ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2023-2024

CLASS-IX
SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
 This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
 All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
 Section A consists of 20 Objective Type Questions carrying 1 mark each.
 Section B consists of 6 Very Short Questions carrying 2 marks each. Answers to these questions should in
the range of 30 to 50 words.
 Section C consists of 7 Short Answer Questions carrying 3 marks each. Answers to these questions should
in the range of 50 to 80 words.
 Section D consists of 3 Long Answer Questions carrying 5 marks each. Answer to these questions should
be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
 Section E consists of 3 Source-based / Case-based units of assessment of 4 marks each with sub-parts.
 Diagrams, if any, should be drawn neatly with pencil.

SECTION-A
Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions
1-20.
1. Atoms of a given element are identical
(a) In shape and chemical properties (b) in mass and chemical properties
(c) In shape and physical properties (d) in mass and physical properties
2. When a body falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy
(a) Increases (b) decreases
(c) Remains constant (d) first decreases and then increases
3. Isotopes of an element have
(a) Same physical property (b) Different chemical property
(c) Different neutrons. (d) different atomic number.
4. In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and magnitude of displacement are equal?
(a) If the car is moving on straight road (b) if the car is moving in circular path
(c) The pendulum is moving to and fro (d) the earth is revolving around the sun.
5. The tissue present in brain is:
(a) Adipose tissue (b) Nervous tissue
(c) Skeletal tissue (d) None of these
6. Weight of an object is defined as”
(a) Mass of that object.
(b) Inertia offered by that object.
(c) Force acting on the object due to force of gravity.
(d) None of the above.
7. Which one of the following is not a major activity for improving crop yield?
(a) Crop variety improvement. (b) Crop production improvement.
(c) Crop protection improvement. (d) Crop transportation management.
8. Which of the following are homogeneous in nature
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 (i) Ice (ii) Wood (iii) Soil (iv) Air
(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (ii) and (iv) (c) (i) and (iv) (d) (iii) and (iv)
9. Speed of a sound (υ) in a medium is related to its frequency (v) and wavelength (λ) as:
(a) υ = v λ (b) v = υ λ (c) λ= υv (d) υ= v + λ
10. A man raises a weight of 1 Kg to a height of 1m and holds it there for 30 sec. How much work has he
performed?
(a) 9.8 J (b) 9.8 X 30J (c) 9.8 X 31 J (d) zero
11. During rainy season, rate of evaporation decreases because
(a) Humidity is high in air (b) Humidity is low in air
(c) Humidity does not change (d) there is no effect of humidity.
12. Newton’s first law of motion gives the concept of
(a) Energy (b) work (c) momentum (d) inertia.
13. The correct way of writing the symbol of aluminium is
(a) al (b) aL (c) AL (d) Al
14. Which one of the following is not a micro-nutrient for plants?
(a) Zinc (b) Sulphur (c) Manganese (d) Chlorine
15. Which of the following is living?
(a) Tracheids (b) Xylem parenchyma (c) Fibres (d) Vessels
16. Amoeba captures its food through a process known as
(a) Exocytosis (b) plasmolysis (c) endocytosis (d) both (a) and (c)
Question number 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions. These consist of two statements –
A 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, 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.
17. Assertion: Sugar can be purified by the process of sublimation.
Reason : Gases possess high compressibility.
18. Assertion: Lysosomes are known as suicide bags of a cell.
Reason : They are kind of waste disposal system of cell.
19. Assertion: Uniform circular motion is an accelerated motion.
Reason : In uniform circular motion, magnitude of velocity is constant but direction of motion is
continuously change so that velocity is changing with time.
20. Assertion: A mixture is made up of two or more elements or two or more compounds.
Reason : Ammonium chloride on heating changes directly to vapours.

SECTION-B

Q. no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.

21. Which wave property determines (a) loudness (b) pitch?
22. Compare the properties of electrons, protons and neutrons.
23. Explain why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with rope?
24. Draw a well- labelled diagram of neuron.
OR
List any two distinguishing features between cells of meristematic tissue and permanent tissue.
25. State and derive universal law of gravitation.

