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Sample Paper 03
Class XII 2024-25
Biology (044)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.

SECTION - A

Q. No. 1 to 12 are multiple choice questions. Only one of the choices is correct. Select and write the correct
choice as well as the answer to these questions.

1. When a natural predator (living organism) is applied on the other pathogen organisms to control them,
this process is called
(a) biological control (b) genetic engineering
(c) artificial control (d) confusion technique

2. Percentage of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) in the incident solar radiation is

(a) 1 - 5% (b) 2 - 10%
(c) less than 50% (d) approx. 100%

3. Mendel formulated the law of purity of gametes on the basis of

(a) monohybrid cross (b) dihybrid cross
(c) test cross (d) back cross

4. Study the given figure carefully and select the incorrect statements regarding this.

(i) It represents a typical agarose gel electrophoresis in which lane 1 contains undigested DNA.
(ii) Smallest DNA bands are formed at A and largest DNA bands are formed at B.

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(iii) The separated DNA fragments can be visualised after staining in the visible light.
(iv) The separated DNA bands are cut out from the agarose gel and extracted from the gel piece. This
step is known as elution.
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (ii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

5. In fruit flies, long wing is dominant to vestigial wing. When heterozygous long-winged flies were crossed
with vestigial-winged flies, 192 offsprings were produced. If an exact Mendelian ratio had been obtained,
then the number of each phenotype would have been

Long-winged Vestigial-winged
(a) 64 128
(b) 96 96
(c) 128 64
(d) 192 0

6. During the life cycle of Plasmodium, sexual reproduction takes place in which of the following hosts?
(a) Human (b) Female Anopheles mosquito
(c) Male Anopheles mosquito (d) Both (a) and (b)

7. A population has more young individuals compared to the older individuals. What would be the status
of the population after some years?
(a) It will decline. (b) It will stabilise.
(c) It will increase. (d) It will first decline and then stabilise.

8. Which one of the following is a population ?

(a) A spider and some trapped flies in its web.
(b) Earthworm that lives in a grassland along with other arthropods.
(c) All the plants in a forest.
(d) All the oak trees in a forest.

9. Embryo with more than 16 blastomeres formed due to in vitro fertilisation is transferred into
(a) uterus (b) fallopian tube
(c) fimbriae (d) cervix.

10. A foreign DNA and plasmid cut by the same restriction endonuclease can be joined to form a recombinant
plasmid using
(a) EcoR I (b) Taq polymerase
(c) DNA polymerase III (d) ligase

11. If the energy produced at the level of the producers is 1000 J, the energy available for the secondary
consumers is
(a) 1000 J (b) 100 J
(c) 10 J (d) 1 J

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12. Identify the blank spaces A, B, C and D in the given table and select the correct option.

Type of microbe Scientific name Product Medical application

Fungus A Cyclosporin A B
C Monascus Purpureus Statin D
(a) A-Trichoderma polysporum, B-As an immunosuppressive agent, C-Yeast (Fungus), D-Lowering of
blood cholesterol
(b) A-Trichoderma polysporum, B-Lowering of blood cholesterol, C-Yeast (Fungus), D-As an
immunosuppressive agent
(c) A-Penicillium notatum, B-Lowering of blood cholesterol, C-Bacteria, D-As an immunosuppressive
agent
(d) A-Streptococcus, B-As an immunosuppressive agent, C-Bacterium, D-Lowering of blood cholesterol

13. Assertion : There are 32 biodiversity hotspots in the world.

Reason : High level of species richness is a criteria for selection of a biodiversity hotspot.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

14. Given below is the representation of the DNA fingerprinting depicting the amplified repeats separated
by size using gel electrophoresis. Study the given picture and comment upon the appropriateness of the
Assertion and Reason.

Assertion : It shows that individual B commits the crime.

Reason : The banding pattern of DNA from crime scene (C) matches with individual B rather than A.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

15. Assertion : Only the pre-pollination growth of male gametophyte occurs inside the microsporangium
whereas the remaining growth occurs over the female reproductive organs.
Reason : Whole of the growth of female gametophyte occurs inside the megasporangium.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

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16. Assertion : The regions outside the seminiferous tubules are called interstitial spaces, which contain
Leydig’s cells.
Reason : Leydig’s cells synthesise and secrete testicular hormones called androgens.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

SECTION - B
17. (i) What is biopiracy?
(ii) State the initiative taken by the Indian parliament against it.


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What is micro propagation? What are the advantages of producing plants through this technique.

