?

(A) Conditioned reflex

(B) Short term homeostasis

(C) Long term homeostasis

(D) Residual learning

... Answer is (A)

 11. The nerves leading to the central nervous system are called ?

(A) Efferent

(B) Afferent

(C) Motor

(D) None

... Answer is (B)

 12. The membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord are known as ?

(A) Meninges

(B) Meningitis

(C) Nephron

(D) Axon

... Answer is (A)

 13. Which part of the human brain is largest ?

(A) Cerebellum

(B) Thalamus

(C) Cerebrum

(D) Medulla

... Answer is (C)

 14. . Main function of cerebellum is ?

(A) Balancing

(B) To see

(C) To hear

(D) Remembering

... Answer is (A)

 15. Comprehension of spoken and written words take place in the region of ?

(A) Association area

(B) Motor area

(C) Wernicke's area

(D) Broca's area

... Answer is (C)

 16. Medulla oblongata controls ?

(A) Blood pressure

(B) Ventilation

(C) Breathing (Respiration)

(D) All of these

... Answer is (D)

 17. The following hormones are neurotransmitters ?

(A) Acetylcholine and secretin

(B) Cholecystokinin and acetylcholine

(C) Adrenalin and acetylcholine

(D) Cholecystokinin and adrenalin

... Answer is (C)

 18. The amount of CSF in the cranial cavity is ?

(A) 500 ml

(B) 140 ml

(C) 1 Lt

(D) 1.5 Lt

... Answer is (B)

 19. Jacobson's organ is concerned with ?

(A) Smell

(B) Burrowing

(C) Touch

(D) Sight

... Answer is (A)

 20. Jacobson's organ in man ?

(A) Functions as smelling organs

(B) Functions as gustatory organ

(C) Is a vestigial organ

(D) Functions as pain sensory organ

... Answer is (C)