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All the questions are compulsory.

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For questions having more than one part the answers to those
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What is the ploidy of endosperm in angiosperms ?

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What is colostrum ?

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Write the name of the Theory of Inheritance given by Walter Sutton.

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What are mutagens ?

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Differentiate between Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus primates.

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Write the full form of BOD.

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Write the name of bacteria which converts milk to curd.

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Pomato plant is formed by the protoplast fusion of which two plants ?
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What is the name of the sequence of base pairs which reads same on
the two strands of DNA when orientation of reading is kept same ?

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Write the scientific name of the bacteria that produces Bt toxin.

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Give one use of biotechnology in the field of medicine.

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12.

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Write one harmful effect of deforestation on environment.

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Why are catalytic converters used in automobiles ?

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Why are the chances of survival of young ones of viviparous animals
greater than oviparous animals ? Explain with reasons.

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Give the names of four reproductive events that occur after puberty in
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human beings.
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If the doctor forgets to tie vas deferens of right side during vasectomy,
then what will be the effect on sterilisation ?

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If the sequence of one strand of DNA is as follows
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then write the sequence of m-RNA formed on this basis.
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What is genetic equilibrium ? Write any four factors affecting Hardy4

Weinberg equilibrium.
19.

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Explain with examples the uses of microbes in production of fermented
beverages.

20.

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Explain in brief the processes of Dairy farm management.

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If diabetic patients are given unprocessed pro-insulin, then what will
be its effect ?

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Explain the difference between predation and parasitism.

23.

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Explain four basic processes due to fluctuation in density of a
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population in a given habitat.

24.

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Explain any two reasons of biodiversity loss.

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Differentiate between In-situ conservation and Ex-situ conservation.
1+1=2
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Describe pollen-pistil interaction in detail.

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Explain the mechanism of sex-determination in humans.

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What is bioreactor ? Explain its functioning.

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Explain the use of Agrobacterium tumifaciens in gene cloning.

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What is genetic code ? Write its four salient features. Draw a diagram
of t-RNA.

1+2+1=4
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What is Human Genome project ? Write the salient features of Human

genome project. Draw a representative diagram of Human genome
project.
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Draw a diagram of replication of retrovirus. Write the full name of
AIDS pathogen. How is it transmitted ? Explain the symptoms of AIDS
in human beings.

1+1+1+1=4
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Write the name of pathogen of typhoid. Explain the life cycle of

malarial parasite with the help of labelled diagram.
30.

1+2+1=4

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What do you understand by energy flow in an ecosystem ? Explain
energy flow through different trophic levels. Draw line diagram of a
food chain.

1+2+1=4
OR

What do you understand by ecological pyramid ? Explain pyramid of

biomass in a grassland with the help of a diagram.

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