Muscle is a tissue that can:

Contract in a coordinated way to produce movement

Class 11 Biology · Chapter 12 · Test 5

Muscle Types and Structure

42 MCQs. This part covers muscle tissue, the three types of muscles (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) and their comparison. It also covers the ultrastructure of skeletal muscle (sarcolemma, T-tubules, myofibrils, sarcomere, bands) and the biochemistry of myofilaments (myosin, actin, tropomyosin, troponin), along with exercise MCQs 2 to 6.

MCQs

42 questions · 35 min · 42 marks

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Sample questions

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Question 1
Muscle is a tissue that can:
- AContract in a coordinated way to produce movement
- BStore calcium
- CProduce antibodies
- DSecrete hormones
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Answer: A
Muscle can contract in a coordinated way to produce movements.
Question 2
The individual cells of muscle are called:
- AMuscle fibres or myofibres
- BNeurons
- COsteocytes
- DChondrocytes
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Answer: A
Individual muscle cells are muscle fibres or myofibres.
Question 3
Human body has how many types of muscle tissue?
- AThree
- BTwo
- CFour
- DFive
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Answer: A
The three types are skeletal smooth and cardiac.
Question 4
Skeletal muscles are called voluntary muscles because they are:
- AConsciously controlled
- BNot controlled
- CFound in the heart
- DSmooth
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Answer: A
Their contractions are usually consciously controlled.
Question 5
The muscle fibres of skeletal muscles are elongated cells with:
- AStriations
- BNo nuclei
- CBranches
- DSpindle shape
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Answer: A
Skeletal fibres are elongated cells with striations.

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