BIOLOGY

Science paper-3
(One hour)
Formative Assessment-1, 2025-26
GRADE: X Maximum Marks: 40
Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the paper
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Attempt all questions from Section A and any two questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION A (20 Marks)

(Attempt all questions from this section)
Question 1 Choose the correct answer from each of the four options given below: [5]
(a) One vertical half of a duplicated chromosome is called _______________.
1. Centromere
2. Chromomere
3. Chromatin fibre
4. Chromatid
(b) In a family with two daughters and two sons, one son is colour-blind while
the other son and one of the daughters are normal. Based on this information,
one can conclude that:
1. Father - Colour-blind, Mother- Carrier, Other daughter - Colour-blind
2. Father - Colour-blind, Mother- Normal, Other daughter - Carrier
3. Father - Normal, Mother- Carrier, Other daughter - Carrier
4. Father - Normal, Mother-Colour-blind, Other daughter - Normal

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 (c) Assertion (A) - Offspring inherit traits from both parents but do not always
exactly resemble either of the parents.
Reason (R) - Genetic recombination during meiosis leads to variation in the
combination of genes passed to offspring.
1. Both A and R are true
2. Both A and R are false
3. A is true, but R is false
4. A is false, but R is true
(d) A scientist wanted to conduct a genetic experiment on mice. He cut the tails
of all mice and made them reproduce. What will be the phenotype of the
offspring?
1. All the offspring will be tailless
2. There will be a mix of tailed and tailless offspring
3. All the offspring will have tails
4. Tails of the offspring cannot be predicted
(e) Dolly and Molly are siblings. Dolly can roll her tongue while Molly cannot.
What is the genotype of their parents?
1. Both parents are heterozygous dominant
2. Both parents are homozygous dominant
3. Both parents are homozygous recessive
4. One parent is homozygous dominant and the other is homozygous
recessive
Question 2
(i) Name the following [5]
(a) The proteins that help in the coiling and packaging of DNA
(b) The point of attachment of two sister chromatids
(c) The phase of cell cycle in which DNA replicates
(d) The set of genes present in the cells of an organism
(e) Chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism
(ii) Match the parts given in column A with the most appropriate ones in column B [5]
and rewrite the matching pairs:

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 Column A Column B
1. Human female gamete a. 4 haploid cells

2. Mitotic cell division in human b. 22 + Y chromosomes

male
3. Reduction division in human c. 44 + XY
male
4. Daughter cells after meiosis d. 22 + X chromosome
5. Number of autosomes in a e. 4 diploid cells
cell of human female
f. 22 pairs

(ii) Choose the odd one out from the following terms given and name the category to [5]
which the others belong:
(a) RNA synthesis, DNA replication, protein synthesis, spindle fibre formation
(b) Asexual reproduction in unicellular organism, repair, chromosome number is
halved, replacement.
(c) Nitrogenous base, Nucleosomes, Phosphate, Pentose sugar
(d) Cytosine, Guanine, Uracil, Thymine
(e) G2 phase, M phase, G1 phase, S phase
SECTION B - (20 Marks)
(Attempt any two questions from this section)
Question 3
1 Define Genes [1]
2 State one difference between a dominant and a recessive allele [2]
3 Name the type of cell division required for: [2]
i. Healing of injury
ii. Increase in height
iii. Genetic differences among individuals in next generation
iv. Replace worn out tissue
4 Why do sex-linked diseases like haemophilia affect more males than females? [2]
5 The diagram given below represents a stage in mitosis [3]

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 i. Identify the stage shown above.
ii. Draw the stage in mitosis that precedes the stage shown above.
iii. Mention the number of chromosomes in the stage depicted in ‘i’
Question 4
1 What is mutation? [1]
2 Meiosis is also called reductional division. Explain. [2]
3 Why did Mendel choose pea plants for his experiments? [2]
4 Sneha’s knee was injured while playing. The bleeding stopped in a while and the [2]
wound healed in a few days. What type of cells division did the cells undergo?
Apart from repair, give one more reason, why cells need to divide?
5 If a black-coloured mouse (BB) is crossed with a white-coloured mouse (bb), and [3]
all the offspring in the F1 generation are black. Draw a Punnett for F2 generation
and write the expected phenotypic and genotypic ratio for F2 generation.
Question 5
1 State Mendel’s law of segregation [1]
2 Give one point of difference between cytokinesis in plant and animal cell [2]
3 A homozygous plant having green (G) and inflated (I) pod is crossed with another [2]
homozygous plant having yellow (g) and constricted (i) pod. Give the genotype
and phenotype of F1 generation.
4 Distinguish between karyotype and karyokinesis [2]
5 Observe the image given below and answer the questions [3]

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 i. Name the part labelled ‘A’ in the above image
ii. The diagram represents a certain phenomenon which occurs during
meiosis. Name and explain the phenomenon.

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