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Modern Public School

SUB: Science (086) F.M.: 80

CLASS – IX Time: 3 hrs
General Instructions:
➢ The question paper consists of 39 questions in five sections – A, B, C, D and E.
➢ All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A
student is expected to attempt only one of these questions & 3 Thought Provoking questions.
➢ Section – A consists of objective type questions carrying 01 mark each.
➢ Section – B consists of 6 very short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these should in
the range of 30 to 50 words.
➢ Section – C consists of 7 short questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these should in the
range of 50 to 80 words.
➢ Section – D consists of 3 long answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answers to these
should in the range of 80 to 120 words.
➢ Section – E consists of 3 source – based / case – based unit of assessment 04 marks each with sub-
parts.
Section – A
(Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions
no. 01 – 20)
1. Slope of a velocity time graph gives a quantity with unit:
(a) Velocity (b) acceleration (c) m/s (d) none of these
2. The displacement of an object is directly proportional to the time, then the object is moving with
(a) Uniform velocity (b) Uniform acceleration
(c) Increasing acceleration (d) Decreasing acceleration
3. What is the device used to measure instant speed in vehicles
(a) Odometer . (b) speedometer (c) manometer (d) both a and b
4. A body moves along a curved path of a quarter circle. The ratio of distance to displacement is
(a) 7:11 (b) 11:3 (c) 7 :11 2 (d) 11: 7 2
5. A boy is moving in a merry go round at a constant speed of 20 m per second what is ts speed after 10
second
(a) 10 m/s (b) 20m/s (c) 200 m/s (d)2m/s
6. Relation between speed and velocity of an object moving in circular path is
(a) Speed>velocity (b) Speed=velocity (c) Speed<velocity (d)
both a and b
7. Area under a v – t graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit
(a) m 2 (b) km3 (c) m3 (d) m 2 sec −1
8. A few substances are arranged in the increasing order of force of attraction between their particles.
Which of the following represent a correct arrangement?
(a) Water, Sugar, Air (b) Sugar, Air, Water (c) Sugar, Water, Air (d) Air, Water, Sugar
9. Under which of the following conditions the distance between the molecules of a gas would
increase?
(i) Increasing pressure on closed gas chamber
(ii) Some gas leaking out of the container
(iii) Increasing the volume of the container
(iv) Adding more gas to the container without increasing the volume of the container.
(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (i) and (iv) (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (ii) and (iv)
10. A gas can be best liquefied
(a) by increasing the temperature (b) by lowering the pressure
(c) by increasing pressure & lowering temperature (d) None of the above is correct
11. If the external pressure increases, the boiling point of water
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) may increases or decrease (d) doesn’t change
12. Rate of evaporation, diffusion and expansion of gases increase upon increasing
(a) Surface area (b) Pressure (c) Temperature (d) All of these
13. Identify the fluid:
(a) Carbon (b)sulphur (c) oxygen (d) phosphorus
14. Which if the following will undergo sublimation?
(a) Milk (b) Ammonium chloride (c) Salt (d) copper
15. The cell organelle involved in forming complex sugars from simple sugars are
(a) endoplasmic reticulum (b) ribosomes (c) plastids (d) Golgi apparatus
16. In which type of cell division the daughter cells have the same number of chromosomes of mother
cell?
(a) Mitosis (b) Meiosis (c) Both ‘a’ & ‘b’ (d) None of these

Question no. 17 to 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions:

These consist of two statements - Assertion (A) and Reason(R). Answer these questions selecting
the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of statement A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of statement A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
17. Assertion (A) : A body performing uniform circular motion with constant speed may have
acceleration.
Reason (R) : When speed of the object remains constant then its acceleration is always
zero.
18. Assertion (A) : Acceleration and displacement is in the opposite direction if the object is
decreasing its velocity
Reason (R) : acceleration is a vector quantity
19. Assertion (A) : Sublimation of naphthalene is a chemical process.
Reason (R) : In a chemical process, the chemical composition of the components change.
20. Assertion (A) : In both plant and animal cells, the main area of cellular activities is cytoplasm.
Reason (R) : Various chemical reactions occur in cytoplasm to keep the cell in living state.
Section – B
(Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions)
21. Study the given v − t graph of two bodies A & B and answer the following.
 (a) Which body starts from rest and which body has some initial velocity?
(b) Which body is having greater acceleration?
(c) Draw a v − t graph of a body having constant velocity.
22. Write two differences between uniform and nonuniform motion

