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Body fluids and circulation - Human heart
1. If cardiac supply of vagus nerve is cut then:
(A) Rate of heart beat increases.
(B) Rate of heart beat decreases.
(C) There is no change in heartbeat.
(D) Heart stops beating.
2. Given below is the ECG of a normal
human. Which one of its components is
correctly interpretated below:
(A) Peak P and R together- systolic and
diastolic pressures
(B) Peak P – initiation of left atrial
contraction only
(C) Complex QRS- one complete pulse
(D) Peak T- initiation of total cardiac
contraction
3. If due to some injury, the chordate tendinae
of tricuspid valve in heart becomes
partially non functional. What among the
following can happen?
(A) The flow of blood in the aorta will slow
down
(B) The flow of blood in to pulmonary
artery will be reduced
(C) The blood will tend to flow back in to
the left atrium
(D) The pacemaker will stop its function
4. Bundle of His is a network of
(A) Muscle fibres distributed throughout
the heart walls
(B) Nerve fibers found throughout the heart
(C) Nerve fibers distributed in ventricles
(D) Muscle fibres found only in the
ventricle wall
5. Cardiac output is defined as the amount of
blood:
(A) Pumped by both ventricles per second
(B) Received in heart per minute
(C) Pumped by each ventricle per minute
(D) Pumped by left atrium per minute
6. To which organ Femoral artery supplies
blood:
(A) Dorsal part of thigh
(B) Ventral part of hind limb
(C) All parts of hind limb
(D) Rectum
7. The correct route through which pulse-
making impulse travels in the heart is
(A) SA node —> Purkinje fibres —>
bundle of His —> AV node —> heart
muscles
(B) SA node —> AV node —> bundle of
His —> Purkinje fibres —> heart
muscles
(C) AV node —> bundle of His —> SA
node —> Purkinje fibres —> heart
muscles
(D) AV node —> SA node —> Purkinje
fibres —> bundle of His —> heart
muscles
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8. Which among the following have open 16. Oxygenated blood from the left ventricle
circulatory system? enters into
1. Ascidia 2. Cockroach (A) Pulmonary artery
3. Earthworm 4. Prawn (B) Aorta
5. Silver fish 6. Snail (C) Superior vena cava
7. Squid (D) Pulmonary trunk
(A) 2, 4, 6 (B) 1, 2, 4, 6
(C) 3, 4, 5, 7 (D) 2, 4, 5, 6 17. Contraction of right ventricle pumps blood
into
9. Glucose is carried from digestive tract to (A) Pulmonary vein
liver by (B) Pulmonary artery
(A) Hepatic artery (C) Coronary sinus
(B) Hepatic portal vein (D) Coronary artery
(C) Pulmonary vein
(D) None of the above 18. Bundle of His is a network of
(A) Muscle fibres distributed throughout
10. What among the following is not detected heart wall
by ECG? (B) Muscle fibres found only in ventricle
(A) Heart block wall
(B) Valvular defects (C) Nerve fibres distributed in ventricles
(C) Myocardial infection (D) Nerve fibres found throughout the heart
(D) Arrhythmia
19. How many double circulations are
11. Which among them have thick wall? normally completed by human heart in one
(A) Right auricle (B) Right ventricle minute?
(C) Left auricle (D) Left ventricle (A) Eight (B) Sixteen
(C) Thirty six (D) Seventy two
12. Human heart is derived from
(A) Ectoderm (B) Mesoderm 20. Systemic circulation of oxygenated blood
(C) Endoderm (D) Both (A) & (C) starts from
(A) Right atrium (B) Left atrium
13. How many cardiac cycles are performed (C) Left ventricle (D) Right ventricle
per minute in humans?
(A) 1 (B) 12 21. Coronary sinus carries _____ to the right
(C) 27 (D) 72 atrium.
(A) Interstitial fluid
14. In humans, the volume of blood pumped (B) Deoxygenated blood
out by each ventricle per minute is (C) Lymph
(A) 1040 mL (B) 5 L (D) Oxygenated blood
(C) 2.5 L (D) 1290 mL
22. A special neural centre that can moderate
15. ‘Dub’ sound is produced by the closing of the cardiac function is located in
(A) Tricuspid valve (A) Cerebrum
(B) Bicuspid valve (B) Pons
(C) Mitral valve (C) Medulla oblongata
(D) Semilunar valves (D) Cerebellum

