(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Biology

Draw a neat, labelled diagram of a chloroplast.

What is Parthenocarpy?

Name the following:

A gaseous plant hormone which promotes the ripening of fruits.

Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Name the phenomenon depicted by the shoot in the above diagram.
2. Which plant hormone plays an important role in the above movement?
3. Complete and rewrite the given statement by filling in the correct terms:
   Shoots show positive ______ whereas, roots show positive ______.

Read the explanation given below and name the structure:

Food conducting tissue in vascular plants.

Give one example of Parthenocarpy.

The international health organisation which educates people in accident prevention.

Antibiotic and Antibody [Source]

Give biological reasons for the following:

Some women have facial hair like heard and moustache.

The immunity acquired by providing readymade antibodies from outside for treating certain infectious diseases.

Differentiate between Red Cross and WHO (one activity)

Give scientific reasons: Injury to medulla oblongata leads to death.

BCG vaccine is effective against
A. Cholera
B. Mumps
C. Tuberculosis
D. Measles

the biological/technical terms for The process by which white blood cells engulf bacteria

Mention any two activities of the WHO

Differentiate between the Vasopressin and Insulin (Deficiency disorder)

Give scientific reasons : A person walks clumsily after consuming alcohol

Categorise the following activities according to the functions of the Red Cross Society and the WHO:

(1) To suggest quarantine measures to prevent spread of disease

(2) Humanitarian services to victims of war

(3) To educate people in accident prevention

(4) To promote projects for research on disease

Name the following:

The organization which procures and supplies blood during an emergency

Penicillin obtained from a fungus is:
A. Antibiotic
B. Antiseptic
C. Antibody
D. Antiserum