OUR OWN HIGH SCHOOL, Al WARQA’A, DUBAI

PERIODIC TEST 1, JUNE- 2021

Subject: BIOLOGY
Name …………………………………………………………..
Grade: XII Sec: __ Time: 2hrs
Date: Maximum Marks: 50

General Instructions:

1. There are total of 22 questions and 4 sections in the question paper.

2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Section A contains question number 1 to 12 including MCQ, Assertion and
Reasoning and Case Study questions.
4. Section B contains question number 13 to 16, Short Answer type I questions of
two marks each.
5. Section C contains question number 17 to 20, Short Answer type II questions of three
marks each.
6. Section D contains question number 21 and 22, Long Answer type questions of five marks
each.
7. Draw diagrams wherever necessary and the diagrams drawn should be neat and
properly labelled.
8. Answer scripts to be scanned and uploaded in PDF by 11.15 am on the same day of the
Examination
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SECTION A

1. The terms homothallic and monoecious are used to denote [1]

(a) Unisexual condition (c) staminate flowers
(b) bisexual condition (d) pistillate flowers
2. How many microspore mother cells are required to produce 1000 [1]
microspores/pollen grains?
(a) 100 (c) 200
(b) 150 (d) 250
3. Select the correct sequence of stages of spermatogenesis in a human male [1]

(a) Spermatogonium → Spermatids → Spermatocytes → Spermatozoa

(b) Spermatogonium → Spermatocytes → Spermatids → Spermatozoa
(c) Spermatids → Spermatogonium → Spermatocytes → Spermatozoa
(d) Spermatocytes → Spermatogonium → Spermatids → Spermatozoa

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4. In a breeding experiment, the selected male parent is diploid and the female parent is
tetraploid. What will be the ploidy level of the endosperm that will develop after double
fertilization? [1]
(a) Diploid (c) Tetraploid
(b) Triploid (d) Pentaploid
5. Morula is a developmental stage [1]
(a) between the zygote and blastocyst
(b) between the blastocyst and gastrula
(c) after the implantation
(d) between implantation and parturition

6. Assertion: Specialized plant structures such as rhizomes, tubers, corms, bulbs, etc., are
excellent methods of asexual reproduction. [1]
Reason: They are common means of propagation in most of monocot families
(a) both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) both Assertion and Reason are false
7. Assertion: The megaspore mother cell divides meiotically to produce four spores. [1]
Reason: Megaspore mother cells are haploid and megaspore is diploid.
(a) both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) both Assertion and Reason are false
8. Assertion: The endometrium undergoes cyclical changes during menstrual cycle. [1]
Reason: The myometrium exhibits strong contractions during delivery of the baby.
(a) both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) both Assertion and Reason are false
9. Assertion: In external fertilization, syngamy occurs inside the female. [1]
Reason: The offspring’s produced are vulnerable to predators

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 (a) both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) both Assertion and Reason are false
10. Assertion: Graafian follicle ruptures at the mid of menstrual cycle releasing the ovum.
Reason: Both LH and FSH attain a peak level at the middle of cycle. [1]
(a) both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) both Assertion and Reason are false

11. Read the following and answer the questions: [5]

Pollination is the transfer of pollen grain (shed from the anther) to the stigma of a pistil.
Flowering plants have evolved an amazing array of adaptation to achieve pollination.
There are three different kinds of pollination. Pollination within the same flower that is
self-- pollination. Some plants produce two types of flower chasmogamous and
cleistogamous. Another kind of pollination is the transfer of pollen grain from the
anther to the stigma ofthe same plant or anther to the stigma of different plants.
Various agents are used in pollination. Water, wind, and animal carry out pollination.
i. Pollination which is achieved with in the same flower is termed as:
a. Autogamy c. Geitonogamy
b. Xenogamy d. None of these
ii. The abiotic agent of pollination is:
a. wind c. animal
b. water d. Both (a) and (b)
iii. Which of the following feature should be present for wind pollination?
a. Non-sticky and light pollen grain
b. The long stalk of flower
c. Colourful flower
d. None of these

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 iv. Wind pollination is common in:
a. Vallisneria c. Grasses
b. Hydrilla d. Zostera
v. Which among the following plant is hydrophilous?
a. Water Hyacinth c. Zoestra
b. Water lily d. Maize

12. Read the following and answer the questions: [5]

Humans are sexually reproducing and viviparous it involves male and female
reproductive systems. The male reproductive system is located in the pelvis region. It
includes a pair of testis along with accessory ducts, glands and the external genitalia.
The testes are situated outside the abdominal cavity with in a pouch called the scrotum.
A dense covering covers the testis. Each testis has about 250 compartments. Each
lobule contains one to three highly coiled seminiferous tubules in which sperms are
produced. Each seminiferous tubule is lined on its inside by two types of cells. The
regions outside the seminiferous tubules called interstitial spaces contain small blood
vessels. Seminiferous tubules of the testis open uito the vasa efferentia through rete
testis. The vasa efferentia leave the testis and open into epididymis located along the
posterior surface of each testis.
i. The vas deferens receives duct from the seminal vesicle and opens into the
urethra as

a. epididymis c. urinary bladder

b. ejaculatory duct d. ureter

ii. Which one of the following is not a male accessory gland

a. Seminal vesicle c. Prostate
b. Ampulla d. Bulbourethral gland
iii. The temperature of the scrotum, w h i c h i s n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e
f u n c t i o n i n g o f t h e t e s t is , is always around below body temperature
a. 20C c. 40C
b. 2-2.50C d. 6-6.50C

iv. The nutritive cells found in seminiferous tubules are

a. Leydig's cells c. Sertoli cells
b. Male germ cells d. Testicular lobules

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v. The vasa efterentia leave the testis and open into
a. Rete testis c. Vas deferens
b. Epididymis d. scrotum

SECTION B
13. Name the organic materials of which exine and intine of angiosperm pollen grains are
made up of. Explain the role of exine. [2]
14. Identify this reproductive structure and name the organism they are being released
from. [2]

15. .Some angiosperm seeds are said to be ‘albuminous’, whereas few others are said to
have a perisperm. Explain each with the help of an example. [2]
16. Why papaya and date palm plants are said to be dioecious, whereas cucurbits and
coconut palms monoecious, in spite of all of them bearing unisexual flowers? [2]

SECTION C
17. Draw a schematic diagram depicting oogenesis. (Label without description) [3]
18. What is the reason for the absence of menstrual cycles during conception? [3]
19. State the differences between Oestrous and menstrual cycle. [3]
20. Mention the changes taking place during the transition of a primary follicle to Graafian
follicle in the oogonia. [3]
SECTION D
21. [5]
a. How does a chasmogamous bisexual flower prevent self-pollination?
b. Is there any difference between apomixis and parthenocarpy? Explain the
benefits of each.
22. [5]
a. What are the post-fertilization changes that occur in plants?
b. Mention two differences and one similarity between zoospore and
conidium.

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