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CLASS IX (2019-20)
SCIENCE (CODE 086)
SAMPLE PAPER-7
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80
General Instructions :
(i) The question paper comprises of three sections-A, B and C. Attempt all the sections.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Internal choice is given in each sections.
(iv) All questions in Section A are one-mark questions comprising MCQ, VSA type and assertion-reason type
questions. They are to be answered in one word or in one sentence.
(v) All questions in Section B are three-mark, short-answer type questions. These are to be answered in about 50-60
words each.
(vi) All questions in Section C are five-mark, long-answer type questions. These are to be answered in about 80-90
words each.
(vii)This question paper consists of a total of 30 questions.

6. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of protoplasm? [1]

Section - A (a) Singer and Nicolson (b) Watson and Crick
(c) Robert Hook (d) Robert Brown
1. Which of the following actions a force can do? [1]
(a) Can move a stationary object. Ans : (a) Singer and Nicolson.
(b) Can stop a moving object. or
(c) Can change the speed of a moving object. Which of the following are complex tissues?
(d) All of the above. (a) Xylem and Phloem
Ans : (d) All of the above (b) Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma
(c) Parenchyma and Collenchyma
2. Ozone layer protects us from which one of the
(d) Xylem and Parenchyma
following? [1]
(a) X- rays. (b) UV rays. Ans : (a) Xylem and Phloem
(c) Beta rays. (d) Gamma rays. 7. Leghorn is related to [1]
Ans : (b) UV rays. (a) Apiculture (b) Dairy Farming
(c) Pisciculture (d) Poultry
3. The slope of kinetic energy-displacement curve of a
particle in motion is [1] Ans : (d) Poultry
(a) Equal to the acceleration of the particle. or
(b) Inversely proportional to the acceleration. Which of the following is cultured for pearls?
(c) Directly proportional to the acceleration. (a) Prawns (b) Oysters
(d) None of these. (c) Mullets (d) Bhetki
Ans : (c) Directly proportional to the acceleration. Ans : (b) Oysters
4. Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force 8. What is classification? [1]
between : [1] (a) Grouping things together on the basis of the
(a) The earth and a point mass only. features they have in common.
(b) The earth and sun only. (b) Grouping things together on the basis of how they
(c) Any two bodies having some mass. respire.
(d) Two charged bodies only. (c) Grouping things together on the basis of how they
Ans : (c) Any two bodies having some mass. feed.
(d) Grouping things together on the basis of how they
or
survive.
A body freely falling under gravity will have uniform :
Ans : (a) Grouping things together on the basis of the
(a) Speed (b) Velocity
features they have in common.
(c) Momentum (d) Acceleration
DIRECTION : For question numbers 9 and 10, two statements
Ans : (d) Acceleration are given- one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from
5. Light is a : [1]
the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Longitudinal wave (b) Transverse wave
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these (a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation
of the A.
Ans : (b) Transverse wave
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct

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explanation of the A. pigment? [1]

(c) A is true but R is false. Ans : Chlorophyll help leaves to trap the sunlight in
(d) Both A and R are false. the process of photosynthesis.

9. Assertion (A) : The specific charge of anode ray 13.3 What did Aarti observe when she poursed sugar
particles depends on nature of the gas taken in the solution over the slide? [1]
discharge tube. Ans : Dead cells cannot absorb water.
Reason (R) : The particles in anode rays carry positive 13.4 Define plasmolysis. [1]
charge. [1] Ans : Plasmolysis is the process of shrinkage or
Ans : (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the contraction of protoplasm of a plant cell as a
correct explanation of the A. result of loss of water from the cell.
10. Assertion (A): Solid CO 2 changes its state when 14. Questions 14.1 to 14.4 are based on the Table A.
exposed to air. [1] Study this table related to boiling points of different
Reason (R) : CO 2 undergoes sublimation. compounds and answer the following questions.
Ans : (a) Both A and R are true and R is correct Table A: Boiling points
explanation of the A.
Compound Boiling point (°C)
11. What does odometer of an automobile measure? [1]
Ans : Ethane -89

