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“India has greater ecosystem diversity than Norway.” Do you agree with the statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Concept: Biodiversity
Write the difference between genetic biodiversity and species biodiversity that exists at all the levels of biological organisation.
Concept: Biodiversity
Explain the formation of placenta after the implantation in a human female.
Concept: Pregnancy and Embryonic Development
Describe the structure of a nucleosome.
Concept: Packaging of DNA Helix
Although a prokaryotic cell has no defined nucleus, yet DNA is not scattered throughout the cell. Explain.
Concept: Packaging of DNA Helix
Write the effects of heroin on the human body.
Concept: Types and Effects of Psychoactive Drugs >> Effects of Drug and Alcohol
Describe the process of amplification of the “gene of interest” using the PCR technique.
Concept: Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology
Mention any three characteristics of Neanderthal man that lived in near east and central Asia.
Concept: Human Evolution
Explain adaptive radiation with the help of a suitable example.
Concept: Adaptive Radiation
What is ‘biofortification’?
Concept: Plant Breeding
What are methanogens?
Concept: Microbes in Production of Biogas
Describe how do 'flocs' and 'activated sludge' help in Sewage Treatment.
Concept: Microbes in Sewage Treatment
Why are baculoviruses considered good biocontrol agents?
Concept: Microbes as Biocontrol Agents
Suggest two advantages to a farmer for using apomictic seeds of hybrid varieties.
Concept: Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production (Questions)

Identify the type of pyramid given above. Write the identifying feature on the basis of which you identified it.
Concept: Population >> Population Attributes
Explain, giving three reasons, why tropics show greatest levels of species diversity.
Concept: Patterns of Biodiversity
Explain the post-pollination events leading to seed production in angiosperms.
Concept: Pollination
List the different types of pollination depending upon the source of pollen gain.
Concept: Pollination
Make a list of any three outbreeding devices that flowering plants have developed and explain how they help to encourage cross-pollination.
Concept: Pollination
Why angiosperm anthers are called dithecous?
Concept: Pollination
