NEW GMT PUBLIC SCHOOL

CLASS XI
SUBJECT BIOLOGY (044)
HALF YEARLY EXAM
2023-2024
Maximum Marks: 70 Time: 3 hours
General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are
compulsory.
(iii) Section–A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section–B has 5 questions of 2
marks each; Section– C has 7 questions of 3 marks each; Section– D has 2 case-
based questions of 4 marks each; and Section–E has 3 questions of 5 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in
some questions. A student has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such
questions.
(v) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.

Q.NO QUESTIONS MARK

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SECTION-A
1. What is the correct sequence? 1
a) Genus-species-order-kingdom
b) Species-order-phylum-kingdom
c) Species-genus-order-phylum
d) Kingdom-phylum-class-order
2. Which of the following is absent in female frog? 1
a) Webbed feet
b) Copulatory pads
c) Tympanum
d) All are present
3. In photosynthesis, energy from light reaction to dark 1
reaction is transferred in the form of
a) Chlorophyll
b) ATP
 c) ADP
d) RuDP
4. Most primitive vascular plants? 1
a) Mosses
b) Cycads
c) Kelps
d) Ferns
5. Radial symmetry is found in the flowers of 1
a) Cassia
b) Pisum
c) Trifolium
d) Brassica
6. The defining characteristic of living beings is 1
a) They reproduce
b) They can digest their food
c) They respond to external stimuli1
d) They regenerate
7. Casparian strips occur in 1
a) Cortex
b) Endodermis
c) Epidermis
d) Pericycle
8. _________ is a form of cell division which results in the 1
creation of gametes or sex cells.
a) Mitosis
b) Meiosis
c) Miosis
d) None of the above
9. An evolutionary important character of Selaginella is 1
a) Strobili
b) Rhizophore
c) Heterosporous nature
d) Ligule
10. Choose the incorrect statement 1
a) Vascular system of frog is of closed type.
b) Frogs have 4-chambered heart
c) During aestivation, and hibernation skin acts as
 respiratory organ
d) All the statements are correct
11. The longest stage in the cell cycle is 1
a) Interphase
b) Anaphase
c) Metaphase
d) None of the above
12. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is 1
found in
a) Chlamydomonas
b) Volvox
c) Spirogyra
d) Fucus
Question No. 13 to 16 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Answer these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
13. Assertion: Nerve cells in coelenterata have complete co- 1
ordination in their body.
Reason: True nerve cells occur for the first time in
coelenterate.
14. Assertion : Apical meristem of root is subterminal. 1
Reason : At the terminal end of root, root cap is present.
15. Assertion: Bacteria do not always move with the help of 1
flagella.
Reason: Rotary motion of flagellum is employed by flagellated
bacteria for movement.
16. Assertion: Lateral meristems include fascicular vascular 1
cambium, interfascicular cambium and cork-cambium.
Reason: These are responsible for forming the secondary
tissues.
SECTION-B
17. Brinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solarium, but to 2
two different species. What defines them as separate species?
18. Describe various stem modifications associated with food 2
storage, climbing and protection.
19. a) Why are bryophytes called the amphibians of the plant 2
kingdom?
b) In which plant will you look for mycorrhiza
and corolloid roots?
20. Distinguish between the Exarch and endarch condition of 2
protoxylem
21. ATPase enzyme consists of two parts. What are those parts? 2
How are they arranged in the thylakoid membrane?
Conformational change occurs in which part of the enzyme?
OR
Chlorophyll a is the primary pigment for light reaction. What
are accessory pigments? What is their role in photosynthesis?
SECTION-C
22. Write down the floral formula with the floral diagram of family 3
Solanaceae.
23. Differentiate between the events of mitosis and meiosis 3
24. Give the biochemical composition of plasma membrane. How 3
are lipid molecules arranged in the membrane?
25. a) What is the difference between cutaneous and pulmonary 3
respiration?
b) Frogs are beneficial for mankind, justify the statement.
26. An organism has two pair of chromosomes (i.e., chromosome 3
number = 4). Diagrammatically represent the chromosomal
arrangement during different phases of meiosis-II
27. Epidermal cells are often modified to perform specialized 3
functions in plants. Name some of them and function they
perform.
OR
What is the difference between lenticels and stomata?
28. Formation of enzyme-substrate complex (ES) is the first step 3
in catalysed reactions. Describe the other steps till the
formation of product.
SECTION-D
Q. No. 29 and 30 are case-based questions. Each question has 3 subparts
with internal choice in one subpart.
29. Arthropoda is the largest phylum of kingdom animalia. It 4
includes about 80% of total animals. Arthropods are also
most successful animals. Different types of arthropods
have different types of mouth parts which assist in their
 feeding. Similarly different arthropods have different
types of respiratory and excretory organs.
1. Give the names of the organs through which cockroaches
and prawns respire.
2. Why blood of arthropods is called haemolymph?
3. Differentiate between chordates and non chordates.
OR
Give two characteristics features each of Arthropods and
molluscs

30. Biological classification is undergoing changes. In the 4

beginning, only few characters were picked up arbitrarily.
Gradually more characters were used for classification.
Two kingdom classification was revised to three kingdom
classification. In this kingdom protista was added. It was
followed by four kingdom classification by
Copeland(1955). Kingdom monera was added in it. Five
kingdom system of classification (Whittaker, 1963) came
into force. Woese added another kingdom called Archea.
1. Name the organisms which are fungus like in one phase
of life cycle and amoeba like in another phase of their life
cycle.
2. Name one symbiotic nitrogen fixer.
3. Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
OR
Differentiate between 2 kingdom classification and 5 kingdom
classification system.
SECTION-E
31. Write the functions of the following: 5
a. Centromere
b. Cell wall
c. Smooth ER
d. Golgi Apparatus
e. Centrioles
OR
a) Briefly describe the cell theory.
b) Differentiate between Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
 (RER) and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER).
32. What is the difference between a nucleotide and nucleoside? 5
Give two examples of each with their structure.
OR
What are different classes of enzymes? Explain any Three with
the type of reaction they catalyse.
33. Differentiate between calvin cycle and hatch and slack cycle. 5
OR
Give diagrammatic representation of C3 and C4 Cycle.