AP Inter 2nd Year Botany Guess Paper 2025

1

How can you differentiate between exonucleases and endonucleases?

2

Explain the structure of TMV.

3

Explain briefly the various processes of recombinant DNA technology.

4

You are a botanist working in the area of plant breeding. Describe the various steps that you will undertake to release a new variety.

5

Give an account of Glycolysis. Where does it occur? What are the end products? Trace the fate of these products in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.

6

What is meant by capping and tailing?

7

Explain different types of co-factors.

8

What is meant by ‘hidden hunger’?

9

What is ICTV? How are viruses named?

10

Describe the Tissue Culture technique and what are the advantages of tissue culture over the conventional method of plant breeding in crop improvement programmes.

11

What is plasmid? What is its significance?

12

Give two examples of fungi used in SCP production.

13

Explain the structure of T-even bacteriophages.

14

Briefly discuss about Bt cotton?

15

What will happen if a healthy plant is supplied with excess essential elements? Explain.

16

Name the bacteria which is common inhabitant of human intestine. How is it used in biotechnology?

17

Name the scientists who were credited for showing the role of penicillin as an antibiotic.

18

Explain law of dominance using a monohybrid cross.

19

Explain pressure flow hypothesis of translocation of sugars in plants.

20

Explain the reactions of Krebs cycle.