07/12/2018 OYM

Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005

MM : 70 Time : 3 Hrs.
BOARD BOOSTER TEST
(Subjective Test - 01)

Biology : Reproduction in Organisms, Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants, Organisms and

Population, Ecosystem
Human Reproduction, Reproductive Health

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of four sections A, B, C & D.
(iii) Internal choice is given in all the sections. A student has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such
questions.
(iv) Question number 1 to 5 are very short answer type questions and carry 1 mark each.
(v) Question number 6 to 12 are short answer type questions and carry 2 marks each.
(vi) Question number 13 to 24 are also short answer type questions and carry 3 marks each.
(vii) Question number 25 to 27 are long answer type questions and carry 5 marks each.
(Viii) Where ever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly lablled.

SECTION-A

Q1. Name the vegetative propagules in the following: [1]

(a) Agave

(b) Bryophyllum

OR

Name the type of cell division that takes place in the zygote of an organism exhibiting haplontic life cycle

Q2. Mention how bears escape from stressful time in winter. [1]

Q3. How is 'stratification' represented in a forest ecosystem? [1]

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Q4. Define juvenile phase. Also comment, if this phase is same or different in different organisms. [1]

Q5. Is life span correlated with size of an organism? [1]

OR

Name two animals that exhibit oestrous cycle.

SECTION-B

Q6. (a) Name the organisms that reproduce through the following reproductive structures. [2]
(i) Conidia
(ii) Zoospores
(b) Mention one similarity and one difference between these two reproductive units.

OR

Why is the offspring formed by asexual reproduction referred to as clone?

Q7. A mature embryo sac in flowering plant may possess 7 cells, but 8-nuclei. Explain with the help of diagram
only. [2]
Q8. Why are copper containing IUD's considered as ideal contraceptives for human females? [2]
Q9. What is the role of acrosome in human sperm? [2]

OR

Name the hormones produced only during pregnancy in a human female. Mention their source organ.
Q10. A student on a school trip started sneezing and wheezing soon after reaching the hill station for no explained
reason. But, on return to the plains, the symptoms disappeared. What is such a response called? How does
the body produce it? [2]
Q11. Humming bird live among the bushes in tropics while penguins live on icebergs. They cannot survive if their
habitats are reversed. Justify. [2]
Q12. Name the type of food chains responsible for the flow of larger fraction of energy in an aquatic and a terrestrial
ecosystem respectively. Mention one difference between the two food chains. [2]

SECTION-C
Q13. Differentiate between geitonogamy and xenogamy in plants. Which one between the two will lead to inbreeding
depression and why?
Q14. Draw a labeled diagram of typical anatropous ovule. [3]
OR
Draw a labelled sectional view of a human seminiferous tubule. [3]
Q15. Name the stage of human embryo at which it gets implanted. Explain the process of implantation.
[3]

Q16. Study the graph given below and answer the questions that follow [3]

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(a) Write the status of food and space in the curves A and B.

(b) In the absence of predators, which one of the two curves would appropriately depict the prey population?
(c) Time has been shown on X-axis and there is a parallel line above it. Give the significance of this line.

OR

(a) Draw a pyramid of number of a situation where a large population of insects feed upon a very big tree.
The insects inturn are eaten by small birds which are fed upon by big birds.

(b) Differentiate giving reason between pyramid of biomass of the above stiutaion and the pyramid of number
that you have drawn.

Q17. Construct an ideal pyramid of energy when 1,000,000 joules of sunlight is available. Label all its trophic
levels. [3]
Q18. Explain the events in a normal woman during her menstrual cycle on the following days [3]
(a) Ovarian event from 13 to 15 days.
(b) Ovarian hormones level from 16 to 23 days.
(c) Uterine events from 24 to 29 days.
Q19. Write the mode of pollination in Vallisneria and water lily. Explain the mechanism of pollination in
Vallisneria. [3]

OR

The clown fish lives among the tentacls of sea anemone. What this interaction between them called and why?
Q20. Draw a labelled diagram of mature human sperm. Mention the functions of any three parts. [3]
Q21. (a) What is colostrum? [3]
(b) Why is breast feeding recommended during initial 6 months of life? Give reason.
Q22. Suggest and explain any three Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) to an infertile couple. [3]
Q23. (a) How can population growth rate of humans be measured? [3]
(b) What are suggested reasons for population explosion?

OR

(a) List any four characterstics of an ideal contraceptive.

(b) Name an oral pill used as a contraceptive by human female. Explain how does it prevent pregnancy?
Q24. (a) What is amniocentesis? Why the ban on it is necessary? [3]
(b) Mention the measures that are taken by Reproduction and Child Health Care Programme for population
growth.

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SECTION-D

Q25. (a) Describe the sequence of the process of microsporogenesis in angiosperms. [5]

(b) Draw labeled diagram of two celled final structure formed.

OR
Explain the process of fertilisation of ovum in humans. Trace the events upto implantation with the help of
labelled diagram. [5]

Q26. Study the table given below in regard to population interactions and answer the questions that follow: [5]

Name the
SPECIES A SPECIES B
Interaction
0 (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
0 (e)

[Note: (+) plus = beneficial interaction, (–) minus= detrimental interaction, (0) zero= neutral interaction]

(a) Identify the interaction (a) to (b).

(b) Explain each one of them with example.

OR

(a) Describe the events of oogenesis with the help of schematic representation. [5]

(b) Write two differences between spermatogenesis and oogenesis.

Q27. (a) Explain how a hydrarch succession progresses from hydric to mesic condition and forms a stable
climax community. [5]

(b) Why is the rate of secondary succession faster than that of primary succession?

OR

(a) Write the location and function of [5]

(i) Leydig's cells

(ii) Sertoli cells
(iii) Primary spermatocyte

(b) Explain role of any two accessory glands in human male reproductive system.

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