18. Explain why it is scientifically incorrect to blame the mother for bearing female child.

19. Why is fertilisation in an angiosperm referred to as double fertilisation? Mention the ploidy of the cells
involved.

20. (i) Name the scientist who suggested that the genetic code should be made of a combination of three
nucleotides.
(ii) Explain the basis on which he arrived at this conclusion.

21. (i) Mention the significant role of the thymus as a lymphoid organ.
(ii) What kind of cells are released from thymus and how they help in immunity?

SECTION - C
22. Explain the work carried out by Cohen and Boyer that contributed immensely in biotechnology.

23. Study the age pyramids ‘A, ‘B’ and ‘C’ of the human population given below and answer the questions
that follow :

(i) Identify pyramids ‘B’ and ‘C’.

(ii) Write the basis on which the above pyramids are plotted.


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Draw and explain expanding age pyramid of human population. Why is it so called?

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24. With reference to the following schematic diagram of (i) Spermatogenesis and (ii) Oogenesis, answer the
following questions.

(i) (ii)

(i) About 300 million spermatozoa may be present in a human male ejaculation at one time. Calculate
how many primary spermatocytes will be involved to produce this number of spermatozoa.
(ii) How many spermatids will be formed?
(iii) How many chromatids are found during oogenesis in primary oocyte and first polar body in a human
female?

25. Differentiate between homology and analogy. Give one example of each.

26. (i) Identify the structure shown below.

(ii) Mention the difference in the synthesis based on the polarity of the two template strands.

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27. Large quantities of sewage is generated everyday in cities and towns, which is treated in Sewage Treatment
Plants (STPs) to make it less polluted. Given below is the flow chart of one of the stages of STP.
Observe the given flow chart and answer the questions accordingly.

(i) Why primary effluent is passed into large aeration tanks?

(ii) Write the technical term used for the sediment formed? Mention its significance.
(iii) Explain the final step that results in the formation of biogas in the large tank before the treated
effluent is released into water bodies.

28. How is detritus decomposed step-by-step by different agents and made available as nutrients to the
plants? Explain.


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(i) Describe the events during humification and mineralisation during decomposition in the soil.
(ii) Enlist the conditions affecting the rate of decomposition.

SECTION - D

Question No. 29 and 30 are case based questions. Each question has subparts with internal choice in one subpart.

29. The data below shows the concentration of nicotine smoked by a smoker taking 10 puffs/ minute.

(i) With reference to the above graph explain the concentration of nicotine in blood at 10 minutes.
(ii) How will this affect the concentration of carbon monoxide and haembound oxygen at 10 minutes?
(iii) How does cigarette smoking result in high blood pressure and increase in heart rate?


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How does cigarette smoking result in lung cancer and emphysema?

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30. A geneticist crosses round yellow seeded pea plant to wrinkled green seeded pea plant and observed the
inheritance of both traits as per the following pattern. He collected total 1600 seeds in F2 generation.

(i) What would be the total number of seeds that are homogenous for yellow colour and heterogenous
for round seed shape?
(ii) What phenotypic ratio would be obtained if the plants of F1 generation would be crossed with
homogenous wrinkled green seeded plant?
(iii) How many seeds would be homogenous for wrinkled yellow and wrinkled green?


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Explain the “law of independent assortment” according to the given dihybrid cross.

SECTION - E
31. Refer to the given diagram that shows the human male reproductive system (one side only).

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(i) Identify ‘X’ and write its location in the body.

(ii) Name the accessory gland ‘Y’ and its secretion.
(iii) Name and state the function of ‘Z’.


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Draw a sectional view of human ovary and label the following parts:
(a) Primary follicle
(b) Secondary oocyte
(c) Graafian follicle
(d) Corpus luteum
(ii) Name the hormones influencing follicular development of corpus luteum.

32. Answer the following questions regarding origin of life.

(i) Who proposed Modern theory of origin of life?
(ii) Which compound was formed in S. Miller’s dassic experiment of origin of life?
(iii) Which compound was absent in primitive atmosphere?
(iv) Name two views of the modern theory of origin of life.


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(i) How do the observations made during moth collection in pre- and post-industrialised era in England
support evolution by natural selection?
(ii) Explain the phenomenon that is well represented by Darwin’s finches other than natural selection.

33. Describe the role of heat, primers and the bacterium Therm us aquaticus in the process of PCR.


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Why is a recombinant protein so called? How can it be harvested on a large scale? Write two precautions
to maintain a higher yield.

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