Reaching the age of adolescence

What are primary sexual characters?

Sexual characters directly involved in reproduction

Change in weight

Change in height

Development of hair in various parts of body

What is the size of the master gland?

Size of heart

Size of pea

Size of kidney

Size of liver

What is menarche?

Stopping of menstrual cycle

First occurrence of menstrual cycle

Last occurrence of menstrual cycle

Lack of menstrual cycle in a female

Hormone associated with puberty in males

Testosterone

Estrogen

Thyroxine

Adrenalin

Which of the following is the female sex hormone?

Insulin

Estrogen

Testosterone

Thyroxine

An ovary produces which of the following?

Ovum

Vagina

Sperms

Oviduct

Which of the following is defined as a period when one attains reproductive maturity?

Fertilisation

Adolescence

Puberty

Menstruation

Which of these secrete insulin?

Thyroid gland

Pancreas

Pituitary gland

Testes

For the metamorphosis of tadpoles which of the following elements must be available in the water?

Chlorine

Carbon

Sulphur

Iodine

Stoppage of menstruation is called

Menarche

Menopause

Puberty

Adolescence

Which of the following represents a normal boy?

XXY

Name the hormone produced by pancreas

Thyroxine

Insulin

Adrenalin

Growth hormone

The right meal for adolescents consists of

Potato chips, noodles, cold drinks

Chapatti, green vegetables, milk

Rice, noodles, pasta

Juice, burger, chowmein

Which gland is known as the 'master gland of the body'?

Adrenal

Pancreas

Thyroid

Pituitary

Pimples and acne are formed due to increased activity of

Adrenal gland

Sebaceous gland

Thyroid gland

Pancreas

Adolescents should be careful about what they eat, because

Proper diet develops their brains

Proper diet is needed for the rapid growth taking place in their body

Adolescents feel hungry all the time

Taste buds are well developed in teenagers

Reproductive age in women starts when their

Menstruation starts

Breasts start developing

Body weight increases

Height increases

The belief that the mother is completely responsible for the sex of the child is wrong because the child:

Gets sex chromosome only from the father

Gets one sex chromosome from the mother and the other from the father

Gets sex chromosome only from the mother

Develops in the body of the mother

AIDS can spread from an infected person to another person through

Sharing comb

Sharing food

A mosquito bite

Blood transfusion

Which of the following options gives the correct order of sequence in which they occur?

I, iv, ii, iii

Ii, iii, I, iv

I, ii, iii, iv

Ii, I, iii, iv

The most conspicuous visible change that occurs in boys during puberty is:

Increase in height

Increased sweating

Production of sperms

Development in voice box

Structures present in a cell which is responsible for determination of the sex of a baby is:

Chromosome

Cell membrane

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

The age at which boys and girls start producing gametes is called__________

Adulthood

Maturity

Puberty

Young age

Which among the boys and girls puberty starts earlier?

Girls

Boys

Both together

Any one

Deficiency of which hormone cause diabetes?

Estrogen

Thyroxine

Insulin

Testosterone

Which one is another terms for teenage?

Puberty

Thyroid

Adolescence

Maturity

Adolescence begins around the age of______ years

Which of the following are ductless glands?

Endocrine glands

Mammary glands

Exocrine glands

Pancreatic gland

Which gland releases hormones at the time of stress, fear, anger and excitement?

Pancreas

Adrenal

Thyroid

Pituitary

Reproductive phase in women continues for how many decades?

Hormone reaches here through the bloodstream?

Target site

Proliferation site

Active site

Action site

Adolescence brings in the individual :-

Mental maturity

Reproductive maturity

Emotional maturity

All of these

In boys, voice box protrudes out in throat region and is called :-

Custard's apple

Adam's apple

Eve's apple

Both b & c

A female secondary sexual characteristic is :-

Voice becoming shrill

Voice becoming hoarse

growth of adam’s apple

Growth of hair on the chest

Development of mammary glands results in :

Release of growth hormones

Development of breasts

Release of regulating hormones

Pimple and acne

Secondary sexual characters common in both the genders:

Hair in armpit and pubic area

Broadening of shoulders

Broadening of hips

Deepening of voice

Pituitary gland produces

Regulating hormones only

Growth hormones only

Both regulating and growth hormones

None of these

Metamorphosis in silk moth is controlled by

Thyroxine hormone

Insect hormones

Growth hormones

Regulating hormones

Reaching the age of adolescence

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