SECTION – A ( 1 mark each)

1. What is common to Rotifers,Turkeys and honey bees with reference to a specific

pattern of reproduction.
2. State the functions of Ribozyme and release factor in the process of protein
synthesis respectively.
3. If there is a history of haemophilia in the family, why is the chance of male
members in the family becoming haemophilic more than that of females.
4. State the economic value of Sachharum officinarum as compared to S. barberi.
5. State what happens when an alien gene is ligated at Sal I site of pBR322.
SECTION –B (2 marks each)
6. Mention any four out-breeding devices that plants exhibit for genetic variation.
7. How is Down’s syndrome different from Turner’s syndrome genetically?
8. What is apomixis?Why is active research going on to understand the genetics of
apomixis?
OR
Social stigma attached to STDs stop the infected persons from getting timely
treatment. What complications do they lead to?
9. Give reason why i. it is necessary to have only one cloning site in a vector
ii. it is essential to have a selectable marker in a cloning vector
10. How is exonuclease different from endonuclease? Give two examples of
endonucleases other than sal I.
SECTION –C ( 3 marks each)
11. Diagrammatically represent the structure of a mature embryo sac in an
angiosperm.
12. How is switching on of genes facilitated once Lactose is introduced in to E coli
culture medium? Name two such other operons found in bacteria.

13. Explain the different phases of menstrual cycle and correlate the phases with
different levels of ovarian hormones in a human female.
14. What are the two key concepts of Darwinian theory? How did industrial
pollution bring about selection in moths over a period of time?
OR
Show graphically how natural selection could lead to stabilization /directional
/disruptive operation on phonotypes?
15.

Identify the type of flowers that the plant has produced.What is its significance?
Which type of flowers will ensure seed formation and why?
16. Why is ABO blood group pattern considered “multiple allelism”?Work out the
cross between a woman homozygous for A group and a man with B group
(heterozygous) .What special pattern does this cross might show?
17. Why is secondary treatment in a STP called biological treatment? Explain
various steps involved in this treatment.
18. Draw a neat diagram of H2L2. Label any 3 major parts. Mention any three
barriers that constitute Innate immunity.
19. Find out the kind of interaction in the following species and highlight its
significance.
i. Mycorrhizae. ii. Goats and Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands
iii. Cuscuta and hedge plants
20. Observe the following graph and answer the questions given below.

a. What do a and b represent in this graph?

b. How do a and b differ from each other with reference to homeostasis?
c. Why can’t many living beings afford to be “b”?

21. What major changes/events that Plasmodium undergo in human body?

22. Provide three reasons that make the count of Prokaryotic species more difficult

SECTION –D
23. Plant breeding department of an agricultural university in UP,after evaluating a
 new genetic variety crop,, allowed it to grow in North Indian fields for one
growing season. They compared it to the best local cultivar and then
commercialized the crop in the country. The crop was a big failure in the fields
of Pondicherry and Telangana.
i. What values are ignored by the researchers in this process?(any two)
ii. What major mistakes are committed by the research organization in this entire
process?( any two)
iii. What is the local cultivar in this process called as?
iv. What is the main aim of producing such new genetic varieties of crop?
SECTION –E (5 marks each)
24. i. What are e-Wastes? Give an example.Why is their effect more on the
population in a developing country like India?
ii. Differentiate between Carbon cycle and Phosphorus cycle( any 3)
OR
Differentiate between the following set of terms related to ecology.
a. Standing state and standing crop b. hibernation and diapause
c.Pioneer species and climax community d. GPP and NPP
e. eurythermal and stenohaline organisms

25. a. Why can’t DNA pass through the cell membrane? How is a bacterial
cell made competent to take up the r DNA?
b. What is Ti plasmid? How does it help in cloning?
c. Name the extensively used bacterium to produce pest resistant varieties using
bio-technology. How can it protect the crops?
OR
a. Explain the mechanism of RNAi. b. What was the challenge in making
genetically engineered insulin? How did Eli lily company overcome this?

26. a. What is central dogma?Who proposed it?

b. Describe Meselson and Stahl’s experiment of semiconservative DNA
replication
OR
Explain the structure of tRNA with the help of a diagram. Describe its role in
the process of translation. How does elongation and termination occur during
this?