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ु म ांक/ROLL NO सेट / SET: 03

केंद्रीय विद्य लय सांगठन ,जयपरु सांभ ग

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, JAIPUR REGION

अभ्य स पत्र /Practice Paper :2024-25

कक्ष / CLASS: XII

विषय /SUB: जीि विज्ञ न / BIOLOGY (कोड / CODE:044)

अधिकतम आिधि / Time Allowed: 3 Hours अधिकतम अांक / Maximum Marks: 70

स म न्य ननर्दे श / General Instructions:

(i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions.
(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
1 The technique called Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) is recommended for those females : 1
a) who cannot produce an ovum
b) who cannot retain the foetus inside uterus
c) who cannot provide suitable environment for fertilization
d) all of these
2 From the sexually transmitted diseases mentioned below, identify the one which does not 1
specifically affect the sex organs.
a) Syphilis
b) AIDS
c) Gonorrhea
d) Genital warts
3 Example of free living bacteria is- 1
a) Glomus
b) Azospirillum
c) Rhizobium
d) Nostoc
4 What is the beneficial role of LAB in our stomach? 1
a) Causing souring of milk by decreasing nutritional quality
b) Increases the amount of vitamin-D
c) Checks disease causing microbes
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 d) It produces alkali which coagulate and partially digest the milk proteins
5 ‘Smack’ is a drug obtained from the 1
a) latex of Papaver somniferum
b) leaves of Cannabis saliva
c) flowers of Datura
d) fruits of Erythroxylum coca.
6 Restriction endonucleases are most widely used in recombinant DNA technology. They are 1
obtained from :
a) Plasmids only
b) All kind of prokaryotic cells
c) Bacteriophages
d) Bacterial cells
7 Given below are stepsinvolved in the gene therapy of a patient with adenosine 1
deaminase (ADA) deficiency.
P) Lymphocytes are grown in a culture outside the human body.
Q) Lymphocytes are altered with a functional ADA cDNA.
R) Lymphocytes are collected from the blood of the patients.
S) The genetically modified lymphocytes are infused back into the patient.
Which of the following show the correct order in which these steps must occur?
A. Q --> P --> R --> S
B. R --> S --> Q --> P
C. R --> P --> Q --> S
D. S --> R --> P --> Q
8 Biolistics technique is suitable for : 1
a) introducing rDNA into plant cells
b) introducing rDNA into animal cells
c) disarming the pathogen vectors
d) DNA fingerprinting.
9 Which of the following would necessarily decrease the density of a population in a given habitat? 1
a) Natality > mortality
b) Immigration > emigration
c) High Mortality and emigration
d) High Natality and immigration
10 What parameters are used for tiger census in our country’s national parks and sanctuaries? 1
a) Pug marks only
b) Pug marks and faecal pellets
c) Faecal pellets only
d) Actual head counts
11 A child observed bitter gourd vine intertwined and climbing around an Ashoka tree. This 1
relationship between a climber and the tree corresponds to:

(A) Neutralism
(B) Commensalism
(C) Parasitism
(D) Mutualism
12 Which of the following ecological pyramids is generally inverted? 1
a) Pyramid of biomass in a sea
b) Pyramid of numbers in grassland
c) Pyramid of energy
d) Pyramid of biomass in a forest
Question No. 13 to 16 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these
questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
A. If both Assertion (A) and Reason(R) are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. If both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. If statement A is true but R is false and
D. A is False but R is true.

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 Assertion : In human male, testes are extra-abdominal and lie in scrotal sacs.
13 Reason : Scrotum acts as thermoregulator and keeps testicular temperature lower by 2°C for 1
normal spermatogenesis.
Assertion : Cross of F1 Progeny of Mendelian monohybrid cross with recessive homozygous
14 parent is called as test cross. 1
Reason : No recessive individual are obtained in the monohybrid test cross progeny.
Assertion: A good example of multiple alleles is ABO blood group system.
15 Reason: When IA and IB alleles are present together in ABO blood group system, they both 1
express their own.

Assertion: At global level, India is regarded as one of the mega biodiversity country.
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Reason: India has 8.1% of land area of the world but its share of global diversity is 2.4%.

SECTION B
17 After a brief medical examination a healthy couple came to know that both of them are unable to 2
produce functional gamete and should look for an ART (Assisted reproductive technique). Name
the ART and the procedure involved that you can suggest to them to help them bear a child.

Or

Study the given diagram-

A is an embryonic stage that gets transformed into B, which in turn gets implanted in the
endometrium in human females.
a) Identify A and B
b) State the fate of C and D in the course of embryonic development in humans.

