KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan, Jaipur Region

Ist Pre-Board Exam 2023-24

Class – XII Marking Scheme Sub: Biology
M.M: 70 Time: 3 hrs.

Q.NO. SECTION A MARKS

1. iii) Cytokine barrier 1

2. 1
ii) Dicots only
3. 1
iv) High vitamin A content

4. i) Autonomous 1

5. i) Water hyacinth 1

6. 1
iii) Penicillin : Staphylococci,
7. iii) Embryo sac 1

8. ii) A- Rete testis B- Vas deferens 1

9 1
iv) Pseudomonas
10 iii) insects or wind 1

11 iii) Lippes loop 1

12 i) DNA 1

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 a 1

14 c 1

15 A 1

16 A 1

SECTION B

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17. Diploid egg formed without meiosis & functions as embryo 2
Nucellar cells protrude into embryo sac and behave like embryo
18. Three – expanding/stable/declining 2
Expanding as future population (high pre rep. pop) inc. will make an
ecology stronger
19. Small amount of curd act as a starter/inoculum which contain lactobacillus. It 2
multiplies in milk and coagulate milk protein in the form of curd.
Any one: It is easily digestible, check the growth of harmful microorganism,
enriched in Vitamin B12 etc.
20. a) Dominance 2
b) Incomplete dominance
21. Checker board , Phenotype : 50% daughter normal- XX , 50% daughter carrier-XXh , 2
50% son normal- XY, 50% son haemophilic-XhY
OR
Correct explanation
SECTION C

22. Correct Explanation 3

23. Terms included:- DNA Fingerprinting, fragments using endonuclease, 3

electrophoresis of fragments, separating using Blotting on Nitrocellulose
or nylon, hybridizing using VNTR, Autoradiography for isolation.
24. After implantation interdigitation of maternal &foetal tissues results in 3
formation of structural and functional unit between embryo & maternal body called
placenta. 1
It facilitates supply of oxygen and nutrients to the embryo, Removal of carbon
dioxide and excretory material, Also acts as an endocrine tissue and produces
hormones like HCG, hPL, estrogen. Progesterone . 1+1
25. Correct explantion 3

26. Eukaryotes differ in: 3

1. At least 3 RNA Polymerases working with specified work
2. Splicing of exons & introns
3. Capping & Tailing
27. Chapter-correct explaination
OR
i) CH4, NH3 , H2O and H2
ii) Anaerobic/Anoxygenic/Reducing
iii) Life come from preexisting non living organic molecules and that
formation of life was preceded by chemical evolution .
28. Any three main causes of Evil Quartet NCERT BOOK Chapter 15 3

SECTION D

29. i. d) Beet

ii. c) Groundnut

iii. b) 10-15
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 iv. b) persistent nucellus
OR
i. d. Menstrual phase
ii. c. 6 - 13 days
iii. a. Empty graafian follicle changes into corpus luteum
iv. d. Both a and c
30. i. d) All
ii. d) Rh(-) mother and Rh(+) fetus
iii. a) Father blood group A and mother is group B
iv. B
OR
i. d) The mice will die. Transformation was not required
ii. b) The R bacteria had taken up the virulency “factor” from the dead S
bacteria.
iii. b) non-capsulated and non-pathogenic
iv. B Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
SECTION E

31. Cancer is uncontrolled cell division due to failure of check point or proper cell
signalling is lost/Loss of contact inhibition.
Biopsy
Three strategies:
Surgery + Description in one to two sentence
Radiotherapy + Description in one to two sentence
Chemotherapy + Description in one to two sentence
OR
(A) Micosporum/Trichophyton/Epidermophyton. Scaly leisons& intense
itching
(B) Fig. 8.1 of NCERT Textbook (Sporozoite/ Liver shizogony/ blood
shizogony/ Gametocytes/ Fertilization in Mosquito stomach)
32.
(A) Genetic Engineering Approval Committee. It makes decision
regarding validity & safety of GM Research & Products for market
consumption
(B) Principle of RNAi (gene silencing by dsRNA) + introduced in host
(sense & antisense strands) & binding to parasitic mRNA
OR
(i) Bacterial host cells are made competent by treating them with a specific
concentration of a divalent cation, such as calcium. As a result, pores are created in
the bacterial cell wall through which DNA can enter the cell.
(ii) The steps required to introduce alien DNA into competent bacterial cells are:
(iii) Incubation of competent bacterial cells with recombinant DNA on ice.
(iv) Placing the mixture briefly at 42 °C (heat shock), and then putting them back on
ice.
(v) The alien DNA can be introduced into:
(vi) Plant cells by a method known as biolistics or gene gun in which cells are
bombarded withhigh velocity micro-particles of gold or tungstencoated with DNA.
(vii)Animals cells by a method known as micro-injection in which recombinant DNA is
directly injected into the nucleus of an animal cell.
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33. Chapter-15 correct explanation
OR
(a) P — Mutualism Q — Competition
R — Predation S — Parasitism
T — Commensalism U —Amensalism
(b) (i) Commensalism (Q).
(ii) Mutualism
(c) Nitrogen — fixing bacteria (Rhizobium) living in root nodules of legumes represent
mutualism (P).

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