G. D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, DWARKA

Mid Term - Sample Paper (2023-24)
CLASS: IX SUB: Science
Time allowed: 3 Hr. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
(a) This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
(b) All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is expected to
attempt only one of these questions.
(c) Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
(d) Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each.
(e) Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
(f) Section D. consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.
(g) Section E consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
Section-A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions 1 - 20. There is no
negative mark for incorrect response.
1. A boy goes from A to B with a velocity of 20 m/min and comes back from B to A with a velocity of 30 m/min. The 1
average velocity of the boy during the whole journey is
(a) 24 m/min
(b) 25 m/s
(c) Zero
(d) 20 m/min
2. In which of the following cases of motions, the distance moved and the magnitude of displacement are equal? 1
(a) If the car is moving on a straight road
(b) If the car is moving in Circular path
(c) The pendulum is moving to and fro
(d) The earth is revolving around the sun.
3. Which of the following figures correctly represents uniform motion of a moving object? 1

4. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the state of matter? 1

(a) The force of attraction between the gas particles is very less.
(b) Plasma consists of super energetic and super excited particles.
 (c) The plasma glows with a special colour depending on the nature of the gas.
(d) Bose-Einstein condensate is formed by heating gas of extremely low density.
5. When heat is constantly supplied by a burner to boiling water, then the temperature of the water during 1
vaporisation:
(a) Rises very slowly.
(b) Rises rapidly until steam is produced.
(c) First rises and then becomes constant.
(d) Does not rise at all.
6. Which of the following is not a homogeneous mixture? 1
(a) Air (b) Tincture of iodine (c) Sugar solution (d) milk
7. A cricket player catches a ball of mass 0.1 kg, moving with a speed 10 m/s in 0.1 second. Force exerted by him is 1
(N)
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 10
8. Solid particle are not soluble in solution. That can be separated by the……… 1

(a) Sublimation (b) Hand picking (c) Filtration (d) Evaporation

9. Chromosomes are made up of: 1

(a)DNA (b)Protein (c)DNA and protein (d)RNA
10. A sample contains two substances and has uniform properties. The sample is: 1
(a)A compound (b)A heterogeneous mixture
(c)An element (d)A homogeneous mixture
11. Swimming is possible by the: 1
(a) first law of motion
(b) second law of motion
(c) third law of motion
(d) Newton’s law of gravitation
12. Sol and gel are examples of —————— 1
(a) Solid-solid colloids
(b) Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and gel is liquid-solid colloid
(c) Sol is solid- solid colloid and gel is liquid-liquid colloid
(d) Sol is a liquid-solid colloid and gel is a solid-liquid colloid
13. The phenomenon by which protoplast of a cell shrinks from the wall is 1
(a) Osmosis (b) Plasmolysis (c) Diffusion (d) Glycolysis
14. What holds the Earth’s atmosphere? 1
(a) Gravity
(b) Clouds
(c) Gravitation
(d) Earth’s Magnetic Field
15. The flexibility in plants is due to a tissue called 1
(a) Chlorenchyma (b) Parenchyma (c) Sclerenchyma (d) Collenchyma
16. The gravitational force between two bodies does not depend on 1
(a) their masses
(b) their separation
(c) the product of their masses
(d) the medium between two bodies
Question No. 17 to 20 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
selecting the appropriate option given below: a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. b)
Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A. c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is
true.
17. Assertion : Parenchyma tissue helps in storage of food in plants 1
Reason: Parenchyma tissue is the main seat of photosynthesis.
18. Assertion: Sodium chloride is always existed in mixture form. 1
Reason: Substance which made up of more than one constituent called mixture.
19. Assertion Some cells like amoeba have changing shapes. 1
Reason: Unicellular organisms show cell shape changing features.
20. Assertion: When the displacement of a body is directly proportional to the square of the time. Then the body is 1
moving with uniform acceleration.
Reason: The slope of velocity-time graph with time axis gives acceleration.
Section-B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions
21. Why are lysosomes called garbage disposal system of the cell? 2
22. Differentiate between distance and displacement. 2
23. Explain giving examples the various factors on which rate of evaporation depends (any two) 2
24. Why is epidermis important for plants? Give any four points. 2
25. Calculate the concentration of 45 g salt present in 500 g of solution. 2
26. What would happen if gravitational force of the Sun suddenly vanishes? 2
Section-C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27. (a)Two cars having masses in the ratio 4 : 5, accelerate in the ratio 2:3. Find the ratio o forces exerted by each of 3
them.
(b) Write Newton’s 2nd law of motion
28. (a)Write Newton’s law of gravitation. 3
(b)If mass between two objects become twice and distance between them become half .find the change in force
between them
(c) write the unit of Gravitational constant.
29. Draw a labelled diagram of phloem tissue (any 6 labels). 3
30. Study the speed-time graph of a car given alongside and 3
answer the following question:

(a) What type of motion is represented by OA?

