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BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION (AP)
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS - 2021
SENIOR INTER BOTANY

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MODEL PAPER (English Version)

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Time: 3 Hours

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Max.Marks: 60

Note: i) Answer All questions.

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ii) Each answer may be limited to 5 lines.
What are apoplast and symplast?
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Define water potential. What is the value of water potential of pure water?

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What are Porins? What role do they play in diffusion?
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Where does the photolysis of H2O occur? What is its significance?

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5. Define the Law of limiting factors proposed by Blackman.
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What is the primary acceptor of CO2 in C3 plants? What is first stable compound formed in a Calvin

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Distinguish between action spectrum and absorption spectrum.

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What are pleomorphic bacteria? Give an example.
What is transduction? Who discovered it and in which organism?

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10. What is genophore?

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Note: i) Answer any Six questions.

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12. What is meant by plasmolysis?d
11. Write short notes on facilitated diffusion.

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13. Explain different types of co-factors.

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14. Explain the structure of chloroplast. Draw a neat labeled diagram.
15. Why is the respiratory pathway is referred to as an amphibolic pathway? Explain.

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16. Write a note on agriculture or horticultural applications of auxins.
17. Write any four physiological effects of cytokinins in plants.

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18. Explain the structure of TMV.
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Note: i) Answer any Two questions.

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ii) Each answer may be limited to 60 lines. Draw labeled diagrams.

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19. Explain the reactions of Krebs cycle.
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20. Give an account of Glycolysis. Where does it occur? What are the end products?
Trace the fate of these products in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
21. Describe the tissue culture technique and what are the advantages of tissue culture over conventional
method of plant breeding in crop improvement programmes.
Writer: Dr. M. Chenna Kesavulu

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