The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Class 12 Biology Board Exam on Monday, March 21, 2016. You must be busy with your last minute revisions and trying to get the most out of your study hours these days.
To enable you further in your preparation, Team Meritnation brings you some important Last Minute Tips that you must not miss. So go through these tips and important topics that will help you prepare intelligently for the exams.
Total Marks : 70
Important Topics:
Chapter 1 – Reproduction in Organisms
- Modes of asexual reproduction
Chapter 2 – Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Pre-fertilisation Events
- Inbreeding depression
- Double fertilisation
Chapter 3 – Human Reproduction
- Gametogenesis, Fertilisation and Events of Pregnancy
Chapter 4 – Reproductive Health
- Birth control methods
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Techniques to treat infertility
Chapter 5 – Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- Mendel’s Laws
- Post-Mendelian Genetics
- Chromosomal Disorders and Pedigree analysis
Chapter 6 – Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Structure of DNA
- Experiments of F. Griffith, Hershey & Chase and Meselson & Stahl
- Mechanism- replication, transcription and translation
- Salient features of genetic code
- lac operon
Chapter 7 – Evolution
- Homologous and analogous organs
- Adaptive radiation
- Hardy-Weinberg principle
Chapter 8 – Human Health and Disease
- Life cycle of Plasmodium
- Causative agents of different diseases and their mode of transmission
- Difference between innate and adaptive immunity
- AIDS and Drug Abuse
Chapter 9 – Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
- Inbreeding and outbreeding
- Single cell protein
Chapter 10 – Microbes in Human Welfare
- Microbes and their products
- Sewage treatment
- Biogas production
Chapter 11 – Biotechnology: Principles and Processes
- Restriction enzymes
- Cloning vectors
- Transformation processes
Chapter 12 – Biotechnology and Its Applications
- Bt cotton
- RNA interference
- Gene therapy
- Genetically engineered insulin
Chapter 13 – Organisms and Population
- Population interactions
Chapter 14 – Ecosystem
- Pyramids of number, energy and biomass
- Nutrient cycling
- Ecological Succession
Chapter 15 – Biodiversity and Conservation
- Causes of biodiversity losses
Chapter 16 – Environmental Issues
- Air pollution
- Eutrophication and Biomagnification
Marking Scheme |
Genetics & Evolution |
Ecology & Environment |
Human Welfare & Biotechnology |
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Last Moment Merit Tips:a) Stay calm: When you know you have been preparing for weeks for this exam, so you should not be so tensed about it. Try to be confident and calm. |
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