SA – I (2024-25)

Subject - Science
Class - IX
Roll No. Total Marks – 80
SET -A
General Instructions:

● This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.

● All questions are compulsory however internal choices provided in some questions.
● Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
● Section B consists of 6 very short answer type questions carrying 02 marks each.
● Section C consists of 7 short answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
● Section D consists of 3 long answer type question carrying 05 marks.
● Section E consists of 3 source based /case based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub parts.

Section A
1. An object of mass 10 kg is subjected to a force of 20 N. What is the acceleration of the object?
(a) 0.5 m/s² (b) 2 m/s² (c) 200 m/s² (d) 10 m/s²

2. Which of the following is a pure substance?

(a) Air (b) Sugar solution (c) Salt solution (d) Gold
3. What is the physical state of matter in which particles have the least kinetic energy?
(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) Plasma

4. Heterogeneous mixture in which the solute particles do not dissolve and remain suspended throughout
the solvent and the solute particles can be seen with the naked eye is known as:
(a) Colloidal solution (b) Super saturated solution (c) Sublimation (d) Suspensions
5. The room temperature on Celsius scale is 25°C. What is the temperature on the Kelvin scale?
(a) 50K (b) 200K (c) 300K (d) 298K

6. A pure substance which is made up of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken into two or more
simpler substances by physical or chemical means is referred to as
(a) a compound (b) an element (c) a molecule (d) a mixture

7. What is the gravitational force acting on a 50 kg person standing on the surface of the Earth?
a) 50 N b) 500 N c) 5 N d) 5000 N

8. Which scientist proposed the cell theory?

(a) Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann (b) Robert Hooke
(c) Louis Pasteur (d) Anton van Leeuwenhoek

9. Girth of stem increases due to

 (a) apical meristem (b) lateral meristem
(c) intercalary meristem (d) vertical meristem

10. If the distance between two objects is doubled, how does the gravitational force between them change?
a) It becomes four times as strong b) It becomes half as strong
c) It becomes one-fourth as strong d) It remains the same

11. Flexibility in plants is due to

(a) collenchyma (b) sclerenchyma
(c) parenchyma (d) chlorenchyma

12. Match the following with the correct response:

(a) Velocity (i) m/s2

(b) Displacement (ii) m/s

(c) Acceleration (iii) s

(d) Time (iv) m

a) (a) – (i), (b) – (iii),(c) – (ii), (d) – (iv) b) (a) – (ii), (b) – (iv),(c) – (i), (d) – (iii)
c) (a) – (iii), (b) – (ii),(c) – (iv), (d) – (i) d) (a) – (iv), (b) – (i),(c) – (iii), (d) – (ii)

13. If an object moves 100 meters in 20 seconds, what is its speed?

(a) 5 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 20 m/s
14. What is the name of the metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature?
(a) Sodium (b) Potassium (c) Mercury (d) Bromine
15. When the driver of a fast moving car suddenly applies brakes, the passengers in the car:
(a) fall backward (b) fall forward (c) are not affected (d) none of the above
16. When a force is exerted on an object, it can change its:
(a) State (b) Position (c) Shape (d) All the above

Q.17. Assertion (A) : A solution of table salt in a glass of water is homogeneous.

Reason (R): A solution having different composition throughout is homogeneous.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Q18. Assertion (A) : Displacement of an object may be zero even if the distance covered by it is not zero.
Reason (R): Displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final position.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Q19. Assertion (A) :Assertion: Camphor disappears without leaving any residue.
 Reason(R): Camphor undergoes sublimation.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Q20. Assertion (A) : Cell wall is a living part of the cell.

Reason (R) : It offers protection, definite shape and support.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
Very Short Answer Type
Q.21 How does temperature affects the rate of diffusion?
Q.22 What produces more severe burns steam or boiling water?
Q.23 Why is mitochondria known as ‘power house of the cell’?
Q.24 What is cutin?
Q.25 What does odometer of an automobile measures?
Q.26 Define Force. Write its formula & SI unit.

Section C
Short Answer Type
Q.27 What is stomata? Write its function.
Q.28 Calculate the mass of sodium sulphate required to prepare its 20% (mass per cent) solution in 100 g of
water.
Q.29 Draw a well labelled diagram of Neuron.
Q.30 What is the role of epidermis in plants?
Q.31 An athlete complete one round of a circular track of diameter 200m in 40 second. What will be his
distance and displacement at the end of 2 min 20 sec ?
Q.32 A body starts from rest and acquire a velocity of 20 m/s. The mass of body is 40 kg. Calculate the force
required to acquire the velocity in 10 sec?
Q.33 State Third law of motion and write its two application.
Section D
Long Answer Type
Q.34 Define the following:
(a) Melting point (b) Boiling point (c) Latent heat of fusion
OR
Name A, B, C, D, E and F in the following diagram showing change in its state.
Q35. (a)A metallic bar has a mass 200gm at poles. Does it change when takes to equator ?
(b) Does the weight change when brought to equator. How?
(c) Differentiate between acceleration due to gravity and universal Gravitational constant.
OR
A car falls off a ledge and drops to the ground in 0.5 s. Let g = 10 m s–2 (for simplifying the
calculations).
(i) What is its speed on striking the ground?
(ii) What is its average speed during the 0.5 s?
(iii) How high is the ledge from the ground?

Q36. An object of mass 100 kg is accelerated uniformly from a velocity of 5 m/s to 8 m/s in 6 sec. Calculate
the initial and final momentum of object. Also find the magnitude of force exerted on the object.
OR
State Newton’s second law of motion and derive its mathematical expression.

Section E
Case Based Type

Q37. A group of students took an old shoe box and covered it with a black paper from all sides. They fixed a
source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in it and made another hole on the other
side to view the light. They placed a milk sample contained in a beaker/tumbler in the box as shown in
the figure. They were amazed to see that milk taken in the tumbler was illuminated. They tried the same
activity by taking a salt solution but found that light simply passed through it.
 (a) Explain why the milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.
(b) Same results were not observed with a salt solution. Explain

Q38. Although the cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, cells differ enormously in
size, shape, and function. Some are free living, independent organisms, while others are immovable
fixed as part of tissues of multicellular organisms. All cells exchange materials with their immediate
environment and therefore, have a plasma membrane that controls which substances are exchanged by
allowing some materials to pass through it while slowing or stopping others. The cytoplasm is protected
from the environment, yet still can exchange materials with it. Within the cytoplasm, cells differ in the
type and number of organelles. Prokaryotic cells have the simplest structure with each independent cell
lacking any internal membrane organelles, including the lack of a nuclear membrane to separate the
genetic chromosome material from the rest of the cytoplasm. More typical and more specialized are the
eukaryotic cells, with a double nuclear membrane and membrane organelles specialised to fit their
function. Since no one cell would have all organelles possible, observing a variety of animal cells will
give you an idea of the similarities and differences among cells.

(i)State three differences between Prokaryotic cell and Eukaryotic cell.

(ii)What is the function of Mitochondria?

Q39. Rishi brought an aquatic plant which was floating on the surface to the science laboratory of water. He
cut a section of the leaf of the plant and saw a tissue with lot of air cavities in it. He went to his teacher
and discussed about the role of the air cavities in the leaves of the aquatic plant.
(i) Which type of tissue present in plants has air cavities?
(ii) What is the role of large air cavities in the leaves of such plants?