KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN HYDERABAD REGION

FIRST PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION - 2015-2016

SUBJECT: BIOLOGY MAXIMUM MARKS: 70

CLASS: XII TIME: 3 HOURS

General Instructions:
1. There are a total of 26 questions and five sections in the question paper All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A contains question number 1 to 5, Very Short Answer type questions of one mark each.
3. Section B contains question number 6 to 10, Short Answer type I questions of two marks each.
4. Section C contains question number 11 to 22, Short Answer type II questions of three marks each.
5. Section D contains question number 23, Value Based Question of four marks.
6. Section E contains question number 24 to 26, Long Answer type questions of five marks each.
7. There is no overall choice in the question paper, however, an internal choice i provided in one question of
two marks, one question of three marks and all three questions of five marks. An examinee is to attempt
any one of the questions out of the two given in the question paper with the same question number.
SECTION A
1. Name the enzyme that transcribes rRNAs in eukaryotes.
2. Name the interaction that exists between Cuckoo(Koel) and Crow.
3. State the chromosomal defect in individuals with Downs syndrome
4. The picture shows the fruit. Label S and P

5. Mention the economic value of Wheat variety-Atlas 66.

SECTION B
6. How does a desert lizard cope with the variations in environment in spite of it lacking the
physiological ability that the mammals have?
7. Which of the following signify convergent evolution and divergent evolution? Give reason.
a) Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita
b) Sweet potato and potato
c) Eye of octopus and eyes of mammals
d) Fore limbs of cheetah and that of whale

8. a) What is pBR322?
b) What are Hind III,EcoRI, BamH I ?
c) What is the difference between ori and rop?
d) Identify the sites where a foreign gene can be inserted.

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9. List out the limitations of Ecological Pyramids.
10. A childless couple has agreed for a test tube baby programme. List only the basic steps the procedure
would involve to conceive the baby.
OR
Write the difference between the tender coconut water and the thick, white kernel of a mature coconut
and their ploidy.
SECTION C

11. Explain PCR with the help of diagram.

12. List three defense mechanisms for in plants against Herbivory.
13. How does the HIV replicate in the immune cells of the AIDS patient?
14.

The above diagram shows human female reproductive system.

(a) Identify I to VI
(b) Write the functions of I and IV in the reproductive process.

15. List the conditions that existed on primitive earth. How were they created in laboratory by S.L.Miller?
OR
State Hardy-Weinberg law. List five factors that affect Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
16. Why are Baculoviruses considered excellent biological control agents
17. a) Gene expression results in the formation of a polypeptide, it can be regulated at
several levels-Write the four levels of regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes.
(b) What is an Operon? Name one operon.
18. Explain Primary succession of plants in hydrophytic habitat until it reaches climax community.
19. Expand MOET. Why is it carried out? Explain the procedure.

20. a)Why is DNA a better genetic material when compared to RNA?

b) What is the central dogma concept in molecular biology and who proposed it
21. List the attributes that populations but not individuals possess. State each one of them.

22. Explain the events in a normal woman during her menstrual cycle on the following days.
(a) Ovarian event from 13-15 days
(b) Ovarian hormones level from 16 to 23 days
(c) Uterine events from 24 to 29 days

SECTION D

23. A youth in his twenties met with an accident and succumbed to the injuries. His parents
agreed to donate his organs. List any two essential clinical steps to be undertaken before
any organ transplant. Why is the transplant rejected sometimes ? What views would you
share with your health club members to promote organ donation?

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 SECTION E
24. a)State the aim of Meselson and Stahls experiments. How did they prove it experimentally?
b) Mention the contribution of following scientists in the field of Genetics
(i) Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin (ii) Erwin Chargaff

OR

(a)When monohybrid cross was performed between two snapdragon plants all pink flowered
Snapdragons were obtained in F1.

(i) Write the genotype of the F1 progeny obtained from this cross.

(ii) Give the genotypes and phenotypes of parents of F1.

(iii) Write the phenotypes and its ratios of the F2 generation obtained if F1 is Self-crossed.

(iv) Name the phenomena.

b) How does the inheritance pattern of Haemophilia differ from that of Sickle cell anaemia?

25. a) Nematode specific genes are introduced into the tobacco plants using Agrobacterium
vectors to develop resistance in tobacco plants against nematodes. State the events
that occurs in tobacco plant to develop resistance.

b) (i) Mention the cause and the body system affected by ADA deficiency in humans.

(ii)Name the vector used for transferring ADA-DNA into recipient cells in humans.
Name the recipient cells.

OR
a) How did Eli Lily Company go about preparing the human insulin?

b) State the principle on which ELISA technique is based. How does it help in early detection of a
disease?
26. Mention the site of fertilization of a human ovum. List the events that follow in sequence until the
implantation of the blastocyst.

OR
(a) Draw a diagram of a fertilized embryo sac of a dicot flower. Label all its cellular components.

(b) Explain the development of a mature embryo from this embryo sac.