Odometer is a type of device that will help you to Butane 0

measure the distance that has been travelled by an Methanol 64.7
automobile
Hexane 69
12. Helium atom has 2 electrons in its valence shell but its
Pentadecane 270
valency is not 2. Explain. [1]
Ans : Heptadecane 302

It valency is zero because its first shell is the outermost 14.1 A mixture of pentadecane and heptadecane can
shell whose octet is complete. It cannot lose or gain or be separated by .......... [1]
share electrons. Ans : Distillation
13. Answer question numbers 13.1–13.4 on the basis of 14.2 When is the fractional distillation preferred over
your understanding of the following paragraph and distillation? [1]
the related studied concepts. Ans : When the difference between boiling points of
two compounds is less than 25 K, then fractional
distillation is used.
14.3 A mixture of methanol and hexane can be
separated by .......... [1]
Ans : Fractional Distillation.
14.4 Which of the following pair of compounds are
the easiest to separate? [1]
(i) Ethane and Pentadecane
(ii) Ethane and Heptadecane
(iii) Butane and Hexane
(iv) Butane and Heptadecane
Ans : (ii) Ethane and Heptadecane
Aarti went on a trip organised by her school to the
botanical gardens in Delhi. She was very excited to
use the knowledge she had learned in her class to
Section - B
relate it with the flora and fauna in the gardens. 15. The kinetic energy of an object of mass m, moving
When Aarti was looking at all different kind of plants, with a velocity of 10 m/s is 25 J. What will be its
she spotted some leaves with yellowish colour. She kinetic energy when its velocity is halved? What will
had studied that leaves were green in colour so she be its kinetic energy when its velocity is increased by
was confused. Aarti took one piece of that leaf to her 5 times? [3]
school laboratory, boiled it and then mounted it on a
Ans :
slide to observe under microscope. She then poured
a strong sugar solution over it and observed the slide We know that,
through the microscope.
K.E. of the object = 1 m (10) 2
13.1 Which pigment gives green colour to the leaves? [1] 2
Ans : Chlorophyll.
25 = 1 # m # 100
2
13.2 What is the function of the above mentioned

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m = 0.5 kg Ans :
If velocity is halved (a) A straight line v-t graph with negative slope indicates
K.E. = 1 # m # (v/2) 2 uniform retardation, i.e. the velocity of the body
2 decreases by equal magnitude in equal intervals of
time, however small the interval may be.
K.E. = 1 # 0.5 # (5) 2
2 (b) When the train starts from rest from a station,
K.E. = 6.25 J it accelerates to attain a maximum velocity.
If velocity is increased by 5 times Thereafter, on reaching the next station, brakes
are applied and it retards before it finally comes to
K.E. = 1 # m # (5v) 2 rest. Thus, the motion of the train is non-uniform.
2
19. Give a scientific reason for the following: [3]
K.E. = 1 # 0.5 # (50) 2 (a) Mitochondria are able to make some of their
2
proteins.
K.E. = 625 J (b) A cell having equal water concentration to its
16. (a) What are cork cells and their functions? [3] surrounding medium.
(b) Which substance is present in the adipocytes? (c) Inner membrane of mitochondria is deeply folded.
How does it help? Ans :
(c) What is xylem? Name the four elements of xylem.
(a) Mitochondria have their own DNA and ribosomes
Ans : and hence can make their own protein.
(a) The cork cells are the dead tissues, present at the (b) A cell having equal water concentration to its
periphery of stem and root. Their main function surrounding medium will neither gain nor lose
is to prevent loss of water from plants and they water to the external medium.
also act as a protective layer. (c) The fold creates a large surface area for ATP
(b) Adipocytes are filled with fat globules. They generating chemical reactions.
keep visceral organs in position of forming shock 20. (a) Birds and mammals share one common feature.
absorbing cushions around them. Storage of fat Give details.
also acts as an insulator. (b) Name the phylum in which animals has soft
(c) Xylem is a complex permanent tissue which bodies covered with a hard shell.
conducts water and mineral salts upward from (c) Ingestion of solid food occurs in which type of
roots to leaves. The four elements are: Tracheids, nutrition ? [3]
vessels, xylem parenchyma and xylem fibers.
Ans :
17. (a) Classify the following compounds as diatomic,
(a) Both birds and mammals are warm-blooded in
triatomic and polyatomic molecules. HCl, H 2 ,
nature.
H 2 O and NH 3 .
(b) Mollusca has animals that have soft bodies
(b) Define the term atomicity. [3] covered with a hard shell.
Ans : (c) Ingestion of solid food occurs in holozoic type of
nutrition.
(a) Diatomic : HCl, H 2 or
Triatomic : H 2 O
Polyatomic : NH 3 (a) Which structure is found in plant cells but absent
(b) Atomicity is the total number of atoms present in in animal cell ?
one molecule of a compound or a substance. (b) What is the functional segment of DNA ?
(c) Name the pigment that imparts red and yellow
18. (a) What causes the phenomenon of sunrise, sunset colour to flowers.
and change of seasons? How do we perceive this
Ans :
cause?
(b) Is it possible that the train in which you are (a) Plant cell have chloroplast and cellulose wall,
sitting appears to move while it is at rest? [3] which is absent in animal cell.
Ans : (b) Gene is segment of DNA, a unit of heredity that
is transferred from a parent to offspring.
(a) The motion of earth around the sun causes change (c) Xanthophyll are coloured pigments just like
of seasons. We perceive the motion of earth by chlorophyll. Chlorophyll imparts green colour to
observing the change in positions of stars, moon, leaves and xanthophyll imparts red and yellow
planets etc. located in outer space. colour to flowers.
(b) The train in which we are sitting appears to move
when the relative position of a point on adjacent 21. A person with mass 10 kg weighs 100 N on earth.
train changes. This happens when we are at rest What will be his corresponding mass and weight on
and adjacent train on next track starts moving. moon? [3]
or Ans :
(a) In what situation the velocity-time graph a Given,
straight line with negative slope? Mass of the person, m = 10 kg
(b) Why is the motion of a train starting from one Weight of the person on earth
station and stopping at the other is non-uniform?

