PRE-MEDICAL

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ZOOLOGY BREATHING AND EXCHANGE OF GASES

EXCHANGE OF GASES
1. Which of the following represents FRC :
(1) TLC-VC (2) EC-TV (3) VC-IC (4)TLC-IC
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
2. Odd one out w.r.t. respiratory volumes or capacities involved in vital capacity :
(1) IRV (2) IC (3) EC (4) FRC
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
3. Arrange the following pulmonary volumes and pulmonary capacities in their increasing order.
IRV, ERV, RV, VC, IC, EC
(1) RV < ERV < IRV < EC < IC < VC
(2) RV < ERV < EC < IRV < IC < VC
(3) ERV < RV < IRV < EC < IC < VC
(4) ERV < RV < EC < IRV < IC < VC (NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
4. RV is involved in which of the following pulmonary capacities :
(1) FRC (2) TLC (3) ERV (4) Both (1) and (2)
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
5. TLC is :
(1) VC + RV (2) IC + FRC (3) IRV + EC + RV (4) All of these
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
6. Total volume of air accomodated in the lungs at the end of a forced inspiration is :
(1) IRV (2) IC (3) TLC (4) VC
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
7. Select the correct True and False statements from below :
A. TLC includes RV, ERV, TV and IRV
B. By adding up a few respiratory volumes one can derive various pulmonary capacities which can be
used in clinical diagnosis
C. IC is the volume of air that will remain in lungs after normal expiration
D. ERV is the maximum volume of air a person can breathe in after a forced expiration
E. IRV is the maximum volume of air a person can breathe out after a forced inspiration.
A B C D E
(1) T T F F F
(2) F T F F F
(3) F T F T T
(4) T T F T T

(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)

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8. The important factor that can affect rate of diffusion of gases is/are :
(1) Pressure/concentration gradient of gases
(2) Solubility of the gases
(3) Thickness of the membranes involved in diffusion
(4) All of the above
(NCERT - Pg. 272)
9. The diffusion membrane in alveoli in made up of how many cellular layers :
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1
(NCERT - Pg. 273)
10. ‘A’ represents solubility of O2 while ‘B’ represents solubility of CO2. Select the correct option from
below w.r.t. A and B :
(1) A is higher than B (2) B is higher than A (3) B is lesser than A (4) A and B are equal
(NCERT - Pg. 273)
11. The primary sites for exchange of gases are :
(1) Alveoli (2) Between blood and Tissues
(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) Neither (1) nor (2)
(NCERT - Pg. 272)
12. Exchange of gases at alveoli and tissues occurs via :
(1) Simple diffusion (2) Facilitated diffusion (3) Osmosis (4) Active transport
(NCERT - Pg. 272)
13. Total thickness of diffusion membrane is :
(1) Less than a millimeter (2) More than a millimeter
(3) One millimeter (4) One centimeter
(NCERT - Pg. 272)
14. The pulmonary volume TV is not involved in which of the following pulmonary capacities :
(1) VC (2) IC (3) FRC (4) EC
(NCERT - Pg. 271 and 272)
15. Read the following statements and select the correct option :
Statement A : The amount of CO2 that can diffuse through the diffusion membrane per unit difference
in partial pressure is much higher than that of O2 .
Statement B : Solubility of CO2 is 20-25 times higher than that of O2
(1) Both statements are correct and statement B is a correct explanation of statement A
(2) Both statements are correct but statement B is not a correct explanation of statement A
(3) Only statement A is correct
(4) Only statement B is correct
(NCERT - Pg. 273)

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16. How many of the following statements are incorrect :
A. Pressure contributed by an individual gas in a mixture of gases is called partial pressure
B. All the factors in our body are favourable for diffusion of O2 from alveoli to tissues and that of CO2
from tissue to alveoli.
C. pO2 of pulmonary vein is higher than pCO2 of systemic veins.
D. pCO2 in tissue cells is higher than that in pulmonary artery.
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1
(NCERT - Pg. 272 and 273)
17. pO2 in alveolus is lesser than that in :
(1) Tissues (2) Atmosphere (3) Oxygentated (4) Deoxygenated blood
(NCERT - Pg. 273)
18. Select the correct match from the following :
(1) pO2 in alveoli ® 159 mmHg (2) pO2 in tissues ® 95 mmHg
(3) pCO2 in alveoli ® 104 mmHg (4) pCO2 in tissues ® 45 mmHg
(NCERT - Pg. 273)
19. pCO2 in pulmonary vein blood is equal to
(1) pO2 in systemic arteries (2) pO2 in pulmonary artery
(3) pO2 in pulmonary vein (4) None of these
(NCERT - Pg. 273)
20. pCO2 in atmospheric air is :
(1) 159 mmHg (2) 0.3 mmHg (3) 104 mmHg (4) 40 mmHg
(NCERT - Pg. 272)

Answer Key

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Ans. 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 3 2
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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