LIFE SCIENCE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FROM ABTA

2 MARKS

1.Give examples of sensitivity of plants.

2.Comparative discussion or difference between tropic, tactic and nastic movement.
3.Similarities and dissimilarities between hormones and the nervous system.
4.Use of synthetic hormones in agriculture.
5.Write the name of all layers of our eye.
6.What is the role of cytokinins in delaying lateral bud senescence in plants?
7.Explain that insulin and glucagon act oppositely.
8.Write the sources and functions of estrogen and progesterone.
9.What is the function of thyroxine?
10.What is hormonal emergency.
11.Illustrate with a sound diagram the neural pathway that leads you to open the door
when you hear the doorbell ring.
12.Write the parts of central and peripheral nervous system.
13.Sneeze and cough reflex helps to avoid two dangers - judge the statement correctly.
14.Write the location and function of meninges and CSF.
15.Write the role of gibberellin in plant length growth and seed germination.
16.What do you mean by alternation of generation.
17.What is tropic hormone.Give one example.
18.List the functions of plant growth that are controlled by auxin.
19.Write the position of ball and socket joint and hinge joint.
20.Discuss the relationship between neurons,nerves and nervous system.
21.Write the role of myotome muscle in locomotion of fish.
22.Write the role of fins in movement of fish.
23.Explain what happens as a result of contraction of the following muscles: Flexor
muscle,Extensor muscles ,Adductor muscles ,Rotator muscles.
24.Name the facial corrective agents in order.
25.Write the difference between autosomes and sex chromosomes based on the following
characteristics. Nature, number.
26.Write the role of centrosome and ribosome in cell division.
27.Write the difference between DNA and RNA based on the following features- Five C-
linked ,carbohydrates Pyrimidine alkaloids(bases).
28.Ectopic leaf buds help in the natural growth of plant organs - Justify the statement.
29.List the chemical elements that are synthesized in the G1 and S stages of the cell cycle.
30.Asexual reproduction in Spirogyra and Planaria is accomplished by which method?
31.Distinguish between mitosis and meiosis cell division- Nature of chromosome
segregation Number of cells produced
32.Mention any two changes related to eyesight and bones during the terminal stage of
human development or old age.
33.Write the difference between euchromatin and heterochromatin based on the following
features- Coiling of chromatin theory Gene activation
34.Write the relationship between growth and development.
35. Write the difference between plant and animal mitosis based on the following features-
i)spindle fibre ii)cytokinesis
36.What is the difference between cytokinesis of plant and animal.
37.Explain the following two significances of meiosis cell division- Keeping the chromosome
number of the species constant Origin of variation in organisms.
38.Write down the changes observed in the metaphase stage of nuclear division.
39.Why cross pollination is better than self pollination?
40.Give two examples of heredity in the world.
41.Write the genotypes of green colored fruit of pea plant.
42.Revise the topic of hybridization experiment of mendal completely.
43.Write the reasons for Mendel's success.
44.What is the probability of children having thalassemia if both mother and father are
carriers of thalassemia?
45.What is Hot Dilute Soup?
46.Name the four major fossils in the evolutionary history of horses in chronological order.
47.Write four important characteristics that have changed in the evolution of horses.
48.Tigers are extinct but deer are abundant. A few tigers are brought from another
sanctuary into such a forest and released - think about the life struggle those tigers have to
go through in order to survive.
49.Structure and function, indicative of evolution. On the basis of the above two
characteristics, establish the type of circular organ with suitable examples.
50.Recessive trait only express in homozygous state-Illustrate with suitable example.
51.Write Mendel's laws.
52.Write the two characteristics of any two adaptations of sundari plants for salt tolerance.
53.How the following organs help camels in desert adaptation – Camel hump, Camel RBCs
54.Changes in body shape, body functions, and behavior are adaptations—justify the
statement with examples.
55.Write the adaptive characteristics of cactus for water conservation.
56.How honeybees communicate to other bees when they find a food source?
57.Write how chimpanzees intelligently solve problems to prevent food gathering diseases.
58.Write the harmful effects of acid rain.
59.What is Eutrophication?
60.What is organic growth?
61.What are the characteristics of a region to be defined as a hotspot?
62.Give four examples of loss of biodiversity due to global warming.
63.Write the natural and man-made causes of cancer.
64.What environmental damage will be seen because of continued destruction of wetlands
and loss of agricultural land?
65.Noise pollution can cause what harmful effects on ears and heart in human body?
66.One of the problems of growing population is wetland destruction. Mention two things
that can happen as a result.
67.Invasion of exotic species and poaching leads to loss of biodiversity – discuss the content
of the statement with two examples
68.What is the role of GTH in hormone secretion from gonads in humans?
69.By which part of brain the following actions are controlled: ◦Maintaining body
balance◦Activating vision and hearing as centers of reflex action ◦Acting as a center of body
temperature regulation and awakening action ◦Secretion of saliva acts as the center of
respiration and exhalation
70.What are ganglia and synapse?
71.List the hormones associated with the following actions: ◦Controlling blood sugar levels.
◦Stimulating thyroid hormone secretion. ◦Increased rate and depth of breathing. ◦Increase
the length of bones and muscles ◦Increased blood pressure due to anxiety. ◦Increasing BMR
by increasing oxygen intake .
72.What are telomeres and kinetochores?
73.Which carriers complete the pollination of the following plants: (a) Paddy (b) Leaf rake
(c) Shimul (d) Mango.
74.Explain the method of micropropagation.
75.Different genotypes produce the same phenotypes- Justify the statement with an
example of the result of hybridization experiment on pea plant.
76.A haemophilia carrier woman married a haemophiliac man.What is the probability of
their daughter having haemophilia?
77.What is coasarvate?
78.Name the vestigial organ located in human spinal cord and oesophagus.
79.What are the possible gametes produced from the BbRr genotype?
80.What is BOD?
81.List the harmful effects of the following pollutants: ◦Greenhouse gas. ◦SPM is a chemical
fertilizer used in agriculture. ◦Non-abrasive pesticides.
82.State the role of biodiversity in the development of human civilization in the following
two areas i)Manufacturing of medicine ii) Production of woods.
83.Suggest two conservation measures to increase the number of lions in Gir forest.
84.List four activities that are prohibited in sanctuaries under the Wildlife Act.
85.Luxury and comfortable living is one of the causes of air pollution Give reasons for the
answer.
86.Mention the in situ measures taken for tiger conservation.
87.Suggest two conservation measures for one horned rhinoceros conservation in India.\

