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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 49

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 choice

If Central Nervous System = Brain + Spinal Cord, then Peripheral Nervous System = _______?

  1. Sympathetic + Parasympathetic Systems
  2. Forebrain + Hindbrain
  3. Somatic + Autonomic Nervous Systems
  4. Cerebrum + Cerebellum

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Correct answer: (C) Somatic + Autonomic Nervous Systems

Explanation

The peripheral nervous system has two parts: the somatic system (voluntary muscles and senses) and the autonomic system. The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are only the two parts of the autonomic system.