PT-

PT-2/HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION, 2022-

2022-23
SCIENCE
Time - 3 Hours Class – IX M.M. * 80
Date – 16.09.2022 (Friday)
Name of the student ________________________________________________________________ Section _____

General Instructions
• There are 30 questions in the question paper. All questions are
compulsory. Question paper comprises three sections – A, B and C.
• Section A – Question no. 1 to 14 are of one mark each. These
questions comprise multiple choice questions (MCQ), very short
answer type questions (VSA), Assertion-Reason type questions and
Case based questions. Answer to these questions should be given in
one word or one sentence.
• Section B – Question no. 15 to 24 are short answer (SA)type
questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answer to these questions should
not exceed 50 to 60 words.
• Section C – Question no. 25 to 30 are long answer type questions,
carrying 5 marks each. Answer to these questions should not exceed
80 to 90 words.
• There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal
choice has been provided in some questions in each section. Only one
of the choices in such questions have to be attempted.
• In addition to this, separate instructions are given with each section
and question, wherever necessary.

SECTION – A
Q.1 When the distance traveled by a body is directly proportional to time, it is
travelling with: (1)
a) Uniform acceleration b) Non – uniform acceleration
c) Constant speed d) Displacement of the particle
Q.2 Which of the following statements is incorrect for an object moving along a
straight path in an accelerated motion? (1)
a) Its speed keeps changing b) Its velocity always changes
c) Its momentum is zero d) A force is always acting on it.
Q.3 The atmosphere is held to the earth by: (1)
a) Gravity b) Wind c) Clouds d) Earth’s magnetic field
Q.4 An example of colloid in which dispersed phase is gas and dispersion medium is
solid is (1)
a) Pumice stone b) Smoke c) Gemstone d) Jellies
Q.5 Cartilage is not found in (1)
a) nose b) ear c) kidney d) trachea
OR
Which of the following helps in repair of tissue and fills up the space inside the
organ?
a) Tendon b) Adipose tissue c) Areolar d) Cartilage
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Q.6 Flexibility in plants is due to (1)
a) collenchyma b) sclerenchyma c) parenchyma d) chlorenchyma
Q.7 The phenomenon in which cytoplasm shrinks in a hypertonic medium is called- (1)
a) Frontolysis b) Plasmolysis c) Acidolysis d) Allolysis
Q.8 What is the C.G.S. unit of mass? [1]
OR
Is mass a scalar or vector quantity?
Q.9 Zinc dissolves in Hydrochloric acid with the evolution of hydrogen gas. Classify
the above change as physical or chemical change with proper justification. (1)
Q.10 What is endocytosis? (1)
Directions: In question no. 11 and 12, a statement of Assertion is given and a
corresponding statement of Reason is given just below it. Of the statements, given
below, mark the correct answer as:
a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of
assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and Reason is true.
e) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Q11. Assertion : When saturated solution of KCl is heated it becomes super saturated.
Reason : Solubility of KCl increases with rise in temperature. (1)
Q.12 Assertion : Meristematic tissues constitute the major portion of the plant body.
Reason : Meristematic tissues consist of differentiated cells. (1)
Q.13 (CASE) Muscular tissue makes up our muscles which are responsible for almost
all the movements that take place in the body.
Striated/Skeletal Muscles :All the voluntary movements in our body is carried
out by the striated or skeletal muscles. They are called skeletal because these
tissues are mostly attached to the bones. They are long, cylindrical, unbranched
with striations and are multinucleated.
Unstriated/Smooth Muscles: Almost all the involuntary movements in the
body are carried out by the smooth or unstriated muscles. They are long,
smooth, spindle shaped and uninucleated. We can find them in places like
alimentary canal, urinary bladder and blood vessels.
Cardiac Muscles: Cardiac muscles make up our entire heart. These muscles are
involuntary in nature and show rhythmic contractions and relaxations.
Structurally they may look quite similar to striated muscles but they are
branched, uninucleated and have intercalated discs.
Answer the questions given below-
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(i) The muscle whose contraction is under our control is - (1)
a) Skeletal muscle b) Smooth muscle c) Cardiac muscle d) Both a) & b)
(ii) The smooth muscles are found in walls of - (1)
a) urinary bladder b) blood vessels c) alimentary canal d) All of above
(iii) Intercalated discs are present in- (1)
a) Skeletal muscles b) Smooth muscles c) Cardiac muscles d) all the above
(iv) During a performance, if a dancer wants to stop her dancing, which muscle will
execute this decision? (1)
a) Striated muscle b) Smooth muscle
c) Cardiac muscle d) Involuntary muscle
Q14. (CASE) All the materials we see in our daily lives (from ice-cream to chairs to
water) are made up of matter. Matter can be classified into different states such
as solid, liquid and gas on the basis of intermolecular forces and the
arrangement of particles.
On the basis of chemical properties, matter is classified as elements, compounds
and mixtures. These are further categorized based on their other properties like
reactivity, inflammability, combustion etc.
Answer the following questions-
(i) An unknown substance ‘A’ on thermal decomposition produces ‘B’ and ‘C’. What
is ‘A’—an element, a compound or a mixture? (1)
(ii) Write the name of non –metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature. (1)
(iii) Homogenous mixture of two or more metals is called? (1)
a. Metalloid b. Alloy c. Allotropes d. Colloid
(iv) When a mixture of iron fillings and sulphur powder is heated in china dish, a
black coloured substance is formed. What is the name and formula of this
substance? (1)

