Half Yearly Examination – 2024-25

Subject – Science

Time - 2 hrs Class – IX M:M – 80 Marks

General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
(ii) All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is
provided in some questions. A student is expected to attempt only one of
these questions.
(iii) Section A consists of 20 Objective type questions carrying 01 mark
each.
(iv) Section B consists of 6 Very Short Answer Type Questions carrying
02 marks each. Answers to these questions should be in the range of 30
to 50 words.
(v) Section C consists of 7 Short Answer Type Questions carrying 03
marks each. Answers to these questions should be in range of 50 to 80
words.
(vi) Section D consists of 3 Long Answer Type Questions carrying 05
marks each. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to
120 words.
(vii) Section E consists of 3 Source-based/Case-based units of
assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.
Section - A
Multiple Choice Questions:- 1 × 20 = 20
Q1 What is the physical state of water at 25°C?
(a) Liquid (b) Solid (c) Gas (d) None
Q2 The conversion of gas into liquid is called
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(a) Freezing (b) Condensation (c) Sublimation (d) Fusion
Q3 Chalk dissolved in water is an example of
(a) True solution (b) Colloid
(c) Suspension (d) Saturated solution
Q4 Which of the following shows tyndall effects ?
(a) Salt Solution (b) Sugar Solution
(c) Starch Solution (d) Copper Sulphate Solution
Q5 Sponge can be compressed, it is a
(a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Gas (d) Foam
Q6 Which of the following is a homogeneous mixture?
(a) Soda Water (b) Vinegar (c) Air (d) All of these
Q7 The root hair absorbs water by the process called
(a) Diffusion (b) Osmosis (c) Endocytosis (d) Plasmolysis
Q8 Proteins arer formed in
(a) Golgi Bodies (b) Nucleus (c) Plastids (d) Ribosomes
Q9 The animal cell which does not posses nucleus is
(a) Egg of hen (b) White Blood Cell
(c) Red Blood Cell (d) Nerve Cell
Q10 Which one of the following is scalar?
(a) Distance (b) Displacement
(c) Uniform Velocity (d) Variable Velocity
Q11 Distance and displacement have the same units.
(a) True (b) False (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None

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Q12 Slope of a velocity – time graph gives
(a) Distance (b) Displacement (c) Acceleration (d) Speed
Q13 Girth of stem increases due to
(a) Apical meristem (b) Lateral Meristem
(c) Intercalary Meristem (d) Vertical Meristem
Q14 Flexibility in plants is due to
(a) Collenchyma (b) Sclerenchyma
(c) Parenchyma (d) Chlorenchyma
Q15 Which of the following tissues has dead cells?
(a) Parenchyma (b) Sclerenchyma
(c) Collenchyma (d) Epithelial Tissue
Q16 The S.I. Unit of force is
(a) Kgm/s (b) gm/s2 (c) Newton (d) Newton-meter
Q17 Fielder giving a swing while catching a ball is an example of
(a) Inertia (b) Momentum
(c) Newton’s II Law of motion (d) Newton’s I law of motion
Q18 A football and a stone has same mass
(a) Both have same inertia (b) Both have same momentum
(c) Both have different inertia (d) Both have different momentum
Q19 Xylem and phloem are examples of
(a) Epidermal Tissue (b) Simple Tissue
(c) Protective Tissue (d) Complex Tissue
Q20 The connective tissue that connects muscles to bone is called

