Q.

Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland                 [2015]

1 Prolactin  
2 Melanocyte stimulating hormone  
3 Antidiuretic hormone  
4 Luteinising hormone  

Ans.

(3)

Two hormones viz oxytocin (OT) and antidiuretic hormone (ADH) are synthesised in the hypothalamus, but stored and released by the posterior lobe of pituitary gland.