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SCIENCE/GRADE 9/HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION/SEPTEMBER 2023
Max. Marks: 80 Time Allowed: 3 hours

General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
i. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A
student is expected toattempt only one of these questions.
i. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
ix. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these
questions shouid be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
Section Cconsists of 7Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
i. Section Dconsists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section Econsists 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.

Q.
Questions Marks
No.

1 When steam at 100°C condenses to water at 25°C, what happens to the water molecules?
(a) They move faster and closer together
(b)They move faster and further apart
(c) They move slower and closer together
(d)They move slower and further apart
2 Two chemical species Xand Ywere made to react to form aproduct X>Y according to the 1
following reaction: X+Y’ X,Y
Xand Ycannot be broken down intosimpler substances by simple chemical reactions.
Which of the following concerning the species X,Yand X;Y are correct?
(i) X2Y is a compound.
(ii) Xand Yare compounds.
(ii)Xand Yare elements.
(iv) X>Y has a fixed composition.
(a) (i), (ii) and (ii)
(b) (i), (i) and (iv)
(c) (ii), (ii) and (iv)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iv)
Mr. Rahul, ascience teacher performed the experiment as shown below: 1

FeSO, -ZnSO,

Cu Al
Beakcr I Bcaker II
 Select the correct statement regarding it
(a)The reaction will occur in beaker I and not in beaker Il.
(b)The reaction willnot occur in both the beakers.
(C) The reaction will not occur in beaker l, but willoccur in beaker lI.
(d)The reaction will occur in both the beakers.
Select the incorrect statements: 1
I. Alloys are mixtures of two or more metals or a metal and non- metal and can be
separated into their components by physical methods.
. Aerated drinks like soda water contain carbon monoxide (gas) as solute and water
(liquid) as the solvent.
. Particles of asuspension are visible to the naked eve and does not pass through the
filter paper.
|IV. Milky glass is a colloid in which the dispersed phase is a liquid while the dispersion
medium is solid.

(a) Iland ll only

(b) land IV only
(c) II, I| and IV only
(d) 1, Il and IV only
If the non-volatile impurities contaminate the liquid, its boiling point 1
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remains same
d) May increase or decrease depending on the amount of non-volatile impurities
6 When dilute hydrochloric acid is added to granulated zincplaced in a test tube, the 1
observation made is:
(a)the surface of the metal turns shiny.
(b)the reaction mixture turns milky.
(c) greenish yellow gas is evolved.
(d)colourless and odourless gas evolves with bubbles.
7
Which one of the following sets of phenomenawould increase on raising the 1
temperature?
(a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases
(b) Evaporation, compression of gases, solubility
(c) Evaporation,diffusion, expansion of gases
(d) Evaporation, solubility, diffusion,compression of gases
The only cell organelle seen in prokaryotic cells is? 1
a) Mitochondria
b Lysosomes
c) Ribosomes
d) Plastids

Which of the following are covered bya single membrane?

a) Ribosomes
b) Vacuoles
c) Plastid
d) Mitochondria
 The flexibility of the plasma membrane carn be
contributed to the presence of
a proteins
b) lipids
c) nucleic acids and proteins
d) proteins and lipids
11
Cork is compactly arranged without intercellular spaces with aspecial type of substance 1

called.....
a) Stroma
b) Lignin
c) Cellulose
d) Suberin

12 forms the lining of kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands which 1
provides mechanical support
a) Simple epithelium
b) Squamous epithelium
c) Sponge epithelium
d) Cuboidal epithelium
13 The figure belowshows the position of a runner at one-second intervals as he moves from 1
left to right. Which of the folowing willBEST represent the motion of the runner in figure?

Distance
DIstance

Ttme Time
(a) (b)

DIStanc

Tine (d) Time

(c)

14 Which would require greater force -accelerating a 10g mass at 5 m/s' or a 20 g mass at 2 1
m/s??
(a) F1= F:
(b) F1> Fz
(c) F1< Fz
(d) Both (a) and (b)

15 Bone mnatrix is rich in 1

a) Fluoride and calcium
b) Calcium and phosphorus
c) Calcium and potassium
d) Phosphorus and potassium
 dislocated. Which amone.
two long bones were
16 person
A met with an accident in which
following may be the possible reason?
a) Tendon break
b) Break in the skeletal muscle
c) Ligament break
d) Crack in the areolar tissue

Q. no 17 to20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions.

Answer these questions selecting the
These consist of two statements - Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
appropriate option given below:
(a) Both Aand Rare true and Ris the correct explanation of A
(b) Both Aand Rare true andR is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is False butR is true
1
17 Assertion: Aheavy ball and a light ball dropped from the same height simultaneously in a
friction free zone reach the surface of the Earth at the same time.
Reason: Acceleration due to gravity acts equally on heay and light balls.