23. A body travels along a circular path of radius 70m. After travelling half a revolution in 20s, find the
(a) average velocity (b) average speed
OR
(a) A body is moving with a velocity of 10m/sec. If the motion is uniform, what will be the velocity
after 10sec?
(b) What would be the acceleration of a body if it’s velocity time graph is a line parallel to the time
axis?
24. Give reason: (a) Temperature remains constant during change of state.
(b) Honey diffuses faster in warm water than water at room temperature.
25. (a)which cell organelle is called power house of the cell and why?
(b)Name the type of plastid that helps in photosynthesis.
Or
(b) Define- Membrane biogenesis
26. State two important functions of the nucleus of a cell.
OR
(a) Define diffusion.
(b) What is plasmolysis?
Section – C
(Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions)

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27. Deduce graphically the equation of motion S = ut + at 2 , where symbols have their usual meanings.
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28. (a) Give reason whether uniform circular motion can be called as accelerated motion

(b)Study the graph and answer the following questions:

 (i) What is the speed of object in two second
(ii) Find the total distance covered by the object
(iii) State the nature of the graph
29. (a) Why is ice at 0°C more effective in cooling than water at 0°C?
(b) Name two gases which are supplied in compressed form in homes and hospitals.
(c) What is dry ice?
OR
(a) Why is steam can cause more burning effect than water at 100°C?
(b) Define latent heat of vapourisation.
(c) Why do you feel cool when you put ether in your palm?
30. (a) Differentiate between evaporation and boiling.(2points)
(b) State two methods by which you can increase the rate of evaporation.
31. a) Compare solids, liquids and gases on basis of force of attraction between their particles and the
randomness of their particles.
32. State in brief, what happens when
(a) Dry apricots are left for some time in pure water and later transferred to sugar solution.
(b) Rheo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is pour on it.
(c) Golgi apparatus are removed from the cell.
33. Illustrate a plant cell as seen under a electron microscope. How is it different from an animal cell?

Section – D
(Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions)
34. Using the following data, plot displacement – time graph for a moving object.
Time (s) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Displacement (m) 0 2 4 4 4 6 4 2 0
Use the graph to find.
(a) Average velocity for first 4secs.
(b) Average velocity for next 4secs.
(c) Average velocity for the last 6secs.
(d) Find the distance travelled in the first 4secs.

35. (a) When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room. Its fragrance spreads over the room.
How does it happen?
(b) Name the process associated with the above phenomena.
(c) Does temperature affects the above mentioned process? Explain.
(d) Why does gas exert pressure on the walls of the container?
OR
Give reason for the following:
(a) We can easily move our hand in air but not through liquid or solid.
(b) Water flows faster than honey.
(c) Gases are more compressible than solids & liquid.
 (d) Mention 2 reasons why carbon dioxide is considered as compound and not a mixture of carbon &
oxygen elements.
36. (a) State one function of cell wall.
(b) Name the cell organelle which is able to destroy a damaged cell.
(c) Draw a diagram of plant cell and labeled cell wall, chloroplast, mitochondria.
OR
(a) What is cell division?
(b) Why cell division is necessary?
(c) Why mitosis is called equational division and meiosis is reductional division?

Section – E
(Question No. 37 to 39 are case based questions)
37. The three states of matter are interchangeable and the change can be affected both by temperature and
pressure. When a solid is heated, it changes into its liquid state at its melting point temperature. And
upon further heating. liquid changes to, gaseous state at its boiling point temperature. There are certain
solids which directly change into its vapour state without passing through the liquid state.
(a) During inter conversion of states at MP and BP, what happens to temperature of the matter?
Explain
(b) What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale?
(c) Steam at 100 oC or water at 100 oC ,which causes more severe burns and why?
OR
(c) Define sublimation. Name two substances which undergo sublimation. .
38. Every living cell has the capacity to perform certain basic functions that are characteristics of all living
forms. There is a division of labour in multi-cellular organism. Different parts of the body of a multi-
cellular organism perform different functions. Similarly, division of labour is also seen within a single
cell. In fact, each such cell has got certain specific components within it known as cell organelle.

(a) Write one difference between the vacuole of a plant cell and an animal cell.
(b) Give 2 examples of single celled organisms.
(c) Write two functions of Golgi apparatus.
OR
(c) Write two functions of ER.
39. Study the graph and answer following questions
(a) Which part of the graph shows accelerated motion? calculate the acceleration.
(b) which part of the graph shows retardation? calculate the retardation.
(c) Calculate the average velocity of the body graphically for whole journey.

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