TERM 2 (2024-2025)

BIOLOGY (044)
Grade: 11 Time: 3 Hrs.
Date: Max. Mark:70
General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions
(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 each; 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. Question Marks
1 What is the normal diastolic blood pressure in a healthy human adult? 1

A) 80 mm Hg
B) 60 mm Hg
C) 90 mm Hg
D) 110 mm Hg
2 Which component forms clots when blood vessels are damaged? 1

A) Platelets
B) Cellulose
C) Haemoglobin
D) None of the above
3 Which of these is not a characteristic of cardiac muscles? 1
a) They work continuously
b) They are branched
c) They are not striated
d) They are involuntary
4 What is fascia made of? 1
a) Collagen
b) Keratin
c) Microtubules
d) Muscle fibres
5 What is the concentration of oxygen in expired air? 1
a) 19%
b) 4%
c) 10%
d) 16%
 6 Right comparison of partial pressure of oxygen and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the 1
atmospheric air than in alveolar air is _________
a) partial pressure of oxygen lesser, partial pressure of carbon dioxide higher
b) partial pressure of oxygen higher, partial pressure of carbon dioxide lesser
c) partial pressure of oxygen lesser, partial pressure of carbon dioxide higher
d) partial pressure of oxygen lesser, partial pressure of carbon dioxide lesser
7 What is plasma without clotting factors known as? 1
a) Blood
b) Serum
c) Lymph
d) Fluid
8 Association between Mycobiont and phycobiont are found in 1
a) mycorrhiza
b) root
c) lichens
d) BGA
9 Which among the following is involved in the naming of the animals scientifically?
a) ICBN 1
b) ICAN
c) ICPN
d) ICZN

10 A binomial nomenclature consists of _______ and_________ 1

a) Generic name and Phyla
b) Class and Phyla
c) Generic name and specific epithet
d) Phyla and Kingdom
11 Aldosterone facilitates 1
a) Reabsorption of Na+ and water from renal tubules
b) Excretion of K+ and phosphate ions into renal tubules
c) Maintains osmotic pressure and blood pressure
d) All of these
12 Binomial nomenclature is given by ____________ 1
a) Carolus Linnaeus
b) Charles Darwin
c) Henry Cavendish

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 : If there is no air in trachea, it will not collapse. 1
Reason : Trachea is having the cartilagenous ring.
14 Assertion: The lungs are situated in thoracic chamber which is anatomically an air-tight 1
chamber.
Reason: Such an arrangement is essential to avoid any change in pulmonary volume.

15 1
Assertion : The axonal membrane of the neuron is more permeable to
sodium ion (Na+) and nearly impermeable to potassium (K+).

Reason : In a resting state, neuron conducts impulses

16 1
Assertion: Myelinated nerve fibres are present in spinal and cranial nerves.
Reason: Myelinated nerves conduct impulses more rapidly than
unmyelinated nerves.

SECTION – B
17 Attempt either option A or B 2
A. Distinguish between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus.
OR
B. What is the corpus luteum? How does it function as an endocrine gland?

18 Attempt either option A or B. 2

A. Describe the role and location of the ciliary body in the human eye.

OR
B. Why are nerve impulses conducted more rapidly in myelinated nerve fiber than in a
non – myelinated one? Explain.
19 Explain the initiation of muscle contraction. What is the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, 2
myosin head and F-actin during contraction in striated muscles?
20 What are the advantages of giving scientific names to organisms? 2

21 Attempt either option A or B. 2

A. What is a taxon? Illustrate the taxonomic hierarchy with a suitable example?
OR
B. Name the guidelines for the naming of organisms?

SECTION – C
22 Explain the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction. 3
23 How is the carbondioxide produced by the tissues transported to the lungs by the blood? 3

24 What is the lymphatic system? Discuss its importance. 3

25 Why does lymph contain much less proteins than the blood plasma? Name the two principal lymph vessels 3
in humans.

26 Why is meiosis called reductional division and mitosis called equational division? 3

27 Differentiate between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria? 3

28 What is mesosome in a prokaryotic cell? Mention the function that it performs? 3

SECTION – D
Q.no 29 and 30 is case based question. The question has subparts with internal choice in
one subpart.
29 4
Study the graph given below and answer the questions that follow:

(a) Name and define the curve.

(b) What is the significance of plotting this curve?
(c) How much of oxygen is transported by every 100 ml of blood under normal physiological
conditions?
30 4

The aboye diagram shows the different types of leucocytes.

Identify and name the cells as asked in the following questions.
(a) Name the two types of leucocytes that are phagocytic.
(b) Which among them is the
(i) most abundant
(ii) least in number?
(c) Which among them is involved in
(i) allergic r:eactions
(ii) inflammatory reactions?
 SECTION – E
31 Attempt either option A or B 5
A. Explain the fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane.
OR
B. Define inflorescence. What forms the basis for classification into two types?
Name the two types of inflorescence and differentiate between them.
32 Attempt either option A or B 5
A. How are the two heart sounds produced during the cardiac cycle? Which one of these is of
longer duration?
OR
B. Describe how our brain gets a continuous supply of oxygen from the atmosphere.
33. Attempt either option A or B 5
A. What is the role of Ca++ and ATP in muscle contraction?
OR
B. What is the difference between carbaminohaemoglobin and oxyhaemoglobin.