MODEL QUESTION PAPER

CLASS XII
BIOLOGY (044)
Maximum Marks: 70 Time: 3 hours

General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section–A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section–B has 5 questions of 2 marks each; Section– C has
7 questions of 3 marks each; Section– D has 2 case-based questions of 4 marks each; and Section–E has 3
questions of 5 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. A student
has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions.
(v) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.

SECTION-A
Q.NO. QUESTION MARKS
1. Write the location and functions of following in human testes 1
(i) Sertoli cells
(ii) Leydig cells
2. Angiosperms bearing unisexual flowers are said to be either monoecious or dioecious. 1
Explain with the help of one example each.
3. Our government has intentionally imposed strict conditions for MTP in our country. Justify 1
giving a reason.
4. British geneticist RC Punnett developed a graphical representation of a genetic cross called 1
‘Punnett Square’. Mention the possible result this representation predicts of the genetic
cross carried.
5. Name the type of cross that would help to find the genotype of a pea plant bearing violet 1
flowers.
6. Name the enzyme that transcribes hnRNA in eukaryotes. 1
7. Why is RNA more reactive in comparison to DNA? 1
8. If the base adenine constitutes 31% of an isolated DNA fragment, then what is the expected 1
percentage of the base cytosine in it?
9. Why is it not possible for an alien DNA to become part of chromosome anywhere along its 1
length and replicate normally?
10. A template strand is given below. Write down the corresponding coding strand and the 1
mRNA strand that can be formed, along with their polarity.
3′- ATGCATGCATGCATGCA TGCATGC-5′
11. Write the hypothetical proposals put forth by Oparin and Haldane. 1
12. State the function of interferons. 1
Question No. 13 to 16 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer
these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is False but R is true.
13. Assertion: Primary productivity varies in different types of ecosystems. 1

Reason: Primary productivity depends on a variety of environmental factors, availability of

nutrients and photosynthetic capacity of plants
14. Assertion: The species diversity present in a given community or habitat is referred to as 1
alpha diversity.
Reason: Alpha diversity is usually expressed by species richness and species evenness in
that community habitat.
15. Assertion: ‘Cry’ proteins are named so because they are crystal proteins. 1
Reason: In acidic environment of insect midgut ‘Cry’ proteins are solubilized and then
release toxic core fragments after proteolytic action.
16. Assertion: There is no chance of malaria to a man on the bite of male Anopheles mosquito. 1
Reason: It carries a non-virulant strain of Plasmodium.

SECTION - B

17. How do monocytes act as a cellular barrier in humans to provide innate immunity? 2
18. Give the scientific name of the source organisms from which the first antibiotic was 2
produced.
19. Write the scientific name of the microbe used for fermenting malted cereals and fruit juices. 2

20. What is the cell that receives a recombinant gene called ? 2

21. What does ‘R’ represent in the given equation for productivity in an ecosystem? 2
GPP – R = NPP
SECTION - C

22. How does a restriction nuclease function? Explain. 3

23. Name two groups of organisms which constitute ‘floes’. Write their influence on the level 3
of BOD during biological treatment of sewage.
24. (i) Explain adaptive radiation with the help of suitable example. 3
(ii) Cite an example where more than one adaptive radiation have occurred in an isolated
geographical area.
Name the type of evolution your example depicts and state why is it so named?
25. Name the three polymerases found in eukaryotic’cells and mention their functions. 3
26. Identify A, B, C and D with reference to gametogenesis in humans, in the flow chart given 3
below

Or
Identify A, D, E and F in the diagram of an antibody molecule given below,

27. A mature embryo sac in a flowering plant may possess 7-cells, but 8-nuclei. Explain with 3
the help of a diagram only.
28. Pollen banks are playing a very important role in promoting plant breeding programme the 3
world over. How are pollens preserved in the pollen banks? Explain. How are such banks
benefitting our farmers? Write any two ways.
SECTION - D

29. A large number of married couples in the world are childless. It is shocking to know that in 4
India, the female partner is often blamed for the couple being childless.
(i) Why in your opinion the female partner is often blamed for such situations in India?
Mention any two values that you as a biology student can promote to check this social evil.
(ii) State any two reasons responsible for the cause of infertility.
(iii) Suggest a technique that can help the couple to have a child where the problem is with
the male partner.

30. Prateek was rushed to a nearby hospital after an accident, which had caused too much 4
blood loss. The hospital failed to supply O negative blood for transfusion. Asif, who was
attending a patient there, heard about the situation and agreed to donate blood as he had the
same blood group. Prateek’s mother initially refused but was later convinced by her
daughter’s view.
(i) Why cannot O positive blood be transfused into Prateek’s body?
(ii) Human blood grouping is an example of?
Or
(ii) Give example of codominance in blood?
(iii) What values do you find in Prateek’s sister and Asif ?

SECTION - E

31. What is a test cross? How can it decipher the heterozygosity of a plant? 5

32. Answer the following questions based on Meselson and Stahl’s experiment on E.coli. 5
(i) Write the name of the chemical substance used as the only source of nitrogen in the
experiment.
(ii) Why did they allow the synthesis of the light and the heavy DNA molecules in the
organism?
(iii) How did they distinguish the heavy DNA molecules from the light DNA molecules?
(iv) Write the conclusion the scientists arrived at, at the end of the experiment.
33. (i) What precaution(s) would you recommend to a patient requiring repeated blood 5
transfusion?
(ii) If the advise is not followed by the patient there is an apprehension that the patient
might contract a disease that would destroy the immune system of his/her body. Explain
with the help of schematic diagram only how the immune system would get affected and
destroyed.