SET-I

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RUBY PARK, KOLKATA

BLOCK TEST [2020-21]
Class – XI

Time: 3 Hours Subject: Biology (044) Maximum Marks: 70

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. There are a total of 27 questions and five sections in the question paper. All questions are
compulsory.
2. Section A contains question numbers 1 to 5, multiple choice questions of one mark each.
Section B contains question numbers 6 to 12, short answer type I questions of two marks
each.
Section C contains question numbers 13 to 21, short answer type II questions of three
marks each.
Section D contains question number 22 to 24, case-based short answer type questions of
three marks each.
Section E contains question numbers 25 to 27, long answer type questions of five marks
each.
3. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, internal choices are provided in
two questions of one mark, one question of two marks, two questions 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.
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SECTION – A [1x5=5]

1. Genera Solanum, Petunia, Datura are placed in the family

a) Solanaceae b) Asteraceae
c) Fabaceae d) Brassicaceae

OR
Binomial nomenclature was given by
a) Ernst Mayr b) Ernst Haeckel
c) Carolus Linnaeus d) Aristotle

2. The fruiting body of Agaricus is known as

a) Fairy rings b) Cleistothecium
c) Basidiocarp d) Ascocarp

OR
Slime moulds are
a) saprophytic protists b) parasitic fungi
c) saprophytic fungi d) autotrophic algae.

3. Which of the following combinations is correct for mango?

a)Genus-Mangifera, family- Poaceae, order- Sapindales, Class- Dicotyledonae
b)Genus- Mangifera, family- Anacardiaceae, order-Sapindales, class-Monocotyledonae.
c)Genus- Mangifera, family- Anacardiaceae , order- Sapindales, Class-Dicotyledonae.
d)Genus- Mangifera, family-Anacardiaceae, order-Poales, class-Monocotyledonae

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4. The function of the centrosome is
a) Formation of spindle fibres b) Osmoregulation

c) Secretion d) Protein synthesis

5. Cellulose is a polymer of _______.

a) fructose b) glucose
c) galactose d) glycerol

SECTION – B [2x7=14]

6. Write the universal rules of binomial nomenclature. Gorilla and tiger belong to different orders under
class Mammalia. Mention their orders.

7. How is a zygospore different from the sporangiospore in fungi?

8. a) Why are viruses called obligate intracellular parasites?

b) Name a virus that has a single stranded RNA as a genetic material.

OR

Differentiate between

a) Euglenoids and Chrysophytes b) Ascospores and Conidia

9.What is metagenesis? Mention an organism which exhibits this phenomenon.

10. Differentiate between Pili and Fimbriae of bacteria.

11. Both bryophytes and pteridophytes require water for fertilisation yet they differ from each other in
various aspects. Bring out any two differences between them.

12. Fern prothallus is monoecious. Justify.

SECTION – C [3x9=27]

13. Describe the three common steps in the sexual reproduction of fungi.

14. a) “All vertebrates are chordates, but all chordates are not vertebrates.” Justify.

b) What is the function of parapodia? Name one animal that has parapodia.

15. Represent diagrammatically the:

a) Acoelomate b) Pseudocoelomate c) Coelomate

conditions among animals.

16. What is a phospholipid? Name an example and write its structural formula.

OR

a) Describe the quaternary structure of proteins. Give an example.

b) Name two amino sugars.

17. a) Illustrate:

i) Glycosidic linkage ii) Peptide bond

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 b) Why is living state a non-equilibrium steady state?

18. Explain the 9+2 microtubular arrangement of cilia/flagella.

19. Both lysosome and vacuoles are endomembrane structures, yet they differ in terms of their
functions. Comment.

OR

What is a mesosome in a prokaryotic cell? Mention the functions it performs.

20. a) Why can cytokinesis not occur in plant cells the same way it occurs in animal cells?

b) How is it accomplished in plant cells?

21. a) Mitosis results in the production of two cells which are similar to each other. What would be the
consequence of each of the following irregularities that occur during mitosis.

i) Nuclear membrane fails to disintegrate ii) Duplication of DNA does notoccur

iii) Centromere is not divided iv) Cytokinesis does not occur.

b) An anther has 1200 pollen grains. How many pollen mother cells must have been there to
produce them?

SECTION – D [3x3=9]

22.

a) Identify the cell organelle from the given sectional diagram. What does A represent in the diagram?
b) Write one major function each of structures labelled as B and C in the diagram.
c) Write two similarities of the given organelle with mitochondrion.

23.

Specimen-X Specimen-Y

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a) Write the scientific names of Specimens X and Y.
b) What type of coelom do they possess?
c) Which of these two specimens has radula? Mention the function of radula.

24.

a) The numbers I, II, III, IV in the diagram are different karyokinetic phases of mitosis but they are not
in correct order. Name the stages and write them in correct order.
b) Write two important characteristic features of phase III.
c) Explain the change expected in the given cell after completion of all the above phases?

SECTION – E [5x3=15]

25. Explain the structure of DNA. Write any three major differences between DNA and RNA.
OR
a) Enlist the four steps involved in the catalytic action of an enzyme.
b) Make distinction between coenzyme and prosthetic group.

26. a) In which phase of meiosis are the following formed?

i) Synaptonemal complex ii) Recombination nodules iii) Interkinesis
iv) Appearance/ Activation of enzyme recombinase v) Terminalisation of chiasmata
vi) Formation of dyad cells

b) Differentiate between metaphase and metaphase-I.

OR

a) Represent schematically the cell cycle, indicating the different phases and the formation of two
cells from one parent cell.
b) What are chiasmata? What is their significance?

27. a) Schematically represent the life cycle of pteridophytes.

b) Differentiate between liverworts and mosses.
OR
a) What is heterospory? Briefly comment on its significance Give two examples of heterosporous
plants.
b) Bring out the differences in sporophytes of gymnosperms with that of bryophytes.

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