DESCRIPTIVE EXAMINATION
Date : 24 - 01-2025 Class - IX
TIME : 3 hrs. SCIENCE [Link] : 80
Section A
(2 one word question carrying 1 mark each)
1. Amoeba acquires its food through a process termed
2. Which muscles act involuntarily ?
Section B
(3 short answer question carrying 2 mark each)
3. Define the term ‘tissue ?
OR
Why meiosis is reffered to as reductional division ?
4. a) What is atomicity ?
b) Classify the following elements on the basis of their atomicity
1) F2 2) P4 3) O2 4) S8
5. What is the kinetic energy of an object ? Write an expression for the kinetic energy of an object
Section C
(10 questions each carrying 3 marks)
6. If two bodies have masses in the ratio 1 : 2 have their speed in the ratio 4 : 5. find the ratio of their kinetic
energies
7. How does the movement of substances take place into the cell ?
OR
What is cutin ? Why is the epidermis present as a thick waxy coating of cutin in desert plants ?
8. a) What is tincture of iodine ?
b) Specify the solute and solvent present in it
c) Suggest an application of tincture of Iodine
9. An elephant weighing 50,000 N stands on one foot of area 1000 cm2. What is the pressure exerted on the
ground ?
10. What are the uses of a distance time graph ?
11. A man carrying a bag of mass 25 kg climbs up to a height of 10m in 50 sec. Calculate the power delivered
by him to the bag
OR
A sound wave travels at a speed of 339 m/s. If its wave length is 1.5cm, what is the frequency of the wave ?
Will it be audible for human beings ?
12. a) Both smoke and fog are aerosols in what way they differ ?
b) Give two examples for emulsion
OR
An element X has atomic number 13
a) Write down the electronic configuration and find out the valency of X
b) Write the chemical formula of its fluoride
c) Does X is a metal or a non-metal ?
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13. Name the different components of xylem
14. Why are voluntary muscles also called skeletal muscles ?
15. Describe the microscopic structure of the cell ?
Section D
( 6 questions each carrying 5 mark)
16. Illustrate only a plant cell as seen under moler electron microscope. How is it different from animal cell ?
17. i) Define power. Write commercial unit and SI unit of electrical energy
ii) An electrical geyser of 1.5 kW works fo r 2 hours. find the electrical energy units consumed in a day ?
18. a) What is gold foil experiment ? Write down the conclusions and drawbacks of Rutherfords model of
atom.
OR
a) When iron and sulphur are heated at high temperature the black coloured compound obtained is
___________
b) Give two points of difference between elements and compounds
c) How mixtures differ from compounds. Explain with an example
19. Calculate the value of acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ using the relation between g and G
20. Draw a well Labelled diagram of an eukariyotic nucleous. How is it different from nucleoid ?
21. a) Name the scientist who established the laws of chemical combination (2)
b) Give an example of a triatomic molecule of a element (1)
c) Find atomicity of following
i) Sulphur ii) Phosphorous
Section E
( 6 brief answer question carrying 2 mark each )
22, Where will you find more number of ribosomes in cancer cells or is fat cells?
23. Tissue A and tissue B constitute tissue C. A carries water while B carries food for the plants. Identify A,
B, C
24. List out the properties of colloids
OR
Give one word for the following
i) A group of atoms carrying charge
ii) Positively charged ion
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25. Atomic number of some elements is shown
Element Atomic Number
Beryllium 4
Oxygen 8
Silicon 14
Chlorine 17
a) Which elements have a valency of 2
b) Write down the chemical formula of compound formed by the reaction between Beryllium and Chlorine
OR
a) Identify isobars from the following
41 40 40 39
19 K, 18 Ar , 19 K, 16 Ar , 12 H
b) Name the three isotopes of Hydrogen atom
26. Why do we neglect gravitational forces exerted on a falling stone by nearby trees while calculating its
acceleration ?
27. a) What are the limitations of J.J Thomson’s Model of atom ?
b) Draw the Bohr Model of carbon atom (Atomic Number - 6)
OR
a) State law of definite proportion by mass
b) Find out the ratio by mass of combining elements in
a) NH3 (ammonia)
b) CO (Carbon monoxide)