Class: 10+2(PSEB)

Exam Term-II
Subject:- Biology (Theory)
Time: 2Hrs Max Marks: 35
Important Instructions:-

1. There are a total of 17 questions and four sections in the question paper.
All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A contains question numbers 1 to 5 very short answer type
questions of one mark each.
3. Section B contains question numbers 6 to 13, short answer type I
questions of two marks each.
4. Section C contains question numbers 14 to 16, short answer type II
questions of three marks each.
5. Section D contains question number 17, long answer type question of five
marks. There will be internal choice in this question.
6. There is no overall choice in the question paper.

Section-A

1. Define Explant?
2. Name the enzyme used to remove DNA from plant cell for experiment?
3. Expand SCID?
4. What is protocooperation? Give one example.
5. What constitutes smog?

Section-B

6. Define apiculture. Give any two examples of honey bee?

7. Differentiate between endomycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizae ?
8. Define gene therapy? Give any one use of gene therapy.
9. Differentiate between exonucleases and endonucleases?
10.What are transgenic animals? Give any two examples.
11.Write characteristics of food chain.
12. What is Red Data Book?
13.What is green house effect? Give its main ill effects.
 Section-C

14.What are advantages of biofertolizers?

15.What are GM crops? Give two disadvantages of GM crops.

16. Differentiate: (1) Natality rate and mortality rate.

(2) Immigration and Emmigration.

Section-D

17. Explain Nitrogen cycle diagrammatically.

OR

(1) Differentiate Grazing food chain and detritus food chain.

(2) Define ecological pyramids. Name different types of ecological
pyramids.

Satnam Singh (Lec Bio),

GSSS Karnana,
Distt SBS Nagar