Free Locomotion And Movement (Weekly Quiz: 4) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

Select the correct statement with respect to locomotion in humans.

(a) The joint between adjacent vertebrae is a fibrous joint.

(b) Accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints causes their inflammation.

(c) The vertebral column has 10 thoracic vertebrae.

(d) The decreased level of progesterone causes osteoporosis in old people.

Question-2

"X" is a large triangular flat bone situated in the dorsal part of the thorax between the "Y" and the seventh ribs. Identify "X" and "Y".

(a) X - Scapula ; Y - Sixth

(b) X - Patella ; Y - Third

(c) X - Clavicle ; Y -Eight

(d) X - Scapula ; Y - Second

Question-3

Statement 1 :
Muscle contraction force increases with rise in strength of stimulus.
Statement 2 :
This is due to increased contraction of individual muscle fibres with increase in stimulus strength

(a) Statement - 1 is True, Statement- 2 is False

(b) Statement- 1 is True, Statement-2 is True, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1

(c) Statement -1 is True, Statement -2 is True ; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1

(d) Both the Statements are False.

Question-4

Select the correct statement with respect to locomotion in humans:

(a) The joint between adjacent vertebrae is a fibrous joint

(b) Accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints causes their inflammation

(c) The vertebral column has 10 thoracic vertebrae.

(d) The decreased level of progesterone causes osteoporosis in old people

Question-5

Extremities of long bones possess which of the following cartilages?

(a) Elastic

(b) Calcified

(c) Fibrous

(d) Hyaline

Question-6

Scapula is an example of

(a) Short bone

(b) Long bone

(c) Flat bone

(d) Irregular bone

Question-7

Which of the following joints would allow no movement?

(a) Ball and Socket joint

(b) Cartilaginoius joint

(c) Synovial joint

(d) Fibrous joint

Question-8

Which one of the following is the correct matching of three items and their grouping category?

	Items	Group
(a)	Ilium, ischium, pubis	Coxal bones of pelvic girdle
(b)	Actin, myosin, rhodopsin	Muscle proteins
(c)	Cytosine, uracil, thiamine	Pyrimidines
(d)	Malleus, incus, cochlea	Ear ossicles

(a) (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

Question-9

According to the sliding filament theory

(a) Myosin moves over actin

(b) Actin (thin filament) moves over myosin (thick filament)

(c) Both myosin and actin move on each other

(d) None of the above

Question-10

Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones.

1. Cardiac fibres are branched with one or more nuclei
2. Smooth muscles are unbranched and cylindrical
3. Skeletal muscles can be branched or unbranched
4. Smooth muscles are non-striated

(a) (iii) and (iv)

(b) only (iv)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) only (iii)