Answer the following questions briefly.
Give a reason for each of the following statements:
(a) Sameer drew a diagram of human sperm and showed it to his teacher.
The teacher rejected the diagram.
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ISC (CLASS XII) SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER 2026
(b) Even under similar environmental conditions, decomposition of the
exoskeleton of millipedes occurs more slowly than the leaves.

Answer the following questions briefly.
Renu was conducting an experiment. She started with a single DNA strand and
ran six cycles of PCR to produce number of molecules of DNA.

Answer the following questions briefly.
When a cross is made between tall plants with yellow seeds (TtYy) and tall
plants with green seeds (Ttyy), what proportions of phenotype in the offspring
could be expected to be tall plants with green seeds?

Answer the following questions briefly.
If the number of chromosomes in an endosperm is 12, then what will be the
number of chromosomes in megaspore mother cell?

Answer the following questions briefly.
Anita is suffering from dry and scaly lesions on various parts of the body. What is
the biological name of the causative fungus?

Answer the following questions briefly.
At what stage of embryonic development, can the zygote be introduced in the
Fallopian tube in ZIFT?

Answer the following questions briefly.
A research scholar isolated a new restriction enzyme from Thermus aquaticus
strain YT3. It was the fourth restriction enzyme discovered from this strain.
Propose a scientifically accurate name for this enzyme using the standard
nomenclature rules.