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CLASS- IX

CHAPTER- 1, Cell

A. Give reasons, why.

1. Raisins and dry apricots swell up when placed in a bowl containing water for
sometime.
2. Chromatin, chromatid and chromosomes are related to each other.
3. Lysosomes are known as ‘ scavengers of the cells’.
4. Plant cells possess large sized vacuole.
5. Roots of plants have mostly leucoplasts in them than chloroplasts.

​B. Name the organelles which show the analogy written as under.
1. Transporting channels of the cells. ——————-.
2. Digestive bag of the cell. ——————-.
3. Storage sacs of the cells. ——————-.
4. Control room of the cell. ——————-.
5. Kitchen of the cell. ——————-.
6. Powerhouse of the cell. ——————-.
7. Packing & dispatching unit of the cell. ——————-.

​ . Multiple choice questions.

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1. Select the odd one out
a. Membranes are made of organic molecules like proteins and lipids.
b. Molecules soluble in organic solvents can easily pass through membranes.
c. Plasma membranes contain chitin sugar in plants.
d. Movement of water across a semipermeable membrane is affected by the amount of
substances dissolved in it.
2. Cell organelles without a cell membrane are
a. Nucleus
b. Chloroplasts
c. Ribosomes
d. Golgi apparatus
3. The proteins essential for building the cell membrane are manufactured by
a. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
b. Plasma membrane
c. Mitochondria
d. Golgi apparatus
4. Silver nitrate solution is used to study
a. Endoplasmic reticulum
b. Nucleus
c. Golgi apparatus
d. Mitochondria
5. Plasmolysis in a plant cell is defined as
 a. breakdown of plasma membrane in hypotonic medium
b. Shrinkage of cytoplasm in hypertonic medium
c. Shrinking of nucleoplasm
d. None of them
6. Amoeba acquires its food through this process
a. exocytosis
b. endocytosis
c. plasmolysis
d. Both a & b
7. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by
a. Haeckel
b. Virchow
c. Hooke
d. Schleiden
8. When you keep raisins in hypotonic solution, endosmosis occurs that continues till
a. cells are fully turgid
b. cells burst
c. two hours
d. You keep them in solution
9. The stain used to make temporary mount of human cheek cells
a. Safranin
b. Methylene blue
c. Xylene
d. Iodine
10. These contain their own DNA and ribosomes
a. Mitochondria
b. Golgi apparatus
c. Plastids
d. a & c

​D. Higher order Thinking Skills.

​1. A person with swollen gums rinses his mouth with lukewarm salt water and swelling
of his gums decreases. This is because
a. The gums absorb the salt water solution.
b. The salt water solution lowers the temperature of the water in the gums.
c. The salt in the solution moves against the concentration gradient.
d. The water in the gums moves out due to high concentration of salt in the solution.
2. Ritika observed onion peel cells in the lab and could view the cell wall, cytoplasm
and nucleus clearly. Suddenly her friend spilled a few drops of salty water on the slide
having onion peel [Link] observes some changes in the cells after sometime
a. What changes would have been observed by Ritika?
b. Name the process that caused the changes in the cells.
c. Would there be similar changes observed ,if she had prepared a slide of cheek
cells?
 3. Look at the diagram carefully
a. Which part of the above diagram can carry the ‘hereditary material’?
b. Who discovered the nucleus for the first time?
c. Why is it called the ‘ control centre’ of the cell ?
4. If you are provided with some vegetables to cook, you generally add salt into the
vegetables during the cooking process.
a. What happens to the vegetables after adding salt ?
b. Which mechanism is responsible for the changes?Explain.
5. Why does the skin of your mother’s fingers shrink when she washes clothes for a long
time?
a. What is responsible for these changes?
b. Explain the process in brief.
Chapter 1 Matter in Our Surroundings

In Text Questions

Question 1. Which of the following are matter?

Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
Answer: Chair, air, almonds, and cold-drink.

Question 2. Give reasons for the following observation:

The smell of hot sizzling food reaches you several meters away, but to get the smell from
cold food you have to go close.
Answer: The smell of hot sizzling food reaches severed meters away, as the particles of hot
food have more kinetic energy and hence the rate of diffusion is more than the particles of
cold food.

Question 3. A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool. Which property of
matter does this observation show?
Answer: A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool. This shows that the
particles of water have intermolecular space and has less force of attraction.

Question 4. What are the characteristics of the particles of matter?

Answer. The characteristics of the particles of matter are:
(1) Particles have intermolecular space.
(2) Particles have intermolecular force.
(3) Particles of matter are moving continuously

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Question 1. The mass per unit volume of a substance is called density.
(density = mass/volume).
Arrange the following in order of increasing density: air, exhaust from chimneys, honey,
water, chalk, cotton and iron.
Answer: Increasing density:
air < exhaust from chimneys < cotton < water < honey < chalk < iron.

Question 2. (a) Tabulate the differences in the characteristics of states of matter.

(b) Comment upon the following: rigidity, compressibility, fluidity, filling a gas container,
shape, kinetic energy and density.
Answer: (a) Difference in the characteristics of 3 states of matter.

(b) Comment on:

(i) Rigidity: The tendency of a substance to retain/maintain their shape when subjected to
outside force.
(ii) Compressibility: The matter has intermolecular space. The external force applied on the
matter can bring these particles closer. This property is called compressibility. Gases and
liquids are compressible.
(iii) Fluidity: The tendency of particles to flow is called fluidity. Liquids and gases flow.

