MODERN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RIYADH

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2023-24

SCIENCE (086) PB9SC 086
Date: 28/01/2024 CLASS: IX Maximum Marks: 80

Time Allowed: 3 hours

General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
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.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers
to these questions should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
Answers to these questions should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04
marks each with sub-parts.
Section-A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of
the questions 1 - 20. There is no negative mark for incorrect response.
1 The physical quantity having the same standard unit of Force is 1
a. Work
b. Energy
c. Thrust
d. Pressure
2 Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are examples of 1
a. Micro-nutrients
b. Macro-nutrients
c. Fertilizers
d. Both I and II
3 The cells of cork are dead and have a chemical in their walls that makes them 1
impervious to gases and water. The chemical is
a. lignin
b. suberin
c. cutin
d. wax

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4 The tissue present in the lining of kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands 1
is
(a) squamous epithelium tissue
(b) glandular epithelium tissue
(c) cuboidal epithelium tissue
(d) columnar epithelium tissue
5 The size of the stem increases in the width due to 1
(a) apical meristem
(b) intercalary meristem
(c) primary meristem
(d) lateral meristem
6 Xylem and phloem are examples of 1
(a) epidermal tissue
(b) simple tissue
(c) protective tissue
(d) complex tissue
7 The connective tissue that connects muscle to bone is called 1
(a) ligament
(b) tendon
(c) nervous tissue
(d) all of the above
8 The electrons present in the outermost shell are called 1
a. Valency electrons
b. Octate electrons
c. Duplet electrons
d. Valence electrons
9 The atomic number of sodium is 11 and its mass number is 23. It has 1
a. 11 neutrons and 12 protons
b. 12 protons and 11 electrons
c. 11 electrons and 12 neutrons
d. 12 electrons and 11 neutrons
10 Who discovered neutrons? 1
a. James Chadwick
b. Rutherford
c. J J Thomson
d. Niels Bohr
11 Which of the following has highest kinetic energy? 1
(a) Particles of ice at 0 °C
(b) Particles of water at 0 °C
(c) Particles of water at 100 °C
(d) Particles of steam at 100 °C
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12 Which of the following is most suitable for summer? 1
(a) Cotton
(b) Nylon
(c) Polyester
(d) Silk.
13 The atomicity of K2Cr2O7 is 1
a. 9
b. 11
c. 10
d. 12
14 The formula of ethanol is C2H5 – OH. What will be its molecular mass? 1
a. 46 u
b. 34 u
c. 34 g
d. 46 g
15 Which of the following properties does not describe a compound? 1
(a) It is composed of two or more elements
(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
16 Which of the following is not a homogeneous mixture? 1
(a) Air
(b) Tincture of iodine
(c) Sugar solution
(d) milk
Question No. 17 to 20 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 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
17 Assertion (A): A light body and heavy body have same momentum. Then they 1
also have same kinetic energy.
Reason (R): Kinetic energy depends on mass of the body.
18 Assertion (A): Permanent tissue is composed of mature cells. 1
Reason (R): Meristematic tissue is a group of actively dividing cells.
19 Assertion (A): The solids do not diffuse in air. 1
Reason (R): The particles are loosely packed in solids.
20 Assertion (A): A molecule is the smallest particle of an element or a 1
compound which is capable of free existence.

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 Reason (R): The number of atoms present in one molecule of the substance is
called its atomicity.
Section-B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions
21 What are isobars? Give an example. 2
22 Name two structures found in plant cells but not in animal cells. 2
23 Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes? 2
OR
Lysosomes are called as the suicidal bags of the cell. Give reason.
24 The shape of velocity-time graph of a moving object is straight line parallel to 2
the time axis. What will be the type of motion?
25 Name the wave characteristic which depends on the loudness of the sound. 2
Represent loud and soft sound graphically.
OR
The wave length of a sound wave is 0.8m. If it travels with a speed of 320m/s,
find the frequency of vibration. Will it be audible or not?
26 Why should preventive measures and biological control methods be preferred 2
for protecting crops?
Section-C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27 a. Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if we 3
vigorously shake its branch?
b. A stone of 1 kg is thrown with a velocity of 20 m/s across the frozen surface
of a lake and comes to rest after travelling a distance of 50 m. What is the
force of friction between the stone and the ice?
28 a. Define sublimation and give two examples for sublimable substances. 3
b. Why does a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day?
c. Why are we able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer rather than a
cup?
OR
a. Convert the following temperatures to the Celsius scale.
i. 293K
ii. 470K
b. What is evaporation? What are the factors affecting it?
29 What are the different types of muscles? Write functions of each type of 3
muscle.
30 a. Differentiate between manure and fertilizer. 3
b. What are drought and milch animals?
31 A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration 3
attains a speed 36km/h in 10min. Find its acceleration.
32 Define potential energy and derive its expression. 3

