BOARDS QUESTION PAPER-BIOLOGY (2023)

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➢ Multiple choice question:- (1 marks)
1) In the following diagram, identify the cells through which massive amounts of gaseous exchange takes
place for photosynthesis:

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

2) During vigorous exercise, the occurrence of cramps in the outer muscles of an athlete is due to the
conversion of pyruvate to:

(a) Glucose (b) Ethanol (c) Lactic acid (d) Lactose

(3) Plants which bear unisexual flowers are:

(a) Mustard and Papaya

(b) Hibiscus and Watermelon

(c) Mustard and Hibiscus

(d) Watermelon and Papaya

(4) When an ‘X’ bearing sperm fertilizes the egg, the resulting zygote has the following combination of
chromosome:

(a) 44+XX (b) 44+XY (c) 22+XX (d) 22+XY

➢ Assertion and reasons:- (1 marks)

1) Assertion: When a bacterium divides into two, and the resultant two bacteria divide again, the four
bacteria produced would be almost similar.

Reason: DNA copying involves small inaccuracies in the reproduction process.

2) Assertion: A person suffering from myopia cannot see the distant objects clearly.

Reason: A converging lens is used for correction of myopia eye as it can form a real as well as virtual
images of the objects placed in front of it.

➢ Very short question:- (2 marks)

1) State the role of the following in the process of digestion:

(a) Bile juice and bile salts

(b) Pancreatic enzymes

2) What will happen i:

(a) Xylem tissue in a plant is removed?

(b) We are injured and start bleeding?

3) (a) Why is it important to prevent oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood from mixing in birds
and mammals?

(b) Which animals can tolerate some mixing of the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood streams? On
what factor does the body temperature of animals depend?

4) Mendel crossed a pure tall pea plant (TT) with a pure short pea plant (tt) and obtained all tall plants in
F1 generation.

(a) What is the gene combination present in the plants of F1 generation?

(b) Give reason why only tall plants are observed in F1 progeny.

(c) What will be the ratio of the plants obtained in the F2 generation when F1 plants are self-
pollinated?

We don’t clean ponds or lakes but an aquarium needs to be cleaned regularly. Why?

➢ Short answer questions:- (3 marks)

1) Explain the directional movement due to growth in response to touch in plant.

2) (a) (i) What is first step in the breakdown of glucose during aerobic respiration and anaerobic
respiration? Where does it take place?

(ii) ATP is called energy currency of the cell. Why?

(iii) What is meant by ‘residual volume of air’ in a breathing cycle?

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(b) Write in sequence the steps for experimental verification of the fact that “sunlight is essential for
photosynthesis”.

3) (a) (i) What is meant by excretion?

(ii) Name the organ that connects the kidneys with the urinary bladder. State its functions.

(iii) List two factors on which the amount of water reabsorbed depends.

OR

(b) (i) In the human respiratory system, name the following:

(I) Part where air is filtered by fine hairs and mucus lining.

(II) Part which separate chest cavity from abdominal cavity.

(III) Balloon like structure where exchange of gases takes place.

(IV) The two large air passages that lead from trachea to lungs.

(ii) List any two characteristics of lungs which make it an efficient respiratory surface.

4) Name the hormone released and the gland which secrets it in human beings during scary situations.
How does the body respond to enable it to deal with the situations?

5) Explain how some harmful chemicals enter our bodies through the food chain. Why is the
concentration of these harmful chemicals found to be maximum in human beings?
➢ Long answer questions:- (5 marks)
1) (a) (i) List three points of difference between nervous and hormonal mechanisms for control and
coordination in animals.
(ii) How are auxins related with the bending of plant shoot towards unidirectional light? Explain.
OR
(b) (i) Name the disorder which a person is likely to suffer from due to the following:
(I) Over-secretion of growth hormone
(II) Deficiency of oestrogen in females
(III) Less secretion of thyroxine
Also name the gland that secretes each of the hormones mentioned above.
(ii) How is the timing and amount of hormone released regulated? Explain with the help of an
example.
➢ Case based questions:-
1) All the reproductive methods of living organisms are broadly categorized into two types:
1. Asexual reproduction, and
2. Sexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction involves the participation of a single parent without the formation of
gametes, fertilisation and transfer of genetic material. This method is a common means of
rapidly increasing
 Off springs under favourable conditions.
(a) Name the type of fission that occurs in Leishmania and Plasmodium.
(b) Write one advantage of sexual mode of reproduction over asexual reproduction.
(c) Give reasons why:
(i) Colonies of yeast fail to multiply in water but multiply in sugar solution.
(ii) Rhizopus individuals do not grow on a dry slice of bread.
OR
(c) Name the filamentous structures a student could identify when he collected water
from a pond that appeared dark green. How do these organisms multiply? Explain.
2) The teacher while conducting practicals in the laboratory divided the students into three groups and
gave them various solutions to find out their pH and classify them into acidic, basic and neutral
solutions.
Group A -- Lemon juice, vinegar, colourless aerated drink
Group B -- Tomato juice, coffee, ginger juice.
Group C -- Sodium hydroxide, sodium chloride, lime water
(a) For the solutions provided, which group is/are likely to have pH value (i) less than 7,
and (ii) greater than 7?
(b) List two ways of determining pH of a solution
(c) Explain, why the sour substances such as lemon juice are effective in cleaning the
tarnished copper vessels.
OR
(c) “pH has great importance in our daily life”. Justify this statem,ent by giving two
examples.