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CHENNAI DISTRICT
UNIT TEST I 2021 - 2022
TIME:1.1/2 HRS. 11 STD. BIOLOGY MAX.MARKS:35
NOTE: Candidate should answer Part-I (Bio-Botany) & Part-II (Bio-Zoology) in
separate answer books.
PART – I BIO – BOTANY (MARKS : 18)
SECTION – 1 3x1=3
NOTE : (i) Answer all the questions.
(ii) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four
alternatives and write the option code and corresponding answer.
1. Which one of the following statement about virus is correct?
(a) They are facultative parasites (b) Possess their own metabolic system
(c) They contains DNA or RNA (d) Enzymes are present
2. Identify the correctly matched pair:
(a) Actinomycetes - Late blight (b) Mycoplasma - lumpy jaw
(c) Bacteria - Crown gall (d) Fungi - sandal spike
3. Identify the Archaebacterium
(a) Acetobacter (b) Erwinia (c) Treponema (d) Methanobacterium

SECTION – 2 2x2=4
NOTE : Answer any two questions.
4. Differentiate Homoiomerous and Heteromerous lichens.
5. What is prophage.
6. Draw and label the parts of structure of Mycoplasma.
7.Mention the importance of Mycrorrhizae.

SECTION – 3 2x3=6
NOTE : Answer any two questions. Question No. 10 is compulsory
8. Why do farmers plant leguminous crops in crop rotation?
9. Distinguish catabolism and anabolism.
10. Draw and label the ultra structure of a bacterial cell.

SECTION – 4 1x5=5
NOTE : Answer the questions.
11. a) Tabulate the difference between Gram positive and Gram negative
Bacteria.
(OR)
b) Briefly discuss on five kingdom classification.

PART – I BIO – ZOOLOGY (MARKS : 17)

SECTION – 1 2x1=2
NOTE : (i) Answer all the questions.
(ii) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four
alternatives and write the option code and corresponding answer.
1. Who coined the term biodiversity?
(a) Walter Rosen (b) AG Tansley (c) Aristotle (d) AP de Candole
2. Which of the following is not present in same rank?
(a) Primata (b) Orthoptera (c) Diptera (d) Insecta

SECTION – 2 2x2=4
NOTE : Answer any two questions.
3. Differentiate between probiotics and pathogenic bacteria.
4. Define species.
5. What cladogram?
6. What is Binomial nomenclature?

SECTION – 3 2x3=6
NOTE : Answer any two questions. Question No. 9 is compulsory
7. What is the role of Charles Darwin in relation to concept of species?
8. What elephant and other wild animals are entering into human living area?
9. Why mule is sterile in nature?

SECTION – 4 1x5=5
NOTE : Answer the questions.
10. (a) Mention any five rules of Nomenclature.
(OR)
(b) List any five salient features of the family Felidae.