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ICBSE BOARD 2025
TOP 13
CASE BASED QUESTIONS Sourabh Raina Large quantities of sewage is generated everyday in cities and towns, which is treated in Sewage Treatment
Plants (STPs) to make it ess polluted. Given below isthe flow chart of one of the stages of STP.
‘Observe the given flow chart and answer the questions accordingly.
Primary effluent is passed into large aeration tank
Y
Effluent passed into settling tank to form the sediment
(a) Why large aeration tanks are important for primary effluent?
(b) Write the significance of activated sludge.
1 (©) Explain the digestion step in the formation of biogas.
OR
Explain the role of flocs in the given sewage treatment plant (STP). A person gave blood at a blood donation camp where the nurse recklessly injected used syringe. After that,
he suffered from bouts of fever, diarthoea and weight loss and experienced weakness. The levels of helper
T-lymphocytes and interferons showed significant change. Doctor suggested he was suffering from severe
viral infection.
(a) Name the diagnostic test for the given condition.
OR
__ Name the virus and enzyme responsible for its replication. (b) Mention two measures for preventing this viral infection.
© ‘Name the cells of immune system of body that are affected by this infection. Also, mention its role. 3. . Given below shows karyotype ofa child who is suffering from a sex chromosomal abnormality which occurs
” "ailare of segregation of chromatids during cell division cycle. This results in the gain or loss of a
romosome (cle ocuply.
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(a) Name the type of aneuploidy shown in this disease.
(©) Write the chromosomal complement of the child. (©) How does sex chromosomal abnormality occurred in the child?
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Mention the diagnostic features ofthe disease. 4. Refer tothe below mentioned diagram showing a technique X that helps in separating the DNA fragments
formed by the use of restriction endonuclease.
Wats F-PNAband
¥ Largest Smallest
(@) Whatis technique X’ here?
OR
In this figure, what can be understood from the lanes 1, 2, 3and 4? (b) How are seperated DNA fragments visualised in technique ‘X"?
(©) Name the material used as matrix in technique ‘X’ and mention its role. ‘Study the given flow chart and answer the following questions.
(a) Ldentify A, B and Cin the given flow chart.
(b) Give one another example of biofertliser B. (©) How does the application of the fungal genus, Glomus, to the agricultural farm increase the farm
‘output? :
‘i OR
‘Why is Rhizobium act asa biofertiliser? ‘The process of copying genetic information from template strand of DNA into RNA is called transcription. It
ismediatedby RNA polymerase. Transcription takes place inthe nucleus of eukaryotic cells. n transcription,
only 8 segment of DNA and only one ofthe strands is copied into RNA. Transcription mainly consists of
three steps, One ofthe steps of transcription is given below.
(a) Identify the given step and name the labels Band C.
OR
‘What will happen if Cis not available in the above process? (b) What changes will take place in A after the completion of above process in eukaryotes?
(©) Briefly explain the previous step or given figure taking place in prokaryotes. 7. Acquired immanity is pathogen specific and characterised by memory. Whenever our body encounters a
pathogen for the first time, it produces a response. Subsequent encounter with the same pathogen elicts a
highly intensified secondary response.
(2) Name the two lymphocytes which are responsible for acquired immunity.
(b) Identify the structure shown in the figure. ‘It is generally observed that the children who had suffered from chicken-pox in their childhood may
‘not contrat the same disease in their adulthood. Explain giving reasons the basis of such an immunity
in an individual, Name this kindof immunity
OR
Differentiate between the two lymphocytes responsible for acquired immunity. a, __ Refer to the given figure showing the life cycle of a pathogenic protozoan. This pathogenic protozoan
"requires two hosts; P and Q.
i liver.
fa) Write the changes the parasite undergoes in the li
(b) Weite the changes the parasite undergoes when it enters the RBC. (Grace the changes the parasite undergoes when the host‘P takes its blood meal fom infected os Q-
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‘Name the parasitic stage that is being transferred from host ‘P' to host “Q In a plant species that follows Mendelian inheritance yellow flower colour is dominant over white and
round fruit shape is dominant over elongated. Crossing was performed between two purelines-one having,
yellow-flower and round fruit and another with white flower and elongated fruits. About 20 plants survived
in F, progeny. Plants of F; were allowed to self fertilise and about 960 plants survived in Fa.
(a) How many plants would have yellow flower and round fruit in F, generation?
(&) How many plants would have yellow flower and round fruit in F, generation?
fat. Enewallane Anwar and muind frit (Denton the phenotypic and genotypic ratio when plant heterozygous for yellow ower and round fruit
is crossed with the double recesive parent.
or
Ifthe plan heterozygous for yellow flower and round fut ae self rose, then what wil be the
genotype of plant with yellow lower and elongated fruit? 10.
Geof ln ee intedacedbyadoning rec ntoabotcltotringaboutedesredphenoype
" expresion in host cell. The cloning vectors used are plasmid and bacteriophages.
ther libs for desired results engineered specialised conng vectors One such vecor is pBRS22 Sadly the