The secondary sexual characters develop in females because of:

1. estrogens

2. androgens

3. absence of androgens

4. absence of estrogens

The amino acid derivative among the following hormone is:-

1. Insulin
2. Epinephrine
3. Estradiol
4. Testosterone

Androgenic steroids in females are secreted by:
1. pineal gland
2. Testes
3. Adrenal cortex
4. Hypothalamus

Which of the following hormones does not have an intracellular receptor?
1. Estradiol
2. Thyroxin
3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
4. Cortisol

Hyperthyroidism [Graves' disease] is characterized by all the following except:

1. Toxic goiter

2. Exopthalmos

3. Bradycardia

4. Muscle weakness and termors

ACTH controls the secretion of:
1. cortisol
2. aldosterone
3. epinephrine
4. testosterone

Match each item in Column I with one item in Column Il and chose your answer from the codes given below:

   Column I             Column II
I. Gastrin        1. Gall bladder contraction
II. CCK           2. Increased HCl secretion
III. Secretin    3. Bicarbonate secretion from the pancreas
IV. GIP           4. Decreased stomach motility

Codes:

  I II III IV

1. 1 2 3 4

2. 2 1 4 3

3. 2 1 3 4

4. 1 2 4 3

Hypersecretion of growth hormone in adults does not cause further increase in height because 
1. growth hormone becomes inactive in adults
2. epiphyseal plates close after adolescence 
3. bones loose their sensitivity to growth hormone in adults 
4. muscle fibres do not grow in size after birth 

Which of the following is a temporary endocrine gland in the human body?

1. pineal gland   

2. corpus cardiacum

3. corpus Luteum

4. corpus allatum

GnRH, a hypothalamic hormone, needed in reproduction, acts on