SECTION –B
Q15. Derive the relation v2 = u2 + 2as by graphical method. (3)
OR
1 2
Derive the relation s = ut + at by graphical method.
2
Q.16 From a rifle of mass 4 kg, a bullet of mass 50 g is fired with an initial velocity of
35 m/s. Calculate the initial recoil velocity of the rifle. What is the direction of the
recoil velocity? (3)
Q.17 What is the value of universal gravitational constant in S.I. system? The centers
of two identical spheres of masses 1 kg each are kept at a distance 1 m apart.
What is the gravitational force between the spheres? (3)

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Q.18 Define acceleration due to gravity. Derive an expression for acceleration due to
gravity in terms of mass of the earth (M) and universal gravitational constant
(G). (3)
Q.19 a) Calculate the mass of potassium sulphate required to prepare 10 percent
solution in 200g water. (3)
b) What type of colloid is milk?
Q.20 Which phenomenon occurs during the following changes? (3)
(i) Heating of ammonium chloride
(ii) Drying of wet clothes
(iii) Getting smell of food from several metres away.
OR
Differentiate the three states of matter on the basis of
a) Density b) Volume c) Kinetic energy
Q.21 Analyse the temperature versus time graph of water, given below. (3)

a) Which region contains all liquids?

b) Why does the temperature become constant at B and D?
c) Define latent heat of fusion.
Q.22 a) What will happen if plants lack chlorenchyma tissue? (1+2=3)
b) Which plastid gives bright colours (other than green) to plants? Name the
plastid which stores food in plants.
Q.23 a) What will happen to an animal cell kept in a Hypotonic solution? Name the
phenomenon involved in it. (3)
b) What is an Isotonic solution?
OR
What is membrane biogenesis? Which cell organelle is involved in it? Why?
Q.24 Differentiate between meristematic tissue and permanent tissue in at least three
points. (3)

SECTION – C
Q.25 a) What is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied below the
velocity – time graph?

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 b) A train is travelling at a speed of 90 km/h. Brakes are applied so as to attain
a uniform retardation of 0.5 m/s2. Find how far the train will go before it is
brought to rest.
c) Explain, why is it difficult for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects a large
amount of water at a high velocity. (5)
Q.26 a) Using Newton’s second law of motion derive a relation between force and
acceleration.
b) How much force needed to be applied on a body of mass 5 kg to accelerate it
from velocity of 5 m/s to 8 m/s in 6 sec? (5)
OR
a) Two objects of mass 1.5 kg each are moving in the same straight line but in
opposite direction. The velocity of each object is 2.5 m/s before the collision
during which they stick together. What will be the velocity of the combined
object after collision?
b) ‘Action and reaction are equal and opposite but even then they do not cancel
each other’- explain why?
c) Define ‘1 N’ force.
Q.27 a) Answer the following question from the given table:- (5)

Salt Temperature in Kelvin

dissolved 290K 313K 323K 343K 353K
Solubility
X 22 34 40 93 109
Y 43 43 46 50 50
Z 27 30 34 37 40
T 25 38 42 54 64
(i) Which salt has the highest solubility at 343 K?
(ii) A student prepared a saturated solution of Z at 290 K and then added 200 g
water to it. What mass of Z must be added to again make the solution
saturated?
(iii) What mass of ‘T’ would be required to make saturated solution in 50 g of
water at 353 K?
b) Three students X, Y and Z prepared mixtures using muddy water, starch powder
and glucose respectively in water. Whose mixture:
(i) would have size of particles less than 1nm ?
(ii) would show Tyndall effect?
Q.28 a) Give reasons – (5)
(i) We can sip hot tea faster from a saucer than from a cup.
(ii) Rate of evaporation decreases with increase in humidity in atmosphere.
(iii) Water at room temperature is liquid.
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b) The diagram below shows burning of an oil lamp.

Draw the arrangement of particles of position ‘X’ and ‘Y’ when the lamp is
burning
OR
a) Comment on the following statements:
(i) Evaporation causes cooling.
(ii) Rate of evaporation of an aqueous solution increases with increase in wind
speed.
(iii) Sugar crystals dissolve faster in hot water than in cold water.
b)

(i) Name the process in the terms of R and S?

(ii) Which of the processes are exothermic and endothermic in P and T ?
Q.29 a) Some aquatic plants can float in water. Name the tissue which helps them
float. Which feature of this tissue helps in this process? (2)
b) Compare Ligament and Tendon. (2)
c) Why are Xylem and Phloem tissues called as complex permanent tissues? (1)
Q.30 a) Explain Cell theory. (3)
b) Compare between a Prokaryotic cell and a Eukaryotic cell in any four points.(2)
OR
a) Draw the structure of a mitochondria and label its various parts. (3)
b) Why is mitochondria semiautonomous in nature? (1)
c) What are genes? (1)

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