MID TERM EXAMINATION (2023-24)

CLASS -XI
SUBJECT_ BIOLOGY(THEORY)
General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five questions and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section-A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section-B has 5 questions of 2 mark each; Section-
C has 7 questions each; Section-D has 2 case -based questions of 4 mark each; and Section-E
has 3 questions of 5 mark 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) Whenever necessary, neat and properly labelled diagrams should be drawn.

SECTION -A
M.M-70

Question: -1 Pick out the protist which causes red tide in the ocean: TIME-3 hrs.

(a) Euglena (b) Trypanosoma

(a) Gonyaulax (d) Paramecium

Question: -2 Hold fast, stipe and fronds can be differentiated in the body of algae of

(a) Rhodophyceae (b) Phaeophyceae

(c) Chlorophyceae (d) All of these

Question: -3 The amoeboid protozoan and the sporozoan protist that are parasitic on human being are
respectively.

(a) Plasmodium and Trypanosoma (b) Entamoeba and Plasmodium

(c) Trypanosoma and Entamoeba (d)Entamoeba and Trypanasoma

Question: -4 Which of the following is not a Pteridophyte?

(a) Lycopodium (b) Funaria

(c) Dryoptris (d) Salvinia

Question: - 5 Middle lamella contains

(a) Chitin (b) Lignin

(c) Pectin (d) Cellulose

 Question: -6 The thalloid body of slime moulds is called?

(a) Mycelium (b) Protonema

(c) Plasmodium (d) Apocarp

Question: -7 What is Common among rust fungi, smut fungi and Mush rooms?

(a) They are fungi and mushrooms (b) They are all pathogens

(c) They bear ascospores (d) They all Produce basidiospores

Question: -8 Pick out the fungus that is parasitic on mustard plants.

(a) Ustilago (b) Puccinia

(c) Albugo (d) Rhizopus

Question: -9 Which of the following Combinations of Characters is true for slime mould?

(a) Parasitic Plasmodium without cell wall, spores dispersed by wind.

(b) Saprotrophic plasmodium without cell wall, spores dispersed by wind.

(c) Parasitic plasmodium without cell wall spores dispersed by water.

(d) Saprotrophic plasmodium with cell wall, spores dispersed by water.

Question: -10 Casparian thickenings are found in the

(a) Pericycle of roots (b) Endodermis of roots

(c) Pericycle of stems (d) Endodermis of stems

Question: -11 Which of the following organisms is correctly matched with its particular taxomic category?

(a) Tiger - tigris, species (b) Human - Primata, family

(c) Housefly - Musca, order (d) Mango - Sapindales, family

Question: -12 Dryopteris differs from funaria in having.

(a) Motile antherozoids (b) Vascular tissues

(c) Archegonia (d) A dominant gametophyte

 SECTION - B

Question: - 17 Differentiate between phaeophyceae and chlorophyceae.

Question: -18 Match the items of column 1 with those of column 2.

Column 1 Column 2

A. Spirogyra 1. Liverwort
B. Ectocarpus 2. Rhodophyceae
C. porphyra 3. Chlorophyceae
D. Marchantia 4. Phaeophyceae

Question: -19 Why are stilt roots produced by certain plants? give two examples of such plants
.
Question: -20 mention any four features characteristically present in the animals belonging to
phylum Mollusca.
 Question: -21 Name and differentiate between the types of inflorescence shown in (A) and (B)

SECTION-C

Question:22- (a) All vertebrates are chordates, but all chordates are not vertebrates, justify the
statement. b) How important is the presence of air bladder in Pisces?

Question: -23(a) Why are deuteromycetes called imperfect fungi?

(b) What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont signify.
(c) Name a phycomycete that is parasitic on mustard.

Question: -24 Describe the blood vascular system of a frog and explain?

Question: -25 Explain the following terms with reference to parts of flowers. With
examples
(a)Actinomorphic (b) Gamosepalous (c) Syncarpous

Question: -26a) Draw a diagram of the structure of a portion of a dicot root as seen in a
transverse section. Label six parts in it.
b) What is aestivation? Represent any two types with diagrams.

Question: -27 (a)Write any four characteristic features of Cyclostomate.

(b)Mention the level of organization in.
(i)Ctenophora (ii)porifera

Question: -28 (a)Write any four differences between phycomycetes and basidiomycetes.
(b) name an ascomycete that is
(i)unicellular
(ii)extensively used in genetic studies.
 SECTION -D
Question: -29 Roots in some plants change their shape and structure and become modified to perform
functions other than anchorage and absorption and conduction of water and minerals they are modified
for storage, respiration, additional support, etc.
a) Name two types of roots that provide additional support to plants and give an example of each b)
Name the types of roots that help to get atmospheric oxygen for respiration. Give an example.
.
Question:30- The anatomy of monocot roots is like the dicot roots in many aspects it has the same tissues
as epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle, vascular bundles, Pith, etc. Yet it differs from dicot
differs from dicot roots.
. a) Write any three features in which the monocot roots differ from that of dicot roots
b) How will you differentiate root with a stem microscopically

SECTION-E
Question: -31 (a) Write any four distinguishing features of phylum Echinodermata
(b) How do animals of urochordata differ from those of cephalohordate with reference to
notochord?
c)

A) identify the animal and the phylum it belongs to.

B) How are the animals of the phylum, commonly referred to?
C)Name the parts labelled as A. What is their function?
D)Write the characteristics of fertilization and development in these animals.

Question: -32 Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane? Describe the same with the
help of a labelled diagram.

Question:33-a) Describe the cartwheel organization of a Centriole.

b ) Mention any four characteristics of prokaryotic cells.
c) Name the cell organelles/ Structures included in the endomemdeane system of cell.
d) Why the concentration of certain ions is higher inside the vacuole than in cytoplasm.
e) Golgi bodies are found nearer to ER in a Cell. Why?
F) What is tonoplast.
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