St Xavier’s High School

MIDC, Hingna Road, Nagpur

Session: 2024-25
Term - I

Std. IX Sub. Science Marks: 80

SECTION A
Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION (20 MARKS)
1. The conversion of a solid into vapours without passing through the liquid state is called:
(a) Vaporisation (b) Fusion (c) Sublimation (d) Freezing
[Matter in our Surroundings]
2. Which of the following energy is absorbed during the change of state of substance?
(a) Specific heat
(b) Latent heat
(c) Heat capacity
(d) Heat of solution
[Matter in our Surroundings]
3. Which of the following are compounds?
(i) CO (ii) NO (iii) N₂O (iv) Co
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (ii)
(d) (ii) and (iv) [Is Matter around us Pure]

4. Which of the following is not a mixture?

(a) Kerosene
(b) Air
(c) Alcohol
(d) Petrol [Is Matter around us Pure]

5. "Is malleable and ductile" best describes:

(a) A solution
(b) A metal
 (c) A compound
(d) A non-metal [Is Matter around us Pure]

6. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of particles of matter?

(a) Particles have spaces between them.
(b) Particles are in continuous motion.
(c) Particles attract each other.
(d) Particles are indivisible and indestructible.
[Matter in our Surroundings]
7. The Nodes of Ranvier are found in:
a. Nerve cells
b. Heart cells
c. Liver cells
d. All of the above [TISSUE]

8. Rapid elongation of bamboo stem is due to:

a. Lateral meristem
b. Intercalary meristem
c. Apical meristem
d. Cambium [Tissue]

9. Which plastid is colourless

a. Chromoplasts
b. Chloroplast
c. Leucoplasts
d All of the above
[Cell-The fundamental unit of life]
10 . Cell arise from pre-existing cell was stated by
a. Haeckel
b. Virchow
c. Hooke
d. Schleiden
[Cell-The fundamental unit of life]
11. flexibility of plant is due to :
a. Collenchyma
b. Sclerenchyma
c. Parenchyma
d. Chlorenchyma [Tissue]

12 Which of the following quantities has both magnitude and direction?

a) Speed
b) Distance
c) Velocity
d) Time
(motion)
13.Which of Newton's laws of motion is also known as the law of inertia?
a) First Law
b) Second Law
c) Third Law
d) Law of Gravitation (force and laws of motion)

14.A force of 10 N acts on an object of mass 2 kg. What is the acceleration produced?
a) 5 m/s²
b) 20 m/s²
c) 2 m/s²
d) 10 m/s²

(force and laws of motion)

15.The gravitational force between two objects depends on:

a) The sum of their masses
b) The square of the distance between them
c) The difference in their masses
d) The product of their masses and the square of the distance between them (force and
laws of motion)

16. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth?
a) 9.8 m/s²
b) 10 m/s²
c) 6.67 × 10⁻¹¹ N m²/kg²
d) 0 m/s² (gravitation)
17.If the distance between two objects is doubled, the gravitational force between them.
a) Becomes four times weaker
b) Becomes four times stronger
c) Remains the same
d) Is doubled (gravitation)
INSTRUCTIONS:
A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
B. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
C. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
D. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.

18. Assertion: When a beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution placed in a dark place, the path
of the beam becomes visible.
Reason: Light gets scattered by the colloidal particles.
[Is Matter around us Pure]

19. Assertion : Permanent tissue is composed of mature cells.

Reason : Meristematic tissue is a group of actively dividing cells.
[ Tissue]
20. Assertion: The motion of a car in a circular path with constant speed is always accelerate.
Reason: when a car moves along a circular path , then its direction of speed keeps changing continuously .
Due to continuous change in direction , the velocity of car changes . And when velocity changes , the
motion is said to be accelerate.
( Motion)
SECTION B
QUESTIONS NO. 21 TO 26 ARE VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
21. . What are pure substances? Give two examples of pure substances. [Is Matter around us Pure]
22 A balloon kept in sun burst after sometimes . why? [Matter in our Surroundings]
23 . Who discovered cell and how? [Cell-The fundamental unit of life]
24. Write the constituents of phloem . [Tissue]
25. Define uniform and non-uniform motion with examples. ( Motion)
26. State newtons 2nd law of motion . (force and laws of motion)

SECTION C
QUESTION NO. 27 TO 33 ARE SHORT ANWER TYPE QUESTIONS
27. If 2 ml of acetone is present in 45 ml of its aqueous solution, calculate the concentration of this
solution. [3M] [Is Matter around us Pure]
28. State two characteristic properties each of:
(a) A solid
(b) A liquid
 (c) A gas
[3M] [Matter in our Surroundings]
29. Define the three types of meristematic tissue with one function of each [3m][tissue]
30. Differentiate between plant tissue and animal tissue [3m][tissue]
31 .Give one function of each:
a. Cytoplasm
b. Plastids
c. Lysosomes [Cell-The fundamental unit of life]
32. .A car accelerates uniformly from 18 km/h to 36 km/h in 5 seconds. Calculate the acceleration and the
distance covered by the car in that time.( motion)
OR
.What is the nature of the distance time graphs for uniform and non-uniform motion of an object ?
( motion)
33. An 8000kg engine pulls a train of 5wagons, each of 2000kg along a horizontal track. If the engine
exerts a force of 40000N and the track offers a friction force of ,5000N then calculate: (a) the net
accelerating force (b) the acceleration of the train? (force and laws of motion)
Section D
QUESTIONS NO. 34 TO 36 ARE LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