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26. Write down the formulae of:
(i) Magnesium hydroxide (ii) Aluminium chloride

SECTION-C

Q. no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.

27. (a) Derive mathematically the formula of force using second law of motion.
(b) While catching a cricket ball, a player lowers his hands with a ball. Why?
28. (a) Explain what happens if
(i) A cell is placed in a medium of hypertonic solution.
(ii) A cell is placed in a medium of hypotonic solution.
(b) Name the tissues that
(i) connects two bones (ii) are present in kidney tubules.
29. State the differences between true solution, suspension and sol.
30. (a) Draw a graph between distance and time for a car moving with non-uniform speed.
(b) A body is accelerating at a constant rate of 10m/s2. If the body starts from rest, how much distance
will it cover in 2 sec?
OR
(a) Draw velocity-time graph when the object has uniformly retarded velocity.
(b) A car accelerates uniformly from 18 km/h to 36 km/h in 5 sec. Calculate the acceleration and the
distance covered by the car in that time.
31. Account for the following:
(a) The fragrance of incence stick spreads in the whole room very quickly.
(b) Solids have fixed shape and volume.
(c) Steam produces more severe burns than water.
32. (a) Compare the use of manures and fertilisers in maintaining soil fertility.
(b) How will you differentiate between capture fishing, mariculture and aquaculture?
33. (a) What is the kinetic energy of an object?
(b) The Kinetic energy of an object of mass ‘m’ moving with velocity of 5m/s is 25 J. What will be its
kinetic energy when its velocity is doubled? What will be its kinetic energy when its velocity is increased
three times?

SECTION-D

Q. no. 34 to 36 are long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.

34. (a) The average atomic mass of a sample of element X is 16.2u. What are the percentages of isotopes
16
X8 and 18X8 respectively?
(b) The following data represents the distribution of electrons, protons and neutrons in atoms of four
elements A, B, C and D
Elements Protons Neutrons Electrons
A 10 10 10
B 11 12 11
C 12 12 12
D 13 14 13
Answer the following questions:
(a) Write the electronic configuration of elements A and D.

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 (b) Element A is an inert gas. Why?
(c) What is the valency of element C?
35. Draw a plant cell and label the following parts:
(a) Manage the activities of the cell
(b) Provide turgidity and rigidity to the cell.
(c) Packaging of material synthesised by ER
(d) Site of protein synthesis.
36. (a) Give three medical uses of ultrasound.
(b) What is the range of frequency associated with (i) infrasound (ii) ultrasound.
(c) What is the audible range for human ear?
OR
(a) Write two points of difference between reverberation and echo.
(b) A person is listening to a tone of 500Hz sitting at a distance of 450m from the source of sound. What
is the time interval between successive compressions from the source?
(c) An echo returned in 3sec. What is the distance of the reflecting surface from the source, given that,
the speed of sound is 342 m/s?

SECTION-E

Q. 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. Blood is a type of connective tissue. Blood is so called because like other connective tissues, its cells are
less embedded in an intercellular matrix. The matrix may be jelly like, fluid, rigid or dense.
(i) Name the fluid matrix of blood.
(ii) Write full form of (a) WBC (b) RBC
(iii)What are the functions of blood?
OR
What will happen if our blood do not have RBC’s?
38. The following table gives the densities of some common substances in kg/m3

(i) Why is hydrogen gas filled in balloon?

(ii) Ice cubes float in cold drink but an iron block sinks in water. Why?
(iii) Define density ?
OR
State Archimedes’ principle. Write its two applications.
39. The molecular compounds are formed by the combination of two or more non-metals. A number of
compounds are known which are formed by the combination of a metal atom with a non-metal atom, e.g,
sodium chloride is formed by the combination of the metal atom, sodium, with the non-metal atom,
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chlorine. Similarly, calcium oxide is formed from the metal atom, calcium, and the non-metal atom,
oxygen. However, in these compounds, the metal and the non-metal atoms are not present as such but are
present as charged species. For example, in sodium chloride, sodium is present as Na+ and chlorine is
present as Cl-. Similarly, in calcium oxide, calcium is present as Ca2+ and oxygen as O2-. In a number of
cases, not only single atoms but groups of atoms may carry charge. For example, NH4+ (ammonium ion),
SO42- (sulphate ion), etc.
It is important to know that in any ionic compound, the total positive charge carried by the cation is equal
to the total negative charge carried by the anion. So that as a whole, the ionic compound is electrically
neutral.
(i) What is an ion?
(ii) What is molecular mass?
(iii) An element M forms the oxide M2O3. What will be the formula of its phosphate?
OR
State two points of difference between cation and anion.

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