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23. The walls of capillaries are composed of 30. Time interval between the closure of
endothelium which is semilunar valve and closure of AV valve is
(A) Cuboidal epithelium (A) 0.3 s (B) 0.5 s
(B) Squamous epithelium (C) 0.1 s (D) 0.7 s
(C) Columnar epithelium
(D) Stratified epithelium 31. If one litre of blood is drawn out of 5 litres
from the body of man, how much blood
24. Tunica externa is composed of would be left by the next day?
(A) Endothelium (A) 5 litres (B) 4.5 litres
(B) Connective tissue (C) 4 litres (D) 3 litres
(C) Smooth muscles
(D) Glycoproteins 32. A cardiac cycle involves
(A) Joint diastole-ventricular systole-
25. A patch of nodal tissue responsible for auricular systole
initiating the rhythmic contractile activity (B) Auricular systole-ventricular systole-
of heart is present in complete cardiac diastole
(A) Lower left corner of the left ventricle (C) Auricular systole-joint diastole-
(B) Upper right corner of the right atrium ventricular systole
(C) Lower left corner of the right ventricle (D) Auricular systole-ventricular diastole-
(D) Upper left corner of the left atrium joint diastole

26. Repolarisation of the ventricles
represented by
(A) P-wave
(B) QRS-wave
(C) T-wave
(D) Both P and T-wave
27. The strength of ventricular contraction
increases when SAN is stimulated by
(A) Vagus nerve
(B) Parasympathetic nerve
(C) Sympathetic nerve
(D) All of these
28. Parasympathetic nervous system
(A) Decreases heart beat
(B) Increases heart beat
(C) Starts heart beat
(D) Has no effect on heart beat
29. Complete stoppage of heart beat is known
as
(A) Cardiac arrest
(B) Myocardial infarction
(C) Angina pectoris
(D) Heart failure
is 33. The duration of the ventricular diastole in a
normal cardiac cycle is
(A) 0.3 second (B) 0.5 second
(C) 0.4 second (D) 0.7 second
34. The course of blood from the heart to the
lungs and back to the heart is called
(A) Systemic circulation
(B) Pulmonary circulation
(C) Single circulation
(D) Double circulation
35. A portal system is one in which
(A) A vein starts from an organ and ends
up in heart
(B) A vein starts from an organ and ends
up in another organ
(C) A vein starts from heart and ends up in
lungs
(D) None of these
36. Chordae tendinae in the heart are found in
(A) Ventricle
(B) Left auricle
(C) Right auricle
(D) Interventricular septum

