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Date: Class: XII

Biology (044)
Time: 3 hrs M.M: 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory
2. The question paper consists of five sections A,B,C ,D and E. Section A contains 5 questions of 1
mark each, Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each, Section C consists of 12 questions of 3
marks Section D consists of 1 value based question of 4 marks and Section E consists of 3 questions
of 5 marks each.

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3. There is an internal choice in one question of 2 marks, one question of 3 marks and all the three
questions of 5 marks.

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4. Wherever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly labeled.

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SECTION A

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1 The hilly areas in kerala, Karnatka and Tamil Nadu are transformed into blue stretches due to 1

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mass flowering of a plant. Name the plant.

2 The gene I that controls ABO blood grouping in human beings has three alleles IA , IBand i.
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How many genotypes are likely to be present in human population?
Also, how many phenotypes are possibly present?
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is below 40 percent. Judge which kind of ART is suited in this situation to form an embryo in
the laboratory, without involving a donor?
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4 Why hnRNA is required to undergo splicing? 1

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5 “Sweet potatoes tubers and potato tubers are the result of convergent evolution”. Justify the 1
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SECTION B
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6 (a) If one can induce parthenocarpy through application of growth substances, which fruits 2
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would you select to induce parthenocarpy and why?

(b)What is the difference between parthenocarpic fruits and false fruits?
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7 All reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are STDs, but all STD are not RTIs. Comment. 2
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Why tender coconut is considered a healthy source of nutrition?
How are pea seeds different from castor seeds with respect to endosperm?

8 (a)State the function of mast cells in allergy response? 2

(b)Name any two techniques that serve the purpose of early diagnosis of some bacterial/viral
human diseases.

9 Mention the target cells of luteinsing hormone in human males and females. Explain the effects 2
and changes which the hormone induces in each case.
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10 Give two reasons why both the strands of DNA are not copied during transcription 2

SECTION C
11 Explain the cause of Sickle-cell Anaemia and its inheritance. 3

12 Read the graph given below. Correlate the ovarian events that take place in the human female 3
according to the levels of the pituitary hormones during the following days:

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i) 6-15 days ii) 16 -25 days iii) 26 – 28 days (if the ovum is not fertilized)
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b) Specify the sources of hormones mentioned in the graph?

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Variety of beaks of Darwin's finches.

(a) Mention the specific geographical area where these were found.
(b) Name and explain the phenomenon that has resulted in the evolution of such diverse
species in the region.
(c) How did Darwin visit the particular geographical area?

14 a) A low level of expression of lac operon occurs at all the times, can you explain the logic 3
behind this phenomena?
b) “Migration may enhance or blurr the effects of selection” Comment.
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15 A population has been exhibiting genetic equilibrium 3

Answer the following with regard to above statement
a) Explain the above statement.
b) Name the under lying principle.
c) List any two factors which would upset the genetic equilibrium of the population
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A thallasemic child needed repeated blood transfusions got infected by HIV.
a) Use as diagrammatic sketch and arrows to show how the virus increased in number
b) Why did the increased number of HIV virus deteriorate the child’s immunity?
c) Which diagnostic test showed that the infective virus was HIV?

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questions

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a) Identify “a”
b) Name and state the function of “c”

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c) Identify “d”

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d) Explain the role of hormones in the formation
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A woman with O blood group marries a man with AB blood group
(i) Work out all the possible phenotypes and genotypes of the progeny.
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(ii) Discuss the kind of dominance in the parents and the progeny in this case.
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a). Identify the polarity from a to a’ in a given diagram and mention how many mode amino
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acids are expected to be added to this polypeptide chain

b) Mention the DNA sequence coding for serine and the anticodon of tRNA for the same
amino acid.
c) Why are some untranslated sequences of bases seen in mRNA coding for a polypeptide?
Where exactly are they present on mRNA?

19 Fill in the blanks in the different column of the table given below : 3

Disease Casual Medium of Symptoms

organisms transfer
Amoebiasis Entamoeba A Diarrhoea

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histolytica
Typhoid B Contaminatefood High fever
C Plasmodium Bite of infected Chill and high
female fever
20 Illustrate schematically the process of initiation, elongation and termination during 3
transcription of a gene in a bacterium.

21 Differentiate between microsporogenesis and megasporogenesis. What type of cell division 3

occurs during these events? Name the structure formed at the end of these two events.

