Class IX Session 2025-26
Subject - Science
Sample Question Paper - 1
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 3 sections. Section A is Biology, Section B is Chemistry and
Section C is Physics.
2. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is expected to
attempt only one of these questions.
Section A
1. The student were shown the slide of a nerve cell. They were asked to drawn the diagram of the nerve cell. The [1]
correct sequence of the labeling 1, 2, 3, 4 is:
a) Cilia, Nucleus, Dendrite, Cyton b) Axon, Nissl's granule, Dendrite, Cytoplasm
c) Dendron, Cyton, Nucleus, Axon d) Axon, Cytoplasm. Dendrite, Nucleus
2. The cell sap in plant cells consists of: [1]
a) water only b) water + organic substances
c) water + inorganic substances d) both (water only) and (water + inorganic
substances)
3. Match the following with the correct response: [1]
(a) Genes (i) Loss of water by plant cells
(b) Diffusion (ii) Gases
(c) Osmosis (iii) Hereditary units
(d) Plasmolysis (iv) Movement of water molecules
a) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i) b) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)
c) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii) d) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
4. Choose the wrong statement: [1]
A. The nature of the matrix differs according to the function of the tissue
Page 1 of 17
B. Fats are stored below the skin and in between the internal organs
C. Epithelial tissues have intercellular spaces between them
D. Cells of striated muscles are multinucleate and unbranched
a) (D) b) (B)
c) (C) d) (A)
5. Which one of the following is broad leaf weed? [1]
a) Convolvulus b) Chenopodium
c) All of these d) Amaranthus
6. Assertion (A): Meristematic tissues are growth tissues and found in the growing regions of the plant. [1]
Reason (R): According to the position of meristematic tissues they are of three types.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
7. Assertion (A): Mitochondria are called powerhouses of the cell. [1]
Reason (R): Mitochondria produce cellular energy in the form of ATP.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
8. Describe the function of bones. [2]
9. If the organisation of a cell is destroyed due to some physical or chemical influence, what will happen? [2]
OR
What is the functional unit of life ? Define it.
10. Why are manure and fertilizers used in fields? [2]
11. Observe the following diagram and answer the following questions: [3]
i. Identify the type of tissue mentioned in the given figure.
ii. Write any two characteristics of the type of tissue mentioned in the given figure.
iii. Where is the given tissue found in our body? What is the nature of the given tissue mentioned in the
diagram?
[3]
12.
Page 2 of 17
Answer the following questions:
i. What is the main purpose of green manure?
ii. Name any two plants which can be used for green manure.
iii. What is the advantage of using biological manure?
13. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Animal tissue has various types of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscular tissue, and nervous tissue and of
tissue one of them is the connective tissue which consists of blood, bone, cartilage. Blood is the fluid matrix
called plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelet are suspended while bone form the
framework that supports the body it also anchors the muscle and supports the main organ of the body. Two bones
are connected by a ligament. cartilage is a solid matrix composed of sugar and protein.
i. Name the tissue which connects muscle to a bone. (1)
ii. Matrix of bone cells are composed of (1)
iii. Two bones are connected by ligament how muscle connects to the bone? (2)
OR
Where the cartilage is found in the human body? (2)
14. What are cell organelles? Write the names of different cell organelles. [5]
OR
i. Which process in meristematic tissue converts it to permanent tissue?
ii. Which feature of meristematic tissue helps aquatic plants to maintain buoyancy in water?
iii. Why epidermis of plants living in dry habitats is thicker?
iv. Identify the following.
a. Living component of xylem
b. Dead element of phloem
v. Which type of conducting tissues conduct water and minerals vertically?
Section B
15. Which of the two statements is true? [1]
Statement A: The temperature of the liquid becomes constant once it starts boiling.
Statement B: The pressure of air at sea level is 70 cm.
a) Both A and B are false b) Both A and B
c) Statement B d) Statement A
16. Which of the following statements is not true about H2SO4? [1]
A. It is composed of 2 Hydrogen, 1 Sulphur, and 4 Oxygen atoms.
B. Its relative molecular mass is 98.
C. It is composed of one molecule of H2, one atom of S, and two molecules of O2.
D. Its relative molecular mass is 108.
a) B and C b) All of these
c) A, B and D d) C and D
17. Fermentation of grapes is an example of [1]
a) Chemical change b) Redox reaction
Page 3 of 17