ASSOCIATION OF ODISHA ICSE SCHOOLS
ISC MODEL EXAMINATION -2025
BIOLOGY PAPER-1(THEORY)
(Maximum Marks – 70) Time Allowed : Three Hours
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during the time.)
This question paper has 18 questions in [Link] all questions.
There are four sections in the paper: A,B,C and D.
Internal choices have been provided in one question each in section B,C and D.
Section A consist of one question each carrying one or two mark(s).
Section-B consists of seven questions each carrying two marks,
Section-C consists of seven questions each carrying three marks.
Section-D consists of three questions each carrying five marks.
Diagrams should be drawn wherever necessary using pencil only.
The intended marks for questions are given in brackets []
SECTION -A ( 20 Marks)
Question -1
Answer the following questions briefly:
i . Cuckoo lays it's egg in the nest of crow .Identify the type of ecological
relationship between cuckoo and crow. [1]
ii. A Student while studying origin and evolution of man, found that about 15
mya,a primate was existing which was hairy and walked like gorillas and
chimpanzees and was more ape like. Name this primate.
[1]
iii .Name the pollinating agent of a flowering plant with large and coloured
flowers with sticky stigma.[1]
iv. What is the genotypic ratio of incomplete dominance in F2 generation? [1]
v. What term is used for vertical distribution of vegetation in a forest? [1]
vi. What is the function of prostaglandins present in the secretion of seminal
vesicles? [1]
vii. For production of 500 molecules of DNA how many cycles of PCR need to be
run ,if we start with a single parental stand of DNA? [1]
viii. Identify the plant and give its biological name.[1]
ix. Choose the odd one among the following with reference to microbes as
biofertilizers :[1]
[Link] bird Beetles
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x. The principle of competitive exclusion was stated by: [1]
[Link]
[Link]. Gause
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[Link] & Pearl
[Link]: primitive atmosphere was of reducing type
Reason: first hydrogen atoms combined with all oxygen. [1]
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are true Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion
[Link] Assertion is true but Reason is false
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are false
[Link]: mother can pass on Syphilis bacteria to their developing foetus. [1]
Reason: placenta sometimes becomes permeable to some pathogens.
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are true Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion
[Link] Assertion is true but Reason is false
[Link] both Assertion and Reason are false
xiii. Give the biological name of the causative agent of Gonorrhea. [1]
xiv.’ Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’, is narrated in which of the evidences for
organic evolution?[1]
xv a . Expand the term GIFT [2]
b. Name the scientist who isolated nucleic acid from pus cells and called it
Nuclein.
xvi. The length of a DNA molecule is 1.36 mm. calculate the number of base
pairs in the DNA molecule. [1]
Xvii. If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double standard DNA is
40% ,what is the amount of guanine in the DNA? [1]
xviii. Give a reason for each of the following: [2]
a. Sharing of injection needles between two individuals is not
recommended.
[Link] and goats do not browse the Calotropis [Link] the
statement by giving reasons.
SECTION-B(14 Marks)
Question-2 [2]
A biologist sees the following cells in a cross section of the seminiferous tubules
and its surrounding tissues and counts the number of various kinds of cells.
Spermatozoa,Spermatid, Primary spermatocyte ,secondary spermatocyte,
leydig cells ,Sertoli cells ,Spermatogonium. From these cells ,identify the cells:
a. that are diploid .
[Link] can produce hormones and their names.
Question-3 [2]
Calculate the birth rate of a population in a pond, which initially had 40 hydrilla
plants and through reproduction, 20 new hydrilla plants where added in a year.
Question-4 [2]
Baculovirus are excellent candidates for IPM in an ecologically sensitive area.
Explain giving two reasons.
OR
[Link] the lymphoid organ in humans where all the blood cells are produced .
[Link] do the lymphocytes produced by the lymphoid organs mentioned above
migrate and how do they affect immunity?
Question-5 [2]
[Link] does the lac operon shut down some time after the addition of lactose in
the medium where [Link] was growing?
[Link] is the constant necessity for the minimal level of expression in the lac
operon?
Question-6 [2]
Explain the desirable characteristics of an ideal cloning vector used in rDNA
technology.
Question-7 [2]
Explain why RNA ,which initially served as the focal point for transmission of
hereditary characters,was eventually replaced by DNA throughout the course of
evolution.
