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BHOLANANDA NATIONAL VIDYALAYA

CLASS – IX
Subject : SCIENCE (086)
SECOND UNIT TEST, SESSION 2021-2022
Time Allowed : 90 minutes Maximum marks : 40

General Instructions:
1. The question paper contains three parts A, B and C
2. Section A consists of 24 questions of 1 mark each. Any 20 questions are to be attempted
3. Section B consists of 24 questions of 1 mark each. Any 20 questions are to be attempted
4. Section C consists of 12 questions based on Case Studies. Attempt any 10 questions.
5. There is no negative marking.

SECTION - A
Section A consists of 24 questions of 1 mark each. Any 20 questions are to be Attempted.
The first attempted 20 questions would be evaluated.
Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choice and write the correct option :
1. Which of the following is a ‘PURE SUBSTANCE’?
(a) Air (b) Distilled water (c) steel (d) Muddy water
2. Which of the following statements are TRUE for PURE SUBSTANCE?
(I) Pure substances contain only one kind of particles
(II) Pure substances may be compounds or mixtures
(III) Pure substances have the same composition throughout
(IV) Pure substances can be exemplified by all elements other than nickel
(a) (I) and (II) (b) (I) and (III) (c) (III) and (IV) (d) (II) and (III)
3. Which of the following is ‘Not a compound’?
(a) Sodium chloride (b) germanium (c) water (d) Methane
4. Which of the following statement is ‘not true about the compound’?
(a) Elements are combined chemically to form a compound
(b) The constituents lose their property
(c) The constituents can be separated by simple physical methods
(d) A compound is always homogeneous in nature.
5. Which of the following are homogeneous in nature?
(I) ICE (II) WOOD (III) SOIL (IV) AIR
(a) (I) and (III) (b) (II) and (IV) (c) (I) and (IV) (d) (III) and (IV)
6. Identify the HOMOGENOUS MIXTURE from the following:
(a) Soil (b) vinegar (c) unfiltered tea (d) polluted water
7. _________ is a HETEROGENOUS MIXTURE.
(a) Soda water (b) sodium chloride solution
(c) oil in water (d) Copper sulphate solution
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8. Match the column I with column II and select the correct option below:

COLUMN I COLUMN II
Substance consists of a single type of
a 1. HETEROGENOUS MIXTURE
constituent particles
Visible boundaries of separation
b 2. COMPOUND
between its constituents
c Constituents lose their properties 3. MIXTURE
Chemical reaction does not takes
d 4. METALS
place during formation.
Codes :

A B C D
a 1 2 3 4
b 4 3 2 1
c 4 1 2 3
d 2 3 1 4

9. Which cell does not have perforated cell wall?

(a) Tracheids (b) Companion cells (c) Sieve tubes (d) Vessels.
10. Intestine absorbs the digested food materials. What type of epithelial cells are responsible for that?
(a) Stratified squamous epithelium (b) Columnar epithelium
(c) Spindle fibres (d) Cuboidal epithelium.
11. A person met with an accident in which two long bones of the hand were dislocated. Which among the
following may be the possible reason?
(a) Tendon break (b) Break of skeletal muscle
(c) Ligament break (d) Areolar tissue break.
12. Find out the false statement.
(a) Nucleus is involved with the formation of lysosomes.
(b) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid have DNA, hence they are able to make their own structural proteins.
(c) Mitochondria is said to be the power house of the cell as ATP is generated in them.
(d) Cytoplasm is called as protoplasm
13. A cell will swell up if
(a) the concentration of water molecules in the cell is higher than the concentration of water molecules in the
surrounding medium.
(b) the concentration of water molecules in the surrounding medium is higher than water molecules
concentration in the cell.
(c) the concentration of water molecules is same in the cell and in the surrounding medium.
(d) concentration of water molecules does not matter.
14. Which muscles act involuntarily?
(i) Striated muscles (ii) Smooth muscles
(iii) Cardiac muscles (iv) Skeletal muscles
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)
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15. Meristematic tissues in plants are

