Series EF1GHI3

SET-3
Roll No.
Q.P. Code 57/3/3
Candidates must write the Q.P. Code on
the title page of the
answer-book.
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BIOLOGY (Theory)
Time allowed : 3 hours 3yfha4 H%:70
Maximum Marks : 70
z/NOTE:
Please check that this question paper contains 31 printed pages.
E()

Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written on the title
page of the answer-book by the candidate.
(i)
Please check that this question paper contains 33 questions.
E(iv)

Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book before
attempting it.
E(V)

15distributed
minute time has been allotted toredo this question paper. The question paper will be
at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the students will read the
question paper onlyand will not write ony swer on the answer-book during this period.

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General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very
(i) This question paper contains. carefully and strictly follow them:
(ü) This question paper is divided 33intoquestions. All questions are

carrying lmark each.

five
(üi) In Section A- Questions no. l to 16 Sections - A, B, C, D compulsory.
and E.
are multiple choice (MCQ)
type questions,
(iv) In Section BB- Questions no. 17
to 21 very short answer
carrying 2 marks each. (VSA) type questions,
(v) In Section C- Questions no.
22 to 28 are short
carrying 3 marks each. answer (SA) type questions,
(vi) In Section D -
4 marks each. EachQuestions no, 29 and 30 are case-based questions
(vi) In Section E - question has subparts with internal choice in one carrying
Questions no, 31 to 33 are long answer (LA) subpart.
carrying 5 marks each. type questions
(viii) There is no overall choice.
lquestion in Section B, 1 However, an internal choice has been provided in
3 questions in Section E.question in Section C, 2
A candidate has to questions in Section D and
alternatives in such questions. attempt only one of the
(ix) Wherever necessary, neat and
properly labelled diagrams should be drawn.
SECTION A
Questions no. 1 to 16 are Multiple Choice
(MCQ) type Questions, carrying
lmark each.
1. A human male decides to adopt a 16×1=16
surgical method for contraception.
Identify the point in the diagram where a cut would be made and tied.

(a) Point S (b) Point R

(c) (d) Point P
Point Q
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 Which of the following structures is well-developed in a mature seed of
2.
black pepper ?
(a) Perisperm (b) Thalamus
(c) Sepals (d) Peduncle

3. Observe the following line diagram depicting the 28 days menstrual cycle
of a healthy young woman.
Menstruation
Ovulation

1 14 21 28 (days)
Select the option of days on which this woman would be most and least
fertile.

Most fertile days Least fertile days

(a) 14-21 1-7

(b) 10 17 21-28

(c) 1-7 14 21

(d) 21- 28 7-14

4. Which one of the following was not present during the Mesozoic Era of
the geological time scale ?
(a) Ferns (b) Horsetails
(c) (d) Bryophytes
Ginkgos
5. Identify the element used by Hershey and Chase to label the protein in
their experiment, from the following options:
(a) (b)
(d) p35
(c)
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 three steps P", 'Q and ®of the
The given schematic illustration shows
polymerase chain reaction
3'
Step P' 5

3'
5
Step 'Q'
L 5'

Step R
5

Which of the following statements are correct with reference to the

illustration given above ?
(i) Step P is showing denaturation at low temperature.
(i) Step Q is a denaturation of DNA strand at high temperature,
followed by annealing.
(ii) Step R is an extension of DNA in presence of thermostable DNA
polymerase.
(iv) Step 'Qis extension with two sets of primers.

(a) (i) and (i) only

(b) (ii) and (i) only
(c) (ii) only
(d) () only
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8. Identify the fungus that ripens the famous 'Roquefort' cheese:
(a) Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(b) Propionibacterium sharmanii
(c) Monascus purpureus
(d) Penicillium notatum
Select the options which is/are incorrect statement(s) with respect to
9.
T-lymphocytes in the human body.
(i) They are a type of white blood cells.
(ii) They are produced in bone marrow.
(iiü) They remain active at all times in the body.
(iv) They mature in the bone marrow.
(a) (i) and (iv) only (b) (ii) only
(c) (iv) only (d) (ii)and (iv)only

10. Which one among the following regions is not a hotspot of biodiversity ?
(a) The Indo-Burma Region
(b) Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya
(c) The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
(d) The Himalayas
loss which leads to
11. Human settlement often leads to habitat
the
fragmentation, forming smaller patches of habitats. Select
patch of
statements that describe how a small patch differs from a large
the samne habitat.
(i) Invasive species will never be seen here.
(ii) Population of large animals decreases,
(iii) Biodiversity decreases.
(iv) Competition from surrounding habitats increases.
(a) (ü), (iii) and (iv) only
(b) (ii) and (iv) only
(c) (i) and (iii) only
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
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12. ldentify the option that gives the correct type of evolution exhibited by
the two Animals shown, living in the same habitat in Australia.