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37. How do parasympathetic neural signals
affect the working of the heart?
(A) Reduce both heart rate and cardiac
output
(B) Heart rate is increased without
affecting the cardiac output
(C) Both heart rate and cardiac output
increase
(D) Heart rate decreases but cardiac output
increases
38. Arteries are best defined as the vessels
which
(A) Carry blood from one visceral organ to
another visceral organ
(B) Supply oxygenated blood to the
different organs
(C) Carry blood away from the heart to
different organs
(D) Break up into capillaries which reunite
to form a vein
39. Figure shows schematic plane of blood
circulation in humans with labels A to D.
Identify the label and give its function/s
(A) B-Pulmonary artery-takes blood form
heart to lungs, PO2 = 90 mm Hg
(B) C-Vena Cava-takes blood from body
parts to right auricle, PCO2 = 45 mm
Hg
(C) D-Dorsal aorta-takes blood from heart
to body parts, PO2 = 95 mm Hg
(D) A-Pulmonary vein-takes impure blood
from body parts, PO2 = 60 mm Hg
40. 'Bundle of His' is a part of which of the
following organs in humans?
(A) Pancreas (B) Brain
(C) Heart (D) Kidney
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41. Which one of the following plasma
proteins is involved in the coagulation of
blood?
(A) Fibrinogen (B) An albumin
(C) Serum amylase (D) A globulin
42. Which one of the following statements is
correct regarding blood pressure?
(A) 190/110 mm Hg may harm vital organs
like brain and kidney
(B) 130/90 mm Hg is considered high and
requires treatment
(C) 100/55 mm Hg is considered an ideal
blood pressure
(D) 105/50 mm Hg makes one very active
43. If due to some injury the chordae tendinae
of the tricuspid valve of the human heart is
partially non-functional, what will be the
immediate effect?
(A) The flow of blood into the pulmonary
artery will be reduced
(B) The flow of blood into the aorta will be
slowed down
(C) The pacemaker will stop working
(D) The blood will tend to flow back into
the left atrium
44. Given below are four statements (a-d)
regarding human blood circulatory system
(a) Arteries are thick-walled and have
narrow lumen as compared to veins
(b) Angina is acute chest pain when the
blood circulation to the brain is reduced
(c) Persons with blood group AB can
donate blood to any person with any
blood group under ABO system
(d) Calcium ions play a very important role
in blood clotting
Which two of the above statements are
correct?
(A) (a) & (d) (B) (a) & (b)
(C) (b) & (c) (D) (c) & (d)

45. In a standard ECG which one of the
following alphabets is the correct
representation of the respective activity of
the human heart?
(A) S – start of systole
(B) T – end of diastole
(C) P – depolarisation of the atria
(D) R–repolarisation of ventricles
46. Systemic heart refers to
(A) The heart that contracts under
stimulation from nervous system
(B) Left auricle and left ventricle in higher
vertebrates
(C) Entire heart in lower vertebrates
(D) The two ventricles together in humans
47. Which of the following are in direct contact
with the AV valves and prevent these from
collapsing back into atria?
(A) Chordae tendinae
(B) Papillary muscles
(C) Columnae carnae
(D) Musculi pectinate
48. The pacesetter in the heart is called
(A) Sino-atrial node (SAN)
(B) Atrio-ventricular node (AVN)
(C) Purkinje fibres
(D) Papillary muscle
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49. Bundle of His is a network of
(A) Muscle fibres distributed throughout
the heart walls
(B) Muscle fibres found only in the
ventricle wall
(C) Nerve fibres distributed in ventricles
(D) Nerve fibres found throughout the heart
50. The cardiac pacemaker in a patient fails to
function normally. The doctors find that an
artificial pacemaker is to be grafted in him.
It is likely that it will be grafted at the site
of
(A) Atrioventricular bundle
(B) Purkinje system
(C) Sinoatrial node
(D) Atrioventricular node
51. Rate of heart beat is determined by
(A) Purkinje fibres
(B) Papillary muscles
(C) AV-node
(D) SA-node
52. The heart sound ‘dup’ is produced when
(A) Mitral valve is closed
(B) Semilunar valves at the base of aorta
get closed
(C) Tricuspid valve is opened
(D) Mitral valve is opened
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ANSWERS KEY

1. (A) 19. (D) 37. (A)

2. (A) 20. (C) 38. (C)
3. (A) 21. (B) 39. (B)
4. (A) 22. (C) 40. (C)
5. (C) 23. (B) 41. (A)
6. (A) 24. (B) 42. (A)
7. (B) 25. (B) 43. (A)
8. (D) 26. (C) 44. (A)
9. (B) 27. (C) 45. (??)
10. (B) 28. (A) 46. (B)
11. (D) 29. (A) 47. (A)
12. (B) 30. (B) 48. (B)
13. (D) 31. (A) 49. (B)
14. (B) 32. (B) 50. (C)
15. (D) 33. (B) 51. (D)
16. (B) 34. (B) 52. (B)
17. (B) 35. (B)
18. (B) 36. (A)

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