Olympiad Foundation th
SAMPLE PAPER CLASS 9
Division of Marks
[Link]. Topic/Section No. of Question Marks
1 Science 25 25
2 HOTS (High Order thinking Skill) 10 10
3 Reasoning & Mental Ability 15 15
Total 50 50
INSTRUCTIONS :
1. Use Blue/Black ballpoint pen only to darken the appropriate circle.
2. Mark should be dark and should completely fill the circle.
3. Dark only one circle for each entry.
4. Dark the circle in the space provided only.
5. Rough work must not be done on the answer sheet and do not use white- fluid or any
rubbing material on Answer Sheet.
6. Each ques on carries one mark.
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TIME: 1 Hour M.M.: 50
Select the correct answer and darken your answer in the table :
SCIENCE
1. The excretory system in Annelids is consisted of tubes called -
(A) Flame cells (B) Metanephridi
(C) Nephridia (D) Protonephridia
2. Which sub group in plant kingdom produces flowers ?
(A) Angiosperms (B) Fungi
(C) Mosses (D) Ferns
3. Burning of fossil fuels add -
(A) CO2, SO2, NO2,gases in air (B) C, SO2, N2, gases in air
(C) CO, SO3,NO3, gases in air (D) CH4, CO2, NO2, gases in air
4. Greenhouse gases are -
(A) Industries (B) Rhizobium
(C) Lightening (D) All of the these
5. The barrier between the protoplasm and the outer environment in an animal cell is
(A) Cell wall (B) Plasma membrane
(C) Nuclear membrane (D) Cytoplasm
6. Ribosome are the site of -
(A) Photosynthesis (B) Respira on
(C) Protein synthesis (D) Absorp on
7. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are examples of -
(A) Micro - nutrients (B) Macro - nutrients
(C) Fer lizers (D) Both A and B
8. Cyperinus and Parthenium are types of -
(A) Diseases (B) Pes cides
(C) Weeds (D) Pathogens
9. Number of moles present in 28g of nitrogen atoms are -
(A) 1 mole (B) 2.3 moles (C) 0.5 mole (D) 2 moles
10. __________ is a physical quan ty which express the amount of ma er in a body.
(A) Mass (B) Density (C) Volume (D) Temperature
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11. _________ is the forma on of liquid drop from vapour.
(A) Evapora on (B) Condensa on
(C) Boiling (D) Mel ng
12. Solu on which has uniform composi on through is called ____________.
(A) Homogeneous solu on (B) Heterogeneous solu on
(C) Colloidal (D) None of these
13. The mixture of water and silver chloride separated by -
(A) Centrifuga on (B) Sedimenta on
(C) Filtra on (D) Sublima on
14. Iden fy the correct symbol of gold
(A) Ag (B) Gd (C) Ge (D) Au
15. An element x has valiancy equal to 3. What will be its formula with carbonate iron ?
(A) X CO (B) X (CO ) (C) XCO (D) X(CO )
16. Two elements X and Y has same atomic mass but the atomic number is 20 and 21
Respec vely. X and Y are ___________
(A) Isobar (B) Isotones
(C) Isomers (D) Isotopes
17. The maximum numbers of electrons can be accommodated in m cell is __________
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 32
18. Choose the op on that best describes the characteris cs of the kingdom to which the
mushroom belongs :
(A) Unicellular prokaryo c organisms
(B) Saprophy c, eukaryo c, mul cellular organisms
(C) Unicellular eukaryo c organisms
(D) Autotrophic eukaryo c organisms
19. Give below is the figure of Funaria - a moss plant.
Here the parts indicated by the le ers A, B, C and D represent which of the following
structures ?
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(A) A foot; B rhizoids; C seta; D capsule
(B) A rhizoids; B foot; C seta; D capsule
(C) A foot; B seta; C rhizoids; D capsule
(D) A rhizoids; B seta; C foot; D capsule
20. Which of the following animals possesses a water vascular system ?
(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) IV
21. From the given v-t graph, it can be inferred that the object is -
(A) At rest (B) In uniform mo on
(C) Moving with uniform accelera on (D) In non - uniform mo on
22. Which of the following statement is correct regarding velocity and speed of a moving
body ?
(A) Velocity of a moving body is always higher than its speed
(B) Speed of a moving body is always higher then its velocity
(C) Speed of a moving body is its velocity in a given direc on
(D) Velocity of a moving body is its speed in a given direc on
23. Newton's third law of mo on explains the two forces namely 'ac on' and 'reac on'
coming into ac on when the two bodies are in contact with each other. These two
forces :
(A) Always act on the same body
(B) Always act on the different bodies in opposite direc ons
(C) Have same magnitude and direc on
(D) Acts on either body at normal to each other
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24. In a rocket, a large volume of gases produced by the combus on of fuel is allowed to
escape through its tail nozzle in the downward direc on with the tremendous speed
and makes the rocket to move upward.
Which principle is followed in this take off of the rocket ?
(A) Moment of iner a (B) Conserva on of momentum
(C) Newton's third law of mo on (D) Newton's law of gravita on
25. A stone is released from the top of a tower of height 19.6 m. Then its final velocity just
before touching the ground will be :
(A) 384.16m/s (B) 196 m/s (C) 19.6 m/s (D) 3841.4 m/s
HOTS (HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS)
26. When a piece of cork is put into the water it starts floa ng on the surface of water due
to the upward Buoyant force from water.
If the cork is pushed more inside the water by applying the force
than the buoyant force.
(A) Will increase as the cork is immersed into the water
(B) Will decrease as the cork is immersed into the water
(C) Will first increase and then decrease as the cork is immersed more into the water
(D) Will remain the same as long as the cork is inside the water
27. A ball is dropped from a height of 10 m.
(A) Its poten al energy increases and kine c energy decreases during the falls.