34. .(a) Give the main differences between Physical Changes and Chemical Changes.
(b) Which of the following are chemical changes and which physical? Give Reason. [Is Matter around us
Pure]
(i) A glass bottle breaking.
(ii) Coal burning in air.
(iii) Making a cake.
(iv) Wool being knitted into a sweater.
35. Why are Xylem and Phloem called complex tissues?How are they different from one another?
[tissue]
OR
Define Muscular tissue .Classify and explain different types of muscles with the help of suitable diagram
[tissue]
36 (i). State the universal law of gravitation. Write the formula to find the magnitude of the gravitational
force between the earth and an object on the surface of the earth. (gravitation)(2 m)
(ii). The mass of the earth is 6×1024 kg and that of the moon is 7.4×1022kg. If the distance between the earth
and the moon is 3.84×105km, calculate the force exerted by the earth on the moon. G=6.7×10−11Nm2kg−2 .
(gravitation)(3 m)

SECTION E
QUESTION NO. 37 TO 39 ARE CASE BASED QUESTIONS
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

37. Every matter is made up of tiny particles. These particles are so tiny that they can’t be seen with naked
eyes. The three characteristics shown by particles of matter are as follows:
(i) There are small voids between particles in a matter. This characteristic is the concept behind the
solubility of a substance in other substances.
(ii) Particles of matter show continuous random movements, that is they possess kinetic energy. The
spreading of ink in a beaker of glass, smell of agarbattis, etc. are few illustrations that show the movement
of particles of a substance.
(iii) The particles of matter attract each other with a force called interparticle force of attraction.

I. What happens when we add sugar to water? And explain how spreading the fragrance of a burning
incense stick in a room occurs. [Matter in our Surroundings]
II. A stream of water cannot be cut by fingers. Which property of matter does this observation show?
[Matter in our Surroundings]
OR
II . When we put some crystals of potassium permanganate in a beaker containing water, we observe that
after some time, the whole water turns pink; explain why. [Matter in our Surroundings]
38 . The cell theory, that all the plants and animals are composed of cells and that the cell is the basic unit
of life, was presented by two biologists, German zoologist Schleiden (1838) and British zoologist Schwann
(1839). The cell theory was further expanded by Virchow (1855) by suggesting that all cells arise from pre-
existing cells. With the discovery of the electron microscope in 1940, it was possible to observe and
understand the complex structure of the cell and its various organelles.
[Tissue]
I. Theodore Schwann was a _____
(a) British zoologist
(b) German zoologist
(c) British botanist
(d) German botanist

II Matthias Schleiden was a _____

(a) German zoologist
(b) British zoologist
(c) German botanist
(d) British botanist

III. Which scientist was the first to explain that new cells arise from pre-existing cells?
(a) Antony Von Leeuwenhoek
(b) Matthias Schleiden
(c) Rudolph Virchow
(d) Theodore Schwann

IV Which of these scientists did not contribute to the cell theory?

(a) Robert Koch
(b) Matthias Schleiden
(c) Theodore Schwann
(d) Rudolph Virchow
39. Ankit and Rehman are two friends who live in the same colony. Ankit studies in class IX whereas
Rehman is a student of class VII. One day, both Ankit and Rehman were playing cricket with other boys of
the colony in the bid ground just outside their colony. At the moment, Ankit and Rehman were standing at
two different fielding positions. When batsman hit the ball hard, it went very fast towards Rehman.
Rehman stopped and caught the fast moving cricket ball but his hands were hurt badly in stopping the ball.
The severe pain in the hands of Rehman made him drop the catch. Next moment, th bastman again hit the
ball hard. This time the fast moving ball went straight towards the direction of Ankit. Ankit stopped and
caught the fast ball in a particular way without hurting his hands at all. While coming back home after
playing cricket, Ankit explained the proper way of catching a fast cricket ball to Rehman without getting
the hands hurt. Keeping this advice in mind, Rehman never hurt his hands again while playing cricket.
(force and laws of motion)
(a) Which physical quantity is vert large in a fast moving cricket ball having high speed?
(b) In what way do you think Rehman stopped and caught the fast cricket ball which hurt his hands?
(c) In what way do you think Ankit stopped and caught the fast cricket ball without hurting his hands?
or
(d) Why were Ankit's hands not hurt in stopping and catching the fast cricket ball in this way?

Prepared By: Mrs. Nidhi Bajpai

Checked By: Mrs. Mamta Mishra
Checked By: Section Head: Mrs. Sneha Jetti
Checked By: Principal: Mrs. Ashlesha Parkhi