MCQ on Puberty

• This is the key regulator of puberty

(a) LH (b) Kisspeptin © GnRH (d) LH

• FSH production is inhibited by

• (a) Estrogn (b) GnRH © Inhibin (d) LH

• The order of pubertal development in girls is
(a) adrenarche-pubarche-menarche
(b)thelarche-menarche-pubarche
© pubarche-thelarche-menarche
(d) thelarche-pubarche-menarche
• Precious puberty is girls is if breast
development is before the age of ____ years
• (a) 9 (b) 8 © 12 (d) 10
• This is NOT a cause of central precocious
puberty
• (a) craniopharyngeoma (b) hypothyroidism ©
cranial irradiation (d) hydrocephalus
• In boys with precocious puberty with
prepubertal LH level, this is the investigation
of choice
• (a) CT scan for adrenal gland (b) MRI brain ©
field of vision testing (d) FSH level
• In normal phenotyic girls with amenorrhea
and normal breat development the mots likely
cause is
• (a) gonadal dysgenesis (b) multiple pituitary
hormone deficiency © LH gene delection (d)
mullerian agenesis
• This is NOT true in cases of constituional delay
of puberty
• (a) is familial (b) no spontaneous puberty on
followup © markedly delayed bone age (d)
elevated early morning testosterone level
• in boys wth delayed puberty testosterone
injections should be started at this age (in
years )
• (a) 10 (b) 12 © 13 (d) 14
• Cause of precocoius puberty with growth
retardation is
• (a) adrenal adenona (b) exogenous estrogen
exposure © neurotuberculosis (d)
hypothyroidism