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33 a. The frequency of a source of sound is 100 Hz. How many times does it 3
vibrate in a minute?
b. Suppose you and your friend are on the moon. Will you be able to hear any
sound produced by your friend?
c. What is reverberation? What is done to reduce it?
Section-D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions
34 a. Why water is called a compound? 5
b. Differentiate between the solution, suspension and colloid based on stability,
scattering of light and separation by the method of filtration.
c. 100g of salt is dissolved in 400g of water. Find the concentration of the
solution in terms of mass by mass percentage.
OR
a. Differentiate between mixture and compound.
b. What are solute and solvent? Name the solute and solvent present in the
following solutions.
i. Tincture iodine
ii. Soda
c. What are emulsion? Give an example.
35 a. What is meristematic and permanent tissue? 5
b. Which tissue makes up the husk of coconut?
c. What are the constituents of phloem?
OR
a. Draw a neat labelled diagram of nerve cell.
b. Explain the function of dendrite and axon.
36 a. State universal law of gravitation. 5
b. Derive the expression for gravitational force from the law.
c. The volume of an object of mass 28kg is 0.04m3. Will it sink or float in
water? The density of water is 1000kg/m3
OR
a. Differentiate between mass and weight.
b. Why the weight of an object is more at poles than equator?
c. The mass of an object is 20kg. Find its weight on the surface of moon.
SECTION – E
Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2 to 3 short sub-parts.
Internal choice is provided in one of these sub-parts.
37 There are about 118 elements available now. To represent them in short 4
symbols are used. Some of the symbols are derived from their Latin or German
names. By using the valency of each element it is possible to write chemical
formula of different compounds. Polyatomic ions are the group of atoms with
charges. Valency of an element represents its combining capacity.

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 a. Write the symbol of the following elements.
i. Copper
ii. Magnesium
iii. Silver
iv. Tin
b. The chemical formula of some of the compounds are given below. Name the
compounds.
i. Ca[OH]2
ii. FeSO4
c. Write the chemical formula of the following compounds.
i. Ammonium carbonate
ii. Zinc phosphate
OR
c. What are polyatomic ions? Give two examples.
38 Plasma membrane or Cell membrane is the outermost covering of the cell that 4
separates the contents of the cell from its external environment. The plasma
membrane is flexible and is made up of organic molecules called lipids and
proteins. The flexibility of the cell membrane also enables the cell to engulf in
food and other material from its external environment. Such processes are
known as endocytosis. The plasma membrane allows or permits the entry and
exit of some materials in and out of the cell. It also prevents movement of
some other materials. The cell membrane, therefore, is called a selectively
permeable membrane.

Some substances like carbon dioxide or oxygen can move across the cell
membrane by a process called diffusion. There is spontaneous movement of a
substance from a region of high concentration to a region where its
concentration is low. Similar thing happens in cells – some substance like CO2
(carbon dioxide is cellular waste and requires to be excreted out by the cell)
accumulates in high concentrations inside the cell. In the cell’s external
environment, the concentration of CO2 is low as compared to that inside the
cell. As soon as there is a difference of concentration of CO2 inside and
outside a cell, CO2 moves out of the cell, from a region of high concentration,
to a region of low concentration outside the cell by the process of diffusion.

Water obeys the law of diffusion. The movement of water molecules through
such a selectively permeable membrane is called osmosis. The movement of
water across the plasma membrane is also affected by the amount of substance
dissolved in water. Thus, osmosis is the net diffusion of water across a
selectively permeable membrane toward a higher solute concentration.

(1) The plasma membrane is made up of ___________

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 (a) Proteins
(b) Lipids
(c) Proteins and Lipids (Lipoproteins)
(d) none of above
(2) Which of the following substance is known as cellular waste?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) None of above
(3) The movement of a substance from the region of higher concentration to
the region where its concentration is lower is called as _____________
(a) Osmosis
(b) Diffusion
(c) Excretion of CO2 (carbon dioxide)
(d) All above
(4) Why cell membrane is known as selectively permeable membrane?
OR
(4) What is mean by diffusion?
39 Distance and displacement are two quantities that seem to mean the same but
are different with different meanings and definitions. Distance is the measure
of “how much distance an object has covered during its motion” while
displacement refers to the measure of “how far the abject actually from initial
place.” Difference between distance and displacement is given by

No. Distance Displacement

The complete length of Displacement is the shortest length

1 the path between any two
points is called distance between any two point.

Distance is a scalar
2 Displacement is a vector quantity
quantity

The distance can only Displacement can be positive, negative,

3
have positive values. and even zero.

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 Answer the following questions by observing following diagram

(i)What is distance and displacement when particle moves from point A to B?

(ii)What is Displacement when particle moves from point A to D?
(iii) What is Displacement when particle moves from point A to C through A-
B-C?
OR
(iii)Find distance covered when particle moves in path ABCDA i.e. starts from
A and ends at A?

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