22 Explain Hershey –Chase experiment. Also mention contribution of Meselson and Stahl in 3
DNA structure.

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23 A large number of married couples world over are childless. It is shocking to know that in 4

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India the female partner is often blamed for the couple being childless.
a. Why in your opinion the female partner for such situations is blamed in India? Mention any

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two values that you as a biology student can promote to check this social evil.

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b. State any two reasons responsible for cause of infertility.
c. Suggest a technique that can help the couple to have child where problem is with the male

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atmosphere of the primitive earth.

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(i) What was the purpose of the experiment?

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(ii) In what form was the energy supplied for the chemical reaction to occur?
(iii) What is biogenesis?
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(iv) Give a diagrammatic representation of Miller’s experiment.

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25 A woman has conceived and implantation has occurred in her uterus. Explain the sequence of 5
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changes up to parturition which take place within her body.

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“Incompatibility is a natural barrier in the fusion of gametes”. Justify the statement.
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26 (a) Draw the embryo sac of a flowering plant and label (i) central cell (ii) Chalazal end of the 5
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embryo sac (iii) synergids.

(b) Name the cell that develops into the embryo sac and explain how this cell leads to the
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formation of Embryo sac. Also mention the role played by the various cells of the embryo sac.
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Show diagrammatically the stages of embryonic development from zygote up to implantation
in humans.

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Date: Class: XII

Biology (044)
Time: 3 hrs M. M: 70
SECTION A
1 The hilly areas in kerala, Karnatka and Tamil Nadu are transformed into blue
stretches due to mass flowering of a plant. Name the plant.

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Ans Strobilanthus kunthiana(neelakuranji)

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2 The gene I that controls ABO blood grouping in human beings has three alleles
IA , IBand i.
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Also, how many phenotypes are possibly present?
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mobility of sperms is below 40 percent. Judge which kind of ART is suited in this
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Ans Intra Cytoplasmic sperm Injection(ICSI)
4 Why hnRNA is required to undergo splicing?
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Ans hnRNA undergoes splicing in order to remove introns which are non-coding
sequences and exons are joined to form functional mRNA.
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5 “Sweet potatoes tubers and potato tubers are the result of convergent evolution”.
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Justify the statement.

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Ans Sweet potato tuber is a modified root whereas potato tuber is a modified stem.
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These are anatomically different structures but perform the same function of food
storage. Therefore they are the result of convergent evolution.
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SECTION B
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which fruits would you select to induce parthenocarpy and why?

(b)What is the difference between parthenocarpic fruits and false fruits?
Ans (a) Banana as these fruits are seedless.
(b)Parthenocarpic fruits-fruits develop without fertilization. banana
False fruits-Thalmus also contribute to the fruit. e.g. Apple

7 All reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are STDs, but all STD are not RTIs.
Comment.
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Why tender coconut is considered a healthy source of nutrition?

How are pea seeds different from castor seeds with respect to endosperm?

Ans Among the common STDs –gonorrhea, genital herpes ,chlamydiasis

,hepatitis-B,AIDS etc. hepatitis-B and AIDS are not infections of
reproductive organs though their mode of transmission could be sexual
contacts also. All other diseases are transmitted through sexual contact
and also infections of the reproductive tract.
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(a) rich source of minerals and vitamins.

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(b)Pea seeds-non-endospermic seeds and Castor seeds- Endospemic seeds

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8 (a)State the function of mast cells in allergy response?
(b)Name ant two techniques that serve the purpose of early diagnosis of some

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bacterial/viral human diseases.

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response.
(b)ELISA,PCR
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Explain the effects and changes which the hormone induces in each case.
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LH in males stimulates the leydig cells (interstial cells) of testes to synthesise

and secrete androgens which in turn stimulate the process of spermatogenesis.
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LH in females stimulates ovulation and transformation of graffian follicle into

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corpus luteum to secrete progesterone which prepares endometrial lining.

10 Give two reasons why both the strands of DNA are not copied during
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transcription
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Ans (a) If both the strands of DNA are copied, two different RNAs
(complementary to each other) and hence two different polypeptides
will produce; If a segment of DNA produces two polypeptides, the
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genetic information machinery becomes complicated.

(b) The two complementary RNA molecules (produced simultaneously)
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would form a double stranded RNA rather than getting translated into
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(c) RNA polymerase carries out polymerisation in 5. 3. direction and

hence the DNA strand with 3. . 5. polarity acts as the template strand.
(Any two)

SECTION C
11 Explain the cause of Sickle-cell Anaemia and its inheritance.

Ans A substitution of single nitrogen base GAG to GUG at the sixth codon of beta
polypeptide chain of haemoglobin molecule causes change in RBC which results

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in sickle cell anaemia.

