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Concept

8 SAMPLE PAPER

Time Allowed: 3
hours]
(Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

) All questions arc compulsory.

(i)
The question paper has fivesections and 33 questions.All
questions are compulsory.
(ii)Section-A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section-Bhas 5
questions of2 marks cach; Section-Chas
7
questions of 3 marks each; Section-D has 2 case-based
questions of 4 marks cach; and Sectíon-E
has 3 questions of5 marks each.

() There is no overall
A student has to
choice. However, internal
choices have been providedin some questions.
attempt only one of the alternativesin such
questions.
() Wherever necessary,neat and properly labelled
diagrams should be drawn.

Section-A
1. Nicotineintobacco functionsas
a stimulant and increasesthe levelsofthe
hormones
(a) adrenaline and insulin
insulinand
(b) testosterone
(c) testosteroneand adrenaline
(d) adrenaline and nor-adrenaline
2. A woman with normal visionhas a
colourblind
father.She marries a colourblind
man. What proportion
theirchildrenwillbe
colourblind?
of
(a) 0%
(b) 25%
(c) 50%
(d) 100%
3. The diseases which
spread by droplet infectionare
(a) pneumonia and common cold
(b) malaria and allergy
(c) dengue and pneumonia
(d) allof these
4. Which of the
following statements about pollen
grains is incorrect?
a) The outer layer of the wall is made of
sporopollenin.
(b) The inner layer of the wall,called intineis made of and
pectin cellulose.
(c) The generative cellhas abundant reserve food material and it floatsin the
cell. cytoplasm of the vegetative

(d) The vegetative cellis large and has a large,

irregularly-shapednucleus.
5. Which of the followingis the most commonly used vectorfor
genetic engineering in plants?
coli
(a) Escherichia
(6) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(c) Salmonellatyphirium
(d) Thermus aquaticus

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o Match
the hormones

A. Progesterone

Estrogen
Column I
nones in column I with their respective
functions in column

1. Contractionof

2.
Column

uterine wall

Development of corpus luteum

I IIand sclect the correct opt1O

B.
3.
Devclopment of female secondary sexual characters
C. LH
4.
Preparation ofthe endometrium forimplantation
D. FSH
5. Maturationof
Graafian
follicle
B -3,C- 2, D-5 (6) A-4,B-3,C- 2,D -1
(a) A-4,
A-5, B-3, C-2, D- 1 (d) A -5,B -2,C-4, D -3
ldAvery,Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty used enzymes to purifybiochemicals such as proteins,
DNA
S cells
1.
RNA from the heat-killed
that
to see which ones could transform live R cellsintoS cellsin Griffith's
They observed
experiment.
RNases affected transformation. (b) DNase inhibitedtransformation.
Proteases and
affected transformation.
Proteases
Pro and lipases (d) RNases inhibitedtransformation.
(c)
ta the sewage
treatment plant,methanogenic bacteria play theirrole in the
aerationtank (6) settlingtank
(a)
sludge digester (d) allofthese
c)anaerobic
f a nev
9
out ofthe fourprocesses affectingpopulation growth, which one contributes
new habitatisbeing colonized,

the most?

(a) Immigration
(b) Natality ()Emigration (d) Mortality
the incorrectmatch.
10. Select

hotspot
-Western Ghats b) Sacred groves Khasi and JaintiaHills
(a) Biodiversity
er-situconservation Ramsar sites (d)insituconservation Biosphere reserves
(c)
molecule used as immunosuppressive agent, is
11.The bioactive

(a) cyclosporin A, produced by Monascus purpureus

produced by Trichoderma polysporum
(6) statin,

(c) cyelosporin A, produced by Trichoderma polysporum

(d)streptokinase,produced by Streptococcus bacterium

12. Which of the followingfood chains is the major conduit forenergy flow interrestrial
and aquatic ecosystems
respectively?
Terestrial
Ecosystem Aquatic Ecosystem
a) Grazing Grazing
6) Detritus Detritus
(c) Detritus Grazing
(d) Grazing Detritus

Question No. 13 to 16 consistoftwo statements-Assertion (A) and Reason (R).Answer these questions selectingthe
appropriate option given below:

4)
Both A and R are trueand R is the correctexplanation ofA.
0) Both A
and R explanation ofA
are true,but R is not the correct
c) A is
true,but R isfalse.
d) A is but R istrue.
false,
13.
flowersdo notrequire
ASSertion (A):Cleistogamous any pollinatingagent, yet,they have assured seed-set.
stamens and pistil(s),
placed closer to each other.
1Keason (R):Cleistogamous flowersare bisexualflowers,
14.
with
SSertion(A):
Divergent evolution
leads to the development of homologous organs thatare similar infunction.
Cason (R): are different in their anatomy and originbut are similarin function.
Homologous organs

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 15, Assertion(A): A probe (having radioactiveisotope) is helpful in detecting specificDNA
NA sequen
diseases likecancer. sequences
causing
Reason (R): DNA
The probe is often a single-stranded withbase sequences complementary to the DNA .
to be NA
detected.
Sequence
16. Assertion (A):The recent studiesshow that Gause's competitive
exclusion principle
cannot hold
differentspecies livingin a habitat may show 'resource partitioning'. good
Reason (R):The always.

