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Assignment-3
Class XI
Biology – 3 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)

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KVPY Questions (Previous Years)

BIOLOGY – 3
Choose the correct answer :
1. In 1670, Robert Boyle conducted an experiment than leaf 2 and leaf 4 remains fresh. Which of the
wherein he placed a viper (a poisonous snake) in a following conclusion is most logical?
chamber and rapidly reduced the pressure in that
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chamber. Which of the following would be true?
(1) Tobacco leaf has more stomata on the upper
[KVPY SA 2010] surface
(1) Gas bubbles developed in the tissues of the (2) Tobacco leaf has more stomata on the lower
snake surface
(2) The basal metabolic rate of the snake (3) Stomata are equally distributed in upper and
increased tremendously lower surfaces
(3) The venom of the snake was found to decrease (4) No conclusion on stomatal distribution can be
in potency drawn from this experiment
(4) The venom of the snake was found to increase 5. A cell will experience the highest level of
in potency endosmosis when it is kept in
2. At rest the volume of air that moves in and out per [KVPY SA 2012]
breath is called
(1) Distilled water
[KVPY SA 2011]
(1) Resting volume (2) Vital capacity (2) Sugar solution

(3) Lung capacity (4) Tidal volume (3) Salt solution

3. Mammalian liver cells will swell when kept in (4) Protein solution
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6. Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept
(1) Hypertonic solution in 45% relative humidity, 45% relative humidity with
(2) Hypotonic solution blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively.
Arrange these plants in the order (fastest to slowest)
(3) Isotonic solution in which they will dry up.
(4) Isothermal solution [KVPY SA 2013]
4. You remove four fresh tobacco leaves of similar size
(1) i = ii, iii
and age. Leave "leaf 1" as it is, smear "leaf 2" with
vaseline on the upper surface, "leaf 3" on the lower (2) ii, i, iii
surface and "leaf 4" on both the surfaces. Hang the
(3) iii, ii, i
leaves for a few hours and you observe that leaf 1
wilts the most, leaf 2 has wilted, leaf 3 wilted less (4) iii, i = ii

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Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Biology – 3

7. Athletes are often trained at high altitude because 11. Excess salt inhibits bacterial growth in pickles by
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(1) Training at high altitude increases muscle mass (1) Endosmosis (2) Exosmosis

(2) Training at high altitude increases the number (3) Oxidation (4) Denaturation
of red blood cells 12. The atmospheric pressure is 760 mm Hg at the sea
level. Which of the following ranges is nearest to the
(3) There is less chance of an injury at high altitude
partial pressure of CO2 in mm Hg?
(4) Athletes sweat less at high altitude [KVPY SA 2016]
8. Two semi-permeable bags containing 2% sucrose (1) 0.30–0.31
are placed in two beakers, 'P' containing water and
(2) 0.60–0.61
'Q' containing 10% sucrose. Which one of the
following outcomes is true? (3) 3.0–3.1
[KVPY SA 2014] (4) 6.0–6.1

(1) Bag in 'P' becomes flaccid due to exosmosis 13. The maximum number of oxygen molecules that can
bind to one molecule of haemoglobin is
(2) Bag in 'P' becomes turgid due to endosmosis
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(3) Bag in 'Q' becomes turgid due to endosmosis
(1) 8 (2) 6
(4) Concentration of sucrose remains unchanged in
both (3) 4 (4) 2

9. The stalk of a plant leaf is derived from which one 14. Given that tidal volume is 600 ml, inspiratory reserve
volume is 2500 ml, and expiratory reserve volume is
of the following types of plant tissue?
800 ml, what is the value of vital capacity of lung?
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[KVPY SA 2017]
(1) Sclerenchyma (2) Parenchyma
(1) 3900 ml (2) 3300 ml
(3) Chlorenchyma (4) Collenchyma
(3) 3100 ml (4) 1400 ml
10. Which one of the following is a modified leaf?
15. Gaseous exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
[KVPY SA 2015] between alveolar air and capillaries takes place by
(1) Sweet potato (1) Active transport
(2) Ginger (2) Diffusion
(3) Onion (3) Carrier-mediated transport
(4) Carrot (4) Imbibition

  

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Assignment-3
Class XI
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Biology–3 (Answers & Solutions)

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KVPY Questions (Previous Years)

Biology – 3
ANSWERS & SOLUTIONS
1. Answer (1) 9. Answer (4)
2. Answer (4) Collenchyma tissue are present in stalk of plant leaf
The amount of air inhaled or exhaled per breath (i.e., petiole), which provide elasticity to petiole.
without effort is called tidal volume ~ 500 ml. 10. Answer (3)
3. Answer (2)
In onion modified leaves are present for food storage
Any animal tissue will swell when placed in
11. Answer (2)
hypotonic solution.
Excessive salt in pickle inhibits the bacterial growth
4. Answer (2) by exosmosis because external medium become
By considering condition of leaf 2 and leaf 3, it can hypertonic.
be concluded that more number of stomata can be 12. Answer (1)
present on lower surface of leaf.
Percentage of CO2 in air is 0.04%
Tobacco is dicot plant, and dicot have more number
of stomata on lower surface. 13. Answer (3)
5. Answer (1) One Haemoglobin molecule possess four binding
Water moves from hypotonic to hypertonic solution. sites for oxygen.
Distilled water has zero osmotic potential. 14. Answer (1)
6. Answer (2) Vital capacity = Tidal volume + inspiratory reserve
Transpiration decreases with the increase in relative volume + expiratory reserve volume
humidity.
= 600 + 2500 + 800
1 = 3900 ml
So, Transpiration 
Relative humidity
15. Answer (2)
7. Answer (2)
Pressure of O 2 in alveolar air is higher than
At high altitude less dense [O 2 deficient] air is
present. So RBCs count is increased. capillaries, so O 2 diffuses from alveoli to blood
capillaries across respiratory membrane.
8. Answer (2)

  

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