(iv) Filling of a gas container: Gases have particles which vibrate randomly in all the
directions. The gas can fill the container.
(v) Shape: Solids have maximum intermolecular force and definite shape.
Whereas liquids and gases takes the shape of container.
(vi) Kinetic energy: The energy possessed by particles due to their motion is called kinetic
energy. Molecules of gases vibrate randomly as they have maximum kinetic energy.
(vii) Density: It is defined as mass per unit volume, the solids have highest density.

Question 3. Give reasons

(a) A gas fills completely the vessel in which it is kept.
(b) A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the container.
(c) A wooden table should be called a solid.
(d) We can easily move our hand in air but to do the same through a solid block of wood
we need a karate expert.
Answer: (a) The molecules of gas have high kinetic energy due to which they keep moving in
all directions and hence fill the vessel completely in which they are kept.

(b) A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the container because the molecules of the gas are
in constant random motion due to high kinetic energy. These molecules constantly vibrate,
move and hit the walls of the container thereby exerting pressure on it.
(c) The molecules/particles of wooden table are tightly packed with each
other, there is no intermolecular space, it cannot be compressed, it cannot flow, all these
characteristics are of solid. So wooden table should be called a solid. ‘
(d) We can easily move our hand in air but to do the same through a solid block of wood we
need a karate expert. It is because the molecules of air has less force of attraction between
them and a very small external force can separate them and pass through it. But in case of
solids, the molecules have maximum force of attraction, the particles are tightly bound due
to this force. Hence large amount of external force is required to pass through solid.
Question 4. Liquids generally have lower density as compared to solids. But you must have
observed that ice floats on water. Find out why.
Answer: Ice is a solid but its density is lower than water due to its structure. The molecules
in ice make a cage like structure with lot of vacant spaces, this makes ice float on water.
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Question 1. Convert the following temperature to Celsius scale:
(a) 300 K (b) 573 K
Answer. (a) 300 – 273 = 27°C (b) 573 – 273 = 300°C
Question.2. What is the physical state of water at:
(a) 250°C (b) 100°C
Answer: (a) 250°C = gas (b) 100°C liquid as well as gas

Question 3. For any substance, why does the temperature remain constant during the
change of state?
Answer: During the change of state of any matter heat is supplied to the substance. The
molecules of this matter use heat to overcome the force of attraction between the particles,
at this period of time, temperature remains constant. This extra heat is acquired by the
molecules in the form of hidden heat called latent heat to change from one state of matter
to the other state.

Question 4. Suggest a method to liquefy atmospheric gases?

Answer: The atmospheric gases are taken in a cylinder with piston fitted on it. By cooling
and applying pressure on them, the gases can be liquefied.
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Question 1. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day?
Answer: The outer walls of the cooler get sprinkled by water constantly. This water
evaporates due to hot dry weather. Evaporation causes cooling of inside air of cooler. This
cool air is sent in the room by the fan.

Question 2. How does the water kept in an earthen pot (matka) become cool during
summer?
Answer: The earthen pot is porous with lot of pores on it, the water oozes out through
these pores and the water gets evaporated at the surface of the pot thereby causing cooling
effect. This makes the pot cold and the water inside the pot cools by this process.

Question 3. Why does our palm feel cold when we put some acetone or petrol or perfume
on it?
Answer: Acetone, petrol or perfume evaporate when they come into contact with air. The
evaporation causes cooling sensation in our hands.

Question 4. Why are we able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer rather than a cup?
Answer: Tea in a saucer has larger surface area than in a cup. The rate of evaporation is
faster with increased surface area. The cooling of tea in saucer takes place sooner than in a
cup. Hence we are able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer rather than a cup.

Question 5. What type of clothes should we wear in summer?

Answer: We should wear light coloured cotton clothes in summer. Light colour because it
reflects heat. Cotton clothes because it has pores in it, which absorbs sweat and allows the
sweat to evaporate faster thereby giving cooling effect.

Questions From NCERT Textbook

Question 1. Convert the following temperatures to the Celsius scale.

(a) 293 K (b) 470 K.
Answer: (a) 293 K into °C
293 – 273 = 20°C
(b) 470 K into °C 470 – 273 = 197°C

Question 2. Convert the following temperatures to the Kelvin scale.

(a) 25°C (b) 373°C.
Answer: (a) 25°C into K
25 + 273 = 298 K
(b) 373°C into K 4 373 + 273 = 646 K

Question 3. Give reason for the following observations.

(a) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid.
(b) We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away.
Answer: (a) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid, because
naphthalene balls sublime and directly changes into vapour state without leaving any solid.
(b) We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away because perfume contain
volatile solvent and diffuse faster and can reach people sitting several metres away.

Question 4. Arrange the following substances in increasing order of forces of attraction

between the particles—water, sugar, oxygen.
Answer: Oxygen —> water —> sugar.

Question 5. What is the physical state of water at—

(a) 25°C (b)0°C (c) 100°C
Answer: (a) 25°C is liquid (b) 0°C is solid or liquid
(c) 100°C is liquid and gas

Question 6. Give two reasons to justify

(a) water at room temperature is a liquid.
(b) an iron almirah is a solid at room temperature.
Answer: (a) Water at room temperature is a liquid because its freezing point is 0°C and
boiling point is 100°C.
(b) An iron almirah is a solid at room temperature because melting point of iron is higher
than room temperature.

