KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, BHUBANESWAR REGION

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER- 2

Sub: BIOLOGY Class: XII
Time allowed: 3hrs Maximum Marks: 70

BLUE PRINT

MARKS VSA SA II SA I VBQ LA TOTAL

1M 2M 3M 4M 5M
UNIT

I (Reproduction) 1(1m) 1(2m) 2(6m) - 1(5m) 14 m

II ( Genetics) 2(2m) 1(2m) 3(9m) - 1(5m) 18 m
III (Biology in 1(1m) 2(4m) 3(9m) - - 14m
human welfare)
IV (Biotechnology) 1(1m) - 3(9m) - - 10m
V Ecology and - 1(2m) 1(3m) 1(4m) 1(5m) 14m
Environment
Total 5(5m) 5(10m) 12(36m) 1(4m) 3(15m) 70 m
 KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, BHUBANESWAR REGION
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER- 2
Sub: BIOLOGY Class: XII
Time allowed: 3hrs Maximum Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. There are a total of 26 questions and five sections in the question paper. All questions are
compulsory
2. Section A contains question number 1 to 5, Very Short Answer type questions of one mark
each.
3. Section B contains question number 6 to 10, Short Answer type I questions of two marks
each.
4. Section C contains question number 11 to 22, Short Answer type II questions of three
marks each.
5. Section D contains question number 23, Value Based Question of four marks.
6. Section E contains question number 24 to 26, Long Answer type questions of five marks
each.
7. There is no overall choice in the question paper, however, an internal choice is provided in one
question of two marks, one question of three marks and all three questions of five marks. An
examinee is to attempt any one of the questions out of the two given in the question paper with the
same question number.
SECTION-A
1. Name the source cells of androgen hormones in human male.
2. What is the role of i gene in lac-operon?
3. What are supposed to be the ancestors of present day amphibians?
4. Name the technique through which healthy plants can be produced
from a virus infected plant?
5. GMOs have increased efficiency of mineral usage. What advantage
does it have in respect of soil, where they are growing?
SECTION-B
6. Observe the following pictures and answer the questions that
follow.

.
A B
i. What procedure is being shown in picture A and what is it done for ?
ii. What adaptive features (in respect of type of pollination ) are found
in the pollen grains of flowers shown in picture B.
OR
Differentiate between ZIFT and GIFT with respect to ART.
7. What does “homology” indicate in evolution?What is founder effect?
8. What is biofortification? Write any 4 major objectives of this
technique.
9. Differentiate between primary and secondary lymphoid organs giving
one example each.
10. Name any 4 causes of loss of biodiversity that are considered as
“ evil quartet”

SECTION-C
11. Explain the stages in embryo development in a dicot plant.
12.What are IUDs?How is LNG-20 advantageous over Cu7? Mention
any two features of an ideal contraceptive.
13. Give reasons why
a. a male honey bee has no father but has grandfather.
b. Both strands of DNA are not copied during transcription.
c. Patients of phenylketonuria are often mentally retarded.
14. Explain the process of initiation,elongation and termination in the
process of transcription in prokaryotes.
OR
What are the two complexities associated with the transcription in
Eukaryotes? How can it be overcome?
15. In a population of birds, during 2001, medium sized individuals are
favoured and had the advantage over others . Later over a decade ,
more individuals acquired peripheral character value. Which
operation probably accounts for such phenomenon? Show
graphically this trait depicting the data and provide the terms
representing this observation in such a trait.
16. Define the terms a) SCP b)mutation breeding
c) inbreeding depression.
17. Name the sources of the drugs smack, marijuana and cocaine. What
major organ system do they affect in our body?
18. How is CNG a better substitute to diesel/petrol? What is the
constraint in switching over to CNG in our country?
19. Why is secondary treatment of sewage called biological
treatment?What is the role of flocs in it? What is the fate of
activated sludge collected in the settling tanks?
20. Draw a sparged stirred-tank bioreactor. Write the significance of
sparging the bubbles and usage of stirrer.
21. How is tobacco plant prevented from nematode infestation through
biotechnological method? Explain
22. What is PCR?Explain various steps in the process of PCR with the
help of labeled diagrams.
SECTION-D
23. Rajanna, an innocent fisherman observed an age old lake in his
village covered by a green layer of small plants. His fish catch decreased
drastically thereafter. He thought that it could be due to some black
magic done by some enemies of the village and drives the villagers to
leave the place. The village head Rayappa tries to convince all the
villagers to stay but fight against the industrialist who is discharging the
wastes in to the lake.
1. What values are shown by the village head?
2. What term is given to the observation of such phenomena on the lake
surface?
3. Why did the fish decrease in number?
4. What would be the impact on birds if they consume such water and
grains in those fields?
SECTION-E
24. List any three salient features of genetic code with explanation.
Define aminoacylation of tRNA. What acts as a catalyst in the
formation of peptide bond in bacteria? Name the enzyme responsible
for it.
OR
It is found that 81% of human population are PTC tasters. A taster
man has a non-taster wife. Both their sons are tasters while
their daughter is a non-taster. Show in the form of a pedigree
chart. Reason out whether it could be a sex-linked inheritance.
(Note: PTC is a chemical and majority of us taste it bitter (tasters) while a few
feel a different taste or no taste (non-tasters).
25. Explain the events in a normal woman during her menstrual cycle on the following
days:
(a) Pituitary hormone levels from 8 to 12 days.
(b) Uterine events from 13 to 15 days.
(c) Ovarian events from 16 to 23 days.