Question-8 [2]
[Link] a pyramid of biomass starting with [Link] its trophic
levels.
[Link] the pyramid upright or inverted?why?
SECTION-C(21 Marks)
Question-9 [3]
Diagrammatic representation of the experimental setup used by SL Miller for his
experiment .
[Link] the names of different gases contained and the conditions set for the
reaction in the flask A.
ii. State the type of organic molecule he collected in the water at B.
iii. Write the conclusion he arrived at .
iv What are coacervates?
Question-10 [3]
You have obtained a sample of DNA, and you synthesise mRNA from this DNA
and purify it. You then separate the two stands of the DNA and analyse the base
composition of each strand and of the mRNA. You obtain the data shown in the
table below:
A G C T U
NA strand 1 16.1 24.0 29.0 21.9 0
NA strand 2 22.2 28.8 17.3 17.3 0
RNA 16.0 23.9 28.8 0 22.3
.
Answer the following question
[Link] strand of the DNA is the non coding strand serving as a template for
mRNA synthesis?Give a reason for your answer .
[Link] would be the polarity of the DNA strand 1 and 2 ?
[Link] you isolate the genetic material from a retrovirus ,then name the processes
that would be carried out to obtain the above shown data.
Question-11 [3]
Draw a well labelled diagram of L [Link] Anatropous ovule.
OR
Draw a well labelled diagram of L.S. of Maize grain.
Question-12 [3]
Two approaches for the conservation of biodiversity are shown in figure A and B.
[Link] the conservation shown in A and .B
ii Write the difference between the two types of biodiversity conservation shown
in A and B .
iii Which of the above approach is more desirable when there is an urgent need
to save species?
Question-13 [3]
Given here is an image showing a special situation in which a dsRNA from a
source has been introduced into a host cell.
a. How can ds RNA of nematode specific gene be introduced into the host cell as
shown in the given figure?
[Link] can be the source of dsRNA for this process?
[Link] will be the impact of this interaction between ds RNA and mRNA on the
mRNA and entire cellular machinery of host plant?
Question-14 [2]
Observe the diagram and then answer the questions that follow :
[Link] the parts 1 to 4.
b. Identify the structure .
[Link] the chemical nature of the structure shown in the diagram.
Question-15 [3]
Study the Pedigree chart given below and answer the questions that follow :
[Link] do the circles and the squares represent?
b. Why are some of the circles and squares solid and other blank?
c. Find out the nature of the trait under study.
SECTION-D(15 Marks)
Question-16 [5]
[Link] a schematic representation showing the events of spermatogenesis in
human male .
[Link] the structure of human sperm.
OR
Rearrange the following in the correct sequence to accomplish an important
biotechnological reaction :
[Link] vitro synthesis of copies of DNA of interest
[Link] synthesised oligonucleotides .
[Link] DNA polymerase
[Link] region of DNA
[Link] DNA template
[Link] provided
[Link]
[Link] DNA polymerase(from Thermus aquaticus)
[Link] of ds DNA.
Question-17 [5]
The table given below shows some of the codons and their associated amino
acids.
Codon Amino acid
AGG Arginine
CAG Glutamine
GGG Glycine
GGU Glycine
GUU Valine
UUA Leucine
UCA Serine
UUU Phenylalanine
The sequence of nucleotides given below shows the sequence of nucleotides on
the DNA strand
3’- TAC AAT TCC CCC AAA AGT ATC-5’
[Link] down the nucleotides sequence of the mRNA strand transcribed by this
DNA; and write the amino acid sequence translated by this mRNA.
[Link] a eukaryotic cell ,why is the base of the mRNA different from the sequence
of the hnRNA?
[Link] code is universal, Explain the statement .
d. Glycine is coded by two different [Link] reflects which feature of the
genetic code ?
[Link] DNA and RNA which one is less stable genetic material ?Give two
reasons to justify your answer.
Question-18 [5]
i. What name was given to the chemical produced by Fleming?
ii. Which mould was discovered in this bacterium culture?
iii. Name the two scientists who established medical effectiveness of the
chemical produce in (i)above
iv. Name the deadly disease that can be cured by this medicine
v. Name the bacteria that was killed by this chemical.
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