Question 7. Why is ice at 273 K more effective in cooling than water at the same
temperature?
Answer: Ice at 273 K will absorb heat energy or latent heat from the medium to overcome
the fusion to become water. Hence the cooling effect of ice is more than the water at same
temperature because water does not absorb this extra heat from the medium.

Question 8. What produces more severe bums, boiling water or steam?

Answer: Steam at 100°C will produce more severe bums as extra heat is hidden in it called
latent heat whereas the boiling water does not have this hidden heat.
Question 9. Name A, B, C, D, E and F in the following diagram showing change in its state

Answer: A —> Liquefication/melting/fusion B —> Vapourisation/evaporation C—

>Condensation D—> Solidification E —> Sublimation F —> Sublimation

Extra Qurestions

I. Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the correct option:

1. Evaporation of a liquid occurs at
(a) boiling point
(b) a fixed temperature
(c) temperature lower than boiling point
(d) all temperatures
2. The conversion of gas into liquid is called
(a) freezing (b) condensation
(c) sublimation (d) fusion
3. The fusion is the process in which
(a) liquid changes into solid (b) solid changes into liquid
(c) solid changes into gas (d) gas changes into solid
4. The ice floats on water because
(a) its density is more than water (b) its density is less than water
(c) it has less intermolecular space (d) none of the above
5. Ice at 0°C is more effective in cooling than water at the same temperature because
(a) it holds latent heat
(b) the molecules use the heat to overcome the force of attraction
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above
6. The density of water is maximum at
(a) 0°C (b) 100°C
(c) 4°C (d) 273 K
 7. Solids and gases mix/dissolve in water
(a) because water is a good solvent
(b) because water has intermolecular space
(c) diffusion is faster in water
(d) all of the above
8. Choose the correct statement from the following:
(a) the volume of gas ” expands on heating
(b) two gases cannot diffuse into each other
(c) gas is converted into solid, it is called condensation
(d) gases cannot diffuse in solids
9. As the pressure of air decreases, the boiling point of the liquid
(a) decreases (b) increases
(c) does not changes (d) none of these
10. Which among the following can exist in vapour state?
(a) oxygen (b) hydrogen
(c) carbon dioxide (d) water
11. At normal pressure (1 atmospheric pressure) the boiling point of water is
(a) 98°C (b) 100°C
(c) 110°C (d) 90°C
12. The pressure of air is measured in atmosphere and pascal. 1 atmospheric pressure is
equal to
(a) 1.0 1 32 5 x 105 Pa (b) 1.01325 x 104 Pa
(c) 10.1325 x 105 Pa (d) 10.1325 x 106 Pa
13. Cooking of rice at higher altitudes is difficult because
(a) water boils at 100°C (b) water boils at <100°C
(c) boiling point of water is constant (d) none of the above

Answer: 1—(c), 2—(b), 3—(b), 4—(b), 5—(e), 6—(c), 7—(d), 8—(a), 9—(a), 10—(d), 11
~(b), 12—(a), 13-(b).

Very Short Answer Question

Question 1. Define matter.

Answer: Anything that occupies space and has mass is called matter.

Question 2. State different states of matter with an example.

Answer: Matter has 3 different states

Question 3. What is diffusion?

Answer. The intermingling of molecules of one substance with that of the other is called
diffusion.
Question 4. What happen to the rate of diffusion if the temperature is increased?
Answer: With increased temperature, the rate of diffusion also increases as the particles
gain energy and vibrate more.

Question 5. Name the state of matter that have the tendency to maintain their shape
when subjected to outside force.
Answer: Solid.

Question 6. Define melting point.

Answer: The temperature at which a solid melts to become liquid at the atmospheric
pressure is called its melting point.

Question 7. Define boiling point.

Answer: The temperature at which a liquid starts boiling at the atmospheric pressure is
known as its boiling point.

Question 8. Define latent heat of vaporization.

Answer: Latent heat of vaporization is the heat energy required to change 1 kg of a liquid to
gas at atmospheric pressure at its boiling point.

Question 9. Define latent heat of fusion.

Answer: Latent heat of fusion is the amount of heat energy required to change 1 kg of solid
into liquid at its melting point.

Question 10. Define sublimation.

Answer: Sublimation is the change of gaseous state directly to solid state without going
through liquid state and vice-versa.

Question 11. What is dry ice?

Answer: Solid carbon dioxide obtained by cooling and applying pressure on carbon dioxide
gas. It does not melt so it is called dry ice.

Question 12. What is humidity?

Answer: The air holds water vapour, this air with water is called humid air and the
phenomenon is called humidity.

Question.13. Give two properties of solid.

Answer. (1) Solids have fixed shape and are rigid. (2) Solids cannot be compressed.

Question.14. What will happen if the pressure is reduced on solid carbon dioxide (dry ice)?
Answer. If the pressure is reduced on solid carbon dioxide it will directly change into
gaseous state without melting.
Question 15. Name any three substances that show sublimation.
Answer: Ammonium chloride, camphor and naphthalene balls.

Question 16. Sponge is solid, but we can still compress it. Why?
Answer: Sponge is a solid with minute pores in it. When we press the sponge the air present
in these pores is released out and hence we are able to compress it.

Question 17. What is normal atmospheric pressure?

Answer: The atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1 atmosphere and taken as the normal
atmospheric pressure.

Question 18. What is Kelvin?

Answer: Kelvin is the SI unit of temperature (0°C = 273 K).

Question 19. Give two examples of diffusion.

Answer: Milk drops dissolved in water and perfume sprayed in a room.

