KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN CHANDIGARH REGION

SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION 2020-2021

SUBJECT : SCIENCE
CLASS : IX

Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

(i) The question paper comprises four sections A, B, C and D. There are 36 questions in the
question paper. All questions are compulsory.

(ii) Section–A - question no. 1 to 20 - all questions and parts of these are one mark each.
These questions contain multiple choice questions (MCQs), very short answer questions and
assertion - reason type questions. Answers to these should be given in one word or one
sentence.

(iii) Section–B - question no. 21 to 26 are short answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 30 to 50 words.

(iv) Section–C - question no. 27 to 33 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words.

(v) Section–D – question no. - 34 to 36 are long answer type questions carrying 5 marks each.
Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.

(vi) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some
questions. A student has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions.

(vii) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn

SECTION A

Q1.How many electrons at the maximum can be present in the first shell of an atom?

Q2. The electronic configuration of Ca (20) is

(a) 2,8,10 (b) 2,8,8,2 (c) 2,8,2,8 (d) 2,2,8,8

Q3. Name the cell organelle which is exclusively found in plant cells.

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(a) Mitochondria (b) Endoplasmic reticulum (c) Chloroplast (d) Golgi apparatus

Q4. Bones are connected to muscles at the joints by

(a) tendon (b) areolar tissue (c) ligament (d) adipose tissue

Q5.The path of an object look------------when it is in uniform motion. (Fill in the blank)

Q6.Swimming is possible by the application of :

(a) First law of motion (b) second law of motion (c) third law of motion (d) Newton’s law
of gravitation.

OR

Name the physical quantity which is determined by the rate of change of momentum of an
object.

Q7. Gravitational force can be attractive or repulsive. (True/False)

Q8.What is the weight of an object at centre of earth?

Q9.What is polyatomic ions? Give an example.

OR

How many atoms are present in SO32- ion?

Q10. Draw a sketch of Bohr’s model of an atom with three shells.

Q11.Name the two organelles which contain their own genetic material.

Q12. Name the tissue responsible for movement in human body.

OR

Name the flexible connective tissue found in human nose.

Q13. State the conditions for zero work done.

For question numbers 14, 15 and 16, two statements are given- one labelled Assertion (A)
and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the
codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below:

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 (a) Both the assertion and the reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation
of the assertion.

(b) Both the assertion and the reason are correct but the reason is not the correct
explanation of the assertion.

(c) Assertion is true but the reason is false.

(d) Assertion is false but the reason is true.

Q14. Assertion: work done by an athlete completing a round of field is zero.

Reason: the displacement of a body returning back to the initial position is zero.

Q15. Assertion: A feather and stone dropped from a height reach the ground at different
times.

Reason: Acceleration due to gravity acting on a body is directly proportional to its mass.

Q16. Assertion : Displacement is the shortest distance from one point to another.

Reason : Displacement can never be greater than distance travelled.

Q17. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions : (any 4)

Immunisation

Traditional Indian and Chinese medicinal systems sometimes deliberately rubbed the skin
crusts from smallpox victims into the skin of healthy people. They thus hoped to induce a
mild form of smallpox that would create resistance against the disease. Famously, two
centuries ago, an English physician named Edward Jenner, realised that milkmaids who had
cowpox did not catch smallpox even during epidemics. Cowpox is a very mild disease.
Jenner tried deliberately giving cowpox to people ,and found that they were now resistant to
smallpox. This was because the smallpox virus is closely related to the cowpox virus. ‘Cow’
is ‘vacca’ in Latin, and cowpox is ‘vaccinia’. From these roots, the word ‘vaccination’ has
come into our usage. We can now see that, as a general principle, we can ‘fool’ the immune
system into developing a memory for a particular infection by putting something, that mimics
the microbe we want to vaccinate against, into the body. This does not actually cause the
disease but this would prevent any subsequent exposure to the infecting microbe from turning
into actual disease.

