Class IX Session 2024-25

Subject - Science
Sample Question Paper - 6

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

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

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.

3. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.

4. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these questions should in the

range of 30 to 50 words.

5. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these questions should in
the range of 50 to 80 words.

6. 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.

7. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.

Section A
1. Ram heats a beaker containing ice and water. He measures the temperature of the content of the beaker as a [1]
function of time. Which of the following would correctly represent the result?

a) III b) IV

c) I d) II
2. Lysosomes are formed by: [1]

a) SER b) Golgi apparatus

c) Plasma membrane d) RER

3. Two identical balls are at rest side by side at the bottom of a hill. Sometime after ball A is kicked up the hill, ball [1]
B is given a kick up the hill. Ball A is headed downhill when it passes ball B headed up the hill. At the instant
when ball A passes ball B, it has the same

a) Position and acceleration as ball B b) Position and velocity as ball B

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 c) Displacement and velocity as ball B. d) Velocity and acceleration as ball B
4. Which of the following is micro–nutrient? [1]

a) Boron b) Nitrogen

c) Potassium d) Phosphorus
5. The tissue shown here is ________. [1]

a) Adipose tissue b) Striated muscle tissue

c) Ciliated columnar epithelial tissue d) Areolar tissue

6. Rough endoplasmic reticulum helps in the synthesis of: [1]

a) steroids b) proteins

c) starch d) glycogen
7. Which of the following elements are present in Quick lime? [1]
A. Calcium, Oxygen
B. Sodium, Hydrogen, Oxygen
C. Calcium, Bromine
D. Calcium chloride

a) (B) b) (D)

c) (C) d) (A)
8. You are viewing a prepared slide of striated muscle fibres from a cockroach leg. When you focus the [1]
microscope, the striations appear pale and indistinct. To make the stations clearly visible, you would:

a) remove the mirror to cut out light b) change the eyepiece to increase
magnification

c) replace the objective to decrease the d) slowly close the diaphragm to reduce the
magnification light
9. Three students A, B and C determined the volume of a solid by immersing it in water in the overflow cans are [1]
set up as shown. The result obtained will be wrong for :

a) Student A b) All of these

c) Student B d) Student C

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10. Which of the following is the characteristic of displacement of an object? [1]

a) Displacement has only magnitude and no b) The magnitude of the displacement is

specific direction greater than the distance travelled by a
moving object

c) Displacement has magnitude as well as d) Displacement cannot be zero

specific direction
11. Which of the given pairs of atoms contain(s) the same number of neutrons? [1]
i. 114
48
Cd and 119
50
Sn

ii. 59
27
Co and 59
28
Ni

iii. 113
55
Cs and 132
54
Xe

iv. 63
29
Cu and 65
29
Cu

a) iii only b) iv only

c) i and iv only d) i and III only

12. Choose the chemical compound with which the specimen is temporarily mounted. [1]

a) Water b) Glycerine

c) Alcohol d) Salt solution

13. Amoeba acquires its food through: [1]

a) Exocytosis & Endocytosis b) Exocytosis

c) Plasmolysis d) Endocytosis
14. Which of the following are physical changes? [1]
i. Melting of iron metal
ii. Rusting of iron
iii. Bending of an iron rod
iv. Drawing a wire of iron metal

a) (i), (ii) and (iii) b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

c) (i), (ii) and (iv) d) (i), (iii) and (iv)

15. Which one of the following will form a translucent solution in water? [1]

a) Soil b) Sand

c) Starch d) Sugar
16. The poultry birds groomed for obtaining meat are called _______ [1]

a) Pork b) Growers

c) Broilers d) Poultry
17. Assertion (A): The speed of the car is constant, its velocity is not constant because the direction of the car is [1]
changing continuously.
Reason (R): The direction of velocity is the same as the direction of displacement of the body.

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.

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 c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
18. Assertion (A): During evaporation of liquids, the temperature remains unaffected. [1]
Reason (R): Kinetic energy of the molecules is directly proportional to absolute temperature.

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.

19. Assertion (A): Vascular or conductive tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants. [1]
Reason (R): Vascular tissue has made survival of complex plants possible in the terrestrial environments.

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.

20. Assertion (A): Isobars are identical in chemical properties. [1]
Reason (R): Isobars have same atomic number.

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.

Section B
21. If the power of a motor is 40 kW, at what speed can it raise a load of 20,000 N? [2]
OR
Calculate the work done in lifting 200 kg of a mass through a vertical distance of 6 m. Assume g = 10 m/s2.
22. When heat is being supplied to a solid, then what does the heat energy do to the particles of solid? [2]
23. When a sound is reflected from a distant object, an echo is produced. Let the distance between the reflecting [2]
surface and the source of sound production remains the same. Do you hear echo sound on a hotter day?
24. Why are gases highly compressible? [2]
25. Describe balanced forces with the help of two examples. [2]
OR
A javelin throw is marked foul if an athlete crosses over the line marked for throw. Explain why the athletes often fall
to stop themselves before the line.
26. Explain why chlorine, whether as the element or its compounds, always has a relative atomic mass of about [2]
35.5.
Section C
27. How do stethoscope and megaphone work on the principle of multiple reflections of sound? [3]
28. The following data represents the distribution of electrons, protons and neutrons in atoms of four elements A, B, [3]
C, D.

