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TOPPER SAMPLE PAPER 3

BIOLOGY (THEORY)
Class - XII
Time allowed 3 Hrs.

Max. Marks:-70

General Instructions
i.

All questions are compulsory.

ii.

The question paper consists of four sections A, B, C and D. Section A contains 8 questions of
1 mark each. Section B is of 10 questions of 2 marks each. Section C has 9 questions of 3
marks each whereas Section D is of questions of 5 marks each.

iii.

There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of 2
marks, one question of 3 marks and all the three questions of 5 marks weightage. A student
has to attempt only of the alternatives in such questions.

iv.

Wherever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly labelled.
Section A

Q 1. Diagrammatically represent the age pyramid of a declining population.

[1]

Q 2. Animals not able to migrate avoid stress by escaping in time. Mention about two such
escapes.
[1]
Q 3. Which government body decides upon the validity of GM research?

Q 4. When are plants called somaclonal?

[1]
[1]

Q 5. The fungi belonging two generas cause ringworm. Name the two generas.

[1]

Q 6. Clarify the term saltation in terms of speciation.

[1]

Q 7. Define the term aneuploidy.

[1]

Q 8. Only mention the names of the two laws that are associated with the principles of
inheritance.

[1]
Section B
Q 9. Why do you think tropics serve as better place for speciation?

[2]

Q 10. How was Gauses experiment proved correct in Galapagos islands?

[2]

Q 11. Which period in the life cycle of a plant is called juvenile? What marks the end of this
period?
[2]

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Q 12. Label each of the arrow heads:

[2]

Q 13. Fill in the blanks:-

[2]

Plant type

Features leading to pest resistance

Pest

Presence of hairy leaves

Presence of hairy leaves
Q 14. Which organism was used to develop the concepts of linkage? What is the opposite state of
linkage?
[2]
Q 15. Which two chemicals actively participate in an allergic reaction? Mention any two body
reactions associated with allergy.

[2]
Q 16. If you were a plant breeder enlist four traits that you look for in a plant while choosing it for
breeding.
[2]
Q 17. What was decided at Montreal Protocol? What is measured in Dobson unit?

Q 18. Mention any four services given by ecosystem.

[2]
[2]

OR
Q 18. Make a simplified model of phosphorus cycle with the help of flow chart.
Section C
Q 19. Clarify the term insertional inactivation. How does this help in identifying the recombinant
types?
[3]
Q 20. Mention the names of the utility products given by these microbes and what purposes do
these products serve?
[3]
a)

Aspergillus niger

b)

Genetically engineered streptococcus

c)

Monascus purpureus.

Q 21. Represent the concept of central dogma. Mention any two salient features of the double
helical structure of DNA.
[3]
OR
Q 21. Why is DNA a more preferable choice than RNA as a genetic material? Mention any two salient
features of the double helical structure of DNA.
Q 22. What is parturition? Mention the events associated with it. Draw a diagrammatic sectional
view of the ovary and label any six of its parts.
[3]
Q 23. Which property of normal cells get lost in cancerous cells? What is the final outcome of the
same? Give a genetic explanation of the same disease.
[3]
Q 24. Predation offers benefits also. Justify the above giving any three suitable examples.

[3]

Q 25. What is organic farming? Explain with suitable examples.

[3]

Q 26. Biodiversity conservation may be in situ or ex situ. Mention three practices under each of the
above headings.
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Q 27. Expand FOAM. How do they integrate waste water treatment?

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[3]

Section D
Q 28. Eukaryotes face two additional complexities which prokaryotes do not face. Explain both
these complexities.
[5O]
OR
Q 28. What is Hardy Weinberg equilibrium? Which five factors affect the equilibrium? Diagrammatically
represent the operation of natural selection.
Q 29. What is adaptive radiation? How is it related to convergent evolution? Arrange in terms of
evolutionary hierarchy- Dicotyledons, seed ferns, angiosperms monocotyledons.
[5]
Q 30. Clarify each of the following words in a single sentence:-
a)

Single cell protein

b)

Tissue culture

c)

Explants

d)

Micropropagation

e)

Biofortification

[5]

[5]
OR

Q 30. Systematically explain the steps involved in the process diagrammatically represented
below.

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Section A
1.

[ + = 1]

2.

Hibernation :- Winter sleep

Aestivation :- Summer Sleep

Diapause :- Stage of suspended Development on zooplanktons.

3.

GEAC = Genetic Engineering Approval Committee.

4.

Somaclonal plants are produced through tissue culture [] as they are genetically identical
to the original plant [].

5.

Microsporum / Trichphyton / Epidermophyton

6.

Saltation is a single step large mutation [] leading to species formation [].

7.

Gain or loss of chromosome(s) [] leading to total number of chromosomes being more or

less than 2n [] Caused due to non segregation of chromatids during cell division.

[any two x 2 = 1]
[1]

[Any two X 2 = 1]

8.

Law of dominance

[]

Law of segregation

[]
Section B

9.

Speciation is a function of tune, unlike the temperate zones, tropics remained undisturbed
and was subjected to frequent glaciation
[1]

Tropical environment is less seasonal, predictable and constant leading to niche formation
[]. Abundant solar energy for better diversity[].

