MCQ on Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants CBSE Class 10
1. Which system controls all activities of the human body?
A) Digestive system
B) Nervous system
C) Respiratory system
D) Excretory system
Answer: Nervous system
2. Which part of the brain controls thinking?
A) Cerebellum
B) Cerebrum
C) Medulla
D) Spinal cord
Answer: Cerebrum
3. Which part of the brain controls balance?
A) Cerebrum
B) Medulla
C) Cerebellum
D) Spinal cord
Answer: Cerebellum
4. Which part of the brain controls involuntary actions?
A) Cerebrum
B) Cerebellum
C) Medulla
D) Hypothalamus
Answer: Medulla
5. Which organ produces hormones?
A) Lungs
B) Heart
C) Endocrine glands
D) Kidneys
Answer: Endocrine glands
6. Which hormone controls growth?
A) Insulin
B) Thyroxine
C) Growth hormone
D) Adrenaline
Answer: Growth hormone
7. Which gland secretes growth hormone?
A) Thyroid gland
B) Pituitary gland
C) Adrenal gland
D) Pancreas
Answer: Pituitary gland
8. Which hormone controls blood sugar level?
A) Insulin
B) Thyroxine
C) Adrenaline
D) Estrogen
Answer: Insulin
9. Which gland secretes insulin?
A) Thyroid
B) Pancreas
C) Adrenal
D) Pituitary
Answer: Pancreas
10. Which hormone prepares the body for emergency?
A) Insulin
B) Thyroxine
C) Adrenaline
D) Estrogen
Answer: Adrenaline
MCQ on Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants CBSE Class 10
11. Which gland secretes adrenaline?
A) Thyroid
B) Pituitary
C) Adrenal
D) Pancreas
Answer: Adrenal
12. Which hormone regulates metabolism?
A) Insulin
B) Thyroxine
C) Adrenaline
D) Testosterone
Answer: Thyroxine
13. Which gland secretes thyroxine?
A) Pituitary
B) Thyroid
C) Adrenal
D) Pancreas
Answer: Thyroid
14. Which hormone is responsible for male characters?
A) Estrogen
B) Progesterone
C) Testosterone
D) Insulin
Answer: Testosterone
15. Which hormone is responsible for female characters?
A) Estrogen
B) Insulin
C) Testosterone
D) Adrenaline
Answer: Estrogen
16. Which part of the nervous system connects brain to body?
A) Neuron
B) Spinal cord
C) Cerebellum
D) Cerebrum
Answer: Spinal cord
17. Which cells carry nerve impulses?
A) Nephrons
B) Neurons
C) Red blood cells
D) White blood cells
Answer: Neurons
18. Which is the structural and functional unit of nervous system?
A) Nephron
B) Neuron
C) Brain
D) Spinal cord
Answer: Neuron
19. The time taken to respond to a stimulus is called
A) Growth
B) Reaction time
C) Reflex action
D) Sensation
Answer: Reaction time
20. Sudden and quick response is called
A) Growth
B) Reflex action
C) Sensation
D) Thinking
Answer: Reflex action
MCQ on Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants CBSE Class 10
21. Which part controls reflex actions?
A) Cerebrum
B) Cerebellum
C) Spinal cord
D) Medulla
Answer: Spinal cord
22. Which structure receives stimulus?
A) Effector
B) Receptor
C) Neuron
D) Hormone
Answer: Receptor
23. Which structure produces response?
A) Receptor
B) Sensory neuron
C) Effector
D) Brain
Answer: Effector
24. Which part of neuron carries impulses towards cell body?
A) Axon
B) Dendrite
C) Nucleus
D) Myelin
Answer: Dendrite
25. Which part of neuron carries impulses away from cell body?
A) Dendrite
B) Axon
C) Nucleus
D) Cytoplasm
Answer: Axon
26. Which plant hormone promotes growth?
