SAQS (4MARKS)
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
1. What are the characteristics features of Euglenoids?
2. Give the salient features and importance of chrysophytes.
3. Give a brief account of dinoflagellates.
4. Write the role of fungi in our daily life.
PLANT KINGDOM
1. Differentiate between red algae and brown algae.
2. Differentiate between liverworts and mosses.
3. What is meant by homosporous and heterosporous pteridophytes ? Give
2 examples.
4. What is heterospory ? Briefly comment on its significance. Give two
examples.
5. Give a brief account of prothallus.
6. Write a note on economic importance of algae and bryophytes.
7. How would you distinguish monocots from dicots ?
MODES OF REPRODUCTION
1. Write a brief account on gametognesis with examples.
2. List the changes observed in an angiosperm flower subsequent to
pollination and fertilization.
3. Define (a) Juvenile phase (b) Reproductive phase.
4. Describe the life cycle of angiosperm plant.
5. Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction. Why is vegetative
reproduction also considered as a type of asexual reproduction ?
6. “Fertilisation is not an obligatory event for fruit production in certain
plants”. Explain the statement.
TAXONOMY OF ANGIOSPERMS
1. Describe the non-essential floral parts belonging to fabaceae.
2. Describe the essential floral parts of plants belonging to lilliaceae.
3. Describe essential organs of solanaceae.
4. Give the economic importance of plants belonging to fabaceae.
5. Write a brief note on semi technical description of a typical flowering
plant.
6. Give an account of floral diagram?
7. Write a brief account on the class dicotyledonae of Bentham and
Hooker’s classification.
CELL: UNIT OF LIFE
1. Describe the cell organelle which contain chlorophyll pigments.
2. Describe the structure and function of power house of cell.
3. Describe the structure of nucleus.
4. What are the characteristics of a prokaryotic cell ?
5. Give a brief account of the types of chromosomes based on position of
centromere.
6. Differentiate between rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) and smooth
endoplasmic reticulum (SER).
7. What are nucleosomes ? What are they made of ?
8. Comment on the cart wheel structure of centriole.
9. Briefly describe the cell theory.
10. Name 2 cell organelles that are double membrane bound. What are the
characteristics of these 2 organelles ? State their function and draw
labelled diagrams of both.
CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION
1. Though redundantly described as resting phase, interphase does not
really involve rest. Comment.
2. Which division is required to maintain a constant chromosome number
in all body cells of multicellular organisms ? Why is it necessary ?
3. Explain prophase I of meiosis.
4. Mention the key features of Meiosis.
5. How does cytokinesis in plant cells differ from that in animal cells?
HISTOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS
1. State the location and function of different types of meristems.
2. A transverse section of the trunk of a tree shows concentric rings known
as annual rings. How are these rings formed ? What is the significance
of these rings ?
3. What are the differences between lenticels and stomata ?
4. What is periderm ? How does periderm formation take place in dicot
stems ?
ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS, SUCCESSION AND
ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
1. List the anatomical adaptations of hydrophtyes.
2. What are hydrophytes ? Briefly discuss the types of hydrophytes with
examples.
3. Write a brief account on the classification of xerophytes.
4. Give in detail the anatomical adaptations shown by xerophytes.
5. Enumerate the morphological adaptations of hydrophytes.
6. Enumerate the morphological adaptations of xerophytes.
7. Define plant succession. Differentiate primary and secondary
successions.
