Sample Question Paper (2025-26)

Class – 9
Subject – Science (086)
M.M. – 80 Time allowed – 3 hours
General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 39 questions in 3 sections. Section A is Biology, Section, B is Chemistry
and Section C is Physics.
(ii) All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
BIOLOGY (SECTION A) 30 MARKS
1. The proteins and lipids, essential for building the cell membrane, are manufactured by: 1

a) Mitochondria b) Golgi apparatus

c) Rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum d) Plasma membrane
2. A plant cell does not burst in a hypotonic solution because ________. 1

a) Its cell sap is rich in cellulose

b) Its cell sap is more concentrated
c) Its cell wall resists bursting
d) It does not have lysosomes
3. A student is studying the history of cell biology and learns about the discovery of “cells.” 1
Which scientist first observed and named “cells” after examining a thin section of cork under a
microscope?
(a) Anton van Leeuwenhoek (b) Robert Hooke
(c) Matthias Schleiden (d) Theodor Schwann
4. Rhythmic contraction and relaxation throughout life, are shown by 1

a) epithelium of lungs b) striated muscles of tongue

c) striated muscles of limbs d) cardiac muscles of heart
5. Bones are connected to muscles at the joints by: 1

a) tendons b) adipose tissue

c) areolar tissue d) Ligament
6. Observe the given figures of three different plant tissues and select the correct statement. 1

a) Cell walls of a, b and c bear uniform thickening of suberin.

b) a provides mechanical strength to the plant while b and c serve as storage tissues.
 c) Cytoplasm is present in cells of a while it is absent in cells of b and c.
d) a and b consist of living cells while c consists of dead cells.
7. Using fertilizers in farming is an example of 1

a) High cost production b) Low cost production

c) Moderate cost production d) No cost production
The following two questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) . Answer these
questions by selecting the appropriate option given below.
A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
D. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

8. Assertion (A): Inter cropping prevents pests. 1

Reason (R): Plant pests can be controlled biologically by their natural parasites and pathogens.
9. Assertion (A): Vessel and sieve tubes both are meant for transport purposes. 1

Reason (R): Vessels are lignified.

10. Why do cells that produce digestive enzymes (like in the pancreas) have a large number of 2
rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies?

11. Two types of cells—one from human muscle tissue and one from skin tissue—were analyzed. 2
Muscle cells had more mitochondria than skin cells.
Apply your understanding of cell organelle function to explain this difference.

12. Why is mixed farming (growing crops along with livestock) considered more sustainable than 2
monoculture?
Give two application-based reasons.

13. A man observed that his hand moves instantly when he touches a hot object. 3
(a) Which type of muscle is involved in this action?
(b) Write one feature of this muscle.
(c) How is this action helpful?

14. An old man complains of joint pain. The doctor says it’s due to the wearing down of tissues 3
between the bones.
(a) Name the tissue that gets damaged.
(b) What is its function?
 (c) Mention one place in the human body where it is found.

15. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: 4
The practice of keeping or rearing, caring, and management of honey bee on a large scale for
obtaining honey
and wax is called apiculture. The place where bees are raised is called an apiary. Bee-keeping
requires low
investment and generates additional income, hence it is
done by farmers along with agriculture.
Following are the Honey bee varieties that are used for
bee-keeping as follows:

[Link] Indigenous varieties Exotic varieties

.

1 Apis cerana indica (Indian bee) Apis mellifera (Italian bee)

2 Apis dorsata (Rock bee), Apis florae (Little Apis adamsoni (South African
bee) bee)

i. Why bee keeping should be done in good pasturage? (1)

ii. Does honey bee help in pollination? Which type of flowers attracts the honey bee? (1)
iii. Mention the products obtained from the honey bee. (2)
OR
What is the best season to start beehive? (2)
16. 5
Look at the given diagrams of plant cell
and Animal cell and answer the following
questions:

a)Identify which image represents a plant

cell and which one represents an animal cell.
Justify your answer with two structural
features from the diagram.

b) If the nucleus of cell A is removed, what changes will you expect in its functioning? Explain with
reason.

c) Suppose a plant cell is placed in a highly concentrated sugar solution. Predict what will happen to its
vacuole and explain the reason.

d) In cell A, name the organelle responsible for photosynthesis and explain how it supports autotrophic
nutrition.

