School Education - Villupuram district

Higher Secondary Second year – Quarterly Exam- 2024

Bio Botany – Key Answer

I. Answer All the questions 8 X 1=8

Q. NO Option Part - I Marks

1 b Embryosac 1
2 c Pod length 1
3 c 2n + 1 + 1 1
4 c 5’GAATTC3’ -- 3’CTTAAG5’ 1
5 b Capacity to generate a whole plant from any plant cell /explant 1
6 c Anatropous 1
7 b AUG 1
8 b Bio augmentation 1

II. Answer any Four questions. 4X2=8

Part - II
9. Endothelium
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The inner most layer of the integument .Which is specialized to provide nutrition
for growing embryo sac.
10. S.No Incomplete Dominance Co - Dominance
1 Effect one of the two alleles is Effects of both the alleles are equally
more conspicuous conspicuous
2 The effect in hybrid is Both the alleles are produces their
intermediate expression of the effect independently.
two alleles. 2
3 In produces new phenotype Does not produce new phenotype
4 Qualitative approach of the gene Quantitative approach of the gene
expression expression
5 Ex. Mirabilis jalapa. Ex .Red and white flowers of
camellia
(Any 2 difference)
11. Cell suspension culture
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The growing of single cells or small aggregates of cells in liquid medium.
12. Plasmogene
 The gene which is present in the cytoplasmic organelles. 1
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 It carry out cytoplasmic inheritance.
13. Biopiracy
The manipulation of intellectual property rights law by corporation without giving 2
adequate recognition or renumeration to the original genetic resources possessors
14. Primary metabolism 1
Metabolites which are produced for the maintenance of life process by living
organism.
1
Example : Ethanol, citric acid, lactic acid (Any one)
PART - III 3X3=9

15. Cryopreservation
1. It is preservation process in which the biological materials like protoplast, 2
cells, Tissue; organelles are preserved in low temperature.
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2. The better known Cryopreservant liquid nitrogen, maintain at –1960c
 16. Cytoplasmic inheritance
 Some traits are controlled by chloroplast or mitochontrial gene. 2
 The gene which is present in cytoplasmic organelles are called plasmogene,
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which responsible cytoplasmic inheritance.
17. Satton and Beveri concept
1. Somatic cells of organisms are derived from the zygote by mitosis. This
consists of two identical sets of chromosomes.
2. One set is received from female parent and the other from male parent. This
two chromosome constitute the homologous pair 3
3. Chromosomes retains their structural uniqueness and throughout the life cycle
an organism.
4. Each chromosomes carries mendalian factor which are now termed as gene.
5. The behaviour of chromosomes during the gametes formation provides
evidence to the fact that gene or factor located on chromosomes.
(Any three points)
18. Natural genetic engineer
1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens. 1
2. Agrobacterium tumifaciens has Ti Plasmid (Tumour inducing) and large size T
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DNA (transfer DNA). which have innate ability to transfer T DNA into plant
genome via infection at wound site.
19. Biolistics method
1. The foreign DNA is coated onto the surface of minute gold or tungsten particle 2
(1-3um) and bombarded onto the target cell (or) tissue.
2. The bombarded cells are cultured on selected medium to regenerate plants 1
from the transformed cells.
Part – IV 2 X 5=10
Answer all the questions
20 (A) . Tapetum - Origin, types and functions
i) Tapetum is the inner most wall of anther. 1
ii) Which is partly derived from the peripheral wall layer and partly derived from
1
the connection tissue. That is why; It is called dual in origin.
Function:
1. It supplies nutrition to developing microspore
2. It contribute sporopollenin, which play important role in pollen wall formation 3
3. It produces pollen kit chemical materials
4. Rejection reaction proteins are produced by the tapetal cells
(Any three points)
20. (B Nicotiana - Self incompatibility
(OR) 1. The gene for self incompatibility is if represents as ‘S’. Its allelic series are
will be S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5. 5 X 1=5
2. The cross fertilizing tobacco plant s were not always homozygous as S1 S2 or
S2 S2 Its all plants are always heterozygous as S1 S2, S3 S4, S5 S6.
3. When crosses were made between seed parents with S1 S2 and S2 S3 though
both are different kinds, pollen grain carring S2 is not effective.
4. whereas when cross made between S1 S2 * S3 S4 all the pollens are effective
5. Likewise when cross made between S1 S2 and S1 S2 All pollen are in
effective.
(OR)
Diagram
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Tabulation 3
21. (A) Application of Biotechnology
(Any five application) 5 X 1=5

21 (B) Plant tissue culture concepts

(OR) Title 1
Explanation
Totipotency, 1
Differentiation, 1
Redifferentiation 1
Dedifferentiation 1