(B) Its poten al energy is equal to the kine c energy during the falls.
(C) The poten al energy decreases and the kine c energy increases during the falls.
(D) The poten al energy is 0 and kine c energy is maximum while it is falling.
28. The unit of work is joule. The other physical quan ty that has same unit is -
(A) Power (B) Velocity (C) Energy (D) Force
29. The sound can travel in air when :
(A) Par cles of medium travel from one place to another
(B) There is no moisture in the atmosphere
(C) Disturbance travel from one place to another
(D) Both A & C
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30. We can dis nguish between a man's voice and a woman's voice of the same loudness
even without seeing them. This is due to a characteris c of sound which measures the
shrillness of sounds. Can you choose the correct unit of the quan ty on which this
characteris c of sound depends ?
(A) Hertz (B) Meter Second
(C) Meter (D) Unitless
31. The echo - receiver of a sonar a ached to a ship, receives the echo from the bo om of
sea 4 seconds a er the ultrasonic waves were sent into the sea.
If the speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s, then what is the depth of the sea ?
(A) 6000 m (B) 3000 m
(C) 15000 m (D) 3500 m
32. Diarrhea, cholera, typhoid are the diseases that have one thing in common that is -
(A) All of them are caused by bacteria
(B) All of them is transmi ed by contaminated food and water
(C) All of them are cured by an bio cs
(D) All of the above
33. The disease caused due to worm is -
(A) Tetanus (B) Rabies
(C) Sleeping sickness (D) Filariasis
34. The amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere is maintained by a biological cycle which
involves two processes, first is to withdraw nitrogen from the atmosphere and
secondly to add the same to atmosphere.
Can you guess the names of these two respec ve processes.
(A) Nitrogen fixa on and nitrifica on
(B) Nitrogen fixa on and denitrifica on
(C) Nitrifica on and denitrifica on
(D) Nitrifica on and nitrogen fixa on
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35. Fish is an important aqua c food which is rich in proteins. The act of capturing,
preserva on and u liza on of fishes is called fish culture. Among the following
statements choose the op on which does not describe the benefit of fish culture ?
(A) A large number of fisher are raised in the small area.
(B) Economically important desired fishes are made available
(C) There is more mortality in the younger stages of the fishes
(D) Through selec ve hybridiza on, yield and quality of fishers are improved
REASONING AND MENTAL ABILITY
36. Choose the wrong term in the given series :
ABZ, BCY, CDX, EFW, EFV
(A) BCY (B) CDX (C) EFV (D) EFW
37. 16:80::20: ?
(A) 100 (B) 90 (C) 80 (D) 70
38. In a code language 'VERY' is wri en as 'JSBH' and 'OKAY' is wri en as 'MTSH'. How will
OVER BE Wri en in the code ?
(A) MSJB (B) JSMB (C) MJSB (D) MSSB
39. If C = 3, CAN = 18, then MEN is equal to -
(A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 36 (D) 38
40. Ajay is the son - in - law of harry and husband if Jai's sister. If Ritesh is the brother of Jai,
then how is Ritesh related to Harry ?
(A) Grand son (B) Brother - in - law
(C) Brother (D) Son
41. On planet X, the local terminology for book, pen, water, air, TV and mobile are 'TV',
'pen', 'air', 'book', 'mobile', and 'water' respec vely. If someone is thirsty on planet X,
what would he drink ?
(A) Book (B) Mobile (C) Air (D) Water
42. Select a suitable figure from the four alterna ves that would complete the figure
matrix.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
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43. A man walks 200m towards east. He turns to right and walks 100m. He again turns
right and walks 200m. Then he turns to right and again walks 200m. How far is he from
the star ng pint of the trip ?
(A) 50 m (B) 100m
(C) 200m (D) 700m
44. A boy is facing toward west. He turns 135⁰ an clockwise and then 90 clockwise.
Which direc on is facing now ?
(A) North - West (B) North - East
(C) South - East (D) South - West
45. Consider the following diagram :
Persons who takes tea
10 25
20 17 15 30 40 Persons who takes Coffee
7 20
20 Persons who takes Wine
How many people like tea and wine ?
(A) 32 (B) 30
(C) 35 (D) 40
46. In the Venn Diagram given below, A represents the total number of people in a town
who like cricket = 1300. B represents the total number who like badminton = 500 and C
represents the total number of people who like Tennis = 100. If AB = 9, BC = 12, AC = 13
and ABC = 2, how many people like only one game ?
AB AC
ABC
B BC C
(A) 1265 (B) 1264
(C) 1260 (D) 1268
47. Which of the following word cannot be formed from the words 'POPULAR'
(A) POLAR (B) POP
(C) LAUP (D) PAPPU
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48. In the following ques on, a matrix of certain characters is given. These characters
follow a certain trend row - wise or column wise. Find out this trend and choose the
missing character accordingly.
72 24 6
96 16 12
108 ? 18
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20
49. Choose the alterna ve which is closely resembles the water - image of the given
combina on.
NUCLEAR
NUCLEAR
(1) N CLEAR (2) NUCLEAR
RAELCUN
(3) U (4)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
50. Select a suitable figure from the four alterna ve that would complete the figure
ma x.
(1) (3)
?
(2) (4)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
ANSWER KEY
1. C 11. B 21. B 31. B 41. C
2. A 12. A 22. B 32. D 42. A
3. A 13. C 23. B 33. D 43. B
4. D 14. D 24. C 34. B 44. C
5. B 15. C 25. A 35. C 45. A
6. C 16. D 26. A 36. D 46. B
7. B 17. C 27. C 37. A 47. D
8. C 18. B 28. C 38. C 48. A
9. A 19. A 29. C 39. A 49. D
10. A 20. A 30. A 40. D 50. D