OR

While studying cells, Riya notices that some cells have no organized nucleus, while others have a well-
defined one. She records their features in a table.

Cell Type DNA Ribosomes Mitochondri Cell wall

 location a

Cell P Floating in Present Absent Present

cytoplasm

Cell Q Inside Present Present Absent

nucleus

a) Identify Cell P and Cell Q as either prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

b) What is the significance of mitochondria in Cell Q?

c) Why can Cell P survive without mitochondria?

d) Explain why Cell Q has better compartmentalization of cellular functions.

e) State one example organism for each type.

CHEMISTRY SECTION B (25 MARKS)

17. The temperature-time graph given alongside shows the heating curve for pure wax. 1

What is the melting point of the substance?

a) 110°C b) 90°C
c) 9°C d) 15°C

18. The process of changing a gas into a liquid is called: 1

(a) Evaporation (b) Condensation

(c) Sublimation (d) Melting
19. Which will not give a stable solution even when stirred for some time? 1

a) Milk in water b) Common salt in water

c) Egg albumin in water d) Sugar in water
20. Which of the following properties does not describe a compound? 1
(a) It is composed of two or more element
(b) It is a pure substance.
(c) It cannot be separated into constituents by physical means
(d) It is mixed in any proportion by mass
21. What is the chemical formula of sodium carbonate? 1
(a) Na2CO3 (b) NaHCO3
(c) NaCO3 (d) Na2HCO3
22. Which among the following is not a postulate of Dalton’s atomic theory? 1
a). Atoms can not be created or destroyed
b). Atoms of different elements have different sizes, masses and chemical properties
c). Atoms of same elements can combine in only one ratio to produce more than any one
compound
 d). Atoms are very tiny particles which can not be further divided
23. An atom with 3 protons and 4 neutrons will have valency of: 1
a) 4 b) 1 c) 7 d) 3
The following question consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
by selecting the appropriate option given below.
A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
D. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

24. Assertion (A): When a beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution placed in a dark 1
place the path of the beam becomes visible.
Reason (R) : Light gets scattered by the colloidal particles.
25. Why is air considered a homogeneous mixture, although it contains different gases? Under what 2
conditions can it be considered heterogeneous?
26. A student mixed salt in water and observed that the salt disappeared. 3
(a) What does this experiment prove about particles of matter?
(b) Name two characteristics of particles of matter shown here.
(c) Which process is this?

27. A student made a salt solution by dissolving 10 g of salt in 100 mL of water. 3

(a) What kind of mixture is this?
(b) Name the solute and solvent.
(c) List two properties of a true solution.

28. Read the following and answer these questions 4

The maximum number of the electrons which are permitted to be assigned to an energy shell of
an atom is called the electron capacity of that shell. The distribution of electrons in different
orbits or shells is governed by a scheme known as Bohr-Bury scheme. According to this scheme
:(a) The maximum number of the electrons that can be present in any shell is given by the
formula 2n2 where n is the number of energy levels.
(b) The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in the outermost shell is 8.
Electrons are filled in the shells in a stepwise manner in increasing order of energy of the
energy shell.
(i) What is the maximum electron capacity of the N shell?
(a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 18. (d) 32
(ii) Identify the element with the configuration K-2, L-8, M-3.
 (a) Aluminium. (b) Magnesium. (c) Sodium. (d) Beryllium
(iii) Which of the following configurations represent sodium?
(a) 2, 8, 4 (b) 2, 8, 5 (c) 2, 3 (d) 2, 8, 1
(iv)Why do inert gases (Neon ,Argon etc.) have zero valency?

29. A neutral atom X has the following properties: 5

Mass number = 40

Number of neutrons = 22

Based on this information, answer the following:

(a) Calculate the atomic number of X.

(b) Identify the element using the periodic table.

(c) Write the complete electronic configuration and explain which shell is the valence shell.

(d) Predict the type of ion it is likely to form and explain why.

(e) Justify how this atomic structure supports the reactivity and position of the element in the periodic
table.

OR

The element Neon has three isotopes with the following data:

Ne-20 (abundance = 90%)

Ne-21 (abundance = 0.5%)

Ne-22 (abundance = 9.5%)

(a) Calculate the average atomic mass of Neon.

