{"id":90571,"date":"2025-06-01T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=90571"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:31:14","slug":"which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-connective-tissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-connective-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"Which one of the following is  not  a connective tissue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which one of the following is <i>not<\/i> a connective tissue?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Ligament&#8221; option2=&#8221;Tendon&#8221; option3=&#8221;Smooth muscle&#8221; option4=&#8221;Cartilage&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2021\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct answer is C) Smooth muscle.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nConnective tissues are tissues that support, connect, or separate different types of tissues and organs in the body. Ligaments connect bone to bone, tendons connect muscle to bone, and cartilage is a flexible connective tissue found in joints, ear, nose, etc. All three (Ligament, Tendon, Cartilage) are types of connective tissue. Smooth muscle, however, is a type of muscle tissue, specialized for contraction, and is distinct from connective tissue.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThere are four main types of tissues in animals: epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. Connective tissue includes bone, blood, adipose tissue, and fibrous connective tissue (like ligaments and tendons) in addition to cartilage. Muscle tissue is classified into skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which one of the following is not a connective tissue? 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Connective tissues are tissues that support, connect, or separate different types of tissues and organs in the body. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Which one of the following is  not  a connective tissue?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-is-not-a-connective-tissue\/#more-90571\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Which one of the following is  not  a connective tissue?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085],"tags":[1110,1117,1237],"class_list":["post-90571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-capf","tag-1110","tag-biology","tag-human-anatomy-and-physiology","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which one of the following is not a connective tissue?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is C) Smooth muscle. 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