Mouse Marsupial mouse

(a) Convergent Evolution

(b) Disruptive Selection

(c) Divergent Evolution

(d) Homologous Ancestry

For Questions number 13 to 16, two statements are given one labelled as
Assertion (AJ and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct
answer tothese questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true. and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of the AsSsertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not
the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

13. Assertion (A): The Covid-19 virus has a shorter life-span and evolves into
new strains at a fast speed.

Reason(R): RNA being unstable, mutates at a faster rate.

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12. Identify the option that gives the correct type of evolution exhibited by
the two animals shown, living in the same habitat in Australia.

Mouse Marsupial mouse

(a) Convergent Evolution

(b) Disruptive Selection

(c) Divergent Evolution

(d) Homologous Ancestry

For Questions number 13 to 16, tuo statements are given one labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct
answer to these questions from the codes (a), (6), (e) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true. and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not
((A)
the correct explanation of the Assertion
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false
is tm
(d) Assertion (A)is false, but Reason (R)

13. Assertion (A): The Covid-19 virus has a shorter life-span and evolves into
fast speed
new strains at a
RNA being unstable, mutates at afaster rate.
Reason (R):
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 isolated
Assertion (A): For DNA DNA from a cell is
the total smaller
14.
sequencing-
and converted into random fragments of relatively
sizes.
approximately 3 x 10 bp
Reason R):
Human genome is said to have
sequencing is very high.
and the total estimated cost for

prokaryotic species are

15.
Assertion (A): Biologists are Sure about how many
living now.
suitable for
methods are not
Reason (R): The conventional taxonomic
identifying microbial species.
typhoidfor many years.
Assertion(A): Mary Mallon continued tto spread intestine
16.
enters the small
Salmonella typhi generally
Reason (R):
contaminated with it.
through food and water
SECTION B

gametophyte in
development of a male
Explain the process
of the
17. (a)
an angiosperm. 2

male gametophyte ?
(b) Why is it calleda
developed the technology of biogas
institutes which
two
18. (a) Name the
production in India. 2
principle used inthis technology.
Explainthe main
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 Given below is a food
19. web that involves nine organisms.

6
7 8

(a) Identify two producers and twocarmivores shown in the food web.

(b) Is it possible to make an ecological pyramid depicting this food

web ? Give reason in support of your answer. 2

20. (a) Insertional inactivation' is a method to detect recombinant DNA.

Explain the method. 2

OR

(b) Explain how recombinant DNA technology is used to detect a

disease even before any clhnical symptom appears. 2

21, On August 22 in the year 2022, 3358 fires were detected in the Amazon
rainforests. Write one short-term and one long-term effect of this event

of
on the biotic and abiotic components the environment. 2

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 SECTION C
Explain the following Population interactions with the help of one
22.
example each : 3

(a) Brood Parasitism

(b) Co-evolution of mutualists

Write the scientific name of the nematode that infests the tobacco
23. (a)
plants and the part that it infests.

(b) How is Agrobacterium used to protect tobacco plant from this

attack ? 3

24.
HO

H
N-CH3
How

(a) Name the category of drugs represented by the chemical structure

given above.
is
If the methyl group substituted by acetyl group we get a
(b) bitter
crystalline compound. Namethe compound.

(c)
Name the natural source of these compounds.
of this class of drugs on the human body. 3
(d) State the harmful eflects
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 Darwin's
96. (a)
theory of Natural
limitations
Selection is widely accepted but some
have been ldentified by modern biologists. Mention
the
limitations identihed.
(b) Name and state the most accepted theory of evolution in modern
times.

