BIOLOGY JJ SIR -SET -5

PRACTICE PAPER SET – 5
[Time: 3 hours] [Full Marks- 70]

SECTION - A
1. Which of the following statements is incorrect about mycorrhizae?
(a) They help in the absorption of phosphorus from the soil.
(b) They represent a symbiotic association between fungi and roots of higher plants.
(c) It helps the plant in developing resistance to root-borne pathogens.
(d) It decreases the yield of the plants.
2. The trait which a father can never pdss on to his son is
(a) autosomal, dominant (b) autosomal, recessive
(c) Y-chromosomal, dominant (d) X-chromosomal, recessive
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of acquired immunity?
(a) It is pathogen-specific. (b) It has memory of the previous encounter with the same pathogen.
(c) It can differentiate between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’ cells/molecules.
(d) All of these
4. Which of the following is not a correct matching pair of the given organism and the kind of interaction shown by it?
5. A frog that feeds on the insects, is a

(a) primary consumer (b) parasite (c) secondary consumer (d) herbivore
6. Arrange the important events in the female reproductive cycle that are given below in their proper natural sequence
and select the correct option.
7. Large holes in Swiss cheese are produced by
8. Significance of ‘heat shock’ method in bacterial transformation is to facilitate

(a) binding of DNA to the cell wall
(b) uptake of DNA through membrane transport proteins
(c) uptake of DNA through transient pores in the bacterial cell wall
(d) expression of antibiotic resistance gene
9. The promoter site and the terminator site for transcription are located at
(a) 5’ (downstream) end and 3’ (upstream) end, respectively of the transcription unit
(b) 5’ (upstream) end and 3’ (downstream) end, respectively of the transcription unit
(c) the 5’ (upstream) end of the transcription unit
(d) the 3’ (downstream) end of the transcription unit
10. The process of mineralisation by microorganism helps in the release of
(a) inorganic nutrients from humus
(b) both organic and inorganic nutrients from detritus
(c) organic nutrients from humus
(d) inorganic nutrients from detritus and formation of humus.
11. When a pollen grain is shed at the 3-celled stage, it contains
(a) one vegetative cell and two generative cells.
(b) one vegetative cell and two male gametes.
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(c) one generative cell and two male gametes
(d) one generative cell and two vegetative cells.
12. Broadly utilitarian argument for the conservation of biodiversity does not include
(a) pollination of plants (b) oxygen evolution by photosynthesis
(c) regulation of climate and water cycle (d) bioprospecting
13. Assertion (A): DNA fingerprinting has an important application in paternity testing in case of dispute.
Reason (R): DNA fingerprinting employs polymorphism in the DNA sequences as the basis and such polymorphisms
are inheritable.
14. Assertion (A): The enzymes exonucleases are not useful in recombinant DNA technology.
Reason (R): Exonucleases make blind ends and not sticky ends.
15. Assertion (A): In most ecosystems, the pyramids of energy, number and biomass are upright.
Reason (R): The producers have more energy and biomass and are more in number than consumers of any level.
16. Assertion (A): Amniocentesis is the pre-natal diagnostic technique to identi& the sex of the foetus and chromosomal
disorders.
Reason (R): Metabolic disorders of the foetus cannot be detected using this method.
SECTION-B
17. Ringworm is one of the most common infectious fungal diseases in humans. Name any two genera of fungi which
cause ringworm and state any of its two symptoms.
OR
Most of the microbes used as biofertilisers are prokaryotes. Name the taxonomic group, they come under. With the
help of an example, mention how theyact as biofertiliser.
18. What is cleistogamy? Write one advantage and one disadvantage of it, to the plant.
19. Study the figures given below and answer the question.
Identify in which of the crosses the strength of linkage between the genes is higher. Give reasons in support of your
answer.
20. Name the type of population interaction seen in each of the following cases:
(a) Disappearance of smaller barnacles when Balanus dominated in the coast of Scotland.
(b) Ascaris worms living in the intestine of human beings.
(c) Clown fish living among the tentacles of sea-anemone.
(d) Lichens harbouring a fungus and a photosynthesising alga or a cyanobacterium.
21. (a) In the year 1963, two enzymes responsible for restricting the growth of bacteriophage in E.coli were isolated. How
did the enzymes act to re the growth of the bacteriophage?
(b) Write the two components of the first artificial recombinant DNA molecule constructed by Cohen and Boyer.
SECTION –C
22. Differentiate between in situ and a situ approaches of conservation of biodiversity that help protect rare and
threatened species.
OR
(a) List any three ways of measuring population density of a habitat.
(b) Mention the essential information that can be obtained by studying the population density of an organism.
23. List any two types of IUDs that are available to human females and state their modes of action as contraceptives.
24. (a) State the differences between the structural genes in a transcription unit of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
(b) Name the positively-charged and the negatively-charged components in a nucleosome.

