DAV Public School, Gandhi Nagar (CCL), Ranchi
(Unit Test - III, 2024- 2025)
Class: XI
Time: 1 Hour
Subject: Biology (Main) M.M.: 25
General Instructions:
() All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks are indicated against each question.
Q1. Choose the correctopion
i) 1x5=5 marks
The stage during which separation of paired homologous
(a) Diakinesis chromosomes begins is:
(b) Diplotene
(c) Pachytene (d) Zygotcne
(ii) The complex formed by a pair of synapsed
(a) Kinetochore
homologous chromosomes is called:
(b) Bivalent
(c) Axoneme () Equatorial plate
(ii) Which of the following is not a characteristic feature
cells? during mitosis in somatic
(a) Synapsis (b) Spindle fibres
(c) Disappearance of nucleolus (d) Chromnosome movement
(iv) Phosphenol pyruvate (PEP) is the primary CO2 acceptor in:
(a) C3 plants (b) C4 plants
(c) Ç2 plants (d) C3 and C4 plants
(v) Oxygen is not produced during photosynthesis by:
(a) Cycas (6) Nostoc
(c) Green Sulphur bacteria (d) Chara
Q2. Answer the following questions.
2x3 = 6 marks
() What is crossing over? Nane the enzyme involved in this
(i) What is quiescent stage? What happens during this stage? process.
(iii) What is cyclic photophosphorylation? How does it differ
photophosphorylation?
from noncyclic
Q3. Answer the following questions, 3 x3 =9
Write significance of meiosis marks
3(ii) What is photorespiration? Why goes it not õccur in C4 viants?
s(ii) What are accessory pigments? yhat role do they plav?
Q4. Draw Z scheme of 1ight reaction.
OR
Explain various stages of mitosis.
5 marks