(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Give Technical Terms

The shortest phase of mitosis.

Give Technical Terms

The division which brings about vegetative growth.

Complete the following sentence with appropriate word  :

The type of cell division that occurs in the apical meristem of plants is ______.

Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:

Somatic cells of a multicellular organism arise from a single cell by mitosis.

Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:

Asexual reproduction is accomplished through mitosis.

What is a monohybrid cross? How did Mendel perform this cross?

A certain couple got four daughters in a sequence and no son. Does it mean that the husband does not produce Y-chromosome bearing sperms? Explain. What is the chance of this couple having a daughter?

Differentiate Between  Monohybrid and Dihybrid cross.

Assertion (A): Sympathetic nervous system prepares the body for violent action against abnormal conditions.

Reason (R): Sympathetic nervous system accelerates heartbeat.

Which of the following is correct?

Name the following:

A defect in our eyes in which some parts of the object are in focus while the other parts are blurred.

Given below is a schematic representation of the inheritance of the shape of the seeds of garden peas. Answer the questions that follow:

1. Which is the dominant and recessive allele of the trait?
2. What does the ratio 3 : 1 in the F₂ generation represent?
3. State Mendel's Law of Dominance.

Name the following:

A plastid without pigment.

Name the following:

The orange-red pigment found in the chromoplast.

The basis of genetic variation in the living organisms during mitosis occurs due to ______.

Write the full form of CFCs.

Name the following:

The process by which intact plants lose water in the form of droplets from leaf margins.

Name the following: 

The tissue concerned with upward conduction of water in plants.

Name the following:

The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.

Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give an explanation in support of your answer.

Guttation is another name for bleeding in plants.