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Guess Paper – 2013
Class – X
Subject – Biology

CELL DIVISION

Differentiate between aster and spindle fiber.

Draw the diagrams of acrocentric and telocentric .Also differentiate between them.

2 animals having 19 pairs of chromosomes.

What’s a tetrad?

4 nitrogenous bases that form a DNA molecule.

Full form of DNA.

Longest phase of the cell cycle.

Name the phase in which the cell grows.

Phase in which replication of DNA takes place.

Spindle fibres are made up of------

Differentiaite between chiasmata and crossing over.

Direct cell division is called as –------

Give 3 features of interphase.

What is a sat chromosome?

What is synapsis?

Draw the diagram of cell cycle.

What is DNA finger printing?

Differentiaite between purines and pyrimidines.

Pair of chromosomes carrying dissimilar alleles.

Gametes have haploid no. of chromosomes. Why?

The point where crossing over occurs is------

Paired homologous chromosome of zygotene stage are called------

Condensation of chromosomes occurs in ------phase.

Differentiait between S and G2 phase.

Importance of mitosis and meiosis.

How does meiosis maintain the chromosomal no.?

GENETICS

What are allelomorphs?

Mendel’s law of segregation

What is sex linked inheritance? Give its two types.

What is hypertrichosis?

What are idiosomes?

Alteration in genetic material that can be inherited------

Differentiate between character and trait.

What is genome?

What is the name of the disorder caused in humans due to chromosome mutation?

What is heredity?

How is sex determination done in humans?

What is criss- cross inheritance?

Define

Linkage and cloning

In a certain species of animals black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur(b).predict a genotype and phenotype of the offspring when both parents are Bb or have heterozygous black fur.

The chemical substance constituting genes.

The scientific name of the organism on which gregor Mendel had worked on.

Function of DNA

Why did Mendel select garden pea. Give 3 reasons.

Chromosomes which don’t determine the sex of the child.

ABSORPTION BY ROOTS

What is the function of Mg, Mn, K, and Ca in plant growth?

Characteristics of root hair for absorption of water

Define Imbibition ,diffusion ,tonicity, turgidity, turgor pressure, wall pressure, osmosis, plamolysis,Deplasmolysis,root pressure,active transport, passive transport.

Differentiate between osmosis and diffusion

Differentiate between cobalt chloride paper and goat’s bladder.

Salt and sugar are used in preserving food. Why?

Some plants show wilting of leaves during midday. Why?

On sprinkling salt on grass in a lawn, the grass is killed. Why?

Strips of carrot placed in 50% sucrose solution appear soft and shriveled. Why?

Give 3 functions of phloem

Define isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic.

If the cell possessed chloroplasts, where would they have been and what would the colour of it be?

Explain why salt is added to pickles.

Unique property of water whichmake it to rise in tall plants.

What is total or evident plasmolysis? How it differs from incipient plasmolysis?

Example of osmosis in humans

Bacteria and fungi don’t grow in pickles, jams and jellies. Why?

We gargle with salt water during throat infection. Why?

Give 4 examples of semi permeable membranes.

What is suction force?

Fresh water fish cannot survive in sea water. Why?

What is cohesive and adhesive force?

Wilted lettuce become cold and crisp when placed in cold water. Why?

Organ that transports water from soil to other parts of the plant.

What is the kind of cells in the cortex of a root?

Differentiate between osmosis and turgor pressure.

What is wilting?

Importance of osmosis and turgidity to plants.

Why is root hair one celled?

Write an experiment to show transpiration pull.

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