NEET Biology / AI question bank / NCERT Class 11 / Human Physiology
Locomotion and Movement: NEET questions with solutions
This chapter tests the types of muscle, the structure of a sarcomere and contractile proteins, the sliding filament mechanism, red and white fibres, bone counts in the human skeleton, joints, and disorders. NEET marks are lost on which bands change length, on troponin versus tropomyosin roles, and on skeleton counts.
Also called: muscle contraction · skeletal system · joints
Questions
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- Q1How many bones are present in the skeleton of an adult human?
Axial skeletonEasySingle correct
- Q2Which type of muscle is striated in appearance, branched, and involuntary in action?
Types of muscleEasySingle correct
- Q3Match each type of synovial joint with an example.
JointsMediumMatch the following
- Q4Examine the statements about muscle contraction.
Mechanism of muscle contractionMediumStatement based
- Q5Humans have 12 pairs of ribs. Which statement correctly describes the last two pairs, called floating ribs?
Axial skeletonMediumSingle correct
- Q6During muscle contraction, Ca²⁺ ions bind to a subunit of troponin on the thin filament. What happens immediately after this?
Mechanism of muscle contractionMediumSingle correct
- Q7Muscle fibres are classified as red or white. Evaluate the Assertion and Reason.
Red and white fibresMediumAssertion–Reason
- Q8The 80 bones of the human axial skeleton are grouped by NCERT into the skull, vertebral column (26 bones), sternum (1) and ribs (12 pairs).…
Axial skeletonHardSingle correct
- Q9The bones of the skull are joined to each other by sutures. To which type of joint do these belong?
JointsEasySingle correct
- Q10Four descriptions of the protein filaments of a sarcomere are given below. Which description is accurate?
Structure of contractile proteinsHardSingle correct
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