PRE-ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2023-24)

CLASS IX
SUBJECT - SCIENCE(086)
SET B
TIME ALLOWED : 3 HOURS M.M:80
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 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 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 one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the
questions 1 – 20.
Q1. Which of the following statement is always correct?
(a) An atom has equal number of electrons and protons.
(b) An atom has equal number of electrons and neutrons.
(c) An atom has equal number of protons and neutrons.
(d) An atom has equal number of electrons, protons and neutrons.

Q2. A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a velocity 4 times of its initial velocity. In this
process the potential energy of the car :
(a) does not change (b) becomes twice that of initial
(c) becomes 4 times that of initial (d) becomes 16 times that of initial

Q3. In an ecosystem, herbivores represent

(a) producers (b) primary consumers
(c) secondary consumers (d) decomposers
Q4. Ram was asked to select a simple permanent tissue which makes the plant hard and stiff and
consisting of dead cells. He selected:
(a) Xylem (b) Cork (c) Sclerenchyma (d) Collenchyma

Q5. The distance between two consecutive crests in a wave train produced in a string is 25 cm. If two
complete waves pass through a point per second, the speed of the wave is :
(a) 50 cm/s (b) 12.5 cm/s (c) 25 cm (d) 75 cm/s
Q6. Carbohydrates are mainly stored in plants as
(b) Glycogen (b) Starch (c) Sucrose (d) Glucose

Q7. What happens to the gravitational force between two bodies if their masses are doubled:
(a) Force is doubled (b) force becomes 4 times
(c) Force becomes half (d) No change

Q8. The forces of action and reaction cannot cancel each other because
(a) they are unequal (b) they act in the same direction
(c) they act upon different bodies (d) none of these

Q9. Tincture of iodine has antiseptic properties. This solution is made by dissolving
(a) iodine in potassium iodide (b) iodine in vaseline
(c) iodine in water (d) iodine in alcohol

Q10. Which of the following represents a correct chemical formula?

(a) CaCl (b) NH4OH (c) NaSO4 (d) NaS

Q11. Which of the following correctly represent the electronic distribution in the Mg atom?
(a) 3, 8, 1 (b) 2, 8, 2 (c) 1, 8, 3 (d) 8, 2, 2

Q12. Which of the following graph represents the uniform motion?

Q13. Guard cells are easily observed in-

(a) Epidermis (b) Cortex (c) Vascular bundle (d) Collenchyma
Q14. Cell is discovered by-
(a) Antony Van Leeuwenhoek (b) Robert Kotch
(c) Robert Hooke (d) Darwin
Q15. The rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to
(a) Mass of the body (b) Velocity of the body
(c) Net force applied on the body (d) None of these

Q16. Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

(a) Rice (b) Millets (c) Sorghum (d) Gram

Q. no 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions. These 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 and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is False but R is true

Q17. Assertion (A): A sound of high pitch is said to be shrill.

Reason (R): Pitch of a sound increases on increasing its frequency.
Q18. Assertion (A): Credit for the discovery of electron goes to J.J. Thomson.
Reason (R): Some atoms of chlorine have a fractional mass of 35.5 u.

Q19. Assertion (A): ER membrane is similar in structure to the cell wall.

Reason (R): ER functions as a cytoplasmic framework providing a surface for some biochemical
activities.

Q20. Assertion (A) : When a firefly hits a bus, each of them exerts the same force.
Reason (R) : Firefly has more mass as compared to the windshield.

SECTION – B
Question no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.

Q21. Apply Newton’s third law of motion to the following problems:

(i) rowing of a boat in a river (ii) flight of a bird.

Q22. (i) What is the value of boiling point of water on Kelvin scale of temperature?
(ii) Which produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam? Why?

OR
Calculate the masses of cane sugar and water required to prepare 200 g of 15% mass
by mass solution of cane sugar in water.

Q23. What is momentum? Write its SI unit. Represent the following graphically
(a) momentum versus velocity when mass is fixed.
(b) momentum versus mass when velocity is constant.
Q24. Explain two ways of improving crops.

Q25. The average atomic mass of a sample of an element X is 16.2u. What are the percentages of
isotopes 168𝑋 and 188𝑋 in the sample?
Q26. Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion:
(a) Shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar syrup.
(b) Preserving pickles in salt.
(c) Spreading of smell of cake being baked throughout the house.
(d) Aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration.

OR

Draw a neat diagram for a plant cell. Label the following parts in the diagram:
(i) Cell wall (ii) Nucleus (iii) Chloroplast (iv) Vacuoles

SECTION – C
Question no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions.