10. Gauses competitive Exclusion Principle states that two closely related species competing for
the same resource cannot co exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be finally
eliminated [1]. In Galapagos islands goats with higher browsing power [] eliminated the
Abingdon tortoises [].
11. The period of growth is juvenile [1]. Reproductive phase [1].
12. A). Stigma []. B). Style []. C). Ovary []. D). Thalamus []
13.
Plant type

Features leading to pest resistance

Pest

Cotton []

Presence of hairy leaves

Jassid []

Wheat []

Presence of hairy leaves

Cereal leaf beetle

14. Drosophila [] melanogaster []. Recombination

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15. Histamine [] Serotonin []

Any two:- Sneezing / watery eyes / redness / inflammation / breathing problems

16.

1.

[1]

Increased crop yield

2. Improved quality
3. Increased tolerance to environmental stress.
4. Resistance to pathogens
5. Increased tolerance to inset pests

[Any four X 4 = 2]

17. At Montreal Protocol :- to control the emission of ozone depleting substances [1]. Dobson unit
:- Thickness of ozone in a column of air [] from the ground to the atmosphere [].
18. Any four points to be mentioned:-

[ X 4 = 2]

Forest system :- purifies air and water

:- Provides wild life habitat

:- maintains biodiversity

:- pollinates crops

:- provides storage site for carbon

:- Provides aesthetic, cultural, spiritual value

OR

18.
[]

[]

[]

[]

Section C
19. a rDNA inserted

[]

Within the coding sequence of the enzyme beta galactosidase

[]

enzyme is activated

[]

presence of chromogenic substrate

[]

inserts / recombinants do not produce colour

[]

20.

a)

Aspergillus niger:- Citric acid

[1]

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b)

Genetically engineered streptococcus:- Produces strepto kinase clot buster

[]

c)

Monascus purpureus:- statin [] lowers blood cholesterol

[]

[]

21.

[]

[]

[]

Any two features may be mentioned:i). Made of two polynucleotide chains

ii). Antiparallel polarity
iii). Bases joined by H bonds
iv). Right hand coiling with a pitch of .34nm
v). plane of one base stacks on the other base.
OR

21.

RNA has 2OH group at every nucleotide making it labile and degradable [1]

Catalytic and unstable [1]

Features of DNA same as above.

22. Process of delivery of foetus is parturition uterine contraction leading to foetal ejection reflex
oxytocin uterine contraction [1] leading to more release of oxytocin stronger uterine
contraction
[1]

23. Contact inhibition

[1]

- Masses of cells called tumors []

Oncogenic viruses [] have viral oncogenes [] activate cellular proto / oncogenes []
24. 1.

Keeps prey population under control used in biological control [1] (prickly pear)

2. Helps maintain species diversity by reducing the intensity of competition [1] (starfish
pisaster)
3. transferring energy to higher trophic levels

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25. Organic farming uses biofertilizers like bacteria, fungi, cyanobacteria

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[1]

Use of Rhizobium for fixing N2 []

Free living once like Azospirillum, Azobacter, Mycorrhiza [].
Non removal of all the pests

[1]

26. In situ conservation:- (i) Identifying regions with high endemism [] (ii). Setting up of
biosphere reserves [] (iii). Sacred groves []

Ex situ conservation:- Zoological parks

[]

Cryopreservation techniques

[]

Plant propagation through tissue culture methods

[]

27. FOAM:- Friends of Arcata Marsh

[1]

a). Conventional sedimentation; fillering, chlorine treatment etc

[1]

b). Appropriate plants, algae fungi; bacteria etc which neutrilise, absorb and assimilate
pollutants
[1]
Section D
28.

1). Eukaryotes have three [] RNA polymerases

RNA polymerase I :- rRNAs []
RNA polymrase II:- mRNA / hnRNA [] (heterogenous)
RNA polymrase III:- tRNA / SnRNA [] (Small nuclear)
2). Primary transcripts contain both exon and intron [] subjected to splicing [] where
introns are removed and exons are joined [] hnRNA undergoes two guanosine
triphosphate [] at 5 end of hnRNA tailing at 3 end [] with adenylate residues []
OR

28.

The frequency of the occurrence [] of alleles of a gene [] on a locus remains the same
throughout generations Gene flow [] Genetic drift [] mutation [] genetic recombination
[] natural selection
[]

Stabilising

[]

Directional

[]

Disruptive

[]

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29. Evaluation of different species [] in a given geographical area [] starting from one point
[] and radiating to other areas [] When more than one adaptive radiation [] occur in
isolated geographical areas [] it is convergent evolution

Seed ferns [] dicotylectons [] monocotyledons [] angiosperms []

30.
a)

Single cell protein:- Microbes grown on industrial scale serving as sources of protein [1]

b)

Tissue culture:- Any plant tissue, kept in nutritive medium being used to grow / generate
a whole plant when given special nutrient in sterile conditions
[1]

c)

Explants:- Any plant part that can generate a whole plant when given nutrient in sterile
conditions
[1]

d)

Micropropagation:- Thousands of plants being produced through tissue culture

e)

Biofortification:- Breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins, minerals, higher proteins,
healthier facts etc.
[1]

[1]

OR
30.
1.

Isolation of DNA

[]

2.

Amplification of DNA using PCR

[]

3.

Denaturation

[]

4.

Separation of DNA fragments by electrophoresis

[]

5.

Southern blotting [] transfer to nitrocellulose membrane

[]

6.

hybridization with VNTR probe

[1]

7.

Detection by autoradiography

[1]