DAV ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS

BIOLOGY - TEST – 1
(8 August – 13th August 2022)
th

Class: XII Time: 45 min

Date : Marks: 20
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1. a] Write a brief note on Pollen- Pistil interaction.
b] Identify ‘C’ and ‘E’ in the given diagram and comment on it. [2]

2. a] ‘Cross pollination is not possible in Cleistogamous.’ State one advantage and one disadvantage on this.
b] Trace the development of an endosperm after fertilization with reference to a coconut. [2]
3. Mention the function of the following parts in the human reproductive system. a]
Endometrium b] Fimbriae
c] Acrosome d] Leydig cells. [2]
4. a] “A mature embryo sac in a flowering plant may posses 7-cells but 8-nuclei” Draw
a neat labelled diagram of a mature embryo sac.
b] Describe double fertilization in a flowering plant. [3]
5. a] Observe the graph representing various events during a menstrual cycle

i] What is the result of rapid secretion of LH on the 14th day.? ii]

What happens during the Luteal phase?
iii]All copulation does not lead to fertilization and pregnancy. Why?
iv] Mention the changes that will be observed in the absence of fertlisation in human. b]
GIVE REASON:
i] Presence or absence of Hymen is not a reliable indicator of virginity.
ii] Breast feeding to the new born child is recommended by doctors in the initial period. [3]
6. a] Write a note on outbreeding devices that are developed by plants to overcome inbreeding
depression.[3points]
b] Explain the process of Emasculation and Bagging. How does these help in artificial hybridization in
plants.

[3]
7. a] Draw a well labelled diagram of a sectional view of seminiferous tubule of a human male. b]
Define Spermiogenesis and Spermiation.
c] Explain the role of hormones involyed in the regulation of Spermatogenesis during
puberty . [5]

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 The ability of the pistil to recognise the pollen followed by its acceptance or
rejection is the result of a continuous dialogue between pollen grain and the pistil.
This dialogue is mediated by chemical components of the pollen interacting with
those of the pistil. , the pollen grain germinates on the stigma to produce a pollen
tube through one of the germ pores (Figure 2.12a). The contents of the pollen
grain move into the pollen tube. Pollen tube grows through the tissues of the
stigma and style and reaches the ovary pollen tube. Pollen tube grows through the
tissues of the stigma and style and reaches the ovary Pollen tube, after reaching
the ovary, enters the ovule through the micropyle and then enters one of the
synergids through the filiform apparatus All these events–from pollen deposition
on the stigma until pollen tubes enter the ovule–are together referred to as
pollen-pistil interaction.
1.b. C- Coleoptile--The portion of the embryonal axis above the level of
attachment of scutellum is the epicotyl. Epicotyl has a shoot apex and a few leaf
primordia enclosed in a hollow foliar structure, the coleoptile.
E- Coleorhiza--At its lower end, the embryonal axis has the radical and root
cap enclosed in an undifferentiated sheath called coleorrhiza.