18 Assertion:The plant cellwall is mainly composed of cellulose. 1

Reason: Cellulose isa complex substance and provides structural flexibility to plants.
19
Assertion: Vascular or conductive tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants. 1
Reason: Vascular tissue has made the survival of complex plants possible in terrestrial
environments.

20 Assertion (A):0ur palm feels cold when acetone is spilled over it. 1
Reason (R): The particles of acetone lose energy to the palm or to the surroundings and
evaporate, causing the palm to feel cold.

SECTION -B
Q. no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.
21 a When a gas jar containing air is inverted' over a gas jar containing reddish -brown 2
vapours of bromine, both the gas jars become reddish brown in colour after sometime.
Give reason.
b. (b)State two conditions required to liquefy gases.
22 Imagine youare examining a sample of plant tissue under a microscope, and upon closer 2
inspection, youobserve the absence of spaces betweenthe cells in the outermost layer of
the tissue in comparison to the lower layers.
a) What factors or circumstances could account for such an arrangement seen in the
outermost layer of the plant tissue.
b) Also name the cells present in the lower layers.
23 Two Rheo leaves were taken. One peel was put in a petri dish containing cold water and
the other was put in a petri dish containing hot water. After a while both were transferred
to hypertonic solutions. If both the peels were observed under the microscope, will there
be a difference in the observation of both the peels. Give reason
24 Explain with an example: why the accelerations produced due to action-reaction pairs may 2
whequal even though they are equal and opposite.
25 Apersoncan lift 20 kg on
the earth. What will be the maximum mass
the same muscular force which can be lifted by
applied by the person on the moon? 2

OR
A ball thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 8 s. Calculate the
acquired. Take g=10 m/s. maximum height it

26 Name two cells which keep changing their shape. What could be
the shape? the reason for changing 2

SECTION -C
[Link]. 27to 33 are short answer questions
27 Agroup of students took an old shoe box and covered it with a
black paper from all sides. 3
They fixed a source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in it and made
another hole on the other side to view the light. They placed a milk sample contained in a
beaker/tumbler in the box as shown in the Figure. They were amazed to see that milk
taken in the tumbler was illuminated. They tried the same activity by taking a salt
solution
but found that light simply passed through it.

Shoe box
Glass tumbler
Containing sample
Source Eye
of light

a. Explain whythe milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.
b. Samne results were not observed with a salt solution. Explain.
c. Particles of a colloidal solution do not settle down when left undisturbed, while in the
case of a suspension they do. Give reason.
28 Give reasons for the following: 3
(a) While boiling water, a student observed that the temperature remains constant at
100°C, till all of the water vaporises.
(b)Wet clothes do not dry easily on a rainy day.
(c) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any residue.
OR
(a) Can a small volume of water in a kettle filla kitchen with steam? Justify.
(b) Which substance is called dry ice? Why?
(c) Xhas a melting point of - 7.5° Cand a boiling point of 62° C. What is the physical state
of Xat rOom temperature? Express the boiling point of Xin the Kelvin scale.
29 a) "The nucleus plays acentral role in cellular reproduction". Justifythis statement. 3
b))Name two eukaryotic cells which lack a nucleus. State an important property that a cell
willlack if nucleus is absent.
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30 Differentiate between bone and blood. Provide three points that set them apart. 3
 31
Using tollowing data , draw time-displacement graph for amoving object :

Time (s) 0 6 8 10 12 14 16

Displacement (m) 2 4 4 4 6 2
Find average velocity for the last
6 s.
32
AStone of mass 500g is
thrown with a
lake. It Comes to rest after travelling a velocityof 20 m/s across the frozen surtace Or tne 3
the stone and frozen distance of 0.1 km. Calculate force of friction
surface of the lake. between
33
Twoelectrons each of mass 9.1 x
1031 ke are at a distance of 10 m.
gravitational force of attraction between them. Calculate the 3

