PROGRESSIVE TEST-2

Class IX
Time : 1 Hr. 45 Min. Test ID : 017 {Max Marks : 150}

1. Question paper comprises of Five sections:

To be attempted in OMR: Physics: (Q nos. 1 - 12); Chemistry: (Q nos. 13 - 24); Biology: (Q nos. 25 – 36)

Mathematics: (Q nos. 37 - 60); MAT: (Q nos. 61 - 75)

2. All questions are compulsory.

3. There is no negative marking.

4. All questions carry 2 marks each.

5. Use of calculator is not permitted.

6. Write your Name & Roll no. on the answer sheet and sign the same.

7. There is only one correct answer. Choose only one option for any answer.

8. To mark your choice of answer by darkening the circle in the answer sheet, use a Blue/Black ball point pen
only. If the correct answer is option A, you must darken the circle corresponding to option A in the answer
sheet as shown below:

9. Return the Answer sheet to the invigilator at the end of the Exam.

10. Write your Roll no. on the question paper too and taken it home for future reference.

Loser quit when they’re tired, winners quit when they’ve won
 PHYSICS

1. A body starts with some initial velocity and a constant acceleration. It covers a distance of 200m in first
four second and a distance of 220m in next two second. The acceleration of the body and its velocity at
the end of seventh second are
(a) = 5 ms , = 75 ms (b) = 7.5 ms , = 100 ms
(c) = 20 ms , = 150 ms (d) = 150 ms , = 10 ms
2. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration a, its velocity after n seconds is v. The displacement
of the body in last 3 seconds is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

3. A particle (A) is dropped from a height and another particle (B) is thrown in horizontal direction with
speed of 5m/sec from the same height. The correct statement is
(a) Both particles will reach at ground simultaneously
(b) Both particles will reach at ground with same speed
(c) Particle (A) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (B)
(d) Particle (B) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (A)
4. A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with same speed . What is the maximum area on
the ground on which these bullets will spread
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5. Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 5 kg moving in concentric orbits of radii and such that their periods
are the same. Then the ratio between their centripetal acceleration is
(a) / (b) / (c) / (d) /
6. The angular speed of a fly wheel making 120 revolutions/ minute is
(a) 2 / (b) 4 rad/s (c) rad/s (d) 4 rad/s
7. A force of 100 dynes acts on mass of 5gm for 10sec. The velocity produced is
(a) 2 cm/sec (b) 20 cm/sec (c) 200 cm/sec (d) 2000 cm/sec
8. Three blocks , and weighing 1,8 and 27 kg respectively are connected as shown in the figure with
an inextensible string and are moving on a smooth surface. is equal to 36 N. Then is

(a) 18N (b) 9N (c) 3.375N (d) 1.25N

9. The force-time (F ? t ) curve of a particle executing linear motion is as shown in the figure. The
momentum acquired by the particle in time interval from zero to 8 second will be

(a) ? 2 N − s (b) +4 N − s (c) 6 N − s (d) Zero

10. The distance of the centres of moon and earth is . The mass of earth is 81 times the mass of the moon.
At what distance from the centre of the earth, the gravitational force will be zero
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11. Two planets have the same average density but their radii are and . If acceleration due to gravity
on these planets be and respectively, then

(a) = (b) = (c) = (d) =

12. A body weighs 700 gm. wt. on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh on the surface of a
planet whose mass is and radius is half that of the earth
(a) 200gm wt (b) 400gm wt (c) 50gm wt (d) 300gm wt

CHEMISTRY
13. Identify the false statement.
(a) Colloids are homogeneous.
(b) Colloids show Tyndall effect.
(c) Colloids show Brownian movement.
(d) The size of colloidal particles ranges between 1 − 100 nm.

14. Smoke is an example of

(a) gas dispersed in liquid (b) gas dispersed in solid
(c) solid dispersed in gas (d) solid dispersed in solid.