(i) Name ‘Y’ and write its function.

(ii) Name ‘Z’ and write the events that take place here.
 OR

What is pollination? What are the the 3 major kinds of pollination?Explain any two major
pollinating agents and the adaptations shown by flowers to suit such kind of
pollination.Highlight the significance of relationship between Yucca plant and moth.
26. Name the kind of interactions in the following populations.
1. grass and cow 2. Balanus and Chathamalus 3. Crow and cuckoo
4. Orchid and Bumble bee 5. Monarch butterfly and birds 6. Clown
fish and Sea-anemone.
Represent Expanding and declining age pyramids for human
populations.
OR
What is detritus? State any 5 important steps in the process of
decomposition of organic matter in nature. State any 2 factors that
control the rate of decomposition of biological substances and how they
affect the rate of the process.
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 MARKING SCHEME OF SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER II
CLASS XII BIOLOGY
Q. No. Suggestive answer Marks Total
distribution
1 Leydig cells 1 1
2 Produces repressor 1 1
3 lobefins 1 1
4 Tissue culture from apical meristems ½+½ 1
5 Prevents early exhaustion of fertility of soil 1 1
6 Pic A: emasculation, outbreeding device to ensure recombinants(any ½+½+½+½
similar answer) Pic B: wind pollination, dry and light pollen grains,
non-sticky. Winged pollen or any two relevant features (but not in 2
respect of flower
OR
ZIFT GIFT 1+1
Early embryos upto 8 Ovum collected from a donor
blastomere stage transferred to transferred to the fallopian
fallopian tube. tube.
7 Divergent evolution/common ancestry 1+ 1 2
When a small group of population migrates to a new area, the genetic
diversity might reduce.
8. Breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals 1
Objectives: protein content and quality, Oil content and 2
quality,Vitamin content, micro nutrient and mineral content.(any two) ½X2
9 Primary lymphoid organs Secondary lymphoid organs 1+ ½+½ 2
Immature lymphocytes Sites for the interaction of
differentiate into antigen lymphocytes for the antigen
sensitive lymphocytes. Eg: spleen/lymph node/tonsils
Eg Thymus/Bone marrow
10 Habitat loss & fragmentation, Over exploitation, Alien sps invasion, ½+½+½+½ 2
Co-extinction.
11 Endosperm development precedes embryo development, zygote ½X6 3
divides and forms a globular pro-embryo, suspensor helps in pushing
embryo towards endosperm, embryo becomes heart shaped, embryo
becomes mature with plumule and radicle, two cotyledons develop.( or
diagrammatic explanation)
12 Intra uterine contraceptive device(1m) 3
LNG-20 releases hormone and makes uterus unsuitable for
implantation(1m)
Cheap, Highly Effective, No side effects, Rapidly reversible,should not
interfere with sexual drive, easy to use( any two- 1 m)
13 a. Male honey bee is parthenogenetically produced and is haploid 1X3 3
while the female honey bee is sexually produced and is diploid.
 b. Both strands code for different proteions and hence make the
process complicated OR they make a dsRNA and translation is not
possible.
c. accumulation of phenylalanine in brain as it is not converted to
tyrosine, due to the non-formation of the relevant enzyme.

