Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TERM II
NAME: REF: 2024-25/ BIO/STD 9/RWS
CLASS: IX SUBJECT: BIOLOGY
DATE: 01/12/24 TOPIC: Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Improvement in Food Resources
I MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
[1] Which of the following can be made into crystal? 1
[a] A Bacterium [b] An Amoeba [c] A Virus. [d] A Sperm
[2] Find out incorrect sentence 1
[a] Parenchymatous tissues have intercellular spaces
[b] Collenchymatous tissues are irregularly thickened at corners
[c] Apical and intercalary meristems are permanent tissues
[d] Meristematic tissues, in its early stage, lack vacuoles
[3] Animal husbandry is the scientific management of 1
(i) animal breeding
(ii) culture of animals
(iii) animal livestock
(iv) rearing of animals
[a] (i), (ii) and (iii)
[b] (ii), (iii) and (iv)
[c] (i), (ii) and (iv)
[d] (i), (iii) and (iv)
[4] Which of these options are not a function of Ribosomes? 1
(i) It helps in manufacture of protein molecules
(ii) It helps in manufacture of enzymes
(iii) It helps in manufacture of hormones
(iv) It helps in manufacture of starch molecules
[a] (i) and (ii)
[b] (ii) and (iii)
[c] (iii) and (iv)
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[d] (iv) and (i)
[5] While doing work and running, you move your organs like hands, legs etc. 1
Which among the following is correct?
[a] Smooth muscles contract and pull the ligament to move the bones
[b] Smooth muscles contract and pull the tendons to move the bones
[c] Skeletal muscles contract and pull the ligament to move the bones
[d] Skeletal muscles contract and pull the tendon to move the bones
[6] Rotation of crops is carried out to
[a] increase convenience for the farmers
[b] increase variation in mineral content of the soil
[c] increase in nitrogen content of the soil
[d] increase diversity of plant habitats
[7] Animal cell lacking nuclei would also lack in
[a] Endoplasmic reticulum
[b] Chromosome
[c] Lysosome
[d] Ribosome
[8] The inner lining of blood vessel is formed by which type of tissue. 1
[a] muscular tissue
[b] nervous tissue
[c] epithelial tissue
[d] connective tissue
[9] In composite fish culture, Catlas are: 1
[a] are bottom feeders
[b] feed on the weeds
[c] reside in the middle zone
[d] are surface feeders
ASSERTION AND REASON QUESTIONS
DIRECTION: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is
followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
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(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is and reason (R) are false.
[10] Assertion: Intercropping offers weeds and pest control.
Reason: Biological control is a method of controlling pests such as insects,
mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms.
[11] Assertion: Parenchyma cells help in storage of food.
Reason: Parenchyma cells are the main seats of photosynthesis.
[12] Assertion: In eukaryotic cells, there is an extensive compartmentalisation
of cytoplasm.
Reason: Eukaryotic cells have membrane bound organelles
II ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
[13] What is a GM crop? Name one such crop which is being grown in India. 2
[14] Why is adipose tissue essential for a healthy body? 2
[15] What is chromatin material and how does it change just before cell division. 2
[16] Write the modes by which insects affect the crop yield. 2
[17] [a] What are organelles? 2
[b] What kind of cells have lysosomes? Why are lysosomes known as
suicidal bags?
[18] What is a permanent tissue? Classify the permanent tissue. 2
[19] Differentiate between xylem and phloem tissue. 3
[20] What will happen if 3
[i] Apical meristem is damage or cut
[ii] Cork is not formed in old stems and roots.
[21] [a] Mention functions of organelles B and C 3
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[b] What are cisterns?
[22] How do substances like CO 2 and water move in and out of cells? Discuss. 2
[23] Differentiate between the following. 5
[a] diffusion and osmosis
[b] mitosis and meiosis.
[c] Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell
[d] Chromoplast and Leucoplast
[e] RER and SER
[24] State reasons for the following. 3
[a] Mitochondria are known as Powerhouse of the cell.
[b] Plastids are able to make their own proteins.
[c] Plant cell shrinks when kept in hypertonic solution.
[25] How many membranes are there in mitochondria? Characteristic features of 3
these membranes? What is the advantage of such features?
[26] What are the 3 main functions of areolar tissue? 3
[27] In brief state what happens when
[a] dry apricots are left for some time in pure water and later transferred to
sugar solution?
[b] a Red Blood Cell is kept in concentrated saline solution?
[c] the Plasma membrane of a cell breaks down?
[d] rhoeo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is
put on it.
[28] Differentiate between striated, non-striated and cardiac muscles. 3
[29] What is differentiation in plants? How are simple tissues different from 3
complex tissues?
[30] What are pathogens? Name any two plant diseases caused by pathogens. 2
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