All Free Health and Physical Education MCQs with Answers
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- A. Kidneys
- B. Heart
- C. Lungs
- D. Neck
Explanation: Each adrenal gland sits on the superior pole, or upper surface, of a kidney.
Correct answer: Kidneys- A. Adult hood
- B. Childhood
- C. Infancy
- D. none
Explanation: In this broad physical-education classification, the period from birth to about eight years is grouped as childhood.
Correct answer: Childhood3. The brain and the spinal cord comprise which of the following nervous systems______________________?
- A. Autonomic nervous system
- B. Peripheral nervous system
- C. Central nervous system
- D. Sympathetic nervous system
Explanation: The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that connect these…
Correct answer: Central nervous system- A. 3-year
- B. 4-year
- C. 7-year
- D. 2-year
Explanation: Infancy is commonly defined as the period from birth through approximately the first two years of life.
Correct answer: 2-year- A. All of these
- B. Heredity
- C. Exercise
- D. Nutrition
Explanation: Growth is influenced by heredity, adequate nutrition, and physical activity, so no single factor explains it fully.
Correct answer: All of these- A. Ectomorph
- B. Osomorph
- C. Mesomeph
- D. Endomorph
Explanation: Sheldon classified body types as ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. Osomorph is not one of his somatotype terms, whereas “Mesomeph”…
Correct answer: Osomorph- A. 5
- B. 4
- C. 2Educational Resources
- D. 3
Explanation: The nervous system contains two principal cell categories: neurons, which transmit nerve signals, and neuroglia or glial cells, which…
Correct answer: 2Educational Resources- A. Medulla
- B. Kidney
- C. Adrenal gland
- D. Pancreas
Explanation: The pancreas is both a digestive organ and an endocrine gland, producing digestive enzymes as well as hormones such as insulin.
Correct answer: Pancreas- A. CNS
- B. SNS
- C. PNS
- D. None
Explanation: The sympathetic nervous system activates the fight-or-flight response by increasing heart rate, breathing, and alertness during…
Correct answer: SNS- A. Sansation
- B. Afferent
- C. motor fibres
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Motor, or efferent, fibres carry commands away from the central nervous system to muscles and glands.
Correct answer: motor fibres- A. Chronologically age
- B. Anatomical age
- C. Psychology age
- D. Birth age
Explanation: Chronological age is calculated from a person's date of birth and is expressed in years, months, and days.
Correct answer: Chronologically age- A. Childhood
- B. Puberty
- C. Adolescents
- D. None of these
Explanation: Puberty is the developmental period in which hormonal changes produce sexual maturation and rapid physical growth, commonly beginning…
Correct answer: Puberty- A. Glucose
- B. Thyroxin
- C. Insulin
- D. Non-Apinefreen
Explanation: Insulin lowers blood glucose by helping body cells take up glucose and by promoting its storage as glycogen.
Correct answer: Insulin- A. Wide
- B. Outside base of support
- C. HighVocational & Continuing Education
- D. Over base of support
Explanation: For stable balance, the centre of gravity should remain vertically over the base of support.
Correct answer: Over base of support- A. ATP.
- B. phosphocreatine.
- C. glucose.
- D. ADP.
Explanation: ATP is the cell's immediate usable energy currency, releasing energy when its terminal phosphate bond is broken.
Correct answer: ATP.- A. Kreb's cycle
- B. Mitochondria
- C. Oxygen system
- D. Electron transfer systemSend Money Overseas
Explanation: Mitochondria are organelles where aerobic respiration produces most cellular ATP.
Correct answer: Mitochondria- A. O2 max.
- B. Maximum CO2.
- C. 100% oxygen.
- D. VO2 max.
Explanation: VO2 max is the maximum rate at which the body can take in, transport, and use oxygen during intense exercise, so it is a key measure of…
Correct answer: VO2 max.- A. Fatigue
- B. Muscle damage
- C. Nausea
- D. None; it is an advantage
Explanation: High-intensity exercise associated with lactate accumulation is linked to fatigue and a reduced ability to sustain the workload.
Correct answer: Fatigue- A. BMR
- B. ATP-CP system
- C. Both
- D. None
Explanation: The ATP-CP, or phosphagen, system supplies energy immediately for very short, explosive efforts by using stored ATP and phosphocreatine.
Correct answer: ATP-CP system- A. 12%
- B. 21%
- C. 12%
- D. 11%
Explanation: Inspired air contains about 21% oxygen, while expired air contains roughly 16% oxygen because the body uses part of it.
Correct answer: 21%