15. Two gaseous samples were analysed. One contained 1.2 g of carbon and 3.2 g of oxygen. The other
contained 27.3% carbon and 72.7% oxygen. The experimental data are in accordance with
(a) law of conservation of mass (b) law of definite proportions
(c) law of reciprocal proportions (d) law of multiple proportions.

16. 20.8 g of BaCl on reaction with 9.8 g of H SO produces 7.3 g of HCl and some amount of BaSO . The
amount of BaSO formed is
(a) 23.3 g (b) 20.8 g (c) 9.8 g (d) 10.4 g
17. Number of atoms in 4.25 g of NH is nearly
(a) 1 × 10 (b) 1.5 × 10 (c) 2 × 10 (d) 6 × 10
18. Arrange the following in the order of increasing mass. (Atomic mass of O = 16 u, Cu = 63 u, N = 14 u
I. one atom of oxygen
II. one atom of nitrogen
III. 1 × 10 mole of oxygen gas
IV. 1 × 10 mole of copper
(a) II < I < III < IV (b) I < II < III < IV
(c) III < II < IV < I (d) IV < II < III < I
19. Some rocket engines use a mixture of hydrazine, N H and hydrogen peroxide, H O as the propellant.
The reaction is given by the following equation:
N H ( ) + 2H O ( ) → N ( ) + 4H O( )
How much of the excess reactant, remains unchanged when 0.750 mol of N H is mixed with 17 g of
H O ?
(a) 16 g N H (b) 0.25 molH O
(c) 0.25 mol N H (d) 8.5 gH O
20. What mass of hydrogen and oxygen will be produced on complete electrolysis of 18 g of water?
(a) 2 g hydrogen and 32 g oxygen (b) 2 g hydrogen and 16 g oxygen
(c) 4 g hydrogen and 32 g oxygen (d) 4 g hydrogen and 14 g oxygen

21. Ninhydrin having molecular formula C H O , is commonly used by forensic scientists to detect and
analyse fingerprints. The number of molecules in 7.4 g of ninhydrin is
(Atomic mass of C = 12u, H = 1u, O = 16u )
(a) 1.5 × 10 (b) 2.5 × 10 (c) 2.5 × 10 (d) 4.2 × 10

22. X ml of H gas effuses through a hole in a container in 5 seconds. The time taken for the effusion of the
same volume of the gas specified below under identical conditions is
(a) 10 seconds : He (b) 20 seconds : O
(c) 25 seconds : CO (d) 55 seconds : CO .

23. A certain gas takes three times as long to effuse out as helium. Its molecular mass will be
(a) 64 u (b) 9 u (c) 27 u (d) 36 u

24. For a reaction + 2 → , the amount of formed by starting the reaction with 5 moles of and 8
moles of is
(a) 5 moles (b) 8 moles (c) 16 moles (d) 4 moles

BIOLOGY

25. WBCs which release heparin and histamine

(a) Basophils (b) Neutrophils (c) Monocytes (d) Eosinophils
26. Which blood cells secrets antibodies?
(a) Eosinophils (b) Monocytes (c) Lymphocytes (d) Neutrophils
27. Areolar tissue is a.............
(a) Nervous tissue (b) Connective tissue (c) Muscular tissue (d) Bony tissue
28. Smooth muscles occur in
(a) Uterus (b) Artery (c)Vein (d)All of these
29. Assertion: Cardiac muscles show rhythmic contractions and relaxations throughout life.
Reason: Heart muscle cells are branched and uninucleate.
(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.
30. Intestine absorbs the digested food materials. What type of epithelial cells is responsible for that?
(a) Stratified squamous epithelium (b) Columnar epithelium
(c) Spindle fibers (d) Cuboidal epithelium
31. Connective tissue without fibroblasts is
(a) Areolar connective tissue (b) bone
(c) cartilage (d) blood
32. In which of the following kingdom are Archaea and Nitrogen-fixing organisms classified?
(a) Animalia (b) Plantae (c) Monera (d) Fungi
33. What is the main basis of classification in the five-kingdom system?
(a) Structure of the nucleus (b) Structure of cell wall
(c) Asexual Reproduction (d) Mode of Nutrition
34. This is the common factor between housefly, anopheles and cockroach
(a) three pair of legs (b) two pair of wings
(c) cuticle covering the body (d) presence of cephalothorax
35. Ascaris is characterized by
(a) Presence of true coelom and metamerism
(b) Presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism
(c) Absence of true coelom and metamerism
(d) Absence of true coelom butthe presence of metamerism
36. When any plane passing through the central axis of body and divides the animal into two identical
halves. It is called as _____.
(a) Asymmetry (b) Radial symmetry
(c) Bilateral symmetry (d) Biradial symmetry

