Time: 3 hours

Biology XII (Revision Test 02)

Marks: 70

NOTE: Please give brief, precise answers for the questions. Unnecessary statements may invoke
negative marking. Wherever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly labeled.
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What is an autoimmune disease? Give an example.

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Name an IUD that you would recommend to promote the cervix hostility to the sperms. [1]
In what way is monocyte a cellular barrier with reference to immunity?
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State one reason why breast-feeding the baby acts as a natural contraceptive for mother. [1]
In case of an infertile couple, the male partner can inseminate normally but the mobility of
sperms is below 40 percent. Judge, which kind of ART is suited in this situation to form an
embryo in the laboratory, without involving a donor?
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6. A childless couple has agreed for a test tube baby programme. List only the basic steps the
procedure would involve to conceive the baby.
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7. Name an allergen and write the response of the human body when exposed to it.
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8. Why is CuT considered a good contraceptive device to space children?
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9. Name the drug obtained from Erythroxylum coca and write its effects on the human body.
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What is withdrawal syndrome? List any two symptoms it is characterized by.
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10. A patient showed symptoms of constipation, abdominal pain and stools with excess mucus
and blood clots. Name the disease & its pathogen. Where do these pathogens live in the
victims body? Name the mechanical carrier that transmits the pathogen.
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11. A youth in his twenties met with an accident and succumbed to the injuries. His parents
agreed to donate his organs. List any two essential clinical steps to be undertaken before any
organ transplant. Why is the transplant rejected sometimes?
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12. Name and explain the surgical method advised to human males and females as a means of
birth control. Mention its one advantage and one disadvantage.
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13. A team of students are preparing to participate in the interschool sports meet. During a
practice session you find some vials with labels of certain cannabinoids.
a) Will you report to the authorities? Why?
b) Name a plant from which such chemicals are obtained.
c) Write the effect of these chemicals on human body.
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14. Mention any two human diseases caused by round worms. Name their causative agents and
their mode of transmission into the human body.
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15. Name two STDs which can be transmitted through contaminated blood. List the measures
one has to take to prevent from contracting STDs.
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16. Explain the role of the following in providing defense against infection in human body:
(i) Histamine (ii) Interferons (iii) B-cells
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17. Define the term health. Mention any two ways of maintaining it.
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18. An antibody molecule is represented as H2L2. Explain.
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19. Write the scientific name of the pathogen that causes amoebic dysentery. Enumerate four
symptoms of the disease. How is the disease transmitted?
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20. A doctor prescribed morphine as a sedative and pain killer to your cousin who has undergone
surgery. Even after recovery he continued to consume the prescribed medicine. What do you
conclude about his condition? After appraising yourself, what measures will you suggest to
him to control this problem? Give two points.
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21. Differentiate between benign and malignant tumors.
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22. Name and explain any four lymphoid organs present in humans. Categorize the named
lymphoid organs as primary or secondary lymphoid organs.
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23. A married couple goes to the hospital for regular check-up of the lady who is pregnant. The
man is curious and asks the doctor to tell him the sex of the child. But the doctor refuses.
a) Did the doctor do the right thing? Which value is being promoted by the doctor?
b) What is this process of determining the sex of the foetus called?
c) What would be the result if all the doctors do not act in the same manner as above? [4]
24. Give the scientific name of the parasite that causes malignant malaria in humans. At what
stage does this parasite enter the human body? Describe the life cycle of this parasite in
humans. Why does the victim show symptoms of high fever?
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25. It has been diagnosed that the immune mechanism of the body of a patient has been
suppressed. Name the disease the patient has been suffering from & the microbe responsible
for it. Name the test which the person has undergone. Explain the mechanism by which this
microbe causes deficiency of immune system of the infected person.
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Under polio prevention programme, infants in India were given polio vaccines on a large
scale at regular intervals to eradicate polio from the country.
a) What is a vaccine? Explain how it imparts immunity to the child against the disease.
b) With the help of an example each, differentiate between active & passive immunity. [5]
26. Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases of humans. Explain contact inhibition and
metastasis with respect to the disease. Name the group of genes which have been identified in
normal cells that could lead to cancer and how they do so? Name any two techniques which
are useful to detect cancers of internal organs. Why are cancer patients often given interferon as part of the treatment?
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