LIFE CAREER SR.

SEC SCHOOL TERM 1

(CBSE AFFILIATED)
AMLA
2023-24 MARKS:80

SUBJECT: SCIENCE DATE: CLASS: IX TIME : 3 hrs

General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these questions
should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. 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.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.

Section-A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each
of the questions 1 - 20. There is no negative mark for incorrect response.

1.Cong joint and close vascular bundle are found in

a. monocot stem
b. monocot root
c. dicot stem
d. dicot root

2.Frogs help human as they

a. Maintain ecological balance
b. Eat insect and protect the crop
c. In some countries it used as food
d. All of these.

3. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant Kingdom because:

a. It leave on soil but dependent on water for sexual reproduction
b. They play important role in plant succession on bare rock
c. They usually occur in damp humate and shaded localities
d. All of above

4 chromosome at which stage come at equator

a. prophase
b. metaphase
c. anaphase
d. telophase
5. the term cell was first of all used by:
a. Robert brown
b.Robert hooke
c. De-Robertis
d. Leeuwenhoek

6 cell wall is made up of

A cellulose
B protein
C lipid
D phospholipid

7 blood is a type of
a areolar tissue
b connective tissue
c fluid connective
d tissue reticular connective tissue

8. The best method to determine the age of tree is to :

a.measure its diameter
b.count the number of leaves
c. count to the number of annual rains at the base of main stems
d.find out the number of branches

9 tissue responsible for secondary growth is

a cambium
b cortex
c pericycle
d endodermis

10 water vascular system is the characteristic feature of

a porifera
b cnidaria
c echinodermata
d chordata

11 who is the father of taxonomy

a bentham
b Hutchinson
c Hooker
d Linnaeus

12 genetic material of virus is

a DNA
b RNA
c both a and b
d none
 13. Which cell organelle is responsible for generation of ATP through respiration:
a. ribosome
b.mitochondria
c.plastid
d.lysosome

14.Unit of nervous system is:

a.neuron
b. Dendrites
c. Axon
d. Perikaryon

15. Root develop from :

a.radical
b.plumule
c.cotyledon
d.coleoptile

Directions:
--question number 16 to 20 are assertion reason questions.
--these questions are followed by a statement of reason:
(a) if both asion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) if both asion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) if assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) if both assertion and reason are false.
..CHOOSE ABOVE OPTIONS..

16 assertion (A): fibrous root system

Reason (R): fibrous root system is found in dicot

17 assertion (A): intercalary meristems increase length of plant like a apical meristem
Reason (R): it originate from the apical meristems

18 assertion (A): cartilage and bone are rigid connective tissue

Reason (R): blood is connected tissue in which plasma is the matrix

19 assertion (A): specialisation of cell is useful for organism

Reason (R): it increases the operational efficiency of an organism

20 assertion (A): interface is resting stage

Reason (R): the interface cell is metabolically inactive

Section-B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions

21: Name the organel in animal cell that has its own genetic material right to lines about
it?
22: why lysosomes are called as the pocket of suicidal bag?
OR
What are nuclear pores ?State their function?

23: state differences between hardwood and sapwood?

OR
State difference between open vascular bundle and close vescular bundle?

24 is pinnataly compound leaf different from a palmittly compound leaf?

OR
What is difference between direct and indirect development in animal?

25: write any four characteristic of gymnosperm?

OR
what is heterospory?

26. Write a note on economic importance of algae

OR
write economic importance of gymnosperms

Section-C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions

27. How important is the presence of airbladder in Pisces?

28. "All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates". justify the
statement?
OR
"Arthropoda regarded as largest group of animals". Give reason.

29: what is flower describe the part of a typical angiosperm flower with diagram?

30: what are the various type of meristem based on their location ? Give their
function?

31: "Cell is the basic unit of life". discuss in brief?

32: describe the structure of the nucleus with the help of neat and labelled diagram?

Section-D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.

33: draw a neat labelled diagram of digestive system of frog?

OR
Draw well labelled diagram of animal cell?
34: Differentiate between mitosis and meiosis ?
OR
Why are xylem and phloem called as complex tissue?

35: draw the labelled diagram of the following

(a) gramseed
b ) V.S of maize
OR
Differentiate the following.
a. red algae brown algae
b. Liverwort and moss

36. Define inflorescence. describe on the basis of type of inflorescence found in

flowering plants.

SECTION - E
Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2 to 3 short sub-
parts. Internal choice is provided in one of these sub-parts.

37. Read the following and answer any four questions:

The detailed structure of the membrane was studied only after the advent of the
electron microscope in the 1950s. Meanwhile, chemical studies on the cell membrane,
especially in human red blood cells (RBCs), enabled the scientists to deduce the possible
structure of the plasma membrane. These studies showed that the cell membrane is
composed of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates.

1 Which component of the plasma membrane is

arranged as a bilayer?
a Nucleic acid
b Lipid
c Protein
d Carbohydrate
2 The lipid component of the membrane mainly consists of ________.
a Phosphoglycerides
b Amino
c acids
d Glycoproteins
3 What percentage of the membrane of human erythrocytes consists of proteins?
a 40
b 70
c 52
d 66
4 Depending on the ease of extraction, membrane proteins can be of ________ types.
a Three
b Two
c Four
d Five
38.Read the following and answer any four questions:
Plastids are found in all plant cells and in euglenoids. These are easily observed under
the microscope as they are large. They bear some specific pigments, thus imparting
specific colours to the plants. Plastids consist of numerous membrane layers embedded
in a material called the stroma. They have their own genome and ribosomes.

1 The ________ are the colourless plastids of varied shapes and sizes with stored
nutrients.
a Leucoplasts
b Chloroplasts
c Chromoplasts
d Carotenoids
2 The __________ store proteins in grains.
a Amyloplasts
b Aleuroplasts
c Elaioplasts
d Carotenoid
3 Which type of plastid stores carbohydrates in potatoes?
a Amyloplasts
b Aleuroplasts
c Elaioplasts
d Carotenoid
4 The space limited by the inner membrane of the chloroplast is called the stroma.
a Matrix
b Cytoplasm
c Stroma
d Lumen

39.Fungi (ascomycetes and basidiomycetes), an intervening dikaryotic stage (n + n, i.e.,

two nuclei per cell) occurs; such a condition is called a dikaryon and the phase is called
dikaryophase of fungus. Later, the parental nuclei fuse and the cells become diploid.
The fungi form fruiting bodies in which reduction division occurs, leading to formation
of haploid spores.

(1) ______________ Hyphae are without septa and filled with multinucleated
cytoplasm.
(a) Septate

(b) Nucleated

(c) Coenocytic

(d) Both a and c

(2) _____________ is the only single celled fungi organism.

(a) Penicillium

(b) Yeast

(c) Mycorrhiza

(d) Both a and b

(3) What is saprophytic fungi?

(4) Give reason – why fungi are referred as cosmopolitan organism?

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