MATHS

37. Express the mixed recurring decimal 4.32 in the form .

(a) (b) (c) (d)

38. If = (7 + 4√3), then + = ______.
(a) 8√3 (b) 14 (c) 49 (d) 48
39. The ascending order of the surds √2, √3, √4 is
(a) √4, √3, √2 (b) √4, √2, √3 (c) √2, √3, √4 (d) √3, √4, √2
40. The value of for which ( + 2) is a factor of ( + 1) + (3 + ) is
(a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) −6 − 3( / )

41. Given that x = 2 is a solution of − 7 + 6 = 0. The other solutions are ______.

(a) −1,3 (b) 1, −3 (c) 1, −2 (d) −1, −2
42. When ( −2 + − ) is divided by ( − 2 − 3), the remainder is ( − 6). The values of and
respectively are.
(a) −2, −6 (b) 2, −6 (c) −2,6 (d) 2,6
43. Find the remainder when the expression 3 +8 − 6 + 1 is divided by + 3.
(a) 1 (b) 10 (c)6 (d) 0
44. Two points having same abscissa but different ordinates lie on ______.
(a) x-axis (b)y-axis
(c)A line parallel to y-axis (d) A line parallel to x-axis
45. The equation of the line whose graph passes through the origin is ______.
(a) 4x + 2y = – 1 (b) x + y = 1 (c) 8x + 7y = 0 (d) 8x – 1 = 4y
46. A solid has ______.
(a) 0 dimension (b) 1 dimension (c) 2 dimensions (d) 3 dimensions
47. In figure, if AB || CD, CD || EF and y : z = 4 : 5, then find the value of x.

(a) 100° (b) 76° (c) 82° (d) 122°

48. In the given figure, ∥ , find ∠

(a) 70∘ (b) 80∘ (c) 90∘ (d) 34∘

49. In the given figure, , and = . Then

(a) = (b) (c) ∠ ∠ (d)

50. If is any point on the side of a then
(a) + + 2 (b) + + <2
(c) + + =3 (d) None of these
51. In the given figure, if = and = , then

(a) ≅ (b) ≅
(c) = (d) None of these
52. The difference between the semi-perimeter and the sides of a are 8 cm, 7 cm and 5 cm
respectively. The area of the triangle is
(a) 20√7 cm (b) 10√14 cm (c) 20√14 cm (d) 140 cm
53. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 32 cm. The ratio of one of the equal sides to its base is 3: 2. Find
the area of the triangle.
(a) 48 cm (b) 28√3 cm (c)32√2 cm (d) 44 cm
54. In the given parallelogram, find the length of the altitude from vertex on the side DC.

