SET 1
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IIT KANPUR
PERIODIC TEST -2 (2020-21)
SUBJECT – Science CLASS- IX
M.M. 40 TIME: 90 Min.
General Instructions:
1. The question paper comprises three sections – A, B and C. Attempt all the sections.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. 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.
4. All questions in Section B are three-mark, short-answer type questions. These are to be
answered in about 50 - 60 words each.
5. All questions in Section C are five-mark, long-answer type questions. These are to be
answered in about 80 – 90 words each.
7. This question paper consists of a total of 15 questions.
SECTION A
1. List the two laws of chemical combination.
2. Answer question number 2(a) – 2(d) on the basis of your understanding of the following
concept.
Two friends of class ix were sitting in a restaurant and try to push a pillar with all
their force. The first one explains the situation that the pillar did not move because
of its inertia while the second one says that it is because action and reaction forces
cancel each other’s effect.
2 (a). Which of the two friends gave correct justification?
2 (b). State Newton’s third law of motion.
2 (c). If Newton’s third law holds good, then why do not action and reaction forces cancel
each other when we walk?
2 (d). Write any one example based on third law of motion
3. Which one of the following method is used to separate Drugs from blood-
(a) Evaporation (b) Sublimation
(c) Chromatography (d) Distillation.
4. Carbon and oxygen combine to form carbon dioxide with the masses of carbon and oxygen in
the ratio of:
(a) 1 : 8 (b) 8 : 1
(c) 3 : 8 (d) 8 : 3
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5. A bus is driving along a straight stretch of road. The bus driver, named Ray, has a cup of water
resting on the dashboard: Suddenly Ray has to slam on the brakes. What is most likely to happen
to the water in the cup?
side 1 side 2
DRIVING DIRECTION
(a) The water will stay horizontal. (b) The water will spill over side 1.
(c) The water will spill over side 2.
d) The water will spill but you cannot tell if it will spill at side 1 or side 2.
6. The disease that affects our lungs is :
(a) Chicken pox (b) Rabies
(c) Covid-19 (d) Malaria.
7. Read the Assertion and Reason statements carefully and mark the correct option from
the following given below:
Assertion: 28g of nitrogen reacts completely with 6g of hydrogen to form 34g of ammonia.
Reason: In a chemical reaction mass can neither be created nor be destroyed.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(d) Both Assertion and Reason is false
SECTION B
8. Smoke and fog both are aerosols. In what way they are different?
9. Explain any three common methods of transmission of diseases with their examples.
10. A solution contains 50 gm of common salt in 150 gm of water. Calculate concentration in
terms of mass by mass percentage.
11. Draw a well labelled diagram of a neuron.
12. Derive the second equation of motion graphically.
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SECTION C
13 a) Observe the figure carefully and label the parts marked A and B.
b) Complete the given table:
1.______________ 2.______________ 3. ______________
4. ______________ 5. _______________ 6. ______________
PLANT TISSUES
1. __________ PERMANENT TISSUES
2._____ INTERCALARY LATERAL SIMPLE COMPLEX
PERMANENT PERMANENT
TISSUE TISSUE
3. _________ COLLENCHYMA 4. _______
5._________ 6. _______
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14. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 210 m in 40 seconds with
uniform speed.
a) Name the type of motion performed by athlete.
b) Calculate the distance covered at the end of 2 minutes.
c) Find the displacement of athlete at the end of 2 minutes.
d) Calculate the speed of the athlete.
15. Calculate the molecular mass of-
(a) CH4 (b) HNO3 (c) Al2O3
(d) NaCl (e) H2O
(Given that atomic mass of C= 12u, H=1u , N = 14u , O = 16 u , Al = 27, Na = 23u, Cl= 35.5u )