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w = mg w = mg
100 = 10 # g w = 2#5
Therefore, g = 10 m/s 2
w = 0N
Now at moon, the acceleration due to gravity is 1/6 th 24. (a) What is the term used for the scientific
of the acceleration due to gravity in earth Therefore, management of livestock?
acceleration due to gravity on moon (b) What do you understand by composite fish
gl = (1/6) # g culture? Describe in detail with advantages and
gl = (1/6) # 10 disadvantages. [3]
Ans :
gl = 1.66 m/s2
Mass of the person will be the same on moon as that (a) Animal husbandry is the scientific management
on earth = m = 10 kg of animal livestock. It includes various aspects
Weight of the person on Moon’ such as feeding, breeding and disease control.
wl = 10 # 1.66 (b) Composite fish culture system is adopted for
intensive fishing. Characteristics of composite
wl = 16.6 N fish culture are :
22. (a) Most mature plant cells have a large central (i) Both local as well as imported fish species
vacuole. Why? can be used in such systems.
(b) Which type of vacuoles are found in plant cells (ii) A combination of five or six fish species is
and animal cells? [3] used in a single fish pond.
Ans : Advantages :
(i) All the food available in the pond is utilised.
(a) Plant cell has a large central vacuole full of cell There is no competition for food.
sap to provide turgidity and rigidity to the cell. (ii) There is increase in the fish yield from the
Many substances of importance in the life of pond.
plant cells such as amino acids, sugars, various Disadvantage of composite fish culture:
organic acids and some proteins are stored in (i) Lack of availability of good quality fish seeds
these vacuoles.
(b) In plant cell, the vacuole is single and prominent
whereas in animal cell numerous small vacuoles Section - C
are scattered in cytoplasm.
or 25. (a) Identify the type of inertia in each case and give
one more example for the following:
(a) How bacterial cell different from an onion peel
(i) A ball thrown upwards by a child in a train
cell?
returns to his hands.
(b) Why are lysosomes also known as “scavengers of
(ii) Mudguards are provided in bikes and cars.
the cells”?
(b) A stone released from the top of a tower of height
Ans : 19.6 m. Calculate its first velocity just before
(a) Bacterial cell is a prokaryote whereas onion peel touching the ground. [5]
cell is a plant cell: a eukaryote. Ans :
(b) Lysosomes remove the debris of the cell consisting
(a) (i) Inertia of motion is possessed by the ball.
of dead and worn out cell of organelles by
Another example is falling of passengers in
digesting them.
forward direction if a moving bus comes to a
23. A certain particle has a weight of 20 N at a place sudden stop.
where the acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2 . (ii) Inertia of direction because mud flies off
(a) What are its mass and weight at a place where tangentially with the wheels and is collected
acceleration due to gravity is 5 m/s2 ? by mudguards. Another example is rotating
(b) What will be its mass and weight at a place a disc before releasing it and it moves along
where acceleration due to gravity is zero? [3] the tangent ‘t’ its path of rotation.
Ans : (b) Given, u =0
Given, Weight of particle = 20 N s = 19.6 m
Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s 2 g = 9.8 ms−2
Mass of particle = m v2 = u2 + 2as = 0 + 2 # 9.8 # 19.6
(a) Weight of particle w = mg v = (19.6) 2 = 19.6 ms−1
or
20 = m # 10
Therefore, m = 2 kg (a) Define inertia and list its type. Give two examples
Mass of the particle at a place where acceleration due to describe each type.
to gravity = 5 m/s2 will be same, that is, 2 kg. (b) Define momentum. State its SI unit.
Weight of the particle at a place where acceleration Ans :
due to gravity = 5 m/s2 will be (a) The property of a body by virtue of which it
tends to remain in its state of rest or motion is
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called inertia. should cease to exist. We know that atoms are
Inertia of rest : The body tends to resist any quite stable.