(i) What is the traditional method to treat small pox?

(ii) What is the meaning of cowpox in Latin?

(iii) What kind of diseases are small pox and cowpox?

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 (a) viral

(b) bacterial

(c) fungal

(iv) How we can fool the immune system?

(v) Name the scientist who discovered first vaccination.

Q18. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions : (any 4)

Structure of Atom

Many scientists contributed in revealing the presence of charged particles in an atom. It was
known by 1900 that the atom was not a simple, indivisible particle but contained at least one
sub-atomic particle – the electron identified by J.J. Thomson. Even before the electron was
identified, E. Goldstein in 1886 discovered the presence of new radiations in a gas discharge
and called them canal rays. These rays were positively charged radiations which ultimately
led to the discovery of another sub-atomic particle. This sub-atomic particle had a charge,
equal in magnitude but opposite in sign to that of the electron. Its mass was approximately
2000 times as that of the electron. It was given the name of proton. In general, an electron is
represented as ‘e–’ and a proton as ‘p+’. The mass of a proton is taken as one unit and its
charge as plus one. The mass of an electron is considered to be negligible and its charge is
minus one.

(i) Who discovered the Proton?

(ii) Name the three sub-atomic particles?

(iii) What is the charge on Neutron?

(iv) Which sub atomic particle was discovered by J.J. Thomson?

(v) What are canal rays?

Q19. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions : (any 4)

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was born on 15 February 1564 in Pisa, Italy. Galileo, right from his
childhood , had interest in mathematics and natural philosophy. But his father Vincenzo
Galilei wanted him to become a medical doctor. Accordingly, Galileo enrolled himself for a
medical degree at the University of Pisa in 1581 which he never completed because of his
real interest in mathematics. In 1586, he wrote his first scientific book ‘The Little Balance
[La Balancitta]’, in which he described Archimedes’ method of finding the relative densities
(or specific gravities) of substances using a balance. In 1589, in his series of essays – De
Motu, he presented his theories about falling objects using an inclined plane to slow down the

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rate of descent. In 1592, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of
Padua in the Republic of Venice. Here he continued his observations on the theory of motion
and through his study of inclined planes and the pendulum, formulated the correct law for
uniformly accelerated objects that the distance the object moves is proportional to the square
of the time taken. Galileo was also a remarkable craftsman. He developed a series of
telescopes whose optical performance was much better than that of other telescopes available
during those days. Around 1640, he designed the first pendulum clock. In his book ‘Starry
Messenger’ on his astronomical discoveries, Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the
moon, the milky way made up of tiny stars, and four small bodies orbiting Jupiter. In his
books ‘Discourse on Floating Bodies’ and ‘Letters on the Sunspots’, he disclosed his
observations of sunspots. Using his own telescopes and through his observations on Saturn
and Venus, Galileo argued that all the planets must orbit the Sun and not the earth, contrary
to what was believed at that time.

(i) In which book, Galileo described Archimedes principle?

(ii) In which series of essays he presented his theories about falling objects using an inclined
plane to slow down the rate of descent?

(iii) In which book, it was written that Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the moon,
the milky way made up of tiny stars, and four small bodies orbiting Jupiter?

(iv) Where did Galileo enrol his medical degree?

(v) What Galileo argued on earth and the other planets?

Q20. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. ( any 4)

TYNDALL EFFECT

Colloidal particles, cannot be seen with naked eyes. But, these particles can easily scatter a
beam of visible light .This scattering of a beam of light is called the Tyndall effect after the
name of the scientist who discovered this effect. Tyndall effect can also be observed when a
fine beam of light enters a room through a small hole. This happens due to the scattering of
light by the particles of dust and smoke in the air. Tyndall effect can be observed when
sunlight passes through the canopy of a dense forest. In the forest, mist contains tiny droplets
of water, which act as particles of colloid dispersed in air.

(i) What is a colloidal solution?

