Class – IX (Going to X) – Half Syllabus
Duration : 2 hrs. | Maximum Marks : 180
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PHYSICS
1. The value of G depends on
(A) None of these (B) Masses of the bodies
(C) Distance between the bodies (D) Some other masses kept nearby
2. Which of the is true for displacement?
A. It cannot be Zero
B. Its magnitude is greater than the distance travelled by the object
C. It's the shortest distance between initial & final position
D. It is a vector quantity
(A) A, B are correct (B) C and D are correct
(C) B and C are correct (D) A and B are correct
3. How much net force acts on body whose momentum is constant (i.e. = constant)?
(A) Zero (B) None (C) p/2t (D) 2p/t
4. A force has
(A) Direction only (B) Magnitude only (C) Both A and B (D) None of these
5. Inverse square law means force is proportional to?
(A) 1/r3 (B) 1/r4 (C) 1/r2 (D) 1/r
6. Principle of rocket is based on Newton's ...... law of motion.
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) None
7. The particle is moving with constant speed
(A) In graphs (i) and (iii) (B) In graphs (i) and (iv)
(C) In graphs (i) and (ii) (D) In graphs (i)
8. A bullet weighing 50 gram leaves the gun with a velocity of 30m/s. The ratio of the momentum of
bullet and gun after firing is:
(A) 1:1 (B) 1:2 (C) 2:1 (D) 1:3
9. A particle has a velocity u towards east at t = 0. Its acceleration is towards west and is constant, Let
XA and XB be the magnitude of displacements in the first 10 seconds and the next 10 seconds.
(A) XA < XB
(B) XA = XB
(C) XA > XB
(D)The information is insufficient to decide the relation of XA and XB.
10. A force of 50 N is required to push a car on a level road with constant speed of 10 ms–1. The mass
of the car is 500 kg. What forces should be applied to make the car accelerate at 1 ms-2.
(A) 450 N (B) 500 N (C) 550 N (D) 2500 N
11. A body dropped freely has covered (16/25)th of the total distance in the last second. Its total time
of fall is
(A) 2.5 s (B) 5 s (C) 7.5 s (D) 1s
12. A train is travelling at a speed of 108 km/h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform retardation
of 1 m/s². Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest :
(A) 800 m (B) 450 m (C) 1000 m (D) 1050 m
13. A stone is dropped from some height, then the distance travelled by stone in 4th, 5th, 6th seconds
are in the ratio of
(A) 4:5:6 (B) 16:25:36 (C) 36:25:16 (D) 7:9:11
14. If F is the force between two bodies of masses m1 and m2 at certain separation, then what is the force
between √5𝑚1 and √3𝑚2 at the same separation?
(A) √5𝐹 (B) 𝐹/√15 (C) √15𝐹 (D) F
15. A particle is projected up with a velocity of 20 m s-1 from a tower of height 25 m. Its velocity on
reaching the ground is ms-1
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 30 (D) 10
CHEMISTRY
16. Which of the following has the strongest interparticle force of attraction at room temperature?
(A) Nitrogen (B) Mercury (C) Iron (D) Chalk
17. You accidentally release a balloon filled with gas inside a room. What will most likely happen to
the gas inside the balloon once it’s punctured and released into the room?
(A) The gas will form a solid cube on the floor.
(B) The gas will condense into a small drop of liquid in one corner.
(C) The gas will escape from the room through the walls.
(D) The gas will spread out evenly, filling the entire room.
18. On increasing the temperature of the liquid, the rate of evaporation
(A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) No change (D) None of these
19. Your spaceship encounters a strange alien planet with oceans of flowing substances and swirling
clouds in the sky. The alien guide tells you that both the oceans and the clouds are made of “fluids.”
What is the most accurate description of what the alien is referring to?
(A) Only substances that can be solidified.
(B) Only liquids, like water.
(C) Both liquids and gases, which can flow and take the shape of their container.
(D) Only gases, because they can float freely.
20. The temperature at which a solid change into liquid at atmospheric pressure is called
(A) Melting point (B) Boiling point (C) Diffusion (D) Evaporation
21. Convert the temperature of 373°C to the Kelvin scale?
(A) 646 K (B) 546 K (C) 300 K (D) 500 K
22. Match the following and choose the correct answer :-
(i) Solid (a) Super energetic particles
(ii) Liquid (b) No shape nor fixed volume at a given pressure
(iii) Gas (c) Has definite shape
(iv) Plasma (d) Definite shape with less molecular forces than that
in solids
(A) (i) – a, (ii) – b, (iii) – c, (iv) – d
(B) (i) – c, (ii) – d, (iii) – b, (iv) – a
(C) (i) – c, (ii) – d, (iii) – a, (iv) – b
(D) (i) – a, (ii) – d, (iii) – b, (iv) – c
23. One chilly morning, you notice tiny droplets of water suspended in the air around you, making
everything look hazy. This natural phenomenon occurs when water vapor condenses on tiny
particles like dust in the air. What is this hazy formation called?
(A) Clouds forming inside a bottle
(B) A sudden burst of rain
(C) Mist, formed by water particles condensing on dust
(D) Ice crystals freezing mid-air
24. In an experiment of conversion of ice into water and water into vapour, observations were recorded and a
graph plotted for temperature against time as shown below. From the graph it can be concluded
that: -
(A) Ice takes time to heat up to 0°C
(B) During melting and boiling temperature does not rise
(C) Process of boiling takes longer time than the process of melting
(D) All the above
25. Milk is a _______________ solution while vinegar is a _________________ solution.
(A) suspension, colloidal (B) colloidal, suspension
(C) true, colloidal (D) colloidal, true
26. While performing a magic trick in your science lab, you shine a beam of light through a glass of
milk, and surprisingly, the light beam becomes visible as it passes through! What scientific
phenomenon is responsible for this “magic trick”?