12 Read the graph given below. Correlate the ovarian events that take place in the
human female according to the levels of the pituitary hormones during the
following days:

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ii) 16 -25 days iii) 26 – 28 days (if the ovum is not

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b) specify the sources of hormones mentioned in the graph?

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Ans it is the follicular phase where FSH stimulates ovarian follicles to secrete
estrogens which in turn stimulates the proliferation of endometrium of uterine
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wall, which thickens.

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ii) Secretion of progesterone maintains endometium which is necessary for

implantationof fertilized ovumor other events of pregnancy.
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iii)when fertilization does not takes place, the endometrial lining disintegrates
leading to menstruation and thus marking the new cycle
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b) estrogen is secreted by ovarian follicles and progesterone is secreted by

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corpus luteum
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(a) Mention the specific geographical area where these were found.

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(b) Name and explain the phenomenon that has resulted in the evolution of such
diverse species in the region.
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adaptive radiation.
(c) Through sea voyage in a sail ship called H.M.S. Beagle.
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14 a) A low level of expression of lac operon occurs at all the times; can you
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explain the logic behind these phenomena?

b) “Migration may enhance or blurr the effects of selection” Comment.
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Ans a) in the complete absence of expression of lac operon, permease will not be
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synthesized which is essential for transport of lactose from medium into the cells. If
lactose cannot be transported in to the cell, then it cannot act as inducer hence
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cannot relive the lac operon from its repressed state.

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b) Migration may cause enrichment of the gene pool of such alleles, that are being
selected for or decreases the effect of selection though replishment of alleles that
were selected against by nature.
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Answer the following with regard to above statement
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a) Explain the above statement.

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b) Name the under lying principle.

c) List any two factors which would upset the genetic equilibrium of the
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A thallasemic child needed repeated blood transfusions got infected by HIV.
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b) Why did the increased number of HIV virus deteriorate the child’s

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immunity?
c) Which diagnostic test showed that the infective virus was HIV?
Ans a) the statement says that allele frequencies in a population are stable and is
constant from generation to generation the gene pool remains constant
b) Hardy – Weinberg principle.
c) Gene migration, genetic drift, mutation, genetic recombination and natural
selection.
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a) Repeated attack of HIV decreases the number of helper T-Lymphocytes.
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b) ELISA TEST (enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay)

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c) Identify “d”
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Ans a) “a” part is ovum

b) “c” part is zona pellucida, it protects ovum and regulates interaction
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between ovum and sperms during fertilization

c) “d” part is cells of corona radiate
d) FSH stimulates follicular development. LH ruptures graafian follicle and
releases ovum

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(i) Work out all the possible phenotypes and genotypes of the progeny.

(ii) Discuss the kind of dominance in the parents and the progeny in this case.

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Ans i) Blood group AB has alleles as IA, IB and O group has ii which on cross gives the
both blood groups A and B while the genotype of progeny will be IAi and IBi.

(ii) IA and IB are equally dominant (co-dominant). In multiple allelism, the gene I
exists in 3 allelic forms, IA, IB and i.
18 a). Identify the polarity from a to a’ in a given diagram and mention how many
mode amino acids are expected to be added to this polypeptide chain
b) Mention the DNA sequence coding for serine and the anticodon of tRNA for
the same amino acid.
c) Why are some untranslated sequences of bases seen in mRNA coding for a
polypeptide? Where exactly are they present on mRNA?
Ans a) Polarity from a to a’ is 5' 3’ no more amino acids will added to this

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polypeptide chain.
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c)The untranslated sequence of bases are required for efficient translation process
that are present before the start codon at the 5’ end and after the stop at 3’ end.

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Disease Casual Medium of Symptoms
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Amoebiasis Entamoeba A t Diarrhoea
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Ans Water, vegetables, fruits etc. contaminated with the eggs of the parasite.
(b) Salmonella typhi
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(c) Malaria
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20 Illustrate schematically the process of initiation, elongation and termination

during transcription of a gene in a bacterium.
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Ans Diagram
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cell division occurs during these events? Name the structure formed at the end of
these two events.
Microsporogenesis . Process of formation of microspore from a Pollen
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mother cell.
Megsporogenesis . Process of formation of megaspore from megaspore
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mother cell.
Meiotic division in both Diagram
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22 Explain Hershey –Chase experiment. Also mention contribution of Meselson

and Stahl in DNA structure.
Ans Hershey and Chase Experiement : In 1952, Hershey and Chase performed
an experiment on bacteriophages (Viruses that infect bacteria) and proved that
DNA is the genetic material.
Bacteriophage Bacteriophage
Radioactive (35S) Radioactive (32P)
labelled protein coat labelled DNA
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Infection : E.coli E.coli
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Blending : Viral coats removed from the bacteria.

