BIOLOGY XII (Theory)

Time: 3 hrs

Model Examination 01 (January 2016)

Marks: 70

General Instructions:
a) All questions are compulsory.
b) The question paper consists of five sections A, B, C, D and E.
c) SectionA contains 5 questions of 1 mark each, SectionB is of 5 questions of 2
marks each, SectionC is of 10 questions of 3 marks each, Section D contains 1
value based question of 4 marks and Section-E is of 3 questions of 5 marks each.
d) There is no overall choice in the question paper; however, an internal choice is
provided in one question of 2 marks, one question of 3 marks and all the three
questions of 5 marks. A student has to attempt only one of the alternatives.

SECTION-A (15 = 05)

1. A person is born without thymus gland but otherwise normal. Mention any two
ways in which the person is likely to suffer due to its absence.
2. Name the units of vegetative propagation in grasses and water hyacinth.
3. If two genes are located far apart from each other on a chromosome, how the
frequency of recombination will get affected?
4. Why does failure of testes to descend into the scrotum produce sterility?
5. About 200 species of Cichlid fish became extinct when a particular fish was
introduced in Lake Victoria of Africa. Name the invasive fish.
SECTION-B (25 = 10)
6. Explain with two examples how the bioactive molecules of fungal origin help in
restoring good health in human beings.
7. Honeybees produce their young ones only by sexual reproduction. Inspite of this,
in a colony of bees, we find both haploid and diploid individuals in the colony.
Analyze the reasons behind their formation.
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8. DDT content in the water of a lake that supplies drinking water to the nearby
villages is found to be 0.004 ppm. The pelicans of that area are reported to have
2.6 ppm of DDT. Why has the concentration increased in these birds? What
possible harm will this cause to the bird population? Name the phenomenon.
OR
Thermal power plants are inevitable in an industrial and densely populated
country like ours. What harm do they do to the environment? Also mention any
precaution that could be taken to save our environment.
9. A student on a school trip started sneezing and wheezing soon after reaching the
hill station for no explained reasons. But on return to the plains, the symptoms
disappeared. What is such a response called? How does the body produce it?
10. How is designation of certain areas as hotspots a step towards biodiversity
conservation? Name any two hotspots in India.
SECTION-C (312 = 24)
11. Name and explain the technique used in the separation and isolation of DNA
fragments to be used in recombinant DNA technology.
12. Many plant and animal species are on the verge of their extinction because of
loss of forest land by indiscriminate use by the humans. As a biology student,
what method would you suggest along with its advantages that can protect such
threatened species from getting extinct?
13. Draw a labelled diagram of a sectional view of human seminiferous tubule.
14. How does an algal bloom cause eutrophication of a water body? Name the weed
that can grow in such a eutrophic lake.
15. Name a disorder, give the karyotype and write the symptoms a human suffers
from, as a result of monosomy of sex chromosomes.
16. Cow dung and water is mixed and the slurry is fed into the biogas plant for
digestion by microbes. The person performing the process shares that there is no
need to provide inoculum for it. Why? What is the role of microbes at the source?
Under which condition will they be most active and effective?
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17. Explain the process by which a bacterial cell can be made competent. Why is it
essential to make bacterial cells competent in recombinant DNA technology?
18. Name the cells HIV attacks first when it gains entry into a human body. How
does this virus replicate further to cause immunodeficiency in the body?
19. A cross between a normal couple resulted in a son who was haemophilic and a
normal daughter. In course of time, when the daughter was married to a normal
man, to their surprise, the grandson was also haemophilic.
a) Represent this cross in the form of a pedigree chart. Give the genotypes of the
daughter and her husband.
b) Write the conclusion you draw of the inheritance pattern of this disease.
20. Study a part of the life cycle of the malarial parasite given below. Answer the
questions that follows:

a) Mention the roles of 'A' in the life cycle of the malarial parasite.
b) Name the event 'C' and the organ where this event occurs.
c) Identify the organ 'B' and name the cells being released from it.
21. Name the two different categories of microbes naturally occurring in sewage
water. Explain their role in cleaning sewage water into usable water.
OR
How are baculoviruses and Bacillus thuringiensis used as bio-control agents?
Why are they preferred over readily available chemical pesticides?
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22. What is meant by ozone shield? Name two gases that can cause damage to this
shield. Give one harmful effect of this damage each on plants and animals.
SECTION-D (41 = 04)
23. You have attended a birthday party hosted by one of your classmates. You found
some guests at the party sitting in a corner making a lot of noise and consuming
something. After a while one of the boys from the group started screaming,
behaving abnormally and sweating profusely. On enquiry you found that the
group members were taking drugs.
a) Would you inform your parents/school authorities? Yes / No. Give reasons in
support of your answer.
b) Prepare a note to be circulated amongst the schoolmates about the sources
and dangers of any two drugs.
c) Write any two ways that you will suggest to your school principal so as to
promote awareness amongst the youth against the use of these drugs.
SECTION-E (53 = 15)
24. If a desired gene is identified in an organism for some experiments, explain the
process of the following:
a) Cutting this desired gene at specific location
b) Synthesis of multiple copies of this desired gene.
OR
a) Why are engineered vectors preferred by biotechnologists for transferring the
desired genes into another organism?
b) A vector is engineered with three features which facilitate its cloning within
the host cell. List the three features and explain each one of them.
25. Draw a transverse section of human ovary showing the sequential development
of different follicles up to the corpus luteum. Comment on the corresponding
ovarian and pituitary hormone levels during these events.
OR
A woman has conceived and implantation has occurred in her uterus. Explain
the sequence of changes upto parturition which takes place within her body.
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26. a) A couple with blood groups A and B respectively have a child with blood
group O. Work out a cross to show how it is possible and the probable blood
groups that can be expected in their other off-springs.
b) Explain the genetic basis of blood groups in human population.
OR
A true-breeding pea plant homozygous for axial, violet flowers is crossed with
another pea plant with terminal, white flowers (aavv).
a) What would be the phenotype and genotype of F1 and F2 generations?
b) Give the phenotypic ratio of F2 generation.
c) List the Mendels generalizations that can be derived from the above cross.

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