Element Protons Neutrons Electrons

A 10 10 10

B 11 12 11

C 12 12 12

D 13 14 13

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 Solve the following questions.
i. Write the electronic distribution of atoms of elements A and D.
ii. Element A is an inert gas. Why?
iii. What is the valency of element C?

29. An electron moving with a velocity of 5× 104 ms-1 enters into a uniform electric field and acquires a uniform [3]

acceleration of 104 ms-2 in the direction of its initial motion.

i. Calculate the time in which the electron would acquire a velocity double of its initial velocity.
ii. How much distance the electron would cover in this time?
OR
State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for each of these.
(a) An object moving with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity
(b) An object moving in a certain direction with an acceleration in the perpendicular direction.
30. An automobile engine propels a 1,000 kg car A along a levelled road at a speed of 36 km h-1. Find the power if [3]

the opposing frictional force is 100 N. Now, suppose after travelling a distance of 200 m, this car collides with
another stationary car B of same mass and comes to rest. Let its engine also stop at the same time. Now, car B
starts moving on the same level road without getting its engine started. Find the speed of the car B just after the
collision.
31. The motion of a body of mass 5 kg is shown in the velocity-time graph. [3]

Find from the graph

i. The acceleration.
ii. The force acting on the body.
iii. The change in momentum of the body in 2 s after the start.
32. Differentiate between hypertonic and hypotonic solution. [3]
OR
Differentiate between rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum. How is the endoplasmic reticulum important for
membrane biogenesis?
33. Write a note on the protective tissue in plants. (Give appropriate diagram also). [3]
Section D
34. From a cliff of 49 m high, a man drops a stone. One second later, he throws another stone. They both hit the [5]
ground at the same time. Find out the speed with which he threw the second stone.
OR
Derive an expression for the force of attraction between two bodies and then define gravitational constant.
35. What is membrane biogenesis? How is plasma membrane formed during this process? [5]
OR
Write a note on Golgi apparatus and the functions it performs.

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36. i. Under which category of mixtures will you classify alloys and why? [5]
ii. Whether a solution is always liquid or not. Comment.
iii. Can a solution be heterogeneous?
Section E
37. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
A few layers of cells beneath the epidermis are generally simple permanent tissue. Parenchyma is the most
common simple permanent tissue. It consists of relatively unspecialized cells with thin cell walls. They are
living cells. Collenchyma allows bending of various parts of the plant-like tendrils and stems of climbers without
breaking. Sclerenchyma tissue makes the plant hard and stiff. We have seen the husk of a coconut. It is made of
sclerenchymatous tissue. They are long and narrow as the walls are thickened due to lignin. The tissue is present
in stems, around vascular bundles, in the veins of leaves and in the hard covering of seeds and nuts.

i. The flexibility in plants is due to which tissue? (1)

ii. Is aerenchyma provides mechanical support? (1)
iii. Is apical and intercalary meristems permanent tissue? (2)
OR
Menion the function of the tissue which is shown in the below diagram? (2)

38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
A farmer has grown wheat on his field consecutively two times but when the third time he grows wheat on the
same field the quality of the wheat was not up to the desired level. To improve the quality of his crops he uses
chemical fertilizer but the condition of the crop became worse. One of his friends told him to grow a different
variety of crops after wheat so as to grow two or three crops in a year with good harvests and use biological
manure in place of chemical fertilizers which he prepares by animal excreta and plant waste to get the good
quality of crops. He also told him about the good storage of his grains to protect them from the biotic and abiotic
losses as in agriculture storage losses are very high.
i. What are the bases on which the next crop is decided to grow in the same field also name the process? (1)
ii. What is the advantage of using biological manure over chemical fertilizers? (1)
iii. Is it possible for the farmer to grow two crops at the same time if yes what is the requirement? (2)
OR
Enlist the biotic and abiotic losses? (2)
39. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which the solute particles do not dissolve but remain suspended

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throughout the bulk of the medium. Particles of a suspension are visible to the naked eye. The particles of a
suspension scatter a beam of light passing through it and make its path visible. Due to the relatively smaller size
of particles, as compared to that of a suspension, the mixture appears to be homogeneous. The scattering of a
beam of light is called the Tyndall effect. The components of a colloidal solution are the dispersed phase and the
dispersion medium. The solute-like component or the dispersed particles in a colloid form the dispersed phase,
and the component in which the dispersed phase is suspended is known as the dispersing medium.

i. Differentiate between Dispersed phase and Dispersion medium? (1)

ii. Differentiate between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous mixture? (1)
iii. What is emulsion? (2)
OR
Give an example of solid sol? (2)

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