3 MARKS

(NOTE: MORE THAN ONE QUESTIONS OF 3 MARKS WILL COMBIENDLY COME

AS 5 MARKS QUESTION IN EXAM)

1. Write three characteristics of animal hormones.

2. Write the causes of dwarfism, goitre and diabetes insipidus.
3. Write the names of the locomotor organs and the mode of locomotion of Amoeba,
paramecium and Euglena.
4. How growth and reproduction of organisms is controlled by cell division?
5. Why is mitosis important in multicellular organisms?
6. ‘Prophase and telophase are opposites’- justify the statement. Explain the three methods
of asexual reproduction with suitable examples.
7. Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction on the following three points.
◦Number of organisms ◦Cell division ◦Origin of variation
8. Write the recessive characters that Mendel experimented within the flower and fruit of
the pea plant.
9. Use a checker board to show the offspring produced by mating a hybrid black guinea pig
with a pure white guinea pig.
10. Most times parents are seen as normal. But one of their son is colourblind. How is this
possible show with the help of a checker board?
11. A colourblind woman married a normal man. In the first illegitimate line judge the
probability of colour blindness in their children.
12. Show with arrows the main events of biological expression after the origin of life.
13. Describe Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theories regarding the lengthening of the giraffe’s
neck.
14. State the tenets of Lamarck’s theory.
15. Describe nitrogen cycle with word diagram.
16. Describe any three steps of nitrogen cycle.
17. ‘Freshwater sources are contaminated’- Answer this based on your experience.
18. Support the statement with three examples in favour of which many activities without
human control can pollute the environment.
19. Guess the possible causes of the following events. (a) Insomnia (b) Increased blood
pressure (c) Decreased levels of dissolved O2 in water (d) Blockage of air in the lungs.
20. ‘In winter elderly people and children have various respiratory problems.’-name three
such problems and state their symptoms.
21. Give three examples of endangerment of fauna by pollution of river Ganga.
22. Give characteristics and examples of national parks.
23. Give characteristics and examples of sanctuaries.
24. Write the differences between in situ and ex situ conservation with examples.
25. Write how urbanization and global warming are causing environmental problems in the
Sundarbans.
26.Draw complete relfelx arc path.
27. Identify the following parts by drawing a neat diagram of the anaphase stage of mitosis
cell division in an animal cell.
◦Polar region ◦Chromatid ◦Centromere
28. Identify the following parts by drawing a neat diagram of the perpendicular section of
the human eye.
◦Cornea ◦Lens ◦Iris
29. Identify the following parts by drawing a neat diagram of the metaphase stage of
mitosis cell division of an animal cell.
◦Chromatid ◦Centromere ◦Polar region ◦Metaphasic plate

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QUESTIONS WHICH ARE NEW FOR YOU)