Question 20. Give the temperature at which water exists in two different phases/states.
Answer: At 0°C water can be in solid or in liquid state.
At 100°C water can be in liquid or in gaseous state.

Short Answer question

Question 1. Why do we see water droplets collected on the outer surface of a glass
container, containing ice?
Answer: The water vapour present in air, comes in contact with the cold outer surface of
the container thereby condensing it to form water droplets.

Question 2. Explain why solids have fixed shape but liquids and gases do not have fixed
shape.
Answer: Solids have fixed shape due to strong intermolecular force of attraction between
them. The liquids and gases have molecules with less intermolecular force of attraction and
hence they can flow and take shape of the container.

Question 3. Liquids and gases can be compressed but it is difficult to compress solids.
Why?
Answer: Liquids and gases have intermolecular space, on applying pressure externally on
them the molecules can come closer thereby minimizing the space between them. But in
case of solids there is no intermolecular space to do so.

Question 4. A balloon when kept in sun, bursts after some time. Why?
Answer: The balloon has air filled in it. The balloon when kept in sun gets heated and the air
inside it also gets heated. The molecules of air get energy, and vibrate faster thereby
exerting large force on the walls of the balloon. Due to this expansion of gases the balloon
bursts.

Question 5. Why do people perspire a lot on a hot humid day?

Answer: On a hot, humid day, due to the heat our body starts sweating for the cooling
mechanism i.e., by evaporation and gets cooling effect. But the air cannot hold any more
water on a humid day and therefore the sweat or perspiration is seen.

Question 6. Distinguish between evaporation and boiling.

Answer:

Question 7. Why is it advisable to use pressure cooker at higher altitudes?

Answer: At higher altitudes, the atmospheric pressure is low and the water boils very fast
and evaporates at faster rate therefore the pressure is required to increase the cooking
process and this is done by using pressure cooker which increases the pressure inside the
container and cooks food faster.

Question 8. What are fluids?

Answer: The states of matter that can flow due to less intermolecular force of attraction,
are liquids and gases and are called as fluids.

Question 9. One kg cotton and one kg sand, which is more denser? Why?
Answer: One kg sand is more denser than 1 kg cotton because density = mass/volume .
The volume required by cotton is more than the sand and density and volume are inversely
proportional.

Question 10. Why is water liquid at room temperature?

Answer: At room temperature, the molecules of water have some intermolecular force of
attraction and the room temperature cannot provide sufficient heat for these molecules to
overcome their force of attraction and therefore remain in liquid phase.
Question 11. State the differences between solid, liquid and gas.
Answer:

Question 12. Cotton in solid but it floats on water. Why?

Answer: Cotton has large number of pores, in which air is trapped. Hence reducing its
density and increasing the volume. Therefore cotton floats on water. But when these pores
get filled with water it starts sinking.

Question 13. Why arc solids generally denser than liquids and gases?
Answer: Density of a substance is given by a formula= Mass/Volume
In case of solids the molecules are tightly packed and hence large mass is concentrated in
very small volume. Hence their density is more. But in case of liquids and gases, their
molecules have intermolecular space and hence they don’t have large mass concentrated in
small volume. So the density of solids is generally more than that of the liquids and gases.

Question 14. On a hot sunny day, why do people sprinkle water on the roof or open
ground?
Answer: During hot sunny day, the surface of roof or ground absorbs large amount of heat
and remains hot, on sprinkling water on these surfaces, the water absorbs large amount of
heat from the surface due to its large latent heat of vaporisation thereby allowing the hot
surface to cool.

Question 15. On a hot sunny dug why do we feel pleasant sitting under a tree?
Answer: Tree has lot of leaves which constantly show transpiration. Transpiration is loss of
water through small tiny pores of leaves called stomata. When this water comes on the
surface of leaf the water evaporates thereby causing cooling effect. Therefore we feel
pleasant sitting under the tree on a hot sunny day.

Question 16. The temperature at which liquids change into vapours is very high, for
example, water vaporises at 100°C then how is it possible for water to evaporate at room
temperature or at are other temperature?
Answer: The molecules of water present on the surface of the exposed area which are in
very small fraction, gains the energy from the surrounding. With this higher kinetic energy
they are able to break the force of attraction between them and hence get converted into
vapour state.
This phenomenon of change of a liquid into vapours that takes place at any temperature
below its boiling point is called evaporation.

Question 17. Name the factors that affects evaporation.

Answer: The rate of evaporation will increase with
(1) an increase of surface area,
(2) an increase of temperature,
(3) a decrease in humidity,
(4) an increase in wind speed.

Question 18. The melting point of ice is 273.16 K. What does this mean? Explain in detail.
Answer: Ice is solid at 0°C i.e., 273° K. The molecules of ice are tightly packed. These
molecules have to overcome the force of attraction with which they are held
and hence they gain this heat from the surrounding but the temperature remains the same
as their energy is used to overcome the force of attraction between the particles. The
particles have their state and starts vibrating freely and a stage reaches when the solid ice
melts and is converted to liquid state at the same temperature i.e., 273 K.

