14/05/2021 FST-IX

Phase-I
Code-A

Regd. Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005

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MM : 40 Fortnightly Subjective Test-1 Time : 1½ Hrs.

Integrated Classroom Course for

Olympiads and Class-IX (2021-2022)

Topics Covered :
Physics : Motion (State of Body, Scalar and Vector Quantities, Motion Along a Straight Line or
Rectilinear Motion, Speed and Velocity, Acceleration and Retardation)
Chemistry : Matter in Our Surroundings: The Matter, Physical Nature of Matter, Classification of Matter,
The Solid State, The Liquid State, Some Important Topics Related to Matter, The Gaseous
State
Biology : The Fundamental Unit of Life (Events Related to Cytology, What are Living Organisms Made
Up of?, Instruments for Studying Cell, Structural Organisation of a Cell, Plasma Membrane,
Osmosis, Plasmolysis, Active Transport, Bulk Transport, Cell Wall, Nucleus, Types of Cell,
Prokaryotic Cells, Eukaryotic Cells, Cytoplasm)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. The question paper consists of 18 questions divided into three Sections A, B and C.
3. Section A comprises of 10 questions (5 MCQ & 5 VSA type) of 1 mark each, Section B comprises of
5 questions of 3 marks each and Section C comprises of 3 questions of 5 marks each. There is no overall
choice in the paper. However, internal choice is provided in 1 question of 1 mark (MCQ), 2 questions
of 3 marks and 1 question of 5 marks.
4. Use of calculator is not permitted.
5. It is mandatory to use Blue/Black Pen to write the answer.

SECTION-A
Multiple Choice Type Questions : [5×1=5]
1. A car increases its speed with uniform rate from 20 km/h to 50 km/h in 10 seconds, average speed of car is [1]
(1) 35 km/h
(2) 40 km/h
(3) 45 km/h
(4) 30 km/h
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2. Consider the following. [1]
Assertion (A) : Density of ice is less than water.
Reason (R) : Density of ice is maximum at 4°C.
Now, choose the correct option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true
3. All of the following are examples of matter, except [1]
(1) Table (2) Air
(3) Vacuum (4) Carbon dioxide
OR
Wet clothes will not dry faster [1]
(1) On a hot and dry day (2) On a windy day
(3) On a humid day (4) On spreading
Paragraph (Q.4 & Q.5) : The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms. All livings organisms
are made up of cells. These cells may differ in shape, size and number in different organisms but they all share a
common basic structure.
4. Chromosomes are composed of [1]
(1) Lipids and proteins (2) Carbohydrates and lipids
(3) DNA and proteins (4) Lipids and DNA
5. Amongst the following, who discovered the living cells? [1]
(1) Robert Hooke
(2) Leeuwenhoek
(3) Robert Brown
(4) Virchow

Very Short Answer Type Questions : [5×1=5]

6. What does the odometer of an automobile measure? [1]
7. Does displacement covered by an object depends on the actual path along which body moves between two
points? [1]
8. What are the basic states of matter? [1]
9. Name two substances that can sublime. [1]
10. Define osmosis. [1]

SECTION-B
Short Answer Type Questions : [5×3=15]
11. Give an example in your everyday life you come across a range of motions in which [3]
(i) Acceleration is in the direction of motion
(ii) Acceleration is against the direction of motion
(iii) Acceleration is uniform.

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12. (i) Define retardation. [1]
(ii) A car covers a semicircular track of radius 5 m with a constant speed of π m/s. Find the magnitude of
displacement and average velocity. [2]
13. (i) Explain the reason of wearing a cotton shirt during summers. [2]
(ii) Name the state with maximum inter-particle spaces and the state with strongest inter-particle forces of
attraction. [1]
OR
Define diffusion. Compare the rate of diffusion among solids and liquids. [3]
14. (i) What are unicellular organisms? Give any two examples of unicellular organisms. [2]
(ii) How can we observe the structure of the plasma membrane? [1]
15. Write any three functions of nucleus. [3]
OR
Write any three differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell? [3]

SECTION-C
Long Answer Type Questions : [3×5=15]
16. (i) Write any three differences between distance and displacement. [3]
2
(ii) A car achieves a speed of 40 m/s by undergoing uniform acceleration of 5 m/s in 3 s. Find initial speed of the
car. [2]
OR
(i) An object covers first half of the total distance with speed v1 and second half of the total distance with

1 1 1 1
speed v2. If average speed for the entire trip is v3, then prove that=  +  [2]
v 3 2  v1 v 2 

(ii) If distance covered by an object is always equal to the magnitude of displacement, then what type of
motion does it has? [1]
(iii) Ramesh was sitting in a moving train. He observed that a person standing outside the train is moving while
his co-passengers in the train were at rest. Explain why. [2]
17. What is the physical nature (characteristics of particles) of matter? [5]
18. (i) What do you mean by hypertonic solution? What will happen if we put an animal cell and plant cell into a
hypertonic solution? [3]
(ii) Write down the features observed in almost every cell when we study a cell under a microscope. [2]

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