SECTION -D
[Link]. 34 to 36 are Long
34
answer questions.
Calculate the mass ofwater and glucose required to
glucose. make 250 g of 40% solution ot 5
b. Iron filings and sulphur were
When Part 'A' was heated mixed together and divided into two parts, 'A'
and 'B'.
strongly, a substance C was
equation involved. Part 'B'was not heated at all. formed. Write the chemical
Dilute
both the parts and
evolution of gas was seen in bothhydrochloric
the
acid was added to
evolved. How will you identify the gases that cases. Name the gases
OR
evolved?
a. During an experiment, the students were
solution of sugar inwater. Ramesh dissolved 10g asked to prepare a 10%
(Mass/Mass)
prepared it by dissolving 10g of sugar in water oftosugar in 100g of water while Sarika
prepared the desired solution? Justify your answer. make 100g of the solution. Who
b. A magnesium ribbon is burnt in air
to form a substance X. When Xis
a new substance Y is
formed? What is the nature of the dissolved in water,
answer. Write the chemical equations involved in both substance Y. Justify your
reactions.
35 Draw well-labelled diagramsof various types of
write the function of those muscles which when musclesfound in the human body and 5
stained show alternate light and dark
bands and also of those which do not show bands.
OR
a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of the structure of a
neuron and label the following
parts:
i. The part that contains the nucleus and cytoplasm
Hair like structures
iii. The longest part of the neuron
iv The part that protects the longest part
V. The ends of the neuron
b) What is a synapse?
What is the functional significance of the combination of nerve and muscle tissue?
 (a)State Newton's second law of motion.
(1) 5

Ih)The motion ofa ballof 150g is represented by the graph given below.

kpojen
(spu)
45

Time (s)
() Find change in momentum of the ball.
(ii) Findthe opposing force on the ballbetween 40and 60 s. (2)
OR
(a) Differentiate between g and G. Write two points. (1)
(b) The mass ofa body is increased 4 fold and mass of the other body is increased 16 fold.
How should the distance between them be changed to keep the same gravitational
force between them? (2)
(C) Derive an expression to show that the acceleration due to gravity is independent of
mass of the object. (2)

SECTION -E
[Link]. 37 to 39 are case - based/data- based questions with 2to 3 short sub - parts.

37 Asolution which can dissolve more of the solute at a given temperature is called an
is
unsaturated solution. However, a solution which cannot dissolve any more of the solute
100g of the solvent at
called saturated solution. The amount of solute that can dissolve in
a given temperature is called solubility of the substance.
Sudha tested the solubility of four salts, X, Y, Z and T at different temperatures and
collected the following data.
Salt Temperature
dissolved 353 K
290 K 313 K 323 K 343 K

Solubility (g/ 100 g water)

22 34 40 93 109
X

43 43 46 50 S0
Y

27 30 34 37 40

38 42 S4 64
25

questions:
(a) Use this information to answer the following
at 323 K?
(i) Which salt has the highest and lowest solubility temperature?
(ü) The solubility of which salt is least affected by increase in
of X. What is the solubility
(b) A 30 % solution of Xat 298 Kis marked as saturated solution
of X at 298 K?

tincture of iodine.
(c) Name the solute and solvent in OR
saturated solution to an unsaturated solution
(c) State 2 ways by which youcan change a
 38 The plastid is amembrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and various 4

other eukaryotic organisms. Plastids are the location for the manufacture and storage of
important chemical compounds used by the cells of autotrophic eukaryotes. They often
comprise pigments used in photosynthesis, and the kinds of pigments in a plastid
determine the cell's color. They have a mutual evolutionary origin and possess a double
stranded DNA molecule that is circular, like that of prokaryotic cells.
i) Chloroplast is considered a semi-autonomous structure. Why?
ii) How do chromoplasts differ from other plastids?
ii) Examine the following graph that was produced by exposing plants to various light
wavelengths. The graph shows the rate of photosynthesis at various wavelengths
of light and the maximum rate shown as Z.

00 S00 600 700

Wavelength in nm
Based on the information on the graph; which of the following could be a legitimate label
for they axis.
a) The rate of CO2 released
b) The rate of Oxygen released
c) The rate of water released
d) The rate of Oxygen consumed
iv) Plants contain accessory pigments. Name the one which gives yellowish color.
OR
iv) Mention the significance of leucoplasts.
39 A vehicle has a mass of 500 kg. It covers a path OABC. It
starts from rest at O and attains a (1+1+2)
linearly changing velocity from 0 to 15 m/s, in 4 seconds. From A to B it runs with a
velocity of 15 m/s in next 6 s. It comes to rest at Cin the next 2 s. The graph
plotted
between velocity and time is shown below:

T15 ms! B

Velocity
(ms-lj
49 10 s 12 s
Time (t)
() The maximum force is acting from
(a) O to A (b) Ato B (c) Bto C
(ii) The acceleration of car from A to B is (d) all of these
(a) 1.5 m/s? (b)3.75 m/s? (c) zero
(iii) No net force is acting from (d) 1.25 m/s2
(a) O to A (b) Ato B (c) Bto C (d) O throughout toC
(iv) Calculate the retarding force.
OR
(v) Calculate the maximum force.