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Second Term
Practice Paper 2014
Class XII
Subject Biology
Set-II
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of four sections A, B, C and D.
3. Section-A contains 8 questions of 1 mark each.
4. Section-B contains 10 questions of 2 marks each.
5. Section-C has 9 questions of 3 marks each.
6. Section-D contains 3 questions of 5 marks each.
7. Wherever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly labeled
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` SECTION-A
1. The actin filaments are attached to a protein named as Z lines or membrane of krouse. The
dark region consists of heavy protein that is myosin. Can you label the region between two Z
lines in the given diagram

2. Name the active chemical obtained from Rauwolfia vomitoria.
3. What type of cell division occurs during the formation of
(i) secondary spermatocytes from primary spermatocytes?
(ii) spermatids from secondary spermatocytes?
4. What is the role of the organization, GEAC?
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5. List two advantages that mycorrhizae provide to the plants.
6. How do the herbs and shrubs survive under the shadow of large canopied trees in forests?
7.
Show the direct and indirect synthesis of new strands on the replication fork shown above.
8. Name the bacterium that has Ti plasmid.
SECTION-B
9. The map distance in an organism between genes A and B is 8 units, between B and C is 4
units, between C and D is 16 units and between A and D is 4 units. Which one of the gene pairs
will show maximum recombination frequency? Give reason in support of your answer
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10. In terrestrial ecosystems, the DFC and GFC become interconnected. Justify. What term is
given to such interconnections?
OR
11. (i) Give three reasons, why Mendel selected garden pea for his experiments in
genetics.
(ii)Why some traits are always inherited together?
12. Where does each of the following hormones act during spermatogenesis in a human male:
GnRH and FSH. Give one function of each of these hormones.
13. It is a common sight in villages where cattle egrets and the grazing cattle are found in close
association. What kind of interaction do they show? Explain. Give an example of such an
interaction from plants.
14. What is allergy? Mention its most common symptoms.
15. Give one example each, where
(i) Percentage cover is a more meaningful measure of population size.
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(ii) Population estimation of a species is done indirectly without actually counting the
organisms.
16
Identify the animal to which each of the following skulls belongs. Which of these two
resemble between themselves more closely that the other?
17. A farmer is advised to sow leguminous seeds inoculated with a bacterial culture which helps
in increasing the crop yield. Name the bacterium in the culture. How does it help in
increasing the yield of the crop?
18. Give reason for the following:
(i) Gametes are said to be pure for a character.
(ii) Deletion or duplication of segments of DNA leads to chromosomal aberrations.

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SECTION-C
19. Draw a labelled diagram of a fertilised embryo sac of an angiosperm.
20. (i) How do normal cells get transformed into neoplastic cells.
(ii) Differentiate between viral oncogenes and cellular oncogenes.
OR
(i) What is an outcross?
(ii) What is artificial insemination? Mention its advantages over conventional mating of
animals.
21. How is Down's syndrome caused? Mention any four characteristic symptoms shown by the
affected child.
22. Read the graph given below and correlate the uterine events take place according to the
hormonal levels:
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(i) 6 15 days
(ii) 16 25 days
(iii) 26 28 days ( if the ovum is not fertilized) and
(iv) Specify the sources of the hormones mentioned in the graph.
.
23. (i) Why should only unleaded petrol be used in automobiles fitted with catalytic
converters?
ii) Enumerate the steps taken by Delhi Government to reduce vehicular air pollution.
24. Name the oral contraceptive developed by CDRI, Lucknow. What are its special features as
compared to other oral contraceptives?
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25. How is the secondary treatment of sewage carried out before it is let into a natural water
body?
26. (i) How is 'bad ozone' different from 'good ozone'?
(ii) Write any four ill-effects caused by UV -radiation.
27. Give three reasons as to why prokaryotes are not given numbers for their diversity by the
ecologists.
SECTION-D
28. (a) A cross between two pink-flowered Antirrhinum plants yielded a progeny with red,
pink and white flowered individuals. Explain the pattern of inheritance and the
phenomenon involved in it. What will be the phenotypic and genotypic ratios in the
progeny?
(b) Give four reasons as to why Drosophila is well-suited for experiments in genetics.
OR
(i) Show development of a microspore into a pollen grain only by diagrams
(ii) Differentiate between IUT different from IUI?
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29. (a) Draw a labelled diagram of a human sperm as seen under an electron microscope.
(b) Pollination does not always guarantee the deposition of the right type of pollen.
What is meant by 'right' type of pollen? What can be the wrong type of pollen?
OR
(a) Bring out the role of hormones in parturition.
(b) If the chromosome number of a leaf cell in a plant is 16, what would be the
chromosome number in its:
(i) Microspore mother cells and
(ii) Endosperm cells, respectively.
(c) Justify each of the following statements:
(i) Single-celled organisms are considered immortal.
(ii) Individuals formed by asexual reproduction, are called clones.
30.
(i) Explain the limitations of ecological pyramids.
(ii) What are sacred groves? Where are sacred groves found in India? Name any four.
What are their characteristic features?
OR
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(i) Give the three hypotheses proposed for explaining why tropics have greater
biodiversity.
(ii) With the help of a suitable diagram, describe the logistic population growth curve.
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