PRAMATI HILLVIEW ACADEMY, MYSORE

FIRST UNIT TEST- JULY 2021

Time: 40 minutes Subject: BIOLOGY Marks: 25

SECTION A

1. Name the plant that is referred to as the ‘Terror of Bengal’. 1

2. Strawberry is sweet and eaten raw just like any other fruit. Why do botanists
still call it a false fruit? 1
3. What are dioecious plants? 1
4. The layer of the microsporangium that nourishes the developing pollen grain is
1
a. Endothecium b. Tapetum c. Exine d. Intine
5. Vegetative propagules in ginger is 1
a. Rhizoids b. Bulbils c. Rhizome d. Tuber
6. Meiosis does not occur in 1
a. asexually reproducing haploid individuals
b. sexually reproducing haploid individuals
c. Sexually reproducing diploid individuals
d. all of these
7. Endosperm is completely consumed by the developing embryo in 1
(a) pea and groundnut
(b) maize and castor
(c) castor and groundnut
(d) maize and pea
The questions 8 to 10 are assertion and reasoning questions. Read the
statements and choose the correct answer from the given options.
a. Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct
explanation of the assertion.
b. Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct
explanation of the assertion.
c. Assertion is true but reason is false.
d. Both assertion and reason are false.
8. Reason: Reproduction is a biological process of giving rise to young ones.
Assertion: Reproduction increases population and maintains the continuity
of the species. 1
9. Reason: Chasmogamous flowers require pollinating agents.
Assertion: Cleistogamous flowers do not expose their sex organs. 1
10. Assertion: Seed is the basis to our agriculture.
Reason: Dehydration & dormancy of mature seed is not crucial for storage of
seeds. 1
SECTION B
11. How does the progeny formed from asexual reproduction differ from those
formed by sexual reproduction? 2
12. What is emasculation? When does a plant breeder employ this technique? 2
13. Explain double fertilisation. 2
14. Differentiate between oviparity and viviparity. 2
15. Explain any two ways by which apomictic seeds get developed. 2
16. Define external fertilisation. Mention its disadvantages. 2

SECTION C

17. In a group discussion, in a biological lab, three students were discussing the
process of formation of seeds in the flowering plants. One of them said,
pollination is the main step in the formation of seed. The second student
asked if pollination occurs in grasses also which possess small and dull
flowers. The third student enquired as to how pollination occurred in rose.
i. What are the characteristics of flowers such as grasses adapted for
pollination? 1
ii. Why do roses have brightly coloured petals? 1
iii. Which values are shown by the students? 1