NEET-UG Biology · Class 11
Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary — NEET & JEE Questions
Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary is a topic in Neural Control and Coordination, a Class 11 Biology chapter of the NEET-UG syllabus. TestBudy holds 14 published NEET-UG questions on Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary, each with the marking scheme of the real paper. The ideas it examines include How many cranial and spinal nerve pairs, Opposite effects on heart, gut and pupil.
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Key formulas and concepts
The ideas Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary is examined on, as they are tagged in the syllabus tree.
- How many cranial and spinal nerve pairs
- Opposite effects on heart, gut and pupil
Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary MCQs with solutions
10 of the 14 published questions on this topic, exactly as they appear in a test. Answers and worked solutions come with your result rather than on this page.
The division regulating many involuntary visceral functions:
- A. central nervous system only
- B. autonomic nervous system
- C. somatic sensory system only
- D. skeletal system
The system consisting of brain and spinal cord:
- A. autonomic nervous system only
- B. central nervous system
- C. somatic effector system
- D. peripheral nervous system
Which peripheral division carries commands to skeletal muscles for voluntary movement?
- A. Endocrine system
- B. Autonomic nervous system
- C. Somatic nervous system
- D. Limbic system
Which autonomic division is associated most strongly with a fight-or-flight response?
- A. Sensory division
- B. Parasympathetic division
- C. Somatic division
- D. Sympathetic division
What is a typical parasympathetic effect on the heart at rest?
- A. Reduction of heart rate
- B. Marked increase in heart rate
- C. Tetany of skeletal muscle
- D. Loss of sensory input
The part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits impulses from the CNS to the involuntary organs and smooth muscles of the body is the
- A. somatic neural system
- B. afferent system
- C. autonomic neural system
- D. central neural system
Which target is controlled mainly by the autonomic rather than the somatic motor system?
- A. Biceps during lifting
- B. Smooth muscle in the intestine
- C. Quadriceps during walking
- D. Skeletal muscles of the hand
A person suddenly faces a threat. Which response is most consistent with sympathetic activation?
- A. Pupils constrict and alertness falls
- B. Heart rate falls while digestion rises
- C. Heart rate rises while digestive activity falls
- D. All glandular activity stops
After a large meal, which pattern is most likely during quiet rest?
- A. Complete withdrawal of autonomic input
- B. Sympathetic suppression of gut motility
- C. Somatic control of intestinal smooth muscle
- D. Parasympathetic activity supporting digestion
A nerve fibre carries impulses from a stretch receptor in a tendon towards the spinal cord, and another fibre carries impulses from the spinal cord to a skeletal muscle. Which terms classify the two fibres, in that order?
- A. Efferent; afferent
- B. Afferent; efferent (autonomic)
- C. Somatic; sympathetic
- D. Afferent; efferent (somatic)
Common mistakes in Peripheral nerves, voluntary and involuntary
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- Classifying nerves only by location rather than by their targets.
- Assuming one organ cannot receive both autonomic divisions.
- Files one autonomic division under the somatic system.
- Reads 'voluntary versus involuntary' as the definition of the two systems rather than as a description of their targets.
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