18 State any two differences between the structural genes in transcription unit of Prokaryotes and 2
Eukaryotes.
Or
What is DNA fingerprinting? Mention its application.
19 In Snapdragon, a cross between true-breeding red flowered (RR) plants and true-breeding white 2
flowered (rr) plants showed a progeny of plants with all pink flowers in F1 generation. After
selfing the F1 progeny, 600 seeds were obtained in F2 generation. Calculate the number of
plants which
a) will bear white flowers in F2 generation and number of plant having genotype Rr.
b) Why are F2 genotypic and phenotypic ratios same in this case?
20 There are many animals that have become extinct in the wild but continue to be maintained in 2
zoological parks.

i) What type of biodiversity conservation is observed in this case?

ii) Explain any other two ways which help this type of conservation.
21 a. Why do pollen grains of some flower trigger sneezing in some people? 2
b. How do cytokine barriers provide immunity in humans?
SECTION C

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 a. A mature embryo sac in a flowering plant possesses 7-cells but there are 8-nuclei. Draw
22 suitable diagram of embryo sac and label all parts. 3
b. What is the fate of cell having two nuclei in this structure?
23 Banana and many citrus fruits are formed without fertilisation. 3
(a) Name the process of fruit/seed formation in both.
(b) Mention ONE similarity and ONE difference between the two processes.
Is it possible that a normal boy (not colour blind) is born from a colour blind mother? Work out a
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cross to show its possibility or non-possibility.
State THREE advantages of using Drosophila asthe model organism for studying
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genetics as compared to Mendel's pea plant.
26 (i) Name the infective stage of Plasmodium which Anopheles mosquito takes in along with the 3
blood meal from an infected human.
(ii) Why does the infection cause fever in humans?
(iii) Give a flow chart of the part of the life cycle of this parasite passed in the insect.

27 Decomposition is the process of breakdown of complex organic matter into inorganic substance. 3
Describe the basic steps involved in process of decomposition?
28 Study the diagram given below and answer the following questions. 3

(i) Why have DNA fragments in band D moved farther away in comparison to those in
band C?
(ii) Identify the anode end in the diagram.
(iii) How are these DNA fragments visualized?
SECTION D

29 According to Hardy Weinberg principle, the allele frequencies in a population are stable and 4
remain constant through generations. When the frequency differs from the expected values, the
difference indicates the extent (direction) of evolutionary change. Disturbance in the genetic
equilibrium or Hardy Weinberg equilibrium in a population can be interpreted as resulting in
evolution.
i). Write the correct expression for Hardy –Weinberg ‘s law?
ii). In a population of 1000 individuals, 360 belong to genotype AA, 480 to Aa and the remaining
160 to aa. Based on this data, what will be the frequency of allele A in the population ?
iii) Mention any four factors which may lead to deviation from Hardy –Weinberg equilibrium?
Or
iii) What is Genetic drift?

30 Villagers in a place near Chambur started planning to make power supply for agricultural purposes 4
from cow dung. They started a biogas plant for the purpose. Study the flow chart for biogas
production given below and answer the following questions.

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 (a) what is Biogas composed of majorly ?
(b) Why biogas production is more suitable in rural areas?
(c) What is KVIC?
(d) Which group of archaebacteria convert organic matter to biogas?
OR
(d) If cow dung slurry is not added in the procedure what will happen?

SECTION E
31 a) Draw diagram of human male gamete and mark the following regions:
1. bearing lots of mitochondria
2. carrying enzymes which help in fertilization of ovum
b) Spermatogenesis in human males is a hormone regulated process. Justify
OR 5
Explain the events in a normal woman during her menstrual cycle on the following days
(i) Pituitary hormone levels from 12 days.
(ii) Uterine events from 13-15 days
(iii) Ovarian events from 16-23 days.
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Describe the experiment that helped demonstrate the semi-conservative mode of DNA
replication. Why did the Scientist use a heavy isotope of Nitrogen during this experiment?
OR
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(i) Why does DNA replication occur in small replication forks and not in its entire length?
(ii) Why is DNA replication continuous and discontinuous in a replication fork?
(iii) State the importance of origin of replication in a replication fork
33 (a) What are genetically modified organisms? 5
(b) Transgenic mice models are preferred over human models to study several
human diseases such as Alzheimer's. Is this statement TRUE? Give a reason to support your
answer.
(c) How is the model organism modified before being used for chemical safety testing?
(d) What is the benefit of the modification identified in (c)?

OR

Vectors containing the foreign DNA have to be forced into host cells that are
made competent to do so. A common method is to first treat host cells with
calcium chloride and then incubate these cells on ice. This is followed by briefly
placing them at 42 °C and then putting them back on ice. This enables the host
cells to take up recombinant DNA and is called the heat shock treatment.
(a) Explain why DNA vectors CANNOT pass through the cell membrane like other
molecules such as oxygen.
(b) Calcium from a CaCl2 solution binds to DNA making it easier for them to enter
a cell. Why?
(c) Why does the heat shock treatment make the membrane porous allowing
for easy uptake of DNA?.

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