(c) Mention any two ways the limitationsidentified in Darwin's theory

of evolution are 3
explained in modern biology.

in a
26. (a) (i) How many types of RNA polymerases are there
eukaryote cell ? Mention which one of them transcribes
hnRNA.

leaves the
(ii) Write the changes that hnRNA undergoes before it
nucleus as mRNA. 3

OR

the dimension of
(b) The length of DNA in any cell s tar greater than
packaged in a
its nucleus. Explain how tnis enormous DNA is
eukaryotic cell.

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 Expand and explain the following techniques used in the Test Tube
Baby' programme: 3

(a) GIFT

(b) ZIFT

(c) IUI

Trace the journey of azygote fom +he isthmus of the fallopian tube up to
its implantation in the uterus of a human female. Highlight the changes
3
the zygote undergoes during the crourse of its journey up to implantation.

SECTION D

The following questions are case-based questions. Read the cases carefully and
answer the questions that follow.

29. The following pedigree chart shows the inheritance ofa genetic disorder
up to three generations of a family. Observe the chart and answer the
questions that follow.

Generation I BOTA'

Generation II ÔC ÖD E F

GO HO
Generation III
Is the disease sex-linked or autosomal as per the chart ? Give
i)
answer.
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 (ii) Is it a

(iii) Write
rtheecessive or dominant
a
disorder ?

(iv) (a) If
genot
the
ypes of the individuals C", D' and 'H.
femal e D harries normal man, what
a be the
probability of their daughter being asufferer of this disease ?will
1

OR
(iv) (b) If the
mother Bis a carrier of the disease, what will be the
probability of their daughter being asufferer of this disease
0. The diagram showsthe life
cycle of a pathogenic protozoan.
'A'
female
Host Anopheles mosquito
X bites

female
mosquito Host
bites B' C

infects
\the liver)
D'
RBC

(i)
Name the parasitic stage that is being transferred from host Xto

host Y. 1

(i) Write the changesthe parasite undergoes in the liver.

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 (iii) Write
the
(iv) (a)
changes
Trace the
the parasite undergoes when it enters the RBC.
takes its changes the parasite undergoes when the host X'
blood meal infected host
from Y".
OR
(iv) (b) At which
host Y stage during the life cycle of the pathogen does the

disease experi
and ence the symptoms of the disease ? Name the
toxic substance responsible for these
ae
symptoms.

SECTION E

S1. (a) Protein synthesis requires the services of all three types of RNAs,
namely t-RNA, m-RNA and r-RNA. Explain the role of each of them
5
during the process of protein synthesis in prokaryotes.
OR

crossed with a
(b) A homozygous tall pea plant with green seeds is
seeds.
homozygous dwarf peaplant with yellow
(i) Write the possible phenotype and genotype of F, generation.
the laws of M Mendel that are proved true by the F,
(iü) State
generation.
phenotypic ratio along with their possible
(iüi) Mention the F
phenotypes.
genotypesoffthe male andfemale gametes produced
the
(iv) byWrite
F,progeny.
5

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 32. (a) Answer the following questions with respect to recombinant DNA 5
technology :
tool
(i) Why is plasmid considered to be an important
can plasmids be
1n rDNA technology ? From where
isolated ? (Any twosources)
in a cloning
() Explain the role of tori' and selectable marker
vector.

proceed without restriction

(iii) "r-DNA technologv cannot
endonuclease." Justify.
OR
5
(b) Answer the following questions based on Bt-crops:
crop than genetically
(i) Why do farmers prefer to grow Bt cotton
unmodified cotton crops ?

by Bt toxin.
(ii) Name any two insects that are killed
toxin kills the insects but
(iii) Explain the mechanism by which Bt
the toxin.
not the bacterium which possesses

arrangement of nuclei and cells in a mature

33. (a) (i) Describe the
angiosperm.
embryo sac of a typical
developed to
(i) Explain the devices the towering plants have
types ofFpollination :
prevent the following
Prevents both autogamny and geitonogamy
(1)
Prevents autogamy, but not geitonogamy 5
(2)

OR
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 (b) (i) Write the specific location of the following in the testis in
humans :
(1)
Sertoli cells
(2)
Leydig cells
(ii) Explain the coordination between Gonadotropins, Leydig cells
and Sertoli cells and their role in spermatogenesis. 5

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