DAV PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ODISHA

PREANNUAL EXAMINATION (2022 - 23)

CLASS - XI
BIOLOGY (044)
Maximum Marks: 70 Time: 3 hours
General Instructions:
i. All questions are compulsory.
ii. The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
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; 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 anyone of the alternatives in such questions.
v. Wherever necessary, neat and properly labelled diagrams should be drawn.
SECTION A
1. Which of the following completely lack a cell wall? [1]
a. Nostoc
b. Anabaena
c. Mycoplasma
d. Mucor

2. Which of the following is a leaf like photosynthetic organ? [1]

a. Hold fast
b. Stalk
c. Stipe
d. Frond

3. Which of the following exhibit alternation of generation (metagenesis)? [1]

a. Hydra
b. Adamsia
c. Obelia
d. Jelly fish

4. Find the correct answer where seeds have separate endosperm. [1]
a. Maize
b. Onion
c. Rice
d. Bean
1. a, b and c
2. a and b
3. b and d
4. c and a

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5. Which of the following structures is not found in prokaryotic cells? [1]
a. Plasma membrane
b. Nuclear envelope
c. Ribosome
d. Mesosome
6. Which of the cell organelle form the basal body of cilia or flagella and Spindle fibres? [1]
a. Nucleus
b. Centrioles
c. Satellite
d. Micro bodies
7. During cell growth, DNA synthesis takes place in [1]
a. G2 phase
b. M phase
c. S phase
d. G1 phase
8. The sequence of cell cycle is [1]
a. S, M, G1 and G2
b. G1, G2, S and M
c. M, G1, G2 and S
d. G1, S, G2 and M
9. The process which makes major difference between C3 and C4 plants is [1]
a. Photorespiration
b. Respiration
c. Glycolysis
d. Calvin cycle
10. Which of the following regions of the brain is incorrectly paired with its function? [1]
a. Cerebrum - calculation and contemplation
b. Medula oblongata - homeostatic control
c. Cerebellum - language comprehension
d. Corpus Callosum - communication between the left and Right cerebral cortices.
11. A patient of diabetes mellitus excreted glucose in urine even when he was kept in a
carbohydrate free diet. It is because - [1]
a. Fats are catabolised to form glucose.
b. Amino acids are catabolism in liver.
c. Amino acids are discharged in blood stream from river.
d. Glycogen from muscles is discharged in bloodstream from liver.
12. Which of the following hormone is a catecholamine? [1]
a. Oxytocin
b. Vasopressin
c. Glucagon
d. Adrenaline

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Question No. 13-16 consists of two statements- Assertion(A) and Reason(R). answer these
questions selecting the appropriate option given below
a) Both assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
b) Both assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) Assertion is false but Reason is true.
13. Assertion: The fungi are widespread in distribution and they even live on or inside other
plants and animals. [1]
Reason: Fungi are able to grow anywhere on land, water or on other organisms because they
have a variety of pigments, including chlorophyll, carotenoids, fucoxanthin and phycoerythrin.
14. Assertion: Lysosomes help in the digestion of foreign particles in the animal cells. [1]
Reason: They have respiratory enzymes.
15. Assertion: Cytokinins are antiaging hormones. [1]
Reason: They cause changes in osmotic potential by increasing the volume of mature cells.
16. Assertion: The imbalance in the concentration of Na+, K+ and proteins generates resting
potential. [1]
+ +
Reason: To maintain the unequal distribution of Na and K , the neurons use electrical energy.
SECTION - B
17. Why are the species considered dynamic groups and not static? [2]
18. Give two identifying features of an adult male frog. [2]
19. What is the significance of Vacuole in a plant cell? [2]
OR;
What is referred to as satellite chromosome?
20. What do you mean by PGR? Name the categories of PGR. [2]
21. Differentiate between Vital Capacity and Total Lung Capacity. [2]
SECTION-C
22. Draw well labelled diagram of a bacteriophage. Name the genetic material present in
bacteriophage. [3]

23. Study the given diagram and answer the following questions [3]

(a)Name the plant . Name its division.

(b)What type of sexuality is found in it?
(c)What does the capsule contain? To which generation does it belong?
24. How is the study of symmetry used in the classification of animals? [3]
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25.Differentiate between the following. (Two differences of each )
(a) Exarch and Endarch xylem
(b)Stem hair and Root hair
(c) Intrafasicular and Interfascicular cambium [3]

26.How do we explain that telophase as the reverse of prophase? [3]

27. a)What is complex IV in ETS of mitochondria ? Mention its components.
b) Write the role of oxygen in electron transport system. [3]
28. In old age people often suffer from stiff and inflamed joints. What is this condition called?
What are the possible reasons for these symptoms? [3]
OR;
a) Rahul exercises regularly by visiting a gymnasium. Of late he is gaining weight. What could
be the reason?
b) The locomotion requires a perfect coordinated activity of different organ systems. Name
them.

SECTION-D
Q. No. 29 & 30 are case based questions. Each question has sub parts with internal choice in one
sub part.
29. A Biology teacher explained students about different fruits and how they differ from
each other as these are formed from different parts of flower or inflorescence. Satisfy the
curiosity of students by answering following queries raised by one of them by studying the
following figure. [4]
a) Which part of the fruit is edible?
b) Write the type of fruit depicted in the diagram.
c) Write the names of A, B, C and D. A
D
OR; B

Write the type of ovary from which the fruit is formed. C

30. Adi's mother often complained of severe headaches, anxiety, shortness of breath and
nose bleeding. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where the doctor checked her blood pressure.
Doctor confirmed it as a case of hypertension and prescribed the medicines to be taken daily.
Doctor also imposed certain restrictions on her diet. [4]
Read the above passage and answer the following questions -
a) Define the term hypertension. What is the normal blood pressure of an individual ?
b) ) What's causes high blood pressure?
c) Why do we call our heart myogenic?
OR
Differentiate between systole and diastole.

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 SECTION - E

31.(a) Draw structure of amino acid alanine .

(b) Give example of two storage polysaccharides.
(c) Differentiate between nucleosides and nucleotides. (Any four differences )
OR [5]
(a)How does the substrate concentration affect the velocity of enzyme reaction?
(b)How is prosthetic group different from cofactor?
.
32. Explain the Hatch and Slack pathways, as well as the C4 pathway, in brief. [5]
OR;
Explain how during light reaction of photosynthesis, ATP synthesis is a chemiosmotic
phenomenon.
33. Explain why in the loop of Henle, the glomerular filtrate gets concentrated in the
descending limbs and diluted in the ascending limbs. [5]
OR
Explain the mechanism formation of urine.

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