(a) localised and permanent (b) not limited Lo certain regions
(c) localised and dividing cells (d) growing in volume
16. Which is not a function of epidermis?
(a) Protection from adverse condition (b) Gaseous exchange
(c) Conduction of water (d) Transpiration
17. Unit of force is
(a) Kgms-2 (b) Newton (c) Dyne (d) all of these
18. Which of the following force arises between two surfaces in contact?
(a) Gravitational (b) Nuclear (c) Magnetic (d) Frictional
19. Who first deduced that objects move with a constant speed when no force acts on them?
(a) Newton (b) Pascal (c) Galileo (d) none
20. Inertia of an object is measured by its __________.
(a) momentum (b) inertia (c) mass (d) velocity
21. What is the SI unit of momentum?
(a) gm/s (b) kgms (c) kgm/s (d) kgm/s2
22. Tendency of undisturbed objects to stay at rest or keep moving with the same velocity is called–
(a) force (b) inertia (c) momentum (d) density
23. If the forces acting on an object cannot change the state of rest of an object, then the forces are
(a) balanced (b) unbalanced (c) may be (a) or (b) (d) none of these
24. Momentum is given by
(a) mt (b) ms (c) mv (d) mF

SECTION - B
Section B consists of 24 questions of 1 mark each. Any 20 questions are to be Attempted.
25. ‘AIR’ is regarded as MIXTURE because
(a) Its volume changes under different conditions (b) Its temperature may change
(c) Its pressure may vary (d) Its composition may vary
26. In a sweetened tea, the ‘SUGAR’ is called–
(a) Solvent (b) Solute (c) solution (d) None of these
27. The concentration of a solution represents–
(a) The total quantity of solution (b) The quantity of solvent present in a solution
(c) The quantity of the solute present in a solution (d) The quantity of impurities present in a solution
28. A solution contains 50g of common salt in 450g of water. The concentration of the solution is–
(a) 50% (b) 10% (c) 100% (d) 80%
29. A mixture of ‘CHALK POWDER’ in water is an example of–
(a) Homogeneous mixture (b) Compound
(c) colloidal solution (d) Suspension
30. One unit of force is the amount that produces an acceleration of ____ in an object of mass_____
(a) 1m/s2 , 1g (b) 1m/s2 , 1kg (c) 1ms2 , 1kg (d) none of these
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Assertion-Reason questions :
The following questions 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 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
31. Assertion (A) : A solution of table salt in a glass of water is homogeneous
Reason (R) : A solution having different composition throughout is homogeneous
32. Assertion (A) : Burning of wood is a physical change
Reason (R) : During burning of wood, new substances which cannot be changed are formed.
33. Assertion (A) : Lysosome is also called suicidal bag.
Reason (R) : The enzymes inside it can destroy the whole organelle.
34. Assertion (A) : Plant body is very rigid but flexible.
Reason (R) : Plants have meristematic tissue.
35. Assertion (A) : When astronauts throw something in space, that object would continue moving in the
same direction and with same speed.
Reason (R) : The acceleration of an object produced by a net applied force is directly related to the
magnitude of the force and inversely related to the mass of the object.
36. Assertion (A) : A cricket ball having the same velocity as that of a ping pong ball hurts less.
Reason (R) : Momentum is the product of mass and velocity.
37. The undefined nuclear region of prokaryotes is also known as
(a) nucleus (b) nucleolus (c) nucleic acid (d) nucleoid
38. Cartilage is not found in
(a) nose (b) ear (c) kidney (d) larynx
39. The image shows a tissue. Identify it.

(a) Adipose tissue (b) Xylem tissue

(c) Cuboidal epithelial tissue (d) Cardiac muscle tissue.
40. A force of 1000 N is applied on a body of mass 500g. What will be the acceleration produced?
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 20 m/s2 (c) 200 m/s2 (d) 2000 m/s2
41. Force required in accelerating a 3kg mass at 5m/s2 and a 4kg mass at 4m/s2 will be
(a) zero in both cases (b) same in both cases
(c) greater for 3kg mass at 5m/s2 (d) greater for 4kg mass at 4m/s2
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42. Fats are stored in human body as

(a) Cuboidal epithelium (b) Adipose tissue (c) Bones (d) Cartilage
43. The image shows the structure of a neuron. Identify the part named as ‘X’