Question 19. How is the high compressibility property of gas useful to us?
Answer: The gases have high compressibility. This property is used in the following
situation:
(1) LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) is a fuel which is made up of petroleum gas. On
compressing this petroleum gas it forms liquid.
(2) Oxygen cylinders in the hospitals have compressed gas filled in it.
(3) CNG (compressed natural gas) is a natural gas, methane, which is compressed and used
as a fuel in vehicles and at home.
Question 20. With the help of an example, explain how diffusion of gases in water is
essential?
Answer: The gases from the atmosphere diffuse and dissolve in water. Gases like oxygen
and carbon dioxide diffuse in water, are essential for the survival of aquatic animals and
plants.
Animals breathe in this oxygen dissolved in water for their survival and plants can use
carbon dioxide dissolved in water for photosynthesis.

Long Answer Type Question

Question 1. Pressure and temperature determine the state of a substance. Ex-plane this in
detail.
Answer: (1) Any matter i.e., solid, liquid or gas when experiences an increase in
temperature then they change their state.

Take ice cubes in a beaker or heat them slowly, the temperature increases and the ice melts
to form liquid. Heat this liquid further it will become steam.
(2) On lowering down the temperature of any matter, show change in their state.

Take the steam that is coming out of a boiling water and allow it to cool down, it condenses
to form water and on further cooling of this water we get ice.
(3) On applying pressure and reducing temperature we can liquefy gases or change them
into solid.
Example: Take carbon-dioxide gas, reduce its temperature and apply lot of pressure on it so
that it changes into solid carbon dioxide, called diy ice, which is used as refrigerant for
cooling.
If the pressure on it is decreased it directly changes into gas.
In LPG cylinders, the petroleum gas is cooled and with lot of pressure changes it into liquid
state.
While using this LPG, we release the pressure exerted on it and hence it comes out in the
form of gas.

Question 2. Explain giving examples the various factors on which rate of evaporation
depends.
Answer: The rate of evaporation depends on the following factors:
(1) Surface area: If the surface area is increased the rate of evaporation also increases.
(a) To dry the clothes we spread them to dry faster.
(b) Tea in saucer cools faster than in a cup.
(2) Temperature: If the temperature is increased the rate of evaporation also increases. Due
to increase in temperature the particles gain more kinetic energy and change their phase
from liquid to gaseous. Water will evaporate faster in sun than in shade.
(3) Humidity: It is the amount of water vapour present in air. The air can hold definite
amount of water vapour, at a given temperature. If the amount of water vapour is high in
the air then the rate of evaporation decreases. On hot and humid day, desert coolers are
not effective as the air cannot hold any more moisture to get the cooling effect.
(4) Wind speed: With the increase in wind speed, the rate of evaporation increases. The
particles of water vapour move away with the wind, decreasing the amount of water vapour
in the surrounding.
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Details
Campus Bannerghatta Session 2025-2026
Chemical Reactions and Work Sheet
Topic 1
Equations No.
Class IX Subject Chemistry

Name Date
Section - Direct/ Regular/ Inferential Application, Reasoning &
Section - B
A Questions Analytical Questions
Section -
HOTS Questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
C

I. OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (1 MARK):

1) The property to flow is unique to fluids. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a) Only gases behave like fluids
b) Gases and solids behave like fluids
c) Gases and liquids behave like fluids
d) Only liquids are fluids
2) Seema visited a Natural Gas Compressing unit and found that the gas can be
liquefied under specific conditions of temperature and pressure. While sharing her
experience with friends she got confused.
Help her to identify the correct set of conditions
a) Low temperature, low pressure
b) High temperature, low pressure
c) Low temperature, high pressure
d) High temperature, high pressure

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3) Which one of the following sets of the phenomenon would increase on raising the
temperature?
a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases
b) Evaporation, compression of gases, solubility
c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases
d) Evaporation, solubility, diffusion, compressibility of gases
4) On converting 25 °C, 38 °C and 66 °C to kelvin scale, the correct answer will be
a) 298 K, 311 K and 339 K
b) 298 K, 300 K and 338 K
c) 273 K, 278 K and 543 K
d) 298 K, 310 K and 338 K
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5) The boiling point of water at sea level is
a) 00C
b) 273K
c) 373K
d) 2730C
6) Dry ice is
a) Water in solid state
b) Water in gaseous state
c) CO2 in liquid state
d) CO2 in solid state
7) A student takes some water in a beaker and heats it over a flame to determine the
boiling point of water. He keeps on taking temperature readings. He observes that the
temperature of water:

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a) Keeps on increasing regularly

b) First increases slowly, then decreases rapidly and eventually becomes constant
c) keeps on increasing irregularly
d) First increases gradually and then becomes constant.
8) Materials existing as liquids have:
a) Boiling point and melting point above room temperature.
b) Boiling point above room temperature and melting point below room temperature.
c) Boiling point and melting point below room temperature.
d) None of the above.
9) Which of the following causes the temperature of a substance to remain constant
while it is undergoing a change in its state?
a) Latent heat
b) Lattice energy
c) Loss of heat
d) None of these
10) Which of the following is incorrect?
a) Solids have fixed shape and fixed volume.
b) Liquids have fixed volume but not shape.
c) Gases have neither fixed shape nor volume.
d)The particles have least intermolecular space but maximum kinetic energy in liquids.
ASSERTION -REASON TYPE QUESTIONS
Choose the correct options for the following questions.
a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
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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 but Reason is true
11) Assertion: A gas does not have fixed shape.
Reason: In gases, the particles are close to each other and less space between the
particles.
12) Assertion: When a solid melt, its temperature remains the same.
Reason: The heat gets used up in changing the state by overcoming the forces of
attraction
between the particles.
13) Assertion: A solid does not fill its container completely
Reason: Particles are held together by strong force of attraction.
14) Assertion: Rate of evaporation of an aqueous solution increases with increase in
humidity.
Reason: When there is increase in humidity, atmosphere will not take water vapour
easily which decreases the process of evaporation.
15) Assertion: Naphthalene does not leave any residue when kept open for some time
Reason: The conversion of a solid directly into gas is called Condensation.
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2M)
16) Why does our palm feel cold when we put some acetone or petrol or perfume on
it?
17) Name the process associated with each of the following conversions:
(i) Solid Ammonium chloride changes to vapour on heating.
(ii) Solid wax on heating changes to liquid wax.
18) Give reasons
(i) A gas fills completely the vessel in which it is kept.
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(ii) Salt and sugar when kept in different jars take the shape of the jars, yet they are
classified as solids.
19) Look at Fig. and suggest in which of the vessels A, B, C or D the rate of
evaporation will be the highest? Explain.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (3M)

