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GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 51

Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Behaviour · Nervous System and Brain: Structures of the brain and their functions, neurons, neural impulse, synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters, hemispheric lateralization · 2 marks · Multiple select

Component(s) of Peripheral Nervous System is/are

  1. Somatic Nervous System
  2. Central Nervous System
  3. Automatic Nervous System
  4. Autonomic Nervous System

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Correct answer: (A) Somatic Nervous System; (D) Autonomic Nervous System

Explanation

The peripheral nervous system has the somatic and the autonomic systems. The central nervous system is the brain and the spinal cord, and there is no “automatic” nervous system.