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(a) Ligament (b) Tendon (c) Cartilage (d) Areolar
Section - B
Very Short Question/Answers:- 2 × 6 = 12
Q21 What type of clothes should we wear in summer?
Q22 How would you confirm that a colourless liquid given to you is
pure water?
Q23 Write the name of two organelles which contain their own genetic
material.
Q24 Write difference between distance and displacement
Q25 Define momentum. Write its S.I. Unit.
Q26 (i) Where is apical meristem found?
(ii) Which tissue makes up the husk of coconut?
Section - C
Short Question/Answers:- 3 × 7 = 21
Q27 Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a
rope?
Q28 Convert the following temperatures to the Kelvin scale.
(a) 50°C (b) 273°C (c) 140°C
Q29 Draw a labelled diagram of neuron.
Q30 A bus decreases its speed from 80 Km/h to 60 Km/h in 5 s. Find the
acceleration of the bus.
Q31 Make a comparison and write down ways in which plant cells are
different from animal cells.
Or
Give three features of cardiac muscles.
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Q32 (i) Define force.
(ii) State Newton’s first law of motion.
Q33 How are sol, solution and suspension different from each other?
Or
Explain, Why is it different for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects a
large amount of water at a high velocity.
Section - D
Long Question/Answers:- 5 × 3 = 15
Q34 (i) How many types of elements together make up the xylem tissue?
Name them.
(ii)Differentiate between parenchyma, collenchyma and
sclerenchyma on the basis of their cell wall.
Q35 (i) What is meant by a pure substance?
(ii) Which separation techniques will you apply for the separation of
the following?
(a) Butter from curd
(b) Salt from sea water
(c) Camphor from salt
(d) Tea leaves from tea
Or
(i) Define solute, solvent.
(ii) What are alloys?
(iii) Why water is called universal solvent?
Q36 (i) What is the nature of the distance time graphs for uniform and
non-uniform motion of an object?
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 (ii) A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4m/s2. What distance
will it cover in 10s after start?
Or
(i) When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain.
(ii) A truck starts from rest and rolls down a hill with a constant
acceleration. It travels a distance of 400 m in 20s. Find its
acceleration. Find the force acting on it if its mass is 7 tonnes. (1
tonne=1000 kg).
Section - D
Q37 Case Study:- 4 × 3 = 12
Force is an external effort in the form of pushing, pulling, compressing,
stretching etc. which may move a body at rest or stop a moving body or
change the speed of a moving body or change the direction of motion of
a body or change the shape and size of a body. These forces can be
divided into two types : Balanced forces and unbalanced forces. When
the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero, the forces are
called Balanced forces. If the resultant of all the forces acting on a body
is not zero, the forces are called unbalanced forces. Note that balanced
forces cannot change the state of rest or state of uniform motion or the
direction of motion of the body. However, the balanced forces can
change the shape and size of the body.
An unbalanced force is needed to move a body from the state of rest. But
no such force is required to maintain uniform motion of the body. An
unbalanced force is required to change the speed of the body and also to
change the direction of motion of the body.
1 When the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero? What are
the forces called?
2 Which force is required to move a body from state of rest?

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3 What are the functions of balanced forces?
4 What are the functions of an unbalanced force?
Q38 Case Study 2:- 4 × 3 = 12
These are rod-shaped cells that provide energy to the cell organelle when
required, in the form of ATP. These organelles are strange as they have
their own DNA and ribosomes. Due to this reason, they are also able to
make their own protein.
1 Name the cell organelle being discussed in the above passage.
(a) Ribosomes (b) Golgi bodies
(c) Lysosomes (d) Mitochondria
2 What is the other name given to this cell organelle?
(a) Powerhouse of the cell (b) Colour pigment
(c) Suicide bags of the cell (d) Protein factory of the cell
3 What is the full form of ATP?
(a) Alkaline Diphosphate (b) Adenosine Trisphosphate
(c) Adenosine Diphosphate (d) Adenosine Triphosphate
4 Name another cell organelle that has its own DNA.
(a) Ribosomes (b) Plastid
(c) Lysosomes (d) Golgo bodies
Q39 Case Study 3:- 4 × 3 = 12
Gases are highly compressible as compared to solids and liquids. The
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder that we get in our home for
cooking or the oxygen supplied to hospitals in cylinders is compressed
gas. Compressed natural gas (CNG) is used as fuel these days in
vehicles. The liquid takes up the shape of the container in which they are

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kept. Liquids flow and change shape, so they are not rigid but can be
called fluid. Solids and liquids can diffuse into liquids. The aquatic
animals can breathe underwater. The rate of diffusion of liquids is
greater than solid.
1 Why Compressed natural gas (CNG) is used as fuel these days in
vehicles?
(a) Due to its high compressibility
(b) Large volumes of a gas can be compressed into a small cylinder
(c) Transported easily
(d) All of these
2 Liquids have no fixed ______ but have a fixed ______.
(a) Shape, Volume (b) Volume, Shape
(c) Shape, Size (d) Size, Shape
3 The aquatic animals can breathe underwater due to
(a) The presence of dissolved carbon dioxide in water
(b) The presence of dissolved oxygen in the water
(c) The presence of dissolved Nitrogen in the water
(d) All of these
4 The rate of diffusion of liquids is greater than solid due to
(a) Liquid particles move freely
(b) Liquid have greater space between each other
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these