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Question
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Pituitary | (a) produces male sex characteristics |
| (ii) Ovaries | (b) decreases blood sugar level |
| (iii) Thyroid | (c) increases heart and breathing rate raises blood pressure |
| (iv) Thymus | (d) produces female sex characteristics |
| (v) Adrenals | (e) is known as emergency hormone |
| (vi) Hypothalamus | (f) regulates the level of calcium and phosphorus |
| (vii) Pancreas | (g) increases the rate of metabolism |
| (viii) Testes | (h) maintains the level of calcium |
| (ix) Parathyroid | regulates the amount of water excreted in the urine. |
| (x) Cretinism | (j) simulates skeletal growth |
| (xi) Diabetes mellitus | (k) regulates the activities of other glands |
| (xii) Insulin shock | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
| (xiii) Gigantism | (m) Shortage of glucose in the blood. |
| (xiv) Enlargement of breasts in adult males | (n) Over-secretion of growth hormone |
| (xv) Exophthalmic goiter | (o) Excess of glucose in the blood |
| (xvi) Acromegaly | (p) Over-secretion of thyroxin |
| (xvii) Addison’s disease | (q) Dwarfism and mental retardation |
| (xviii)Cretinism | (r) Over-secretion of cortical hormones |
| (xix) Dwarfism | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xx) Adrenalin | (t) Under-secretion of thyroxin in children |
| (xxi) Vasopressin | (u) Over-secretion of growth hormones in adults |
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Solution
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Pituitary | (j) simulates skeletal growth |
| (ii) Ovaries | (d) produces female sex characteristics |
| (iii) Thyroid | (g) increases the rate of metabolism |
| (iv) Thymus | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
| (v) Adrenals | (c) increases heart and breathing rate raises blood pressure |
| (vi) Hypothalamus | (k) regulates the activities of other glands |
| (vii) Pancreas | (b) decreases blood sugar level |
| (viii) Testes | (a) produces male sex characteristics |
| (ix) Parathyroid | (f) regulates the level of calcium and phosphorus |
| (x) Cretinism | (q) Dwarfism and mental retardation |
| (xi) Diabetes mellitus | (o) Excess of glucose in the blood |
| (xii) Insulin shock | (m) Shortage of glucose in the blood. |
| (xiii) Gigantism | (n) Over-secretion of growth hormone |
| (xiv) Enlargement of breasts in adult males | (r) Over-secretion of cortical hormones |
| (xv) Exophthalmic goiter | (p) Over-secretion of thyroxin |
| (xvi) Acromegaly | (u) Over-secretion of growth hormones in adults |
| (xvii) Addison’s disease | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xviii)Cretinism | (t) Under-secretion of thyroxin in children |
| (xix) Dwarfism | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xx) Adrenalin | (e) is known as emergency hormone |
| (xxi) Vasopressin | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
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