20) On a hot sunny day, why do people sprinkle water on the roof or open ground?
21) Give two reasons to justify —
a) Water at room temperature is a liquid.
b) An iron almirah is a solid at room temperature.
22) Kinetic energy of particles of water in three vessels A, B and C are EA, EB and EC
respectively and EA > EB > EC. Arrange the temperatures, TA, TB and TC of water in
the three vessels in increasing order.
23) When a crystal of potassium permanganate is placed in a beaker of water, its
purple color spreads throughout. What does this observation conclude about potassium
permanganate and water?
24) Alka felt intense heat from steam while making tea. Is the temperature of steam
higher than boiling water?
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5 M)
25) If a glass tumbler of hot water is kept in a freezer, which graph represents its
temperature change over time?
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26) While heating ice in a beaker with a thermometer suspended in it, a student
recorded the following observations:

Based on these, answer the following:

(a) State the change observed between 2-3 min and name the process.
(b) Between 30-35 min, the temperature remains constant. Explain why and name the
heat involved.
27) Discuss the factors affecting the rate of evaporation. Given the latent heat of
evaporation for two liquids, A and B, is 100 J/kg and 150 J/kg respectively, which one
produces more cooling effect and why?
28) Explain interconversion of three states of matter with the help of a flow chart.
Name the process of each interconversion.
CASE STUDY/DATA BASED QUESTIONS (4 M)
29) Boiling occurs when the particle in a liquid state absorb enough energy to
overcome the forces holding them together and begin to move apart to form a gas. A
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i. Define boiling point. Express the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale.
ii a) What does OA represent?
b) What does AB represent?
OR
ii. a) Why does temperature remain constant at boiling temperature?
b) What does BC represent?

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Practice
Topic Matter In Our Surroundings Worksheet No.
Worksheet-2

Class IX Subject Chemistry

Date 28/08/2025

MCQs
[Link] summer, water kept in earthen pot becomes cool due to phenomenon of
a) Diffusion
b) Transpiration
c) Distillation
d) Evaporation
2. Which of the following is correct order of forces of attraction?
a) Water > Air > Sand
c) Air < Water <Sugar
b) Air > Sugar > Oil
d) Salt > Air > Juice
[Link] of the following has minimum kinetic energy?
a) Particles of ice below 00 C
c) Particles of water 1000 C
b) Particles of water at 00 C
d) Particles of steam 1000 C
4. On converting 250 C, 380 C and 660 C to Kelvin scale, the correct sequence of
temperature will be
a) 298 K, 311 K and 339K
c) 273K, 278K and 543 K
b) 298 K, 300 K and 338K
d) 298 K, 310 K and 338K
5. Assertion: Ice mixed with common salt is freezing mixture having temperature below 00C
Reason: It will melt at 00C
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

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(b)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c)A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
6. ASSERTION-The matter around us exists in three different states solid, liquid, gas.
REASON-These states arise due to the Brownian motion seen in the particles of matter.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c)A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
II. Very Short answer questions (2M)
[Link] the following?
a) Latent heat of fusion
b) Latent heat of vapourisation
(OR)
7B. Define the following
a) Boiling point
b) Melting point
8. Give reasons to explain why it takes longer to dry wet clothes in humid weather? How does
spreading of wet clothes quicken their drying? Explain.

III. Short Answer Questions (3M)

9. With the help of an activity show that diffusion becomes faster with the increase in
temperature.

10. Read the following information and answer the questions based on information
and related studied concepts.
Substance Information
Substance A It melts at 7°C and boils at 175°C
Substance B It has a melting point of 750°C
Substance C Has a melting point of -149°C and boiling point of -121°C

(a) What is the Physical State of Substance C at -160°C and -100°C?

(b) What is the physical state of substance B at room temperature and why?

(c) Arrange the substance A, B and C in increasing order of their force of attraction
between particles
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Case Study Based Questions (4M)

11.(i) The temperature at which liquids change into vapours is very high, for example,
water vaporises at 100°C then how is it possible for water to evaporate at room
temperature or at are other temperature?
(ii) Name the factors that affect evaporation.

[Link] performed an experiment of boiling water in a beaker using the apparatus as

given in figure.

Answer the following question on the basis of his experiment.

(a) Ali saw when he applied more heat the particles of water started moving even
faster. What caused the particles of water to move with greater speed comment?
(b) Ali noticed at the temperature in thermometer initially showed a good rise in
temperature but after a point then temperature in thermometer was constant for
some time. Why did he notice such an unusual behaviour.
(c) What will a temperature of 268 K will appear on degree Celsius thermometer?

