Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Ageing And Death

  • 1. 
    The study of different aspects of ageing is known as

  • Gerontology
  • Gynaecology
  • Odontology
  • Chronology

  • 2. 
    This theory states that the accumulation of particular waste products leads to ageing

  • immunity theory
  • metabolic theory
  • waste product theory
  • all of the above

  • 3. 
    The human body loses cells regularly in this area

  • red blood cells
  • lining layer of the gut
  • surface of skin
  • all of these

  • 4. 
    This characterizes ageing

  • increase in the consumption of oxygen
  • increased anabolism
  • increased metabolic activity
  • a decrease in the metabolic activity

  • 5. 
    This is known as the “Clock of ageing”

  • Pituitary
  • Thymus
  • Thyroid
  • Adrenal

  • 6. 
    In many mammals, even humans, ageing can be due to

  • malnutrition and stress
  • interaction between hereditary factors and the environment
  • adverse alterations in the environment
  • all of these

  • 7. 
    The activity of collagen protein is affected badly in old age This is due to

  • diffusion that becomes very high
  • diffusion that becomes very slow
  • permeability which becomes very high
  • permeability which becomes very low

  • 8. 
    Brain and Thymus are the main factors in the ageing process

  • Mutation theory
  • Pacemaker theory
  • Gene theory
  • Stress theory

  • 9. 
    Which of the following theory states that accumulation of errors in cellular molecule affects the ageing process?

  • Gene theory
  • Environmental theory
  • Error catastrophe theory
  • Mutation theory

  • 10. 
    Degenerative changes take place during

  • ageing only
  • metamorphosis only
  • both in ageing and metamorphosis
  • parthenogenesis
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