The Urban School Gujrat
2nd Term Exam
PAPER: Biology
Class 8th
Q.1 Choose the Correct Answer.
1. German botanist Matthias Schleiden claimed all plants were made of cell:
(A) 1839 (B) 1838 (C) 1837 (D) 1836
2. For microscope developed by Zacharias Janssen Holland in:
(A) 1593 (B) 1695 (C) 1795 (D) 1895
3. __________ is the structural & functional unit of living organisms.
(A) Tissue (B) Cell (C) Prokaryotic (D) Eukaryotic
4. Phagocytosis means:
(A) Cellular eating (B) Drinking eating (C) Extracellular (D)
5. Cell wall is present in the cell of:
(A) Fungi only (B) Plants only (C) Plants & prokaryotes only (D) All of the above.
6. Cell membrane is made of:
(A) Cellulose only (B) Epithelial (C) protein only (D) Lipids & proteins.
7. Which organelles are covered with a double membrane:
(A) Mitochondria (B) Centriole (C) Ribosomes (D) Vacuoles
8. Organelle involved in protein synthesis:
(A) Ribosomes (B) Vacuole (C) Plastids (D) Golgi apparatus.
9. Organelles which provide energy to a cell:
(A) Golgi apparatus (B) Ribosomes (C) Nucleus (D) Mitochondria
10. Plant tissue which makes new cells?
(A) Meristematic Tissues (B) E-Tissues (C) Ground Tissue (D)
11. Maximum biodiversity found in:
(A) Forest (B) Desert (C) Mountain (D) Grassland
12. Which one of the following is basic unit of classification?
(A) Genus (B) Species (C) Family (D) Order
Section B
Q.2 Attempt any Eight question from the following:
1) Define electron microscope?
2) Define cell theory?
3) What is Cell membrane?
4) What is Mitochondria?
5) Define Plastids & its types?
6) Short note on Cytoskeleton?
7) Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell?
8) What is Osmosis?
9) What is Kingdom Fungi?
10) Define Deforestation?
11) Define Biodiversity?
12) What is the Importance of Biodiversity?
Note: Attempt any two (2) question from the following
Q.3 (i) Write Aims of Classification?
(ii) Write Principles of Classification?
Q.4 (i) Define Two Kingdom System of Classification?
(ii) Define Five Kingdom System of Classification?
Q.5 (i) What are Ribosomes?
(ii) What is Endoplasmic Reticulum?
Q.6 (i) What is Lysosomes & Vacuole?
(ii) Define Diffusion & Plasmolysis?