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1. Name any two essential elements and the deficiency diseases caused by them.
2. What is meant by bolting? Which hormone causes bolting?
3. What is the shape of T4 phage? What is its genetic material?
4. Explain the terms phenotype and genotype.

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5. What are the components of a nucleotide?
6. What is point mutation? Give an example.

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7. Name the nematode that infects the roots of tobacco plants. Name the strategy adopted

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8. Give one example for each of transgenic plants which are suitable for food processing

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10. In which food would you find lactic acid bacteria? Name the bacterium.
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11. “Transpiration is a necessary evil”. Explain.

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12. Explain the steps involved in the formation f root nodules.

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13. Write briefly about enzyme inhibitors.

14. With the help of diagram, explain briefly the process of cyclic photophosphorylation.
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15. How are bacteria classified on the basis of number and distribution of flagella?
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16. Mention the advantages of selecting pea plant for experiment by Mendel.
17. Write the important features of genetic code.
18. What are biofertilizers? Give the examples and discuss their role as biofertilizers.

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19. Give an account of glycolysis. Where does it occur? What are the end products? Trace
the fate of these products in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
20. Explain briefly the various processes of recombinant DNA technology.
21. Describe the tissue culture technique and what are the advantages of tissue culture over

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SECOND YEAR MODEL PAPRE-II

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1. Define hydroponics.
2. What is the common pathway for aerobic and anaerobic respirations? Where does it
takes place?

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3. What are pleomorphic bacteria? Give an example.

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4. What is the genetic nature of wrinkled phenotype of pea seeds?
5. Define stop codon. Write the codons.

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6. Write any two chemical differences between DNA and RNA.

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7. What are the molecular scissors? Where are they obtained from?
8. What is the full form of PCR? How is it useful in biotechnology?
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10. Why does ‘Swiss cheese’ have big holes? Name the bacteria responsible for it.
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11. What is meant by plasmolysis? How is it practically useful to us?

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12. Explain different types of cofactors.

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13. With the help of diagram, explain briefly the process of cyclic photophosphorylation.
14. Write a note on agriculture/horticultural applications of auxins.
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15. Mention the differences between lytic and lysogenic cycles.

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16. Define and design a test cross.

17. Write briefly on nucleosomes.
18. How is Bacillus thurigiensis helpful in controlling insect pests?

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19. Explain the reactions of Krebs’ cycle.

20. Give an account of biotechnological applications in agriculture and other fields.
21. You are a botanist working in the area of plant breeding. Describe the various steps that
you will undertake to release a new variety.

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YEAR MODEL PAPER-III

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1. What are apoplast and symplast?

2. Explain the role of the pink colour pigment in the root nodule of legume plants. What is
it called?
3. What is transformation? Who discovered it and in which organism?

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4. Who proposed chromosome theory of inheritance?

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5. Distinguish between heterochromatin and euchromatin. Which of the two is
transcriptionally active?

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6. Name any three viruses which have RNA as the genetic material.

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7. How can you differentiate between exonuclease and endonuclease.
8. Name the nematode that infects the roots of tobacco plants. Name the strategy adopted
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9. Name two semi-dwarfed varieties of rice developed in India.
10. Name any two genetically modified crops.
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11. Define and explain water potential.

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12. Pyruvic acid is the end product of glycolysis. What are the three metabolic fates of
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13. Write the physiological responses of gibberellins in plants.

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14. Write short notes on seed dormancy.

15. Explain the structure of T-even bacteriophages.
16. Define Law of Segregation and Law of Independent Assortment.
17. What are the differences between DNA and RNA?
18. What is the chemical nature of biogas? Explain the process of biogas production.

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19. What are the important events and end products of light reactions?
20. Explain briefly the various processes of recombinant DNA technology.
21. Describe the tissue culture technique and what are the advantages of tissue culture over
conventional method of plant breeding in crop improvement programmes?

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