UNIT TEST - 2
Name: Subject: Biology (044)
Class & Sec: XI A2 Date: 20.08.2024
Max. Marks: 25 Duration: 1 hour
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General instructions:
●Section A has 7 objective questions, from Question No. 1 to 7 carrying 1 mark each.
●Section B has 5 questions, from Question No. 8-12, carrying 2 marks each.
●Section C - Question No. 13 has a case study. There are 4 questions based on the case study. Each
question carries 1 mark.
●Section D has 1 long answer type question No. 14, carrying 4 marks.
●Draw diagrams whenever necessary.
Q.No SECTION A Mark
1 Evolution of seed habit first started in 1
a. Selaginella like ancestral pteridophytes b. Funaria like bryophytes
c. Ferns like gymnosperms d. Mosses
2 Rearrange the following zones as seen in the root in the vertical section and choose 1
the correct options.
A. Root hair zone B. Zone of meristems
C. Root cap zone D. Zone of maturation E. Zone of elongation
a. C, B, E, A, D b. A, B, C, D, E
c. D, E, A, C, B d. E, D, C, B, A
3 Which of the following plant has flowers with the type of symmetry represented in 1
the given image
a. Mustard b. Datura
c. Hibiscus d. Peas
4 Among Bitter Gourd, China Rose, Mustard, and Brinjal, how many plants have 1
hypogynous flowers?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
5 In lotus, the carpels are 1
a. Epipetalous b. Pistillode
c. Apocarpous d. Syncarpous
6 Identify the function of “X” in the given image. 1
a. Provides energy by storing nutrients
b. Protect the vascular bundle
c. Essential for water storage
d. Impervious to water and gases
7 Assertion: If an angiospermic plant has 24 chromosomes in its leaf cells, the 1
number of chromosomes present in pollen grains will also be 24.
Reason: The pollen grain of flowering plants contains two diploid male gametes.
a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of
assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Both assertion and reason are false.
SECTION B
8 Refer to the given figure (A, B, C, D and E) and identify the members of 2
chlorophyceae. Write any two features observed in these organisms.
A (Volvox) and D (Spirogyra) -(½ each)
Features: green algae; chlorophyll a and b, starch, cellulosic cell wall (any two
½ each)
9 Name the reduced gametophyte that allows gymnosperms to reproduce without 2
water? Give information about reproduction in gymnosperms.
Pollen grains. (¼ m)
Male pollen cones, known as microstrobili, have reduced leaves called
microsporophylls bearing microsporangia. Microspores grow into a reduced
gametophyte is known as pollen grains. (½ m)
Ovules are produced by megasporophylls that are crowded together to form
female cones or megastrobili. The mother cell megaspore divides meiotically
to form four megaspores. One of the megaspore undergoes mitosis to form a
female gametophyte. (½ m)
The pollen grain is transported to the female gametophyte for fertilisation.
The fertilised egg undergoes mitosis to form a multicellular embryo. (¼ m)
10 Define placentation and explain any three types of placentation diagrammatically. 2
the arrangement and attachment of ovules within the plant's ovary. ½ m
any three ½ m each
11 Given figure represents the longitudinal section of a monocotyledonous embryo. 2
Identify the parts labelled as B, C, D and G and mention the structural or
functional role.
B- aleurone layer- protein layer surrounding the embryo
C - scutellum- a reduced cotyledon of monocot
D - coleoptile- protective sheath of plumule
G- coleorhiza- protective sheath of radicle ½ m each
12 What accounts for the differences or similarities that you found in the tissues in the 2
given images?
Similarities: Epiblema- single layer, with root hair; ground tissue- cortex,
endodermis with casparian tissue and pericycle (1m)
Difference: Dicot vascular bundle- tetrach, exarch, no pith
Monocot vascular bundle- polyarch, exarch, well developed pith (1m)
SECTION C (Case based question)
13 Bryophytes are fundamentally terrestrial plants and usually grow in moist and 4
shady places. They grow densely together and form green carpets during rainy
seasons in damp soil, rocks, barks of the trees and on decaying logs in the forest.
The life cycle of bryophytes consists of two distinct phases- (i) the gametophytic
phase and (ii) the sporophytic phase. The gametophytes are either thalloid or leafy
shoots having stem-like central axis and leaf-like appendages. Roots are absent
and are replaced by unicellular or multicellular rhizoids. These donot have
vascular tissues.
i. Why are bryophytes called “The amphibians of plant kingdom”?
Because they require the presence of water and land to complete their life
cycle.
ii. Examine the figure given and identify all the four structures A, B, C and D.
A - Archegonial head, B - Female thallus, C- Gemma cups, D - Rhizoids
iii. Gemma cups are bodies which reproduce asexually. They are found in
a. Sphagnum b. Funaria
c. Marchantia d. Polytrichum
iv. Why are mosses of great ecological importance?
They decompose rocks making the substrate suitable for the growth of higher
plants. They prevent soil erosion by forming dense mats on the soil.
(OR)
Explain vegetative reproduction in mosses briefly.
Takes place by fragmentation and budding in secondary protonema
SECTION D
14 i. Identify the type of aestivation observed in the given flower. (1) 4
Vexillary
ii. Write the floral formula of an actinomorphic bisexual, hypogynous flower with
five united sepals, five free petals, five free stamens and two united carpals with
superior ovary. (1)
iii. What is a fruit? Describe the parts of a succulent fruit. (2)
Develops from the mature ovary (½ m) ; The parts of a fruit include the
pericarp and the seed. Pericarp- endocarp(inner part that encloses the seed),
mesocarp (middle fleshy part of the fruit which is the edible part) and epicarp
(outer covering of the fruit) (1m). Seeds: Ovule after maturation develops into
seed. (½ m)
