TSSL PERIODIC ASSESMENT III EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 2023

ACY 2023-24
Subject: BIOLOGY
Subject Code:
SET-1
Maximum Marks: 50 Class –XI Time Allocated: 3 Hours
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Note:
● The question paper comprises of five sections – A, B ,C ,D and E

● All sections are compulsory.

● The Intended marks for each question is given in bracket.

● Answer the questions as per the instructional words counts given for them.

SECTION-A

Q.1: Multiple choice questions/VSA: (16x1=16)

i) In a ring girdled plant

a) The shoot dies first

b) The root dies first

c) Neither shoot nor root dies

d) The root and shoot die together

ii) Casparian strips occur in

a) Cortex
b) Endodermis

c) Epidermis

d) Pericycle

iii) Antigens are typically found in

a. Plasma
b. Cell surface
c. Nuclear membrane
d. None of the above

iv) _________ is the enzyme need for muscle contraction. It is present in Myosin.

a. Actin
b. Trypsin
c. ATPase
d. None of the above

v) Which structures perform the function of mitochondria in bacteria?

a) Mesosomes

b) Ribosomes

c) Cell wall
d) Nucleoid

vi) Which of the following are not membrane-bound?

a) Ribosomes

b) Mesosomes

c) Vacuoles

d) Lysosomes

vii) The most common secondary structure of proteins is

a. β-pleated sheet
b. β-pleated sheet parallel
c. β-pleated sheet non-parallel
d. α-helix

viii) The term enzyme was coined by

a. Urey Miller
b. Pasteur
c. Kuhne
d. Buchner

xi) ____ is the number of DNA in the chromosome at the G2 stage of the cell cycle

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 0
x) The stage which serves as a connecting link between meiosis 1 and meiosis 2

1. Interphase 2
2. Interphase 1
3. Interkineses
4. None of the above

xi) In photosystem I, the first electron acceptor is

a) Plastocyanin

b) Cytochrome

c) Ferredoxin

d) An iron-sulphur protein

xii) In the leaves of C4 plants malic acid formation during carbon dioxide fixation occurs in the
cells of

a) Mesophyll

b) Epidermis

c) Phloem

d) None of these
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion is followed by a
statement of reason.
Mark the correct choice as:

(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.

i) Assertion : Stomata are absent in submerged hydrophytes.

Reason : Respiration occurs by means of air chambers in submerged plants.

ii) Assertion: Smaller cells are usually metabolically active cells.

Reason: Smaller cell nucleocytoplasmic ratio and surface volume ratio is higher.

iii) Assertion: Higher plants have meristematic regions for indefinite growth.
Reason: Higher plants have root and shoot apices.

iv) Assertion: Plants do not have specialised respiratory organs.

Reason: There is very little transport of gases from one plant part to another.
 SECTION-B

Q.2: Very SHORT ANSWER type QUESTIONS (3x2=6)

1. Name the modifications of epidermal cells and the functions performed by them.
2. Difference between Dicot Root and Monocot Root?
3. What are Biomolecules?

SECTION-C

Q.3: SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5x2=10)

1. What is the fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane?

2. What is the classification of angiosperms?

OR

3. Mention the functions of each of the following:

1. Ureters in frog
2. Malpighian tubules
3. Body wall in the earthworm.

SECTION-D

Q.4: CASE-BASED QUESTIONS (2x4=8)

1. The production of offspring by sexual reproduction includes the fusion of two gametes, each with a
complete haploid set of chromosomes. Gametes are formed from specialised diploid cells. This
specialised kind of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half results in the production
of haploid daughter cells. This kind of division is called meiosis. Meiosis ensures the production of
haploid phase in the life cycle of sexually reproducing organisms whereas fertilisation restores the
diploid phase. We come across meiosis during gametogenesis in plants and animals. This leads to the
 formation of haploid gametes. The key features of meiosis are as follows:
 Meiosis involves two sequential cycles of nuclear and cell division called meiosis I and meiosis II but
only a single cycle of DNA replication.
 Meiosis I is initiated after the parental chromosomes have replicated to produce identical sister
chromatids at the S phase.
 Meiosis involves pairing of homologous chromosomes and recombination between non-sister
chromatids of homologous chromosomes.
 Four haploid cells are formed at the end of meiosis II. Meiotic events can be grouped under the
following phases:
Meiosis 1 –Prophase 1 – Metaphase 1 – Anaphase 1 – Telophase 1

Meiosis 1 – Prophase 2 – Metaphase 2 – Anaphase 2 – Telophase 2

1.) Progeny or offspring produced by fusion of two gametes, each gametes contains _________
set of chromosomes.

a) Diploid
b) Haploid
c) Triploid
d) Both a and b

2.) Identify incorrect statement

Statement 1 – Gametes are formed from diploid cells.
Statement 2 – Sexual reproduction includes the fusion of two gametes.
Statement 3 – Meiosis across during gametogenesis in plants and animals.
Statement 4 – Meiosis involves three sequential cycles i.e. prophase, anaphase, telophase.

1.) Only 1
2.) Both 3 & 4
3.) Only 4
4.) None of the above

3.) Define meiosis.

4.) Enlist the cycles involved meiosis.

2.)

In fermentation, say by yeast, the incomplete oxidation of

glucose is achieved under anaerobic conditions by sets of reactions where pyruvic acid is converted to
CO2 and ethanol. The enzymes, pyruvic acid decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase catalyse
these reactions. Other organisms like some bacteria produce lactic acid from pyruvic acid. In animal
cells also, like muscles during exercise, when oxygen is inadequate for cellular respiration pyruvic acid
is reduced to lactic acid by lactate dehydrogenase. The reducing agent is NADH+H+ which is
reoxidised to NAD+ in both the processes. In both lactic acid and alcohol fermentation not much
energy is released; less than seven per cent of the energy in glucose is released and not all of it is
trapped as high energy bonds of ATP. Also, the processes are hazardous – either acid or alcohol is
produced. Yeasts poison themselves to death when the concentration of alcohol reaches about 13 per
cent.
In eukaryotes these steps take place within the mitochondria and this requires O2. Aerobic respiration
is the process that leads to a complete oxidation of organic substances in the presence of oxygen,
and releases CO2, water and a large amount of energy present in the substrate. This type of
respiration is most common in higher organisms.
1.) Under ______________________ condition incomplete oxidation of respiratory substrate
take place.
a) Aerobic
b) Anaerobic
c) Aerobic and anaerobic
d) None of the above
2.) In fermentation process,
a) pyruvic acid is converted to O2 and ethanol
b) pyruvic acid is converted to CO2 and ethylene
c) pyruvic acid is converted to CO2 and ethanol
d) pyruvic acid is converted to CO2 and ethephon
3.) Name the enzyme which facilitate the reactions where pyruvic acid is converted to CO2 and
ethanol.
4.) Name the process which leads to a complete oxidation of organic substances in presence
of oxygen.

SECTION-E

Q.5: LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2x5=10)

1. Explain:

a) Synaptonemal complex

b) Metaphase plate
 2. Explain the different forms of lipids with some examples.

OR

3. List the location in the cell where the following reactions take place during the process
of photosynthesis.

a) Synthesis of NADPH and ATP

b) Photolysis of water

c) CO2 fixation

d) Synthesis of sugar molecule

e) Synthesis of starch