14 Correct explanation of role of sigma factor,rho factor and diagrams 3

OR
Genetic information is not continuous but split, Primary transcript
contains both exons and introns, requirement of 3 different RNA 1+1+1
Polymerases( I,II and III)
Splicing is done to make the functional mRNA from the primary
transcript/ hn RNA.

15 Natural selection, stabilizing& graph, disruptive & graph 1+1+1 3

16 SCP: Microbes that are used as rich source of nutrition Eg: 3
Spirulina,Mushroom
Mutation breeding: Creating mutations in plants using 1+1+1
mutagens/radiation/chemicals and using these mutants for breeding.
Inbreeding depression: Continuous inbreeding leads to reduction in
fertility and productivity, which is called inbreeding.

17 Drug Source Plant System affected ½X6 3

Smack Poppy plant/Pepaver CNS
somniferum
Marijuana Cannabis sativa Cardio vascular
cocaine Erythroxylum coca CNS
18 Cheaper,complete combustion,cant be adulterated,cant be siphoned Each ½ mark
by thieves, no pollution.
Difficulty in laying down the pipes ½ mark
19 Because of role played by bacteria. 1
Bacteria+ fungal filaments form mesh …. consume organic matter and 1
reduce BOD. 3
Small portion of it is used as inoculum…major portion is sent to
anaerobic sludge digesters where they are digested to produce bio-gas. 1
20 2+1 3
 To increase the oxygen transfer area, stirrer to facilitate even mixing
of the contents

21 RNAi. Nematode specific gene introduced into host plant using 1+ (1/2 X 4) 3
agrobacterium vecor, ds RNA with sense and antisense strands
produced, silences specific mRNA of the parasite, parasite can not
survive in such transgenic plant.
22 Full form(Polymerase Chain Reaction) denaturation, 2+1
annealing,extension,amplification, use of taq 3
Polymerase,thermostable.

23 Keen observation/scientific temper( any relevant values) ½ X 2 = 1

Algal bloom(1m)
High BOD/lack of oxygen in lake.( 1m) 4
Biomagnification/shells of eggs become thin and bird population
decreases ½ X 2= 1m
24 i)The codon is triplet. 61 codons code for amino acids and 3 codons 3m
donot code for any amino acids, hence they function as stop 1m
codons.(ii)One codon codes for only one amino acid, hence, it is ½+½
unambiguous and specific(iii)Some amino acids are coded by more
than one codon, hence the code is.degenerate 5
(iv)The codon is read in mRNA in a contiguous fashion. There are no
punctuations.(v)The code is nearly universal:for example, from
bacteria to human UUU would code for Phenylalanine (phe). Some
exceptions to thisrule have been found in mitochondrial codons, and
in some protozoans.(vi)AUG has dual functions. It codes for
Methionine (met) , and it also act as initiator codon(Any 3 salient
features) 1m
Charging of tRNA….. attachment of aminoacid to tRNA 2m
23S rRNA, ribozyme 2m
OR
81% …hence dominant trait
Pedigree with correct genotypes
Not sex-linked as the taster man has a taster son. Sex linked can not be
passed on to son from a father.
25 a) FSH and LH levels–low 1+1+1
b) Endometrium is highly vascularised / proliferative phase of uterine lining
c) Formation of corpus luteum / secretion of progesterone ½+ ½ 5m
i)Y= Fimbriae, collection of ovum
(ii) Z=ampullary- isthmic junction/fallopian tube, the ovum encounters the 1
sperm/fertilisation takes place
 OR
Transfer of pollen from stamens to the pistil( ½ m)
Autogamy,Geitonogamy and Xenogamy( 1 ½ m)
Wind/water/insects/birds( any two- `1/2 m)
Two adaptations each( 1 X 2)
Moth lays eggs and gets protection while moth pollinates the flower.( ½ m)
26 Predation,competition, brood parasitism, mutualism,predation and
commensalism(1/2 X 6= 3m)

5m

Pre-reproductive, reproductive and post reproductive to be mentioned

1 X 2= 2m

OR
Dead plants and animal remains( ½ mm). fragmentation,
leaching,catabolism,humification and mineralization.( 2 1/2m)
Presence of Oxygen accelerates.
Water soluble substances and nitrogenous substances make
decomposition quicker.
Temperature( more temperatute…faster decomposition)( any two- 2
marks)

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