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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
CLASS XI EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 2011
Biology Paper II
Time allowed: 2 hours 20 minutes

Marks 55

INSTRUCTIONS
Please read the following instructions carefully.
1.

Check your name and school information. Sign that it is correct.

I agree that this is my name and school.
Candidate's signature

2.

RUBRIC. There are TWELVE questions. Answer ALL TWELVE questions. Questions 10, 11
and 12 each offer TWO choices. Attempt any ONE choice from each.

3.

When answering the questions:

Read each question carefully.
Use a black pencil for diagrams. DO NOT use coloured pencils.
DO NOT use staples, paper clips, glue, correcting fluid or ink erasers.
Complete your answer in the allocated space only. DO NOT write outside the answer box.

4.

The marks for the questions are shown in brackets ( ).

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Q.1.
a.

(Total 4 Marks)
What distinctive features of a theory qualify it to become a law?

(2 Marks)

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b.

Are polysaccharides considered as sugars? Give a reason for your answer with an example.
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Q.2.

(Total 4 Marks)

Recall your knowledge about the life cycle of a bacteriophage and answer the following:
First step in the replication of a bacteriophage: _____________________________________________
Enzyme released from the tail of bacteriophage: ____________________________________________
Incorporation of viral DNA into bacterial chromosome: ______________________________________
Example of bacteriophage: _____________________________________________________________

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Q.3.
a.

(Total 4 Marks)
The cell wall of most bacteria has a unique macromolecule called peptidoglycan. What are the
other chemical constituents of a bacterial cell wall?
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b.

How do the following high temperature treatments kill bacteria?

i.

(2 Marks)

Dry heat___________________________________________________________________

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ii.

Moist heat _________________________________________________________________

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Q.4.
a.

(Total 4 Marks)
How do ciliates differ from other protozoans?

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b.

State any TWO characteristics of dinoflagellates.

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Q.5.
a.

(Total 6 Marks)
Fill in the given table by marking (9) in the correct column against the given characteristics of
true fungi.
(3 Marks)
Characteristic of Fungi

Plant Like Fungi

Animal Like Fungi

Neither Plant
nor Animal Like

Presence of chitin
Non-motile
Absence of centrioles
Heterotrophic
Septate hyphae
Presence of cell wall
b.

State ONE way in which fungi are harmful to the following:

(3 Marks)

Harmful to plants: _______________________________________________________________

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Harmful to animals/ humans: ______________________________________________________
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Harmful to material: _____________________________________________________________
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Q.6.
a.

(Total 5 Marks)
What do the following terms mean when used to describe the floral characteristics of a family.
(3 Marks)
Term

Meaning

Actinomorphic

Syncarpous

Didynamous
b.

How are animals of the following phyla economically important?

i.

(2 Marks)

Porifera ___________________________________________________________________

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ii.

Mollusca __________________________________________________________________

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Q.7.
a.

(Total 5 Marks)
Name a gas which is released as a by product of the light dependent reaction of photosynthesis.
Name the compound that is the source of this gas.
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b.

Recall the reactions of glycolysis and answer the following questions.

i.

(3 Marks)

What is the end product of glucose break down in the absence of oxygen?

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ii.

Write word equations for those reactions of glycolysis that involve phosphorylation.

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Q.8.
a.

(Total 4 Marks)
Describe the type of nutrition in the animal shown below.

(2 Marks)

soil

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b.

Mention the role of peroxisomes and mitochondria in photorespiration in plants.

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Q.9.
a.

(Total 4 Marks)
How does gaseous exchange differ in hydra from cockroach?

(2 Marks)

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b.

Differentiate between active and passive immunity with the help of examples only.
Active Immunity

Passive immunity

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Q.10.

(Total 5 Marks)
EITHER

a.

The diagram shows an enzyme catalysed reaction stopped by an inhibitor.

products

substrate

inhibitor

enzyme
1

Describe in detail the steps (1-5) indicated in the diagram keeping in view the characteristics of
enzymes.
OR
b.

There are various parts of animal and plant cells that show similarities as well as differences.
Keeping in view both these aspects compare the following:
i.

Glyoxisomes and peroxisomes

ii.

Chloroplast and chromoplast

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Q.11.

(Total 5 Marks)
EITHER

a.

Describe the life cycle of conifers (Pinus) using only labelled diagrams.
OR

b.

Give THREE structural characteristics of insects that make them different from other arthropods.
In what ways are insects beneficial to men?

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Q.12.

(Total 5 Marks)
EITHER

a.

Explain how the stomach digests food with the help of different named cells that form gastric
glands.
OR

b.

Describe the process of ascent of sap in plants with the help of indications in the diagram.

1
3
4
(lignified cell
wall)
2 (dissolved mineral salts)
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