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Centrifugation : Viral particles separated from the bacterial cell.
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No radioactive (35S) Radioactive (35P)
detected in bacterial cells detected in baterial
but detected in cells but not in
supernatant supernatant
Conclusion : DNA is the genetic material.
Meselson and Stahl.s Experiment :
❑ Meselson and Stahl performed the experiment in 1958 on E.coli to prove
that DNA replication is semiconservative.
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❑ 15N was incorporated into newly synthesised DNA.
❑ This heavy DNA could be differentiated from normal DNA by centrifugation.

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23 A large number of married couples world over are childless. It is shocking to
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childless.
a. Why in your opinion the female partner for such situations in India?
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with the male partner

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educate them
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b. physical abnormality in reproductive system, congenetial, immunological and

psychological problems.
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c. ICSI,AI,IUI
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24 Differentiate between the process of transcription in prokaryotes and

eukaryotes.
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conditions of the atmosphere of the primitive earth.
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(ii) In what form was the energy supplied for the chemical reaction to occur?
(iii) What is biogenesis?
(iv) Give a diagrammatic representation of Miller’s experiment.

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completed in three steps:
1. Initiation : RNA polymerase binds with initiation factor (sigma factor) and
then binds to promotor site.
2. Elongation : RNA polymerase separates from sigma factor and adds
nucleoside triphosphate as substrate. RNA is formed during the process
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polymerase.
3. Termination : On reaching terminator region RNA polymerase binds with
rho factor (terminator factor). As a result nascent RNA separates.
Transcription in Eukaryotes :
❑ In eukaryotes three types of RNA polymerases found in the nucleus (apart
from RNa polymerases are found in the organelles) are involved in
transcription.
RNA Polymerase I : Transcribes rRNAs.
RNA Polymerase II : Transcribes hnRNA (which is precursor of mRNA).
RNA Polymerase III : Transcribes tRNA, 5 srRNA and snRNA.
❑ The primary transcript has both exon and intron regions.
❑ Introns which are non-coding regions removed by a process called splicing.
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Stanley Miller in 1953 demonstrated in a laboratory that electric discharges
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ammonia, water vapours and hydrogen. In his experiment he found that
simple organic compounds including some amino acids are formed. In
similar experiments others observed the formation of sugar, nitrogen bases,

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fats and pigments.

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Divergent evolution : It shows relationship of structures having same
origin but perform different functions. It is called homology. Examples : (i)

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Wings of a bird, forelimbs of horse, flippers of whale. (ii) Thorns of
Bougainvillea and tendrils of cucurbita.

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the sequence of changes up to parturition which take place within her body.
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“Incompatibility is a natural barrier in the fusion of gametes”. Justify the

statement.
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Ans After implantation the chorionic villi and uterine tissue become interdigitated
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• Placenta facilitates supply of O2 & nutrients to the embryo and removes CO2
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& excretory materials produced by the embryo.

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essential for supporting foetal growth, metabolic changes in the mother &
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• The inner cell mass differentiates into three distinct germ layers (mesoderm,
ectoderm & endoderm ) which given rise to all tissues (organs) in adults.
• After one month of pregnancy the embryo’s heart is formed.
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digits.
• By the end of 12 weeks (first trimester) most of the major organ systems are
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formed.
• By the end of 24 weeks (second trimester) the body is covered with fine hair,
eye-lids separate and eyelashes are formed.
• The signals for parturition originate from the fully developed foetus and the
placenta which induces mild uterine contractions called foetal ejection reflex.
• This triggers release of oxytocin from maternal pituitary along with
stimulatory reflex resulting in stronger contractions leads to parturition. = ½ ×
10 = 5
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• Incompatibility is considered as the most widespread & effective device to
prevent inbreeding and outbreeding.

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• Pollen pistil interaction is a dynamic process involving pollen recognition

followed by promotion or inhibition of the pollen.
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• It acts as a natural barrier by the interaction of chemical substances produced
by the style.
• Normally the pollen belonging to right mating type germinate on stigma,
develop pollen tube & bring about fertilization.
• The pollen grains belonging to other mating type are discarded = 1 × 5 = 5

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Chalazal end of the embryo sac (iii) synergids.

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various cells of the embryo sac.
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