25. How have biotechnologists effectively used AgrobacteriuM tumefaciens in plants and retroviruses in animals?
Explain.
26. How are primary and secondary immune responses carried out in the human body? Explain.
27. State any three functions of placenta in a human female.
28. Describe the experiment that helped Louis Pasteur to dismiss the theory of spontaneous generation of life.
SECTION – D
Question No. 29 and 30 are case — based questions. Each question has subparts with internal choice in one
subpart.
29. In our body, cell growth and differentiation are highly controlled and regulated processes. In the cancerous or
neoplastic cells, there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to uncontrolled proliferation of cells
resulting in masses of cells, called tumours. Transformation of normal cells into neoplastic cells is often induced by
physical, chemical or biological agents, called carcinogens.
(a) Name and define one regulatory mechanism that normal cells possess, but is lost in cancer cells.
(b) Why are tumour cells dangerous?
(c) Name the two types of tumours and write the differences between them.
OR
(c) What is metastasis? Why is it fatal?
30. A hypothetical tnRNA is showh below. Read the sequence of nucleotides in it and the sequence of amino acids in the
polypeptide translated by it.
Answer the following questions based oil the above:

(a) Write the sequence of nucleotides in the template strand of DNA, along with its polarity, from which this mRNA
has been transcribed.
(b) If the three nucleotides shown by the arrow in the above figure are deleted, what will be the sequence of amino
acids in the new polypeptide translated?
(c) What is the significance of the last codorrX in the mRNA shown. Name two other codons of the same category.
OR
(c) What is special about the first codon, AUG?
SECTION-E
31. Explain how an antibiotic-resistance gene in a cloning vector (plasmid pBR 322) help in selecting the recombinants
from the non-recombinants.
OR
A child is born with a very weak immune system due to the deficiency of an enzyme; it is a hereditary disorder. The
doctor explained to the parents the available methods of treatment and advised for gene therapy.
(a) Identify the deficient enzyme and mention the cause for its deficiency.
(b) What is gene therapy?
(c) Mention the first instance of gene therapy. Name the vector and the recipient cells involved in it.
(d) Name two other methods, the doctor must have explained for the treatment of this disease.
32. (a) A man of blood group A marries a woman of blood group AB. Their first child has blood group B. Deduce the
genotypes of the parents. Give the possible phenotypes and genotypes of the children that will be born to this
couple. (Use a Punnett square).
(b) What are the special features observed in the inheritance of human blood group character?
OR
Explain how Meselson and Stahl experimentally prove that DNA replication is semiconservative.
33. A large number of couples all over the world are infertile. Such infertile couples could be assisted to have children
through certain special techniques, commonly called ‘Assisted Reproductive Technologies’ (ART). Give the technical
term for each of the methods described below:

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PRACTICE PAPER SET – 5

[Time: 3 hours] [Full Marks- 70]

5. A frog that feeds on the insects, is a

7. Large holes in Swiss cheese are produced by

8. Significance of ‘heat shock’ method in bacterial transformation is to facilitate

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Answer the following questions based oil the above:

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