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GATE Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Behaviour: Biological Basis of Motivation, Emotion and Memory: Hunger, thirst, sleep, sex, the limbic system – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Biological Basis of Motivation, Emotion and Memory: Hunger, thirst, sleep, sex, the limbic system (Biological and Evolutionary Basis of Behaviour, Psychology (XH5)) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q46 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Lesion studies show that hypothalamus is an excitatory region for hunger, and hypothalamus is involved in its cessation.
  2. GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) Q50 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following hormones do/does not increase hunger?
  3. GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q48 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match the sleep disorders in the first column with the symptoms in the second column of the table given below. Sleep disorders Symptoms --- --- P)…
  4. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q42 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which part of the brain is responsible for transferring information from STM to LTM?