10+2 Biology – Pre-Board Examination
Time Allowed: 3 hrs Section - A Maximum Marks - 70
1.Answer the following questions. Each question carries one mark.
A. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Micropropagation is based on
(a) Tissue (b) Hybridization (c) Microtomy (d) Genetic
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2. Testa and Tegmen are present in
(a) Flower (b) Ovary (c) Fruit (d) Seed Coat
3. The site of fertilization in mammal is
(a) Ovary (b) Fallopian (c) Uterus (d) Vagina
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4. The birth control device not used by women is
(a) Diaphgram (b) Oral Pill (c) Condom (d) Copper T
5. Down’s syndrome is associated with trisomy of chromosome number
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23
6. Which one of the following is the start codon?
(a) UAA (b) UAG (c) AUG (d) UGA
7. Hot Dilute Soup was given by
(a) Oparin (b) Haldane (c) Urey (d) None of these
8. Which part of the poppy plant is used to obtain the drug ‘smack’?
(a) Flowers (b) Roots (c) Latex (d) Leaves
9. An unorganized mass of cells is called
(a) Totipotent (b) Explant (c) Corax (d) Callus
10. Which one is nitrogen fixer?
(a) Anabaena (b) Ulothrix (c) Agaricus (d) None of these
11. Transposons are:
(a) Housekeeping (b) Transporting (c) Stationary (d) Jumping
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12. The first hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is
(a) Estrogen (b) Progestrone (c) Insulin (d) Thyroxin
13. Sunken Stomata occurs in
(a) Hydrophytes (b) Xerophytes (c) Mesophytes (d) None of these
14. Ultimate source of energy for living beings is
(a) Cabohydrates (b) Sunlight (c) Fats (d) ATP
15. In situ conservation of genetic diversity is done in the form of
(a) National Park (b) Biosphere (c) Wildlife (d) All of these
Reserve Sanctuaries
6. Ozone depletion is caused by
(a) CFCs (b) Co (c) PAN (d) None of these
B. Fill in the blanks:
17. Insect Pollinating Flowers are called ________
18. Human Females are homogametic and males are ________
19. ________in RNA replaces thymine in DNA
20. _________is the study of cancer cells.
21. Variations appearing during tissue culture are called ________
22 Curdling of milk is done by _________
C. True or False:
23. The number of characters studied by Mendel in pea plant was six.
24. Cirrhosis is associated with liver disorder.
25. Plasmids are the most widely used cloning vectors in the technique of gene manipulation in bacteria
26. Ecosystem is composed of biotic components
27. 5th June is World’s Environment Day
28. Lichens serve as pollution indicators
Section – B (2 Marks Questions)Write two major functions of testis and ovary.
2. Expand ZIFT & IVF OR
Define Infertility. Name two assisted reproductive technologies to check the problem of infertility.
3. Why Mendel selected pea plants for his experiments? OR
What will be the phenotype of F1 generation when a hemophiliac man (xhy) marries a normal female?
4. If a double standard DNA has 20 per cent of cytosine, calculate the percent of adenine in the DNA.
5. Define Atavism. Give one example.
6. What are stimulators? List any two stimulants.
7. What are mycorrhiza? Give two advantages.
8. What essential features must be present in a cloning vehicle? OR
Define Genetic Engeering. Name one natural genetic engineer of plants.
9. What do you mean by Golden Rice?
10. Define Mutualism with one example. OR
What are sacred groves? What role do they play in conservation?
Section – C (3 Marks Questions)
11. What is the Human Genome Project? Write down the goals of Human Genome Project?
12. Write a note on industrial melanism.
13. What is Cancer? Explain types of cancer. OR
Differentiate between T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes.
14. Briefly explain the predation and parasitism types of interaction with examples. OR
Define biodiversity. Discuss the causesof extinction of biodiversity.
Section D (5 Marks Questions)
15. Define ecological succession. Write the various stages occuring in lithosere formation. OR
Discuss the cause and effects of global warming. What measures need to be taken to control global
warming?
16. What is spermatogenesis? Briefly describe the process of spermatogenesis. OR
Study the figure below. Answer the questions pretaining to part (a) and (b).
(1) What does the diagram depict?
(2) Label parts a & b
(3) Draw a detaied and labelled diagram of part a.
