ASHA PUBLIC SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

Class 11 – Biology
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70

Name- __________________________ Roll no___________

General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section–A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section–B has 5 questions of 2 marks each; Section– C has 7
questions of 3 marks each; Section– D has 2 case-based questions of 4 marks; and Section–E has 3 questions of 5
marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. A student has to
attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions.
(v) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.

SECTION- A
Q. No. Questions Marks
1. There is a tissue which are made up of dead cells with the deposition of lignin in their walls. Identify 1
the tissue.
a) Meristematic Tissue
b) Parenchyma
c) Collenchyma
d) Sclerenchyma
2. The mature seeds of plants such as gram and peas, possess no endosperm, because 1
a) These plants are not angiosperms
b) There is no double fertilization in them
c) Endosperm is not formed in them
d) Endosperm gets used up by the developing embryo during seed development
3. Roots developed from parts of the plant other than radicle are called 1
a) Tap roots
b) Fibrous roots
c) Adventitious roots
d) Nodular roots
4. What is a tonoplast? 1
a) Outer membrane of mitochondria
b) Inner membrane of chloroplast
c) Membrane boundary of the vacuole of plant cells
d) Cell membrane of a plant cell
5. A common characteristic feature of plant sieve tube cells and most of mammalian erythrocytes is 1
a) Absence of mitochondria
b) Presence of cell wall
c) Presence of haemoglobin
d) Absence of nucleus
6. A homopolymer has only one type of building block called monomer repeated ‘n’ number of times. 1
A heteropolymer has more than one type of monomer. Proteins are heteropolymers usually made
of
a) 20 types of monomers
b) 40 types of monomers
c) 30 types of monomers
d) Only one type of monomer
 7. Cells which are not dividing are likely to be at 1
a) G1 phase
b) G2 phase
c) Go phase
d) S phase
8. Which of the events listed below is not observed during mitosis? 1
a) Chromatin condensation
b) Movement of centrioles to opposite poles
c) Appearance of chromosomes with two chromatids joined together at the centromere.
d) Crossing over
9. Which of the following is incorrect about frog? 1
a) Body of a frog is divisible into head, neck and trunk
b) The colour of dorsal side of body is generally olive green with dark irregular spots.
c) The hind limbs end in five digits and fore limbs end in four digits.
d) Frogs can live both on land and in freshwater and belong to class Amphibia of phylum Chordata.
10. Glycogen is a homopolymer made of 1
a) Glucose units
b) Galactose units
c) Ribose units
d) Amino acids
11. A bivalent of meiosis-I consists of 1
a) Two chromatids and one centromere
b) Two chromatids and two centromeres
c) Four chromatids and two centromeres
d) Four chromatids and four centromeres
12. Match the followings and choose the correct option from below: 1
Column I Column II
A. Meristem i. Photosynthesis, storage
B. Parenchyma ii. Mechanical support
C. Collenchyma iii. Actively dividing cells
D. Sclerenchyma iv. Stomata
E. Epidermal tissue v. Sclereids
Options: a) A-i, B-iii, C-v, D-ii, E-iv
b) A-iii, B-i, C-ii, D-v, E-iv
c) A-ii, B-iv, C-v, D-i, E-iii
d) A-v, B-iv, C-iii, D-ii, E-i
Question No. 13 to 16 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting the
appropriate option given below:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
13. Assertion (A): Collenchyma forms the hypodermis of dicotyledon stems. 1
Reason (R): This is the reason for flexibility of dicotyledonous stems.
14. Assertion (A): Chloroplast is also called as ‘Kitchen of the cell’. 1
Reason (R): The food in plants prepare in these cell organelles.
15. Assertion (A): Root hairs are not present on whole of root surface. 1
Reason (R): Root hairs absorb water.
16. Assertion (A): Every chromosome, during metaphase has two chromatids. 1
Reason (R): Synthesis of DNA takes places in the S-phase of interphase.

SECTION- B
17. Given that the average duplication time of E. coli is 20 minutes, how much time will two E. coli cells 2
take to become 32 cells?
OR
In which phase of meiosis are the following formed?
a) Synaptonemal complex ____________________________
b) Recombination nodules ____________________________
c) Appearance/activation of enzyme recombinase ____________________________
d) Termination of chiasmata ____________________________
 18. a) Mention a single membrane bound organelle which is rich in hydrolytic enzymes. 1
b) What is the function of gas vacuoles in prokaryotic cells? 1
19. Structural organisation in animals attains different levels as cell organ organ system. What is 2
missing in this chain? Mention the significance of such an organisation.
20. What is stomatal apparatus? Explain the structure of stomata with a labelled diagram. 2
21. a) In swampy areas like the Rhizophora and Sunderbans in West Bengal, plants bear special kind 2
of roots called _____________.
b) Reticulate and parallel venation are characteristic of ___________ and ___________
respectively.
SECTION- C
22. a) Give two identifying features of an adult male frog. 2
b) Name the process by which a tadpole develops into an adult frog. 1
23. Explain the regions of root with the help of diagram. 3
24. Write the functions of the following 3
a) Smooth ER
b) Golgi Apparatus
c) Centrioles
25. Draw the T.S. of dicot root. 3
OR
Draw the T.S. of dicot leaf.
26. a) The following events occur during the various phases of the cell cycle. Name the phase against 2
each of the events.
i. Disintegration of nuclear membrane _________________________
ii. Appearance of nucleolus _________________________
iii. Division of centromere _________________________
iv. Replication of DNA _________________________
b) State the marking point of metaphase stage during mitosis. 1
27. a) Comment on the structure of an amino acid with the help of diagram 2
b) Identify the following compound. 1

28. Explain the various components (cells) of xylem with the help of diagrams. 3
SECTION- D
Question No. 29 and 30 are case-based questions. Each question has 3 subparts with internal choice in one subpart.
29. The transverse section of a plant material shows the following anatomical features - (a) the vascular 4
bundles are conjoint, scattered and surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheaths. (b) phloem
parenchyma is absent.
a) What will you identify it as? 1
b) The endodermis of this structure has some material in it. Name that material. 1
c) Draw the T. S. of this structure. 2
OR
Write two differences between trichomes and root hairs.
30. The students performing an experiment on the roots of onion. While examining the mitotic stage in 4
that root, the students find that the cells have 16 chromosomes and their C value (DNA Content) is
2C just after the telophase stage.
a) What is the value of chromosome number and C value just after S Phase? 1
b) What is the value of chromosome number and C value just after Metaphase? 1
c) Explain the mechanism of cytokinesis in onion cell after telophase. 2
OR
Write brief note on the following. 2
i. Homologous chromosomes
ii. Sister chromatids
 SECTION- E
31. Describe the internal structure of a dicot stem with the help of labelled diagram. 5
OR
Describe placentation and its all types with the help of diagrams and examples.
32. a) Name the scientists who gave the famous model of plasma membrane. Name the type of cell 5
from which it is explained. (2 +3)
b) Explain this famous model in detail with the help of diagram.
OR
a) Why endomembrane system consists of only four organelles. 1
b) Name all four and explain the organelles with its function. 4
33. Describe the various stages of prophase-I of meiosis-I with the help of diagrams. 5
OR
a) What is the difference between a nucleotide and nucleoside? 2
b) Describe all structures of protein with the help of diagrams. 3