A) Cytokinin
B) Auxin
C) Abscisic acid
D) Ethylene
Answer: Auxin
27. Which hormone is responsible for ripening of fruits?
A) Auxin
B) Gibberellin
C) Ethylene
D) Cytokinin
Answer: Ethylene
28. Which hormone causes falling of leaves?
A) Auxin
B) Cytokinin
C) Abscisic acid
D) Gibberellin
Answer: Abscisic acid
29. Which movement in plants is due to growth?
A) Nastic movement
B) Tropic movement
C) Folding of leaves
D) Touch movement
Answer: Tropic movement
30. Movement of plant towards light is called
A) Geotropism
B) Hydrotropism
C) Phototropism
D) Thigmotropism
Answer: Phototropism
MCQ on Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants CBSE Class 10
31. Movement of roots towards water is called
A) Hydrotropism
B) Phototropism
C) Geotropism
D) Thigmotropism
Answer: Hydrotropism
32. Movement of roots towards gravity is called
A) Phototropism
B) Hydrotropism
C) Geotropism
D) Thigmotropism
Answer: Geotropism
33. Touch sensitive movement in plants is called
A) Phototropism
B) Hydrotropism
C) Thigmotropism
D) Geotropism
Answer: Thigmotropism
34. Which plant shows touch-me-not movement?
A) Rose
B) Lotus
C) Mimosa
D) Sunflower
Answer: Mimosa
35. Which plant hormone delays ageing?
A) Auxin
B) Cytokinin
C) Ethylene
D) Abscisic acid
Answer: Cytokinin
36. Which hormone stimulates stem growth?
A) Auxin
B) Gibberellin
C) Ethylene
D) Abscisic acid
Answer: Gibberellin
37. Which gland is called master gland?
A) Thyroid
B) Pituitary
C) Adrenal
D) Pancreas
Answer: Pituitary
38. Which hormone maintains calcium balance?
A) Thyroxine
B) Parathormone
C) Insulin
D) Adrenaline
Answer: Parathormone
39. Which gland secretes parathormone?
A) Thyroid
B) Parathyroid
C) Adrenal
D) Pancreas
Answer: Parathyroid
40. Which hormone causes contraction of uterus?
A) Oxytocin
B) Estrogen
C) Progesterone
D) Testosterone
Answer: Oxytocin
MCQ on Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants CBSE Class 10
41. Which hormone controls water balance?
A) Insulin
B) ADH
C) Thyroxine
D) Adrenaline
Answer: ADH
42. Which gland secretes ADH?
A) Pituitary
B) Thyroid
C) Pancreas
D) Adrenal
Answer: Pituitary
43. Which nerve carries impulses from receptor to brain?
A) Motor neuron
B) Sensory neuron
C) Relay neuron
D) Effector neuron
Answer: Sensory neuron
44. Which nerve carries impulses from brain to muscles?
A) Sensory neuron
B) Motor neuron
C) Relay neuron
D) Spinal nerve
Answer: Motor neuron
45. Which hormone increases heart rate?
A) Insulin
B) Thyroxine
C) Adrenaline
D) Estrogen
Answer: Adrenaline
46. Which part of brain controls heartbeat?
A) Cerebrum
B) Cerebellum
C) Medulla
D) Hypothalamus
Answer: Medulla
47. Which plant hormone inhibits growth?
A) Auxin
B) Gibberellin
C) Cytokinin
D) Abscisic acid
Answer: Abscisic acid
48. Which movement in plants is not dependent on growth?
A) Tropic movement
B) Nastic movement
C) Geotropism
D) Phototropism
Answer: Nastic movement
49. Which system works faster — nervous or hormonal?
A) Hormonal system
B) Nervous system
C) Both same
D) None
Answer: Nervous system
50. Which system shows long lasting effect?
A) Nervous system
B) Digestive system
C) Hormonal system
D) Respiratory system
Answer: Hormonal system
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