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Practice
Topic Is Matter Around Us Pure? Worksheet No.
Worksheet-1

Class IX Subject Chemistry

Date 28/08/2025

MCQs
[Link] and Gel are examples of-
a. Solid and solid colloids.
b. Emulsion is a solid – liquid colloid and gel is liquid-liquid colloid.
c. Emulsion is a liquid – liquid colloid and gel is liquid-solid colloid.
d. Emulsion is a gas– liquid colloid and gel is solid-gas colloid.
2. In a soda water:
(a) water is solute and carbon dioxide is solvent
(b) water is solvent and carbon dioxide is solute
(c) water is solute and water is also solute
(d) none of these
3. An oil was poured to water. What statement is true?
a) This is a pure element
b) This is a pure compound
c) This is a homogeneous mixture
d) This is a heterogeneous mixture
4. A pure substance which is made up of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken
into two or more simpler substances by physical or chemical means is referred to as
(a) a compound
(b) an element
(c) a molecule
(d) a mixture
5. Assertion (A): Boron is an example of metalloids.
Reason (R): Metalloids have intermediate properties between those of metals and non- metals.
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(b)Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c)A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
II. Very Short answer questions (2M)
1. Rita’s father always got his vehicle checked for pollution control. He got it tested for the aerosol if
released by his car. He also uses unleaded petrol and makes use of public transport wherever
possible. He sparingly use his car.
(a) What is aerosol?
(b) What happens when smoke released from vehicle mixes with fog?
2. Lemonade is prepared by mixing lemon juice and sugar in water. You wish to add ice to cool it.
Should you add ice to the lemonade before or after dissolving sugar? Give a reason.
3. How can you convert saturated solution into an unsaturated solution?

4.

5. 10g of sugar is dissolved in 250ml of solution. Calculate its mass percentage by volume.

Short Answer Questions (3M)

1. Give the difference between true solution, colloidal solution and suspension.
2. When a beam of sunlight enters a room through a window, we can see tiny particles X
suspended in a gas (or rather a mixture of gases)Y which are moving rapidly in a very
haphazard manner.
(a) What could particles X be?
(b) Name the gas (or mixture of gases) Y.
(c) What is the phenomenon exhibited by particles X known as?
(d) What is causing the movement of particles X?
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They fixed a source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in it and made
another hole on the other side to view the light. They placed a milk sample contained in a
beaker/tumbler in the box as shown in the Fig. They were amazed to see that milk taken in
the tumbler was Fig. illuminated. They tried the same activity by taking a salt solution but
found that light simply passed through it.

(a) Explain why the milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.
(b) Same results were not observed with a salt solution. Why?
(c) Suggest two more solutions which would show the same effect as shown by the milk
solution?
On which factor does the effect depend?

Case Study Based Questions (5M)

Rama tested the solubility of four substances at different temperatures and found in grams of each
substance dissolved in 100 g of water to form a saturated solution

Now answer the following questions :

(a) Which substance is the least soluble at 293 K?
(b) Which substance shows the maximum change in its solubility when the temperature is
raised from 293 K to 313 K?
(c) Find the amount of ammonium chloride that will separate out when 55 g of its solution at
333 K is cooled to 293 K?
(d) What is the effect of temperature on the solubility of a salt?
(e) What mass of sodium chloride would be needed to make a saturated solution in 10 g of
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Grade: IX Chapter: Motion Marks:15 M

1. In a distance-time graph, a straight horizontal line represents what kind of motion? [1]
a) Uniform motion
b) Nonuniform motion
c) No motion
d) Accelerated motion

2. Which of the following is true about motion along a straight line? [1]
a) It can only be uniform motion
b) It can only be nonuniform motion
c) It can be either uniform or nonuniform motion
d) It can have multiple directions

3. What does the slope of a velocity-time graph represent? [1]

a) Acceleration
b) Displacement
c) Distance
d) Speed

4. What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent? [1]

a) Speed
b) Acceleration
c) Displacement
d) Distance

5. Assertion : Velocity versus time graph of a particle in uniform motion along a [1]
straight path is a line parallel to the time axis.
Reason : In uniform motion the velocity of a particle increases as the square of the
time elapsed.
6. Assertion : the speedometer of a car measures the instantaneous speed of the car. [1]
Reason : Average speed is equal to the total distance covered by an object divided by
the total time taken.

7. Distinguish between speed and velocity. [2]

8. A body travels along a circular path of radius 70 m. After travelling half a revolution [2]
in 20 s,
find the
(i) average velocity,
(ii) average speed.

9. A bike can accelerate from rest to 28 m/s in only 4 s. [2]

(a) What is average acceleration?
(b) What distance does it travel in that time?
10. Study the speed-time graph of a body given here and answer the following questions: [3]

(a) What type of motion is represented by OA?

(b) What type of motion is represented by AB?
(c) What type of motion is represented by BC?
(d) Find out the acceleration of the body.
(e) Calculate the retardation of the body.
(f) Find out the distance travelled by the body from A to B.
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Class IX Subject Physics

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Section A
1. What motion does a body exhibit if its distance-time graph aligns with 1
the time axis?
(a) Uniform motion
(b) At rest
(c) Uniformly accelerated motion
(d) Zig-zag motion
2. What does the numerical ratio of displacement to distance indicate for 1
a moving object?
(a) Always less than 1
(b) Always equal to 1
(c) Always more than 1
(d) Equal to or less than 1

3. What physical quantity does the area under a v – t graph represent, and 1
what unit does it have?
(a) m²
(b) m
(c) m³
(d) m/s

The question below consists of an assertion and a Reason. Use the following 1
key to choose the appropriate answer.
A. If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation
of the assertion
B. If both assertion and reason are correct, but the reason is not the correct
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C. If assertion is correct, but reason is incorrect.