(a) 18 cm (b)12 cm (c)15 cm (d) 25 cm

55. If the length of diagonal of a cube is √12 cm, then the volume of the cube is
(a) 8√12 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 16√2 cm (d) 16 cm
56. The edge of a cube is 20 cm. How many small cubes of edge 5 cm can be formed from this cube?
(a) 4 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) 100
57. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 2: 3 and their heights are in the ratio of 5: 3. The ratio of their
volumes is
(a) 10: 17 (b) 20: 27 (c) 17: 27 (d) 20: 37
58. How many meters of cloth, 5 m wide, will be required to make a conical tent, the radius of whose base
is 7 m and height is 24 m?
(a) 550 m (b) 168 m (c) 110 m (d) 33.6 m
59. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability of drawing a queen is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
60. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a question is . If the probability of not guessing the
correct answer to this question is , then =
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) (d)
MAT
61. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on the ground in a hexagonal shape. All the sides of the
hexagon so formed are of same length. A is not adjacent to B or C; D is not adjacent to C or E; B and C
are adjacent; F is in the middle of D and C. Which of the following is not a correct neighbour pair?
(a) A and F (b) D and F (c) B and E (d) C and F
62. Some of the letters are missing, which are given in that order as one of the options below it. Select the
correct option.
___ ___aba__ __ ba __ ab
(a) abbba (b) abbab (c) baabb (d) bbaba
63. In a row of 40 boys, Satish was shifted 10 places to the right of Rohan and Kartik was shifted 10 places
to the left of Vikas. If Vikas was twenty-sixth from the left and there were three boys between Kartik
and Satish after shifting, then what was the position of Rohan in the row?
(a) 10th from the right end (b) 10th from the left end
(c) 39th from the right end (d) Data inadequate
64. A postman was returning to the post office which was in front of him to the north. When the post
office was 100 metres away from him, he turned to the left and moved 50 metres to deliver the last
letter at Shantivilla. He then moved in the same direction for 40 metres, turned to his right and moved
100 metres. How many metres was he away from the post office?
(a) 0 (b) 90 (c) 150 (d) 100
65. In a certain code ‘a friend of mine’ is written as ‘4 9 1 6’, ‘mine lot of metal’ is written as ‘3 1 0 9’ and ‘a
piece of metal’ is written as ‘7 1 6 3’. How can ‘6 7 3’ be written in same code?
(a) a metal piece (b) metal for friend
(c) piece of advice (d) Data inadequate
66. Study the Venn diagram given below.
(1) Rectangle represents males.
(2) Triangle represents educated.
(3) Circle represents urban.
(4) Square represents civil servants.
Who among the following is neither a civil servant nor educated but is urban and a male?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 12

67. How many symbol and numbers are there in the sequence which are either immediately preceded or
immediately followed by the letter which is from the first half of the English alphabet?
2 P J @ 8 $ L B I V # Q 6  G W 9 K C D 3 © £ 5 F R 7 A Y 4
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
68. ‘+’ stands for division, ‘÷’ stands for multiplication, ‘×’ stands for subtraction and ‘–’ stands for
addition. Which one of the following equations is correct?
(a) 18÷6-7+5×2=20 (b) 18+6÷7×5-2=18
(c) 18×6+7÷5-2=16 (d) 18÷6×7+5-2=22
69. In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights A, B, C and D. D is neither as tall as A nor as short as
C. B is shorter than D but taller than C. If Mini wants to purchase the tallest doll, which one should she
purchase?
(a) Only A (b) Only D
(c) Either A or D (d) Either B or D
70. Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, “I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your
maternal uncle.” How is the speaker related to Pramod’s father?
(a) Sister-in-law (b) Wife
(c) Either (A) or (B) (d) Neither (A) nor (B)
71. Select the correct water image of the given Fig. (X)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

72. Select a figure from the options which will continue the series established by the Problem Figures.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

73. All the faces of a cube are painted with blue colour. Then it is cut into 125 small equal cubes. How
many small cubes will be formed having no face coloured?
(a) 27 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24
74. In which of the following options Fig. (X)is exactly embedded as one of its part.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

75. There is a certain relationship between figures (i) and (ii). Establish the similar relationship between
figure (iii) as (iv) by selecting a figure from the options that would replace the (?) in figure (iv).

(a) (b) (c) (d)