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IPE MID-TERM WORK SCHEDULE

BOTANY
Syllabus & Weightage as per IPE

Chapter VSAQ (2 Marks) SAQ (4 Marks) LAQ (8Marks)

1. The Living 1
World

2. Biological 1 1
Classification

3. Plant 1
Kingdom

4. Morphology 2 1
of Flowering
plants

5. Taxonomy of 1 1
Angiosperms

6. Histology & 1 1
Anatomy of
Flowering
plants

7. Cell-The unit 1 1
of Life

8. Biomolecules 1

9. Cell cycle 1 1
and Cell
Division

Week 1 (14th Oct to 19th Oct):


LAQs:
1. Define root modification. Mention the types of root systems. Explain how root is
modified to perform different functions. (Morphology of Flowering plants)
2. Explain how stem is modified variously to perform different functions.(Morphology of
Flowering plants)
SAQs:
1. Describe the non-essential floral parts of plants belonging to Fabaceae. (Taxonomy
of Angiosperms)
2. Describe the essential floral parts of plants belonging to Liliaceae. (Taxonomy of
Angiosperms)
3. Give economic importance of plants belonging to Fabaceae. (Taxonomy of
Angiosperms)
4. Describe the essential organs of Solanaceae. (Taxonomy of Angiosperms)
5. State the location and function of different types of meristems.( Histology & Anatomy
of Flowering plants)
6. What is the difference between lenticels and stomata? (Histology & Anatomy of
Flowering plants)
7. What is periderm? How does periderm formation take place in the dicot stem?
(Histology & Anatomy of Flowering plants)
8. A transverse section of the trunk of a tree shows concentric rings which are known as
annual rings. How are these rings formed? What is the significance of these rings?
(Histology & Anatomy of Flowering plants)
VSAQs:
Morphology of Flowering plants: Q.1 to Q.10
1. What is meant by pulvinus leaf base? In members of which angiosperm family do you
find them?
2. What is meant by epipetalous condition? Give an example.
3. Differentiate actinomorphic and zygomorphic flower.
4. Differentiate between apocarpous and syncarpous ovary.
5. Define placentation. What type of placentation is found in Dianthus?
6. What is meant by parthenocarpic fruit? How is it useful?
7. Which organ is modified to trap insects in insectivorous plants? Give two examples.
8. Define venation. How do dicots differ from monocots with respect to venation.
9. Differentiate racemose and cymose inflorescence.
10. What is the morphology of cup-like structure in cyathium? In which family it is found?
Taxonomy of Angiosperms: Q. 11 to Q.17
11. What is omega taxonomy?
12. What is geocarpy? Name the plant which exhibit this phenomenon.
13. Write the formula of solanum plant.
14. Give the technical description of anthers of Allium cepa.
15. Explain the scope and significance of numerical taxonomy.
16. What is natural system of plant classification? Name the scientists who followed it?
17. Name the type of pollination mechanism found in the members of Fabaceae.
Week 2 (21st Oct to 26thOct):
LAQs:
Histology & Anatomy of Flowering plants
1. Describe the internal structure of a Dicot root.
2. Describe the internal structure of a Monocot root.
3. Describe the T.S of a Dicot stem.
4. Describe the internal structure of dorsiventral leaf with the help of labelled diagram.
SAQs:
Biological classification: Q.1 to Q.4
1. What are the characteristic features of Euglenoids.
2. Give the salient features and importance of chrysophytes.
3. Give a brief account of Dinoflagellates.
4. Write the role of Fungi in our daily life.
Plant kingdom: Q.5 to 11
5. Differentiate between red algae and brown algae.
6. Differentiate between liverworts and mosses.
7. What is meant by homosporous and heterosporous pteridophytes. Give two
examples.
8. Write a note on economic importance of algae and bryophytes.
9. Give a brief account of prothallus.
10. What is heterospory? Brief comment on its significance. Give two examples.
11. How do you distinguish monocots from dicots?
VSQs:
The living world: Q.1 to Q.7
1. What does ICBN stands for?
2. What is flora?
3. Define the terms couplet and lead in taxonomic key.
4. What is the basic unit of classification? Define it.
5. What is meant by monographs and manuals?
6. Give the scientific name of Mango. Identify the generic name and specific epithet.
7. Which is the largest botanical garden in the world? Name a few well known botanical
gardens in India.
Biological Classification: Q.8 to Q.15
8. How are viroids different from viruses?
9. What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont signify?
10. What do the terms algal bloom and red tides signify?
11. What is the principle underlying the use of cyanobacteria in agricultural fields for crop
improvement?
12. Give the main criteria used for classification by Whittaker.
13. Name two diseases caused by Mycoplasmas.
14. State two economically important uses of heterotrophic bacteria.
15. Who proposed five kingdom classification? How many kingdoms of this classification
contain eukaryotes?
Week 3 (28th Oct)
SAQs:
Cell -The unit of life: Q.1 to Q.9., Cell cycle and cell division: Q.10
1. Briefly describe the cell theory.
2. Differentiate between rough endoplasmic reticulum and smooth endoplasmic
reticulum.
3. What is cytoskeleton? What functions is it involved in?
4. What are nucleosomes? What are they made of?
5. What are the characteristics of prokaryotic cell?
6. Describe the cell organelle which contains chlorophyll pigments.
7. Describe the structure and function of power houses of the cell.
8. Describe the structure of nucleus.
9. Give a brief account of the types of chromosomes based on the position of
centromere.
10. Which division is necessary to maintain constant chromosome number in all body
cells of multicellular organism and why?
VSAQs:
1. What is the significance of vacuole in plant cell?
2. What is the function of polysome?
3. What is referred to as satellite chromosome?
4. What is middle lamella made up of? What is its functional significance?
5. What does ‘S’ refer in a 70 S & 80 S ribosome?
6. Mention a single membrane bound organelle which is rich in hydrolytic enzymes.
7. Give one example for each of amino acids, sugars, nucleotides and fatty acids.
8. Which constituents of DNA are linked by glycosidic bond?
9. What are primary and secondary metabolites. Give examples.
10. Which phase of cell cycle is of longest duration?
11. Which tissue of animals and plants exhibit meiosis?
12. Which of the four chromatids of a bivalent at prophase I of meiosis can involve in
cross over?
13. If a tissue has at a given time 1024 cells. How many cycles of mitosis had the original
parental single cell undergone?
14. An anther has 1200 pollen grains. How many pollen mother cells must have been
there to produce them?
15. At what stage of cell cycle does DNA synthesis occur?

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