Section-B
17. Why is aerobic degradation more importantthan anaerobic degradation for the treatment oflarevol.
waste water richin organic matter? Discuss.
OR
What is withdrawal
syndrome"? Listany two symptoms itis characterised by.
18. itwas
With the decline inthe population of figspecies, noticedthatthe population ofwasp speciesalso so
to decline.What is the relationshipbetween the two and what could be the possible reason for tarted
declineof Wasne
19. Write any two ways, by which apomictic seeds may be developed inangiosperms.
20. in human to be but, the insulinsvnthes
Insulinsynthesised the body needs processed before it
couldfunction;
byEliLilly esised
company does not need to be processed.They used recombinantDNA technology to produce insulia
() Why must the insulin synthesisedin the human body undergo processing? Mention the changes itundero
(b) What is the major challenge faced by EliLillycompany in the productionofinsulin? es
21. How is Down's syndrome different
from Klinefelter's
syndrome?

Section-C
22. role what day of the menstrual
Mention the ofgonadotropins in
the menstrual cycle. On
cycle, dothe
gonadotropins reach the peak levels?
23. Draw a labelledsketch ofa typicalbiogas plant.
24. WHO has starteda number ofprogrammes to prevent the spreading ofAIDS. Mentionsix such
programmes
25. (a) List any four characteristics of an ideal contraceptive.
(6) Name ofsperms.
two intrauterinecontraceptive devices that affectthe motility
26. Givenbelow are the sequences ofnucleotides ina particular mRNA and amino acids coded by it.
UUU AUG UUC GAG UUA GUG UAA
Phe Met Phe Glu Leu Val -
Write the propertiesofgenetic code that can be and that cannot be correlated
from the above given data.
27. A
student wassimulatingUrey and Miller's experimentto provethe origin oflife.The set up used by the
student is given-

Electrical
Spark
ighting -80 °C
Ho,CH, O, NH

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(a) Find out the reasons why he couldnot get desired results.
(b) What was drawn by Urey and Miller
conclusion through thisexperiment?
(c) Compare the conclusiondrawn with the theory ofspontaneous generation.

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 the convention
followed for naming the restriction
a suitab example enzymes.
by taking
by OR
8 Wite cannot pass throughthe cellmembrane ia host cell.Explainhow the recombinant
ophilic,
NA being intothe host cellto transformthe latter.
introduced
gets
DNA
Section-D
Each question has subparts with internal choice inone subpart.
case based questions.
29 and 30 are
thatfollow:
given below and answer the questions
ofspecies-area relationship
Question aphical representation
thegraphi
9.Study. SCAaLog S = log
C+Z logA

scale
log-log

Area-
inthe graph and the area he explored.
shown
who studiedthe kind ofrelationship
(a) Name the naturalist,
him.
the observations made by
(6) Write
Z and
'C', inthe
A represent given graph?
c)What do S', OR
ofZ values? Give an example.
What will
be the range
'Z'
linebecome steeper?
c) When will
the PER

a isgiven below:
that codes for polypeptide
PER

30. A short stretchofDNA

replication
of DNA PER

3-CATCATAGATGAAAC-5"
differenttypes
oferrorshave occurred during PER
two
cellsof an organism,
In the different below:
the two cellsare given
and sequences ofbases inthe DNA in
Cell 1:3-CATCATAGATGAATC-5

Cell 2:3-CATATAGATGAAAC-5'
fora polypeptide?
to the stretch
of DNA that codes
(a) What term is given cell2,respectively.
in (i)cell1 and (i)
0) Write the type of mutation in cell1.
mutated DNA
transcribed by the
) WritethemRNA
thismRNA? Justify your
answer.

acids are coded by

ow many amino
4 OR will mRNA code
amino acids this
in cell2. How many
mutated DNA
the mRNA by the
transcribed
e
your answer.
for? Justify

Section-E

interaction.
pollen-pistil
(a) Explainthe events that occur during
0) Explainthe giving
following reasons
as fossls.
9Pollengrainsare well-preservedthese days.
Pollentabletsare inuse by people OR from the time
till
it is initiated
the

female gamete
human
of a mature
Explainthe
proc of development
POCess
formationofootid. 81
Sample Papers
32. A cross was carriedout between a pea heterozygous for round and yellow
plant, low seeds
seeds with
withaa Dea
pea plant
wrinkledand greenseeds. havino

(a) Show the cross ina Punnett square.

(6) Writethe phenotypes of the progenyof the cross.
(c) What is thiscross known as? State the purpose of conductingsuch a cross.
OR
(a) How didDarwin explain Give anotherexample exhibiting
adaptiveradiation? adaptiveradiation
(6) Name the who
scientist influencedDarwin and how?

33. vectorand source DNAs are cut,fragments separatedand joined,the desired

Unlessthe recombinant
molecules cannot be created. vector

(a) How are the desiredDNA sequences cut?

(6) Explainthe used to separate the cut fragments.

technique
(C) How are the resultant
fragments joinedto the vectormolecule?
OR
The main objective of applicationof biotechnology in agricultureis the productionof
pest-resistantcrone
thiswould also reduce the quantity
of the pesticides/chemicals
used and decrease environmental
toxinsproduced by the bacterium,Bacillus kills
pollution. R
thuringiensis certaininsectslike lepidopterans,dipteransand
Several
coleopterans. a wide varietyof plants.
nematodes parasites A novel strategyhas been adoptedto prevent
thisinfestation
intobacco plant.
(a) Writethe scientific
name of the nematode thatparasitises
tobacco plants.
(b) Writeinfullform the novelstrategyused to controlthe nematode infestation
in tobacco plants.
(c) How does thenovelstrategy work?
d) Mention the source of the comlementarydsRNA forthe novelstrategy.
(e) Name the vectorused forintroducing
the nematode-specific
genes intothe host tobacco plants.

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