(ii) The zig-zag movement of colloidal particles is called

(a)dipole moment (b) tyndall effect (c)electrolysis (d)Brownian movement

(iii) What is the difference between suspension and colloidal solution?

(iv) Size of the colloid particles can be seen or not with naked eyes.

(v) Which of the following is not a colloid?

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 (a)starch in water (b) sulphur in CS2 (c) soap solution (d) petrol in CS2

SECTION B

Q21. State any three postulates of Dalton’s atomic theory of matter. Which of his postulates
does not hold correct at present ?

Q22. Helium atom has an atomic mass of 4 u and two protons in its nucleus. How many
neutrons does it have?

Q23. Why is the plasma membrane called a selectively permeable membrane?

OR

“ Lysosomes are a kind of waste disposal system of a cell.”Justify the statement.

Q24. Name the components of phloem tissue.

Q25. An object weighs 10 N when measured on the surface of the earth. What would be its
weight when measured on the surface of the moon?

OR

Calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the sun, given that the mass of the
earth =6×1024Kg and the sun =2×1030Kg.The average distance between the two is 1.5×1011m.
(G=.673×10-11)

Q26. A pair of bullocks exerts a force of 140 N on a plough. The field being ploughed is 15
m long. How much work is done in ploughing the length of the field?

SECTION C

Q27. List any three point of differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

Q28.(i)What are isotopes? write two isotopes of carbon.

(ii) Write any two applications of isotopes.

OR

The atomic mass of an element ‘X’ is 16.2 u. What are the percentage of isotopes ‘ X’
having atomic number 8 and mass numbers 16 and 18.

Q29. Draw a diagram of plant cell and label the following :

(i)Chloroplast (ii) cell wall (iii) vacuole (iv) mitochondria.

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Q30. Differentiate between parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma tissues on the basis
of their cell wall, structure and function.

Q31. A doctor/nurse/health-worker is exposed to more sick people than others in the

community. Find out how she/he avoids getting sick herself/himself.

Q32. From a rifle of mass 4 kg , a bullet of mass 50 g is fired with velocity of 35 m/s
Calculate the recoil velocity of the rifle.

OR

A motorcar of mass 1200kg is moving along a straight line with a uniform velocity of
90km/h. Its velocity is slowed down to 18km/h in 4s by an unbalanced external force.
Calculate the acceleration and the change in momentum. Also calculate the magnitude of the
force required.

Q33. In a factory 10 bulbs of 50W each and 5 fans of 70W each operate for 12 hours daily.
Calculate the units of electricity consumed. Also find the expenditure, if 1 unit costs is Rs.2.

SECTION D

Q34. (i) Define Avogadro’s number and write the numerical value of it.

(ii) Find the number of moles in:

(a)176 g of carbon dioxide.

(b) 12.044×1023 number of carbon dioxide molecule.

(c) 12g of nitrogen gas. (N=14,C=12,O=16)

OR

(i) What is meant by the term chemical formula?

(ii) Write down the names of compounds represented by the following formulae:

(i) CaCl2 (ii) K2SO4 (iii) KNO3 (iv) CaCO3.

Q35. (i) Draw well labelled diagram of a neuron.

(ii) Differentiate between the three types of human muscle fibres on the basis of their
nature, location and structure.

Q36. (i) What is the nature of the distance-time graphs for uniform and non-uniform motion
of an object?

(ii) Distinguish between speed and velocity.

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 (iii) An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200 m in 40 s. What
will be the distance covered and the displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20 s?

OR

An object starts a linear motion with velocity ‘u’ and with uniform acceleration ‘a’ it
acquires a velocity ‘v’ in time ‘t’.

(i) Draw its velocity –time graph.

(ii) Derive the first equation of motion i.e. v=u + at for velocity –time relation by using velocity-
time graph.
(iii) A body moving with a velocity of 2m/s acquires a velocity of 10m/s in 5s. Find its
acceleration.

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