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8.Which among the following statements are false for sexual reproduction in flowering plants?
a) it requires two types of gametes

b) fertilization is compulsory
c) it always results in formation of zygote
d)offsprings are clones
9. In the below figure, parts A, B and C are, sequentially,
a) Cotyledon, plumule and radicle

b) Plumule, radicle and cotyledon
c) Plumule, cotyledon and radicle
d) Radicle, cotyledon and plumule
10.Humans have two different sex chromosomes, X and Y. Based on the Mendel’s laws, a
male offspring will inherit which combination of chromosomes
(a) both the X chromosomes from one of its parents
(b) both the Y chromosomes from one of its parents
© combination of X chromosomes from either of its parents
(d) combination of X and Y chromosome from either of its parents
11.The image shows the male reproductive system outside abdominal cavity.
What will likely happen if testes are located inside the abdominal cavity?
(a) delayed puberty
(b) sperm formation
(c) increase in body temperature
(d) change in genetic composition of sperms
12.A student observes the process of regeneration in Planaria.
The student claimed that the newly formed planarians have identical genome. Which
statement support the claim?
(a) It is a single celled organism.
(b) All planarians share the same genome.
(c) Division in Planaria involves a single parent.
(d) Planaria divides only under unfavourable condition.
18.Assertion (A): Sexual reproduction results in greater genetic variation among
offspring.
Reason (R): Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of gametes from two different
parents, leading to genetic recombination.
19.Assertion : Accumulation of variation in a species increases the chances of its survival
in changing environment.
Reason : Accumulation of heat resistance in some bacteria ensure their survival even when
temperature in
environment rises too much.
2marks:
22.Differentiate between menarche and menopause.
23.‘The seed contains the future plant.’ Why is it said so?
24.Why are the traits acquired during the lifetime of an individual individual and not
inherited?.
26.An elephant learns a trick at the circus.Will his offsprings also know the tricks by birth?
Support your answers with reasons.
3Marks
29.Give the basic features of the mechanism of inheritance.
33.A blue colour flowering plant denoted by BB is cross-bred with that of a white colour
flower plant denoted by bb.
(a) State the colour of the flower you would expect in their F1 generation plants.
(b) What must be the percentage of the white flower plants in the F2 generation if the
flowers of F1 plants are self-pollinated?
(c) State the expected ratio of the genotypes BB and Bb in the F2 progeny.
4marks:
35.Pooja has green eyes while her parents and brother have black eyes. Pooja’s
husband Ravi has black eyes while his mother has green eyes and father has black
eyes.
a. On the basis of the above-given information, is the green eye color a dominant or
recessive trait? Justify your answer.
b. What is the possible genetic makeup of Pooja’s brother’s eye color?

c. What is the probability that the offspring of Pooja and Ravi will have green eyes?
Also, show the inheritance of eye color in the offspring with the help of a suitable
cross.
d. 50% of the offspring of Pooja’s brother are green-eyed. With the help of cross
show how this is possible.
5MARKS
38.Given below are certain situation.Analyse and describe its possible impact on a person:
(a) Testes of a male boy are not able to descend into scrotum during embryonic
development.
(b) Vas deferences of a man is plugged.
(c) Prostate and seminal vesicle are not functional.
(d) Egg is not fertilised in a human female.
(e) Placenta does not attach to the utreus optimally.
ANSWER KEY
8. D) offsprings are clones
9. c) Plumule, cotyledon and radicle
10.Correct Answer: Option (d)
11.a)delayed puberty
12.c)Division in Planaria involves a single parent.
18. Option (a)

19. Option (b)
2marks:
22.• Menarche marks the beginning of the reproductive cycle of a female whereas
menopause marks the end of the reproductive cycle.
• Menarche generally takes place at puberty, i.e., at the age of 12-16 years while menopause
takes place around the age of 45-50 years.
• After menarche, there is an increased amount of production of female sex hormones
whereas after menopause, the secretion of female sex hormones declines and sometimes
completely stops.
23.After fertilization, ovules develops into seeds. These seeds could be monocot (with one
cotyledon) or dicot (with two cotyledon) depending upon the plant variety.
These seeds contain the embryo, plumule, and radicle. Plumule develops in to shoot while
Radicle develops into roots.
24Since changes do not reflect in the DNA of the germ cells, traits acquired over the course
of a lifetime cannot be passed down through future generations. A football player, for
example, cannot pass on his talents to his progeny because they are solely inherited by
non-reproductive cells..
26. Learning a trick at the circus is not an inherited trait.(1)

It is an acqiured trait which cannot br transferred into the progency.So, his
offsprings willl not know the trick by birth.(1)
3marks:
29.The following are some of the fundamental components of the inheritance mechanism:
 Characters are controlled by genes

 Genes can take two or more different forms.
 Genes are found on chromosomes, and one type of gene may be dominant over
another.
 There are two possible versions of a single gene, which may or may not be similar.
 At the time of gamete creation, the gene splits into two forms.
 In the zygote, two gene forms come together.
33.(a)The F1 generation blossom will be blue in colour.
(b) If the F1 generation flowers self-pollinate, then 25% of the F2 generation’s blossoms
must be white.
(c) A 1:2 ratio between the genotypes BB and Bb is anticipated in the progeny of the F2
generation.
4marks:
35.a. Yes, green eye color is recessive as it will express only in homozygous condition.
b. BB or Bb
c. Pooja (bb) x Ravi (Bb)
Gametes: b, b, B, b
Gametes b b
B Bb Bb
b bb bb
Progeny: Bb, Bb, bb, bb - means 50% of the offspring can have green eye color.
d. Pooja’s brother (Bb) x Wife (bb)
Gametes: B, b, b, b
Gametes B b
b Bb bb
b Bb bb
Progeny: Bb, Bb, bb, bb - means 50% of the offspring can have green eye color as per the
cross shown.
5MARKS:
38.a) Sperm formation will be adversely affected because it requires a lower temperature
than the body temperature.
b) Vas deferens is a passage for transfer of sperms, so sperms will not be transferred
further.
c) When prostate and seminal vesicles are not functional, they will not add secretions for
nourishment and medium for the transport of sperms.
d) When an egg is not fertilised in a human female, it lives for about one day. Then, the
thickened lining of the uterus breaks leading to discharge of blood and mucus along with
the unfertilised egg. This is called menstruation.
e) Nutrition and oxygen will not be provided to the growing embryo affecting its growth,
which could have serious implications as well.

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8.Which among the following statements are false for sexual reproduction in flowering plants?

a) it requires two types of gametes

a) Cotyledon, plumule and radicle

© combination of X chromosomes from either of its parents

(d) combination of X and Y chromosome from either of its parents

12.A student observes the process of regeneration in Planaria.

b. What is the possible genetic makeup of Pooja’s brother’s eye color?

18. Option (a)

26. Learning a trick at the circus is not an inherited trait.(1)

 Characters are controlled by genes

33.(a)The F1 generation blossom will be blue in colour.

c. Pooja (bb) x Ravi (Bb)

d. Pooja’s brother (Bb) x Wife (bb)

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