change in its state of rest, e.g. a boy sitting in 27. (a) A person takes concentrated solution of salt,
car at rest, falls backwards when the car starts after sometime, he starts vomiting. What is the
moving. phenomenon responsible for such situation? Explain.
Inertia of motion : The body resists any change (b) Bacteria do not have chloroplast but some
in its state of motion, e.g. a body falls forward bacteria are photoautotrophic in nature and
when a car suddenly stops. perform photosynthesis. Which part of bacterial
Inertia of direction : The body resists any change cell performs this?
in its direction of motion, e.g. when a car takes a (c) Which cell organelle controls most of the activities
steep turn, people tends to fall outwards. of the cell? [5]
(b) The product of mass and velocity of a body is
Ans :
called momentum. S.I. unit of momentum is kg
ms−1 (a) The concentrated salt solution causes irritation
and excessive dehydration in the stomach due to
26. Describe the model of atom proposed by Rutherford
exosmosis. This makes the person uncomfortable
with his observations and conclusions. Discuss also
causing reverse movements and thus vomiting.
the drawbacks in his model. [5]
(b) Photoautotrophic bacteria possess photosynthetic
Ans : pigments inside small vesicles associated with
Rutherford designed an experiment where fast moving plasma membrane.
alpha particles were made to fall on thin gold foil. (c) Nucleus controls the metabolism and most of the
Setup : activities of cell.
(a) Rutherford selected a gold foil because he want or
as thin layer as possible. The gold foil here was In brief state what happens when
about 1000 atoms thick. (a) Rheo leaves are boiled in water first and then a
(b) Alpha particles are doubly charged helium ions. drop of sugar syrup is put on it?
They have a considerable amount of energy (b) Dry apricots are left for some time in pure water
inside them. and later transferred to sugar solution?
(c) Rutherford expected these alpha particles to (c) A red blood cell is kept in concentrated saline
undergo small deflections by the protons present solution?
in the gold foil. (d) Golgi apparatus is removed from the cell?
Observations : The results that were obtained were
Ans :
totally unexpected.
(a) Most of the alpha particles passed straight (a) The cell gets killed on boiling so no change will
through the gold foil. be observed.
(b) Some of the alpha particles were deflected by (b) First it swells due to endosmosis and then it
small angles. shrinks due to exosmosis.
(c) One out of every 12000 alpha particles appeared (c) It will lose water and shrink.
to rebound from the gold foil. (d) All sorts of vesicle and lysosome formation stops.
Conclusions : 28. A stone is thrown upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s.
(a) Most of the space inside the atom is empty (a) At what height will its kinetic energy be half of
because most of the alpha particles passed its potential energy?
through the foil without getting deflected. (b) Calculate the potential energy of the body if it’s
(b) As very few alpha particles were deflected, it mass = 5 kg. [5]
concludes that positive charge occupies a very Ans :
small space inside an atom.
(c) A very small number of alpha particles were Given,
completely rebounded, which means that Initial velocity, υ = 0 m/s
the amount of positive charge is high and
Final velocity, v = 30 m/s
concentrated within a small volume inside the
atom. m = mass of the body
Features of the model : (a) Kinetic Energy, K.E = 1 mv2
(a) Every atom has a positively charged center 2
known as nucleus. Potential Energy = P.E. = mgh
(b) The electrons revolve around the nucleus in
circular paths. Given, K.E. = 1 P.E.
2
(c) The size of the nucleus is very small compared to
the actual size of the atom. 1 mv2 = 1 mgh
2 2
Drawback of the proposed model :
(a) The electrons revolving around the nucleus v2 = gh
should not be stable. 30 # 30 = 10 # h
(b) They undergo circular acceleration and while
doing so, keep radiating energy and then finally H = 90 m
fall into the nucleus. By such logic, the atom (b) P.E. = mgh

