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Consider the synchronization of birth and milk production. Babies can be born several months prematurely, and milk production is needed immediately after birth. How has the human body evolved to coordinate this delicate timing of events?

  1. The ovaries signal the rest of the body tissues by varying the level of estrogen.

  2. Conscious awareness of the arrival of a baby triggers the mother's hypothalamus to secrete prolactin.

  3. The hypothalamus and pituitary that triggered the female reproductive cycle also schedule milk production on a nine-month clock basis.

  4. Oxytocin both causes the uterus to contract in labor and stimulates the release of milk from mammary glands, which is reinforced by prolactin from the pituitary.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The hypothalamus and pituitary that triggered the female reproductive cycle do not schedule milk production on a nine-month clock basis. But oxytocin is released due to the stimulation by fetal ejection reflex. By this stimulation, oxytocin is released which causes contraction in uterus wall and also stimulates prolactin secretion for milk production in mammary gland. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Which one is a positive feedback mechanism?

  1. Sexual stimulation

  2. Allosteric inhibition

  3. Blood pressure

  4. Perspiration


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Allosteric inhibition is the regulation of an enzyme by an effector molecule that binds to a site other than the active site, which is called allosteric site. Since it is not blocking the active site it is called 'positive feedback' option $(B)$

Positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells can cause

  1. Hypocytokinemia

  2. Hypercytokinemia

  3. Immune deficiency

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

An example of negative feed back loop in humans is 

  1. Salivation of mouth at the sight of delicious food.

  2. Constriction of skin blood vessels and contraction of skeletal muscles in cold.

  3. Secretion of tears on dust particles falling in eyes.

  4. Secretion of sweat glands and constriction of skin blood vessels when it is too hot.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Negative feedback is a reaction that causes a decrease in function. It occurs in response to some kind of stimulus. Often it causes the output of a system to be lessened; so, the feedback tends to stabilize the system. This can be referred to as homeostasis. For example, constriction of skin blood vessels and contraction of skeletal muscles in cold.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Constriction of skin blood vessels and contraction of skeletal muscles in cold'.

Drinking alcohol to fit into the group is described by

  1. Addiction

  2. Imitation

  3. Conditioning

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Copying the behaviour of someone observed is called imitation. It is seen in animals including humans as the most common learning process. Imitation is the social behaviour or conduct that a person unconsciously or passively learns and adopts. For example, drinking alcohol to fit into the group. It is observed that college students are influenced by peer pressure. They develop their concepts on the basis of the thought of peer groups. They want to be socially adapted by the group and they develop the habit of drinking. So, we can say that drinking alcohol is the temporary imitation of peer's behaviour.

Pavlov used dog to investigate .......... behaviour.

  1. Conditioning

  2. Instinct

  3. Imitate

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dogs were used as an experimental model for the investigation of conditioning behavior and the experiment was done by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov and was recognized in the world by Pavlov's dog experiment based on classical conditioning theory in which he showed that they could be conditioned to unconsciously associated with neutral, unrelated event with feeding.

So, the correct option is 'Conditioning'

Which of the following animal imitate humans?

  1. Monkey

  2. Parrot

  3. Beluga Whales

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Imitation is a behavior where an organism learns from another and replicates or copies by observing. Many animals have this imitating behavior like parrot, pigeon, Japanese quailmonkey and beluga whales which imitate humans.

So, the correct option is 'All of the above'.

Which of the following behaviour is generated due to adrenaline rush?

  1. Instinct

  2. Imitation

  3. Conditioning

  4. Imprinting


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Instinct is a kind of behaviour which does not involve any prior learning and is inherent and automatic. When there is stimulus received, the release of adrenaline occurs which is known as the adrenaline rush. This results in the development of response which is automatic and instant. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Which of the following human behavior is more harmful than useful? 

  1. Conditioning

  2. Imprinting

  3. Instinct

  4. Imitation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  1. Conditioning is a behavior in which a response becomes more frequent or predictive to a particular action or environment as a result of reinforcement.
  2. Imprinting is considered to be the kind of phase-sensitive learning that is very fast and does not depend on the consequences of behavior.
  3. Instinct is a type of behavior that is genetically present and is considered to be the response of a particular stimulus like fear from a snake.
  4. It is a behavior in which the human try and copy others things.
Since instinct behavior includes violence and ablility to kill each other inorder to protect itself, it is considered to be more hazardous.
So the correct option is 'Instinct'.

Belding's ground squirrel is a species whose females produce a shrill alarm call when predators are close by. The ground squirrels that sound this call are more likely to be eaten by those predators than those who do not sound alarm calls. This behaviour persists in the population of ground squirrels because

  1. Squirrels that sound the alarm call produce more offspring.

  2. The caller will attract a mate while sounding the call.

  3. The inclusive fitness of the caller is increased.

  4. All ground squirrels are born knowing how to do this because it is important.

  5. It increases the number of offspring the caller is able to leave behind since they are protected.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The act of producing shrill alarm call in squirrels is a way of interspecies communication. Squirrels produce this shrill alarm call to make their partners aware of the danger due to the predator. Hence this is important for them to escape the predator.
So, the correct answer is 'All ground squirrels are born knowing how to do this because it is important'.