(a) cyton (b) nodes of Ranvier (c) Dendron (d) synapse

44. If a bullet of mass 40g is fired from a gun of mass 8kg with a velocity of 800m/s, the recoil velocity of the gun
is
(a) 1 m/s (b) –1 m/s (c) – 2m/s (d) – 4m/s
45. A passenger in a train moving at constant speed tosses a coin. The coin will fall
(a) behind him (b) in front of him (c) on his hands (d) on the side of the train
46. An object of mass 2kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4m/s on a frictionless horizontal table. The
force required to keep the object moving with the same velocity is
(a) 0 N (b) 2 N (c) 8 N (d) 32 N
47. SUSPENSIONS are _________
(a) Invisible to naked eye (b) visible to naked eye (c ) visible through microscope (d) invisible through electron
microscope
48. The velocity of a body moving at an initial speed of 20 m/s and having an acceleration of 4m/s2 after 2 s will
be
(a) 24 m/s (b) 28 m/s (c) 32 m/s (d) 40 m/s
SECTION - C
Case study based questions:
Read the following and answer questions from (49) to (52).
Case 1 : Pure substances are classified as elements or compounds. An element is a substance that contains
only one type of atom.
Also, an element cannot be broken down or transformed into a new substance even by using physical or
chemical methods. A compound is a substance composed of two or more different types of elements, chemicals
combined in a fixed proportion.
The constituents cannot be separated by simple physical methods.
However, these substances can be broken into separate elements by chemical methods.
On the other hand, mixtures are different from pure substances. They are called impure substances. They have
different characteristics than elements and compounds.
They are composed of different elements or compounds mixed together or more than one pure substance that
combined together in any composition.
When, mixture forms, there is only a little or no energy change. Mixtures are further classified into
homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture.
49. The organic material, WOOD is
(a) An element (b) A compound (c) A mixture (d) A solution
50. Which of the following substances is a COMPOUND?
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(a) Oxygen (b) Common salt (c) Gold (d) Air

51. The substance formed by mixing, crushing and heating iron fillings sulphur powder is
(a) An element (b) A compound (c) A mixture (d) A solution
52. BLOOD is considered as:
(a) an element (b) a compound (c) a mixture (d) a solution
Read the following and answer questions from (53) to (56).
Case 2 : Connective tissue is made up of a few cells present in the intercellular framework of protein fibres
secreted by the cells, known as collagen or elastin. The elasticity, flexibility and strength of the connective
tissues are due to fibres. The function and types of connective tissues depend on the nature of the intercellular
substance present. Examples: blood, bones, lymph, cartilage, areolar tissue, adipose tissue etc.
● The connective tissue is specialized to connect and anchor various body organs.
● The cells of connective tissue are loosely spaced and embedded in an intercellular matrix.
● The nature of matrix decides the function of connective tissue.
53. What is the lining of blood vessels made up of?
(a) Squamous epithelium (b) Cuboidal epithelium
(c) Columnar epithelium (d) Glandular epithelium
54. RBC has a life span of
(a) 7-10 days (b) 90 days (c) 70 days (d) 120 days
55. Which of the following statements is true about connective tissue in human beings?
(a) Matrix is always liquid. (b) Matrix is always solid.
(c) Matrix can be solid or liquid. (d) Matrix is solid, liquid or in plasma state.
56. Study the table below and select the row that has the incorrect information.
Tissue Function
(a) Bones Framework
(b) Cartilage Impulse conduction
(c) Adipose Insulation
(d) Blood Transportation

Case 3 : Force is a push or pull acting upon an object. Earlier scientists believed that a force is required to
keep an object in motion otherwise it would come to rest in the absence of this force. The inherent property of
an object due to which it tends to remain in the state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by some
force is called inertia.
57. Qualitative definition of force is given by
(a) Newton’s first law of motion (b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Newton’s third law of motion (d) Newton’s law of gravitation.
58. A block of mass M is pulled with a force F along a smooth horizontal surface with a rope of mass m. The
acceleration of the block will be
F F F F
(a) M (b) m (c) M + m (d) M − m
59. A number of discs each of momentum M kg m/s are striking a wall at the rate of n discs per minute. The force
associated with these discs, in Newtons would be
Mn M n
(a) 60 (b) 60Mn (c) 60n (d) 60M
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60. A force of 0.6N acting on a body increases its velocity from 5m/s to 6m/s in 2sec. Calculate the mass
of the body
(a) 1 kg (b) 1.5 kg (c) 1.6 kg (d) 1.2 kg