Q27. (a) Why do Helium, Neon and Argon have a zero valency?
(b) In what way is the Rutherford’s atomic model different from that of Thomson’s atomic model?
(c) Name the isotope used to treat:
(i) Goitre (ii) Cancer

Q28. On a 120 km track, a train travels the first 30 km at a uniform speed of 30km/h. Calculate the speed
with which the train should move the rest of the track so as to get the average speed of 60km/h for the
entire trip.

Q29. (a) Water hyacinth floats on water surface. Explain

(b) Which cell organelle controls most of the activities of the cell? Explain.
(c) Which kind of plastid is more common in
(i) roots of the plant (ii) flowers and fruits.

OR

List two characteristics of cork. How are they formed? Mention their role.

Q30. Account for the following:

(i) For any physical state, the temperature remains constant during the change of state.
(ii) Water, in an earthen pot becomes cool in summer.
(iii) We are able to sip hot tea more easily from a saucer rather than a cup.

OR

Compare any three properties of true solution, colloid and suspension in a tabular form.

Q31. (a) The graph below shows two crop yields [ploy A and B ] that have been treated by manures and
chemical fertilizers respectively, keeping other environmental factors same.
 Answer the following questions:
(i) Why does plot B show sudden increase and then gradual decrease in yield?
(ii) Why is the highest peak in plot A graph slightly delayed?
(b) Name two plants that can be turned into green manure.

Q32. A person weighs 110.84 N on moon, whose acceleration due to gravity is 1/6 of that earth. If
the value of ‘g’ on earth is 9.8 ms-2 . Calculate.
(a) ‘g’ on moon (b) Mass of person on moon
(c) Weight of person on earth

Q33. Name the organelles which show the analogy written as under
(a) Transporting channels of the cell (b) Control room of the cell
(c) Packaging and dispatching unit of the cell (d) Digestive bag of the cell
(e) Storages sacs of the cell (f) Kitchen of the cell

SECTION – D
Question no. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.

Q34. (a) Name the process, when a drop of ink placed on the surface of water contained in a
glass spread throughout the water.
(b) Write the molecular formulae of Calcium (II) phosphate.
Write the atomic number, mass number and valency of atoms (x), (y) and (z)? Give
your answer in a tabular form.

OR
(i) Write the formulae for the following:
(a) Sodium nitrate (b) Ammonium sulphate
(c) Aluminium oxide (d) Magnesium phosphate
(ii) Calculate the molecular mass for each one of them
(H=1u, N=14u, O=16u, Na=23u, Cl=35.5u)
(a) HNO3 (b) NaCl
Q35. (i) Define the following:
(a) Milch animals (b) Draught animals
(ii) State two differences between egg layers and broilers.
(iii) What are weeds? Give an example.
(iv) Why should weeds be removed from cultivated fields?
OR
(i) Draw a labelled diagram of smooth muscle.
(ii) Differentiate between parenchyma and sclerenchyma.
(iii) Mention the constituents of bloods.
(iv) Name the epithelial tissue that hair like projection on outer surface of cells.
(v) Name a tissue that stores fat in the body.

Q36. (i) State two conditions under which work done is zero.
(ii) Four men lift a 250 kg box to a height of 1 m and hold it without raising or lowering it.
(a) How much work is done by the men in lifting the box?
(b) How much work do they do in just holding it?
(c) Why do they get tired while holding it? (g = 10 m s-2)

OR

Establish the relationship between speed of sound, its wavelength and frequency. If velocity of
sound in air is 340 ms -1, calculate:
(i) wavelength when frequency is 256 Hz.
(ii) frequency when wavelength is 0.85 m.

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.

Q37. Tissue ‘A’ – Repairs the injured tissues and fills spaces within organs.
Tissue ‘B’ – Serves as a fat reservoir and also carries out the function of insulator.
(i) Identify the animal tissue ’A’ based on the given descriptions.
(ii) Identify the animal tissue ’B’ based on the given descriptions.
(iii) What will happen if cells are not organised in tissues?
OR
Which tissue functions throughout life without getting fatigue? Write its function
Q38. In a laboratory, while doing an experiment, carbon dioxide was taken in an enclosed cylinder and
compressed by applying pressure and keeping low temperature.
(i) What is the most common state in which carbon dioxide occurs?
(ii) Which state of matter we will obtain after completion of the above given process?
(iii) Which process is responsible for conversion of solid to gas directly? Explain it.

OR
What is the common name of the product obtained in the above process? Write one of its use.

Q39. Aditya started driving his car. He increases the speed for 4 seconds and then he kept hiscar at a
constant speed for 6 seconds. Then after he decreased the speed of the car up to another 6 seconds.
After reaching the starting place, he draws the speed- time graph of his 16 seconds driving as shown
below:
 (i) What type of motion is represented by OA?
(ii) What type of motion is represented by BC?
(iii) Find out the acceleration of the body.
OR
Calculate the retardation of the body.