GREENWOOD HIGH
UNIT TEST 1 – MARCH 2024
BIOLOGY
Grade: XII
Date:22/03/24 __________________________________________________________
Maximum Marks: 50
Time Allowed: Two hrs & 15 minutes.
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time).
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This paper is divided into four sections – A, B, C and D.
Answer all questions.
Section – A consists of one question of one mark each.
Section – B consists of seven questions of two marks each.
Section – C consists of four questions of three marks each, and
Section – D consists of three questions of five marks each.
Internal choices have been provided in each in Section B, Section C and Section D.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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SECTION A (9 MARKS)
Question 1
1. In Drosophila, white eye colour is recessive and X-linked, red eye colour is dominant.
A white eyed female is crossed with a red eyed male.
a) The offspring with red eye colour would be:
(i)1 (ii) 0.5 (iii) 0.25 ( iv) zero
b) Which of the following is correct about Drosophila :
(i) Both males and females are homogametic
(ii) Both males and females are heterogametic
(iii) Males are homogametic, females are heterogametic
(iv) Males are heterogametic, females are homogametic
2. State the contribution of the following scientists:
a) Henking
b) Sutton and Boveri
3. Define the terms:
a) Hemizygous
b) Meiocyte
4. Differentiate between parthenocarpy and parthenogenesis.
5. Write the botanical name of the plant:
a) Which flowers once in 12 years.
b) Which produces pollinia.
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6. Differentiate between the following:
a) Oestrous and Menstrual cycle
b) Cleistogamous and chasmogamous flowers.
7. Explain why:
a) Cortical reaction prevents polyspermy.
b) Endosperm is triploid.
8. Assertion: Gametes receives only one allele of a gene.
Reason: During gamete formation, mitosis leads to formation of haploid cells.
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct
explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
9. Identify the type of mutation shown in the figure below, and state its effect:
SECTION B (14 MARKS)
Question 2 [2]
a) Person A has a genotype AABbCc, Person B has a genotype AAbbcc.
Person B has the fairer skin. Explain why. Write a definition of this type of inheritance.
b) A carrier mother and a normal father have a son with haemophilia. Explain this inheritance
using a diagram.
Question 3 [2]
a) State the characteristic feature of a pollen grain, anther and stigma of a plant suited
for pollination by wind.
b) Explain why pollen grains are well preserved as fossils.
Question 4 [2]
A typical angiosperm anther is bilobed and dithecous. Draw a labelled diagram to show
how the anther would look like in a transverse section.
OR
Draw a well labelled diagram of the L S of an anatropous ovule.
Question 5 [2]
Pollen grains are shed either at 2-celled stage or a 3-celled stage.
Trace the cell divisions that a microspore mother cell goes through to produce a 3-celled
pollen grain, naming the cells formed at the end of each cell division.
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Question 6 [2]
The diagram below shows a developmental stage of a human embryo. Answer the
following questions:
a) Identify and name the embryonic stage shown.
b) Mention the exact location of the structure in normal pregnancy of a woman.
c) Write the function of the parts labelled X and Y
d) Name the part labelled Z, which fluid does it contain, from where is this fluid obtained and
what is its function ?
Question 7 [2]
Refer to the Karyotype below.
a) Identify and name the disorder. Write the genotype of the person.
b) State the cause of the disorder.
c) State one characteristic symptom of the disorder.
Question 8 [2]
a) How many meiotic divisions are needed to form 100 grains of wheat?
b) How many ova will be formed from 50 secondary oocytes?
c) How many sperms will be formed from 50 secondary spermatocytes?
d) If a pollen sac has 400 microspores, how many pollen grains would be present if the anther
is dithecous?
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SECTION C (12 MARKS)
Question 9 [3]
The following diagrams represent levels of a hormone produced at a specific time during pregnancy.
For each identify and name the hormone , state its specific function.
Question 10 [3]
Define Pleiotropy. Explain using the example of PKU
Question 11 [3]
Answer the following questions based on the pedigree chart of sickle cell anaemia given below:
a) Is the trait autosomal recessive or sex-linked recessive? Explain the reason for your answer.
b) What type of RBC’s would the parents have?
c) Write the genotype of the Father.
d) Write the phenotype of the child B.
e) What is the 6th amino acid in the (i) normal beta-haemoglobin chain (ii) mutated beta
haemoglobin chain
Question 12 [3]
List the postulates of the Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance.
OR
Describe the types of endosperms in plants, give an example for each type.
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SECTION D (15 MARKS)
Question 13 [5]
Explain the physico-chemical events in Fertilization in human reproduction.
OR
Refer to the diagram below:
a) Identify the process and state where it occurs
b) Identify and name the cells P,Q,R,S
c) State the type of cell division which occurs at stages X and Z
d) Name the process of differentiation from R to S - describe two events in this process.
Question 14 [5]
Explain Dicot embryogenesis. Draw suitable diagrams to accompany your answer.
Question 15 [5]
In the figure given below, parts A and B show the level of hormones which influence the
menstrual cycle. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow:
a) Name the organs which secrete the hormones represented in parts A and B.
b) What is the cause and effect of the LH surge seen just before day 14.
c) What changes due to rising oestrogen levels take place in the (a) ovary (b) uterus during
days 5 to 13? What is this phase called ?
d) Which of the hormones shown in the figure maintains the high oestrogen levels during the
same days as mentioned in the previous question?
e) Explain why there is an increase in progesterone levels after day 14?
f) What is the effect of the decreased level of the hormone’s oestrogen and progesterone by
day 29 of the menstrual cycle.
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