(b) What type of motion is represented by AB?
(c) What type of motion is represented by BC?
(d) What is the acceleration of car from O to A?
(e) What is the acceleration of car from A to B?
(f) What is the retardation of car from B to C?
31. Give reasons: 3
(a)In some organisms like bacteria, the nuclear region of the cell may be poorly defined.
(b)Mitochondria are called the power house of the cell.
(c)Plasma membrane is called selectively permeable membrane
32. Differentiate between mixture and compound ( any three points ) 3
33. 3

(a) Name the changes in the terms of process P, Q, R and S?

(b) Which of the changes are exothermic and endothermic?
Section-D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.
34. We know that the earth attracts every object with a certain force and this force depends on the mass (m) of the 4
object and the acceleration due to the gravity (g). The weight of an object is the force with which it is attracted
towards the earth. Mathematically W = m x g
Where, W= weight of object,M = mass of object and g= acceleration due to the gravitational force
As the weight of an object is the force with which it is attracted towards the earth, the SI unit of weight is the
same as that of force, that is, Newton (N). The weight is a force acting vertically downwards; it has both
magnitude and direction. We have learnt that the value of g is constant at a given place. Therefore, at a given
place, the weight of an object is directly proportional to the mass, say m, of the object, that is, W αm. It is due to
this reason that at a given place, we can use the weight of an object as a measure of its mass. Answer the
following questions.
(a) Unit of acceleration due to the gravity (g) is
(b) Direction of weight of any object is
(c) Which physical quantity has same unit as gravity have?
(d) Whether weight is scalar quantity or vector quantity? Justify your answer..
35. The growth of plants occurs only in certain specific regions. This is because the dividing tissue, also known as 4
meristematic tissue, is located only at these points. Depending on the region where they are present,
meristematic tissues are classified as apical, lateral and intercalary. New cells produced by meristem are initially
like those of meristem itself, but as they grow and mature, their characteristics slowly change and they become
differentiated as components of other tissues.

Apical meristem is present at the growing tips of stems and roots and increases the length of the stem and the
root. The girth of the stem or root increases due to lateral meristem (cambium). Intercalary meristem seen in
some plants is located near the node

Cells of meristematic tissue are very active, they have dense cytoplasm, thin cellulose walls and prominent
nuclei. They lack vacuoles.

(a) Which meristem helps in increasing the girth of the plant?

(b) Lateral meristem is responsible for_____________

(c) The meristem present at the base of the internode is_____________

(d) What are the characteristic of Meristematic tissue?

36. A solution which can dissolve more of the solute at a given temperature is called unsaturated solution. 4
However, a solution which cannot dissolve any more of the solute is called saturated solution. The amount of
solute that can dissolve in 100 g of the solvent at a given temperature is called solubility of the substance. Use
this information to answer the following questions:
(a) A 30 % solution of X at 298 K is marked as saturated solution of X. What is the solubility of X at 298 K?
(b) What name is given to the solution which contains more solute than that required to prepare saturated
solution at that temperature?
(c) How saturation level of solution changes explain by giving an example.
SECTION – E
37. (a)What is the relationship between mass and inertia? Explain with the help of examples. 5
(b) An object of mass 75 Kg changes its velocity from 144Km/Hr to 36Km/Hr in 2 seconds .Find
(i) Initial momentum
(ii) Change in momentum
(iii) Magnitude of force applied
38. (a) Under which category of mixtures will you classify alloys and why? 5
(b) A solution is always a liquid. Comment.
(c) Can a solution be heterogeneous?
39. (a)Mention any three important functions of nucleus. What are the functional unit of DNA called? 5
(b)What is the significance of chromatin? Which structure is formed from chromatin once the cell is about to
divide?