Consider the two statements:
Statement I: Even after exhaling as forcefully as possible, one still has air in the lungs.
Statement II: The value for vital capacity is higher that the value for functional residual capacity in a healthy adult.

1. Statement I is correct: Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect: Statement II is correct
3. Statement I is correct: Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect: Statement II is incorrect
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Which of the following factors affect diffusion of gases between alveoli and blood through respiratory membrane? 
(a) Thickness of respiratory membrane 
(b) Partial pressure gradient of gases acorss diffusion membrane 
(c) Solubility of gases 
Select the correct option 
1. (a) and (b) only 
2. (b) only 
3. (a) and (c) only 
4. (a), (b) and (c) 
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High pCO2 and low pO2 can be found in:

1. alveoli 2. tissues
3. blood 4. heart
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The binding of HB with oxygen forms

1. Methamoglobin
2. Carbhaminohaemoglobin
3. Oxyhaemoglobin
4. Carbaminohaemoglobin
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When percentage saturation of haemoglobin with \(O_2\) is plotted against the partial pressure of \(O_2\) on a graph, the curve obtained is described as 
1. Parabola 
2. Hyperbola 
3. Sigmoid 
4. Linear
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The reversible conversion of CO₂ + H₂O ↔ H₂CO₃ ↔ H⁺ + HCO₃⁻ inside RBCs is catalysed by:
1. Dehydrogenase 2. Carbonic anhydrase
3. Carboxylase  4. Peroxidase
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The majority of carbon dioxide produced by our body cells is transported to the lungs

1. Dissolved in the blood.
2. As bicarbonates.
3. As carbonates
4. Attached to haemoglobin
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Which of the following sets of conditions is most favourable for the formation of oxyhaemoglobin in the human body?
1. High pO₂, low pCO₂, high H⁺ concentration, and high temperature
2. Low pO₂, high pCO₂, low H⁺ concentration, and low temperature
3. High pO₂, low pCO₂, low H⁺ concentration, and low temperature
4. Low pO₂, low pCO₂, high H⁺ concentration, and high temperature
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Which of the following is true for transport of gases

1. Maximum amount of O2 is transported by RBCs
2. Maximum amount of CO2 is transported by Plasma as Bicarbonates
3. Plasma transports both CO2 and O2
4. All of the above
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Haemoglobin is:

1. An oxygen carrier in human blood
2. A protein used as a food supplement
3. An oxygen scavenger in root nodules
4. A plant protein with high lysine content
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