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= 5 # 10 # 90 = 4500 J After nitrogen, oxygen is one of the most abundant

29. (a) Describe the process of diffusion of O 2 and CO 2 elements on earth. About 21% of our air is composed
through the cell membranes. of oxygen. It is also an atom in the molecule of water
(b) Define osmosis. [5] (H 2 O). Oxide compounds, such as CO 2 also contain
oxygen.
Ans :
As we are aware oxygen is absolutely essential
(a) CO 2 is a cellular waste which accumulates in high for all living organisms to survive. It is the main
concentrations inside the cell and needs to be component in respiration. It is also the element that
excreted out. In the cell’s external environment, allows and assists combustion of any kind. Through
the concentration of CO 2 is low as compared to photosynthesis, the replenishment of oxygen in the
inside of the cell. As soon as there is a difference atmosphere is done, where oxygen is one of the by
in concentration of CO 2 inside and outside products. In fact, photosynthesis and respiration are
the cell, CO 2 tends to move out of it from a interdependent mechanisms that perform a unique
region of higher concentration to a region of and amazing balancing.
lower concentration by the process of diffusion. The steps involved in the oxygen cycle are :
Similarly, O 2 enters the cell by the process of Stage-1 : All green plants during the process
diffusion when the level or concentration of O 2 of photosynthesis, release oxygen back into the
inside the cell decreases with respect to the atmosphere as a by-product.
outside. Thus, diffusion plays an important role Stage-2 : All aerobic organisms use free oxygen for
in gaseous exchange between the cells as well as respiration.
the cell and its external environment. Stage-3 : Animals exhale carbon dioxide back into the
(b) Osmosis is a process that is similar to diffusion, atmosphere which is again used by the plants during
but the only difference between them is that photosynthesis. Now oxygen is balanced within the
Osmosis happens through a selectively permeable atmosphere.
membrane. For example; the passage of water
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from a region of high water concentration
through a selectively permeable membrane to a
region of low water concentration till equilibrium
is reached, is called Osmosis.
or
You are provided with a mixture containing sand,
iron filing, ammonium chloride and sodium chloride.
Describe the procedures you would use to separate
these constituents from the mixture?
Ans :
(a) Remove iron filings with the help of magnet.
(b) Sand and ammonium chloride can be separated
by sublimation. Ammonium chloride will get
vapourised and change into vapours and on
condensation will form NH 4 Cl (s), sand and
sodium chloride will be left in china dish.
(c) Dissolve the sand and sodium chloride in water.
Sodium chloride will dissolve. Filter the sodium.
Sand will be left as residue.
(d) Evaporate the filtrate to dryness to get sodium
chloride back or use crystallisation.
30. Describe the oxygen cycle with appropriate
diagrams. [5]
Ans :

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