SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER - 3 XI- BIOLOGY Time: 3 Hrs MM: 70

General Instructions: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. All questions are compulsory. This question paper consists of four Sections A, B, C and D. Section A contains 8 questions of one mark each. Section B is of 10 questions of two marks each. Section C is of 9 questions of three marks each. Section D is of 3 questions of five marks each. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of 2 marks, one question of 3 marks and all the three questions of 5 marks weightage. A student has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions. viii. Wherever necessary, the diagrams drawn should be neat and properly labelled.

Section A (1 x 8 = 8)

1. Name the enzyme secreted by the stomach of infants. What is the role of same enzyme in digestion? 2. What is the 1st stage of mosses which develops directly from spores? Give one characteristic of the same stage. 3. What is kinetin chemically? 4. Give two functions of lymph. 5. Define root pressure. 6. How do fats enter the respiratory cycle? 7. What is a metaphasic plate? 8. What is meant by total lung capacity? Section B (2 x 10 = 20)

9. Differentiate an epigynous flower from a hypogynous flower. 10. Draw a labelled diagram of a bacteriophage. Or Draw a labelled diagram of a funaria plant. 11. Differentiate Platyhelminthes and Aschelminthes. 12. What are nuclear pores? Mention their functions. 13. Comment on the statement: There is a complex traffic of molecules in plants. 14. Mention the four assumptions made while calculating the number of ATP molecules formed during respiration. 15. Differentiate epithelial tissue and connective tissue. 16. Mention any four applications of auxins in plant growth. 17. Compare the potted plants kept in the sunlight with those in the shade. Which of them has leaves that are darker green? Why? 18. Mention two functions of a) calcium in meristems and b) zinc in plants. Section C (3 x 9 = 27)

19. What is corpus callosum? Give the total number of pairs of motor and sensory nerves in a human being. 20. What is endomembrane system? Give two examples of the related cell organelle. 21. What is nucleotide? If the adenine in a DNA molecule is 10%, then what would be the amount of guanine in this DNA? 22. Give the names of the various forms of aestivation in the same order as depicted in the following diagrams giving one example of each type.

23. Describe the structure of a cilium seen under electron microscope. 24. Draw the labelled diagram of internal organs of frog. Or Draw the diagram of V.S. of a maize grain and label any six parts. 25. Describe the secondary growth that occurs in a dicot stem. 26. Name the sub-class to which the enzymes amylase, dehydrogenase and histidine decarboxylase belong and why? 27. Describe the conducting system of heart. Section D (5 x 3 = 15)

28. How is carbon dioxide transported from the tissues to the lungs in our blood? Or Describe the formation of root nodule in a legume plant. Why does it look pink? 29. Describe the events that take place in an interphase cell. Or How is carbon dioxide fixed as glucose in plants like sorghum? Explain. 30. Describe the different types of plastids, their pigments and functions. Or Explain the steps in urine formation in a human kidney.