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Class - IX
- IX
SCIENCE

Time : 3 to 3 hours
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Maximum Marks : 80
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Total No. of Pages : 11
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General Instructions :
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The question paper comprises of two sections, A and B. You are to attempt both the sections.
2.
All questions are compulsory.
3.
There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in all the three questions
of five marks category. Only one option in such question is to be attempted.
4.
All questions of section A and all questions of section B are to be attempted separately.
5.
Question numbers 1 to 4 in section A are one mark questions. These are to be answered in
one word or one sentence.
6.
Question numbers 5 to 13 are two mark questions, to be answered in about 30 words.
7.
Question numbers 14 to 22 are three mark questions, to be answered in about 50 words.
8.
Question numbers 23 to 25 are five mark questions, to be answered in about 70 words.
9.
Question numbers 26 to 41 in section B are multiple choice questions based on practical
skills. Each question is a one mark question. You are to choose one most appropriate response
out of the four provided to you.
10. An additional 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper only. During
this interval you are not to write any thing on the answer book.

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1.

What is the form of energy possessed by a running car ?

2.

State the value of commercial unit of electrical Energy in Joules ?

3.

What is smog ?

4.

What do you understand by the term biogeochemical cycles ?

5.

Define the following :

(a) Transverse waves
(b) Time period

6.

Define acceleration due to gravity. Why does the value of g vary at poles. Give
reasons to support your answer.

7.

What is Thrust ? Why do buildings have wide foundation ?

8.

What are green houses ?

9.

How do sun and wind influence the formation of soil ?

10.

(a)
(b)

Write a chemical formula of a compound using zinc ion and phosphate ion.
Calculate the ratio by mass of atoms present in a molecule of carbon dioxide
(Given C512, O516)

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Explain the following terms :

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Isotopes
(ii)

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12.

(a)
(b)
(c)

What are saprophytes ?

Name the kingdom to which they belong.
What is the cell wall of fungi made up of ?

13.

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Identify the class of following organism having following features :

(i)
Slimy skin and three chambered heart.
(ii) Covering of feather and four chambered heart.
List two important characteristics of Phylum Nematoda.

The frequency of a source of sound is 200 Hertz. Calculate the no. of times the
source of sound vibrates in 1 minute. Also calculate the time period.
Which wave property determines.
(i)
Loudness
(ii) Pitch

(b)
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Define Buoyancy.

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A solid body of mass 150 g occupies 60

Given density of water is 1 g cm23.

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What is the range of frequencies associated with :

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Infra sound

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volume. Will the solid sink or float ?

Ultra sound

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Describe an activity to show that sound waves need medium to travel.

(a)

State the law of Definite proportion with an example.

(b)

Give any two limitations of Daltons Atomic Theory.

A gas jar contains 1.7 g of ammonia gas. Calculate the following :

(i)

Molar mass of Ammonia.

(ii)

How many moles of ammonia are present in the gas - jar ?

(iii)

How many molecules of ammonia are present in the sample ?

It was diagnosed that a patient has lost the power of fighting any infection.
(i)

Name the disease the patient is suffering from.

(ii)

Name the pathogen responsible for the disease.

(iii)

Describe any two modes of its transmission from one person to another.

20.

List three harmful effects of infectious disease.

21.

(a)

Name the organism causing the following diseases.

(i)

(b)
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Kalaazar

(ii)

Sleeping sickness

Give one example each of acute and chronic disease.

On the basis of the following features, identify the group and give one example of
each :
(i)

Presence of notocord at some stage of life.

(ii)

Unicellular, Microscopic and Eukaryotic.

(iii)

Seeds are enclosed in fruits.

(a)

Write an expression for the work done when force is acting on an object in the
direction of its displacement. Give example of such a situation.

(b)

What is the transformation of energy taking place when :

(c)

(i)

A 40 W bulb is switched on.

(ii)

A vehicle is moving on the road.

An object of mass 450 g is raised to a height of 6 m above the ground. What will
be the potential energy stored in it. (g = 10 m/s2)
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25.

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(b)
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How do we define Power of a body. Also define 1 Joule.

State the transformation of energy taking place when
(i)
Green plants prepare their food.
(ii) Head of a nail is hammered hard and it becomes warm.
With what velocity should a body of mass 4 kg be thrown so that it acquires
1.25 kJ of kinetic energy.
Describe briefly Thomsons model of an atom.
Who discovered Neutron ?
What are Canal Rays ?
What is the mass of proton as compared to electron ?
OR
Explain the following with one example of each.
(i)
Atomic number
(ii) Mass number
Give the distribution of electrons in sodium and chlorine atom.

With the help of a diagram depict the Nitrogen cycle in nature.

What is the % of Nitrogen in atmosphere ?
What compounds of Nitrogen cause air pollution and how are they released
in air ?
OR
With the help of diagram depict the oxygen cycle in nature.
What is the % of oxygen present in atmosphere ?
What is the role of ozone layer and how is it getting depleted ?

SECTION - B
26.

When a body is immersed in water, it undergoes apparent :

(a) Loss in weight
(b) Loss in volume
(c) Loss in mass
(d) Loss in both mass and volume

27.

To note the level of water in a measuring cylinder, a student takes reading of :

(a) upper meniscus
(b) straight level
(c) lower meniscus
(d) average of the two levels

28.

In density experiment, the mass of the body is measured by :

(a) Beam balance
(b) Digital balance
(c) Pan balance
(d) Spring balance

29.

The reflection of sound best takes place when surface is :

(a) Plastic coated
(b) Smooth polished
(c) Rough cardboard
(d) Metallic

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A flexible slinky when stretched generates :

(a) Radio waves
(b) Periodic waves
(c) Pulse
(d) Sound waves

31.

The hollow pipe in the experiment to study reflection of sound, should be made
up of :
(a) Rubber
(b) Plastic
(c) Wood
(d) Metal

32.

When a body is immersed in a strongly salted water and pure water, it was found to :
(a) Sink more in water
(b) Sink more in salt water
(c) Sink to same level
(d) Float in both cases

33.

Four students A, B, C and D observed and compared the pressure exerted by three
different faces of metal cuboid of dimensions 12 cm 3 8 cm 3 6 cm. They recorded
their observations about the depressions observed by them in the sand by the different
faces of the cuboid as follows :
(a) A records that the depression is minimum when the face of dimension
12 cm 3 8 cm is in contact with the sand.
(b) B records that the depression is minimum when the face of dimension
12 cm 3 6 cm is in contact with the sand.
(c) C records depression is minimum when the face of dimension 8 cm 3 6 cm is in
contact with the sand.
(d) D records that the depression is equal for all faces.
Find out which observation is correct.

34.

When a body is immersed in a liquid, the buoyant force acts on the body :
(a) Vertically downward
(b) Towards sides of the cylinder
(c) Initially upward, then downward
(d) Vertically upward

35.

If sound wave falls at an angle of 238 on the reflecting surface, which of the following
cannot be the value for angle of reflection :
(a) 678
(b) 238
(c) 648
(d) 658

36.

Scientific name of a frog is :

(a) Rana tigrina
(c) Musca domestica

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The
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correct identifying feature of the Phylum Annelida are :

True body cavity, dorsoventrally flattened, non - segmented.
True body cavity, cylindrical, meta merically segmented.
Psuedo - coelom, flat body, no organ differentiation.
Diploblastic, no true body cavity, cylindrical.

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The identifying features of the Kingdom Fungi are :

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(b)

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