(A) The milk absorbs all the light
(B) The milk turns into a solid and reflects the light
(C) The scattering of light in the colloidal particles of the milk
(D) The light vanishes as it passes through the liquid
27. Tyndall effect is observed in:
(A) Solution (B) Precipitate (C) Vapour (D) Sol
28. Amalgam is a solution of:
(A) Solid in solid (B) Solid in liquid (C) Liquid in solid (D) Liquid in liquid
29. Milk of Magnesia is an example of:
(A) Emulsion (B) True solution (C) Colloid (D) Suspension
30. Which of the following is an example of a mixture?
(A) Sugar (B) Brass (C) CO2 (D) NO2
MATHEMATICS
31. If n is a natural number, then √𝑛 is
(A) always a natural number
(B) always a rational number
(C) always an irrational number
(D) sometimes a natural number and sometimes an irrational number
32. The number of consecutive zeros is 23 × 34 × 54 × 7, is
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5
33. x+1 is a factor of the polynomial
(A) x3+x2-x+1 (B) x3+x2+x+1 (C) x4+x3+x2+1 (D) x4+3x3+3x2+x+1
1
34. If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 2, then 𝑥 3 + 1/𝑥 3 =
(A) 64 (B) 14 (C) 8 (D) 2
3 3 3
(𝑎2 −𝑏 2 ) +(𝑏 2 −𝑐 2 ) +(𝑐 2 −𝑎2 )
35. (𝑎−𝑏)3 +(𝑏−𝑐)3 +(𝑐−𝑎)3
(A) 3 (a+b) (b+c) (c+a) (B) 3 (a-b) (b-c) (c-a)
(C) (a-b) (b-c) (c-a) (D) (a+b) (b+c) (c+a)
36. If (4, 19) is a solution of the equation y=ax+3, then a =
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
37. If 3𝑥 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐, then the value of (𝑥 − 𝑎)3 + (𝑥 − 𝑏)3 + (𝑥 − 𝑐)3 − 3(𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑥 − 𝑐),
is
(A) a+b+c (B) (a-b) (b-c) (c-a) (C) 0 (D) None of these
38. The distance between the graph of the equations x = -3 and x=2 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5
39. The perpendicular distance of the point P (4,3) from y-axis is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) None of these
40. The base of an isosceles right triangle is 30 cm. Its area is
(A) 225 cm2 (B) 225√3 cm2 (C) 24√5 cm2 (D) 63 cm2
41. In the given figure CP || BQ, then the measure of x is
(A) 130° (B) 105° (C) 175° (D) 125°
42. If ∆ABC ≅ ∆ACB, then ∆ABC is isosceles with
(A) AB = AC (B) AB = BC (C) AC = BC (D) None of these
43. The side BC of ∆ABC is produced to a point D. The bisector of ∠A meets side BC in L. if
∠ABC=30° and ∠ACD = 115°, then ∠ALC=
1
(A) 85° (B) 722° (C) 145° (D) None of these
44. In the given figure, the value of x is
(A) 65° (B) 80° (C) 95° (D) 120°
45. If all the three angles of a triangle are equal, then each one of them is equal to
(A) 90° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 30°
BIOLOGY
46. “Cell arises from pre-existing cell” was stated by
(A) Haeckel (B) Virchow (C) Hooke (D) Schleiden
47. Study of cell is known as
(A) Mylogy (B) Protology (C) Cytology (D) Microbiology
48. Which of following is the smallest known cell:
(A) Virus (B) Yeast (C) Mycoplasma (D) Bacteriophage
49. The radiant energy of sunlight is converted to chemical energy and stored as
(A) AMP (B) ADP (C) ATP (D) APP
50. The common feature amongst nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondrion is
(A) DNA (B) Lamellae (C) Cristae (D) All of these
51. Assertion: Robert Hooke (1665) discovered cells in thin slice of cork
Reason: He name, them cells as they appeared like small chambers.
(A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion
(B) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion
(C) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false
(D) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true
52. Well defined nucleus is absent in:
(A) Plant cell (B) Animal cell (C) Eukaryotic cell (D) Prokaryotic cell
53. Animal cell is limited by-
(A) Plasma membrane (B) Shell membrane
(C) Cell wall (D) Basement membrane
54. Assertion: Plants, being stationary have musculo-skeletal tissue.
Reason: Animals being mobile have living supportive tissue.
(A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion
(B) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion
(C) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false
(D) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true
55. Akriti was given a slide of parenchyma. She concluded that parenchyma cells possess
(A) Central cytoplasm and peripheral vacuole
(B) Central vacuole and peripheral cytoplasm
(C) Thickened cell walls
(D) No cytoplasm
56. A student observed a prepared slide and reported that the cells are long, elongated and thick-walled
with no intercellular spaces. It is
(A) Parenchyma (B) Sclerenchyma (C) Striped muscle (D) Nerve cell
57. Contractile proteins are found in
(A) Bones (B) Blood (C) Muscles (D) Cartilage
58. Striated muscles are so called as
(A) They are cylindrical in shape
(B) They are multinucleate
(C) They have nucleus at the periphery
(D) They have alternate dark and light bands
59. Nerve cell does not contain
(A) Axon (B) Nerve endings (C) Tendons (D) Dendrites
60. Which of the following cells is found in the cartilaginous tissue of the body?
(A) Mast cells (B) Basophils (C) Osteocytes (D) Chondrocytes
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