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XII Biological Sciences Question Set

Time Allowed 70 mins. Max. Marks 35

Mode of answer can be Bengali/English

MCQ I
Question No 1 to 10 are of 1 mark each having only one option correct.

1. The immunoglobin(s) that provide(s) passive immunity to the infant from mother’s body
is/are
a. Only IgA
b. IgM & IgG
c. IgG & IgA
d. Only IgG
2. Which of the following is odd from the other options provided?
a. Saheli
b. MALA N
c. Norplant
d. Orthonovum
3. The first country to publish Green Data Book is
a. Ukraine
b. Brazil
c. Switzerland
d. Norway
4. The most abundant RNA in cell is
a. mRNA
b. hnRNA
c. tRNA
d. rRNA
5. Some narcotic drugs have been mentioned below
Marijuana, Amphetamine, Thiopental, Brown sugar, LSD, Atropine, Codeine,
Nicotine
Number of hallucinogenic drugs from the list above are
a. 4
b. 7
c. 0
d. 3
6. Industrial Melanism is an example of
a. Disruptive Selection
b. Directional Selection
c. City Pollution
d. Founder Effect
7. Programmed cell death is termed as

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a. Apoptosis
b. Diapedesis
c. Contact Inhibition
d. Abscission
8. Hormone responsible for positive result in pregnancy test kit is
a. HCS
b. Relaxin
c. hCG
d. hPL
9. A young woman is forced to have an intercourse and gets sexually abused. Then she
immediately reports the police and files a case of sexual assault.
Presence of which substance may be tested in her vagina to testify the allegation
a. Fertilizin
b. Fructose
c. Glucose
d. Phosphatase
10. Go through the Assertion(A) and Reason(R) and choose the appropriate option
Assertion(A): Camellia sinensis has bisexual flower with the ability of both of the self
and cross pollination.
Reason(R) : Flowers of a monoecious plant can never be sterile to its own pollens.
a. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
b. A is correct but R is not correct
c. Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A
d. Neither A nor R is correct

MCQ II
Question No 11 to 15 are of 2 marks each having more than one options correct.

11. Consider the statements about the features of a preferable vector

i. A cloning vector should have multiple replication sites.
ii. It ought to contain at least one Recognition site.
iii. It involves complex processes in extracting it from the cell.
iv. It may or may not contain a selectable marker.
v. Not required rigorous effort to transfer from one cell to another.
Choose the incorrect sets of statements from the options below
a. i, ii, iv
b. ii, iii
c. iv, i
d. v, ii, i
12. Which of the following modes of transmission cannot be reliable evidence to explain AIDS
as a communicable disease?
a. Being a homosexual or doing prostitution
b. Hugging one’s beloved partner
c. Kissing mouth to mouth deeply
d. All of the above
13. Amino acid Cystine cannot be coded by

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a. UGA
b. UGC
c. UGU
d. UGG
14. Which of the following statements are not likely to be correct?
a. The offspring (male) of a bird has his mother responsible for his sex determination
unlikely to human beings.
b. Honey bees strictly needs to be treated with stimulative parthenogenesis for the
production of drones.
c. Sex determination process cannot be regulated by gene as it is only based on
chromosomal method.
d. Grasshoppers, cockroaches have the same ZZ-ZO sex determination method just
like that of the birds.
15. So far it is discovered that in almost all organisms DNA replication occurs in Semi-
conservative model. This model also had been experimentally proven. Which of the
following pairs are false about those experiments?
a. Meselson-Stahl & normal P32
b. Meselson-Stahl & radioactive N15
c. Taylor et al & radioactive guanidine
d. Meselson-Stahl & radioactive thymidine

Matching List type

Question No 16 & 17 are of 2 marks each for matching List ‘A’ with List ‘B’

16. List A List B

i. Sutton and Boveri i. Natural Method of Contraception
ii. Pleiotropic effect ii. Oblique Binary Fission
iii. Lactational Amenorrhea iii. Chromosomal basis of Inheritance
iv. Ceratium iv. Phenyl ketonuria

17. List A List B

i. Indian fowl breed i. Statin
ii. Monascus purpureus ii. (−,o)
iii. Amensalism iii. Black East Indian
iv. American Duck breed iv. Chittagong

SA I
Question No 18 to 21 are of 2 marks each for short answering.

18. Name the substance the exine is made of. Define the term Pollinium.
19. Explain the C-value Paradox in brief.
ALITER Name the only female scientist involved in the experiments for discovering
DNA. What process she and her colleague performed for the analysis of DNA.
20. Describe the two processes of linkage briefly.

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21. Write down the scientific name of any of the exotic carps. Which protein has effective
result for the treatment of emphysema.

SA II
Question No 22 is of 3 marks for short answering.

22. Define the term ARTs, related with the modern devices of out-breeding. Mention the
pathogen and two symptoms for any two venereal diseases that mainly infect human
females.
ALITER Given that the recombination frequency between the genes m & p is 35%, p
& s is12 %, n & q is 10 % and q & s is 22%. Illustrate the sequence of those five genes on a
linear chromosome. What is Pioneer Community? Define briefly.

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