D. If assertion is incorrect, but reason is correct.
4. Assertion: Acceleration of a moving body is always positive. 1
Reason: Acceleration of a moving body is the rate of change of
velocity.
5. Assertion: An object can have constant speed but variable velocity. 1
Reason: velocity changes due to change in direction, though speed is
same.
Section B
6. If one object is dropped from 150 m and another from 100 m 2
simultaneously, what’s their height difference after 2 s?
7. A motorcyclist travels from A to B at 30 km/h and returns at 20 km/h. Find 2
the average speed.
8.i. Differentiate between speed and velocity. 3
ii.A physical quantity is measured as –10 ms-1. Is it speed or velocity? Justify.

9. Study the velocity-time graph shown below and answer the questions that 3
follow:

i. Find the velocity of an object after 5 seconds.

ii. Find the distance travelled by an object in 5 seconds.
[Link] retardation of an object.

10. Distance travelled by a train and time taken by it is shown in the following 5
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(i) What is the average speed of the train?

(ii) When is the train traveling at the highest speed?
(iii) At what distance does the train slows down?
(iv) Calculate the speed of the train between 10:40 AM to 11:00 AM.

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Grade: IX
Chapter: Force and Laws of motion
1. The forces of action and reaction are
a. Always equal only
b. Always equal and opposite
c. Always equal but in same direction
d. Always unequal and opposite

2. A water tanker filled upto 2/3 of its height is moving with a uniform speed. On sudden
application of the brake, the water in the tank would
a. Move backward.
b. Move forward.
c. Be unaffected.
d. Rise upwards.

3. The rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to

a. Mass of the body
b. Velocity of the body
c. Net force applied on the body
d. None of these

4. The seat belts are provided in the cars so that if the car stops suddenly due to an emergency
braking, the persons sitting on the front seats are not thrown forward violently and saved from
getting injured. Can you guess the law due to which a person falls in forward direction on the
sudden stopping of the car?

(a) Newton’s first law of motion

(b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Newton’s third law of motion
(d) None of these

5. The speed of a car weighing 1500 kg increases from 36 km/h to 72 km/h uniformly. What will
be the change in momentum of the car?

(a) 15000 kg km/h

(b) 15000 kg m/s
(c) 54000 kg m/s
(d) 54000 g m/s

6. Name the property of bodies due to which they resist change in their state of rest or state of
uniform motion along a straight line?

7. Name the physical quantity that measures inertia. State its SI unit.

8. When a carpet is beaten with a stick it releases dust. Explain why.

9. What is the momentum of a body of mass 5 kg moving with a velocity of 0.20 m/s.
10. Write the net force acting on a bus, of mass 2000 kg, moving with a uniform velocity of 60
km/h.

11. While playing football, the goalkeeper did not get sufficient time to stop a fast ball shot
towards him. Why did he hurt his hand while doing so?

12. A stone released from the top of a tower of height 19.6 m, calculate its final velocity just
before touching the ground. (Take g = 9.8 m/s2)

13. How much force is required to change velocity of a body of mass 10kg from 2m/s to 6m/s in
4 seconds.

14. State newton’s third law of motion. Write any 3 examples on it.

15. Two balls A and B of masses ‘m’ and ‘2m’ are moving with velocities ‘2v’ and ‘v’
respectively. Compare their : (i)inertia, and (ii) momentum.
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1. When a force 1N acts on mass of 1kg, which is able to move freely, the object moves 1
with a/an:
a. Speed of 1 m/s
b. Speed of 1 km/s
c. Acceleration of 10 m/s2
d. Acceleration of 1 m/s2
2. Which law of motion explains why passengers inside a moving bus tend to fall
backward when the bus suddenly stops?
1
a) Newton's First Law
b) Newton's Second Law
c) Newton's Third Law
d) None of the above
3. If the mass of an object remains constant and the force acting on it doubles, its 1
acceleration will:
a) Double
b) Halve
c) Remain the same
d) Become zero
DIRECTION: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
4. Assertion: An object can have a non-zero velocity even if the net force acting on it is zero. 1
Reason: If the object is moving with a constant velocity, the net force acting on it must be
zero.
5. Assertion: When an object is thrown vertically upwards, its velocity becomes zero at the 1
highest point
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6. In a high jump athletic event, the athletes are made to fall on a cushion bed. 2
Give reason.
7. ‘A boatman pushes the river bank with a bamboo pole to take his boat into the 2
river.’ Explain his action with reason
8. a. State newton’s second law of motion. 3
b. A ball of mass 100 g moving with a velocity 10 ms-1 is stopped by a boy in
0.2 s. calculate the force applied by the boy to stop the ball
9. Define inertia. How does it depend on mass of the object? Explain (a)Dusting of a carpet 3
by beating it with a stick. (b)Removal of water from wet cloth.
10. The speed – time graph of a car 1000 kg mass is given below. On the basis of this answer 5
the following questions:
a) When is the maximum force acting on the car?
b) What is the retarding force acting on the car?
c) For how long is there no force acting on the car?
d) What is the velocity of the car at 5 second?
e) Find the acceleration of the car during the first interval of two second?

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