(b) Explain why the atomic mass of Neon on the periodic table is not a whole number.

(c) How does the presence of isotopes affect the physical and chemical properties of an element?

(d) Discuss why isotopes are used in medical diagnostics but not for industrial chemical reactions.

(e) Can two isotopes of an element have different electronic configurations? Justify your answer.

PHYSICS SECTION C (25 MARKS)

30. What does the slope of the velocity-time graph give? 1

a) acceleration b) force
c) displacement d) distance
31. The distance which compression or a rarefaction travels per unit of time gives————- 1
a)The density of sound wave b)Speed of sound
c)Wavelength of sound d)Frequency of sound
The following question consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) . Answer these
questions by selecting the appropriate option given below.
A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
 correct explanation of Assertion (A).
B. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
C. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
D. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

32. Assertion (A): The flash of lightening is seen before the sound of thunder is heard. 1
Reason (R) : Speed of sound is greater than speed of light.
33. Person standing on a skateboard throws a heavy ball forward. 2
[Link] the forces acting and the law involved.
[Link] the person move faster if they throw a heavier ball or a lighter one with same speed?
Explain.
34. Two balls of different masses are dropped from the same height in a vacuum. 2
[Link] one will reach the ground first and why?
[Link] does this experiment reveal about acceleration due to gravity?
35. A book kept on a table remains at rest until pushed. 3
(a) Which property of matter is shown here?
(b) On what factor does this property depend?
(c) Give one daily life example showing the same property.

36. Two objects attract each other with a gravitational force. 3

(a) State the universal law of gravitation.
(b) On what factors does the gravitational force depend?
(c) What happens to the force if the distance between them is doubled?

37. A student observed that a vibrating tuning fork causes ripples in water when touched to its 3
surface.
(a) What does this prove about the tuning fork?
(b) Why do ripples form on the water surface?
(c) What type of energy is responsible for this?

38. Any change in the velocity of an object results in an acceleration: increasing speed (what people 4
usually mean when they say acceleration), decreasing speed, or changing direction. Yes, that's
right, a change in the direction of motion results in an acceleration even if the moving object
neither speed up nor slowed down. That's because acceleration depends on the change in
velocity and velocity is a vector quantity; one with both magnitude and direction. Thus, a falling
apple accelerates, a car stopping at a traffic light accelerates, and the moon in orbit around the
Earth accelerates. Acceleration occurs anytime an object's speed increases or decreases, or it
changes direction.
(i). Acceleration is a vector quantity which indicates that its value:
(a) can be positive, negative or zero (b) is always positive
 (c) is always negative (d) None
(ii). A boy goes from his house with a velocity of 120 m/s and Stops at a shop after 1 minute.
Calculate the acceleration of the boy.
(a) 24 m/min2 (b) 25 m/s2 (c) -2 m/s2 (d) - 2m/min2
(iii). A car is moving along a straight road with uniform velocity. It is shown in the graph.
(iv) The velocity -time graph of an object is given .The
object has-

(i) Uniform speed.

(ii) Uniform velocity
(iii) Uniform retardation. (iv) Variable acceleration

39. Riya rides her bicycle uphill at a constant speed. She claims she is doing work and consuming energy. 5
Her friend argues that since there is no acceleration, there is no force and hence no work.

(a) Who is correct? Justify your answer using the concept of work and energy.

(b) Name all the forces acting on the bicycle while going uphill.

(c) Why does Riya feel tired even though she is moving at a constant speed?

(d) Calculate the work done if her mass is 60 kg, the bicycle's mass is 15 kg, and the height climbed is 8
meters. (Take g = 9.8 m/s²)

(e) If Riya takes 40 seconds to climb the slope, calculate the power developed.

OR

A boy of mass 50 kg runs up a staircase of height 5 meters in 10 seconds. His friend, also of the same
mass, walks up the same staircase in 20 seconds.

(a) Calculate the work done by each boy.

(b) Calculate the power developed by each.

(c) Who is more powerful? Why, even though the work done is the same?

(d) If the staircase has 25 steps, calculate the height of each step.

(e) If both boys were carrying a school bag of 5 kg while climbing, how would it affect the work and
power? Explain with new calculations for the runner.