Class 9 - IFSO (Science Olympiad)

Total Time : 60 Minutes

Total Questions : 50

Total Marks : 50
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 Class 9: IFSO
SECTION – A Logical Reasoning

1. Complete the series.

CE, GI, KM, OQ, ?
A. TW B. SV
C. SU D. RT
E. None of these

2. What number will come at the place of question mark.

30, 2, 20, 6, 12, 12, ?
A. 6 B. 8
C. 10 D. 15
E. None of these

3. Choose the odd one out.

GILP, ACFJ, LNQU, PRUZ
A. GILP B. ACFJ
C. LNQU D. PRUZ
E. None of these

4. Which option will complete the second pair in the same way as first pair?
KMF : LLH : : RMS : ?
A. TVT B. SLU
C. SUS D. SLR
E. None of these

5. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in dictionary and then choose the
correct sequence.
1. Select 2. Seldom 3. Send 4. Selfish 5. Selter
A. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 B. 2, 1, 4, 5, 3
C. 3, 5, 4, 1 ,2 D. 5, 3, 2, 1 ,4
E. None of these

6. If in a certain code, STUDENT is written as RSTEDMS, then how would TEACHER be written in the
same code?
A. SZZDGEQ B. SZDDGEQ
C. SDZDGDQ D. SDZCGDQ
E. None of these

7. Jatin started to walk from a point A. After moving 12m towards North, he turned right and moved
10m. Again he turned right and walked 12m, then turning left walked 5m. So far what distance has
he travelled and in which direction is he?
A. 40m, West B. 29m, South
C. 39m, East D. 35m, North
E. None of these

8. Which one of the following Venn-diagrams correctly represents the relation between Earth, Forest,
Sky?

A. 4 B. 3
C. 2 D. 1
E. None of these

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9. While introducing a lady, a man said. “Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law”. What
is the relation of the man with lady?
A. Son B. Brother
C. Husband D. Father
E. None of these

10. Find the figure which will continue the series.

Problem Figures

Answers Figures

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

11. Find out the correct figure which is different from three others.

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

12. Which option will complete the second pair in the same way as first pair?

Problem Figure

Answer Figure

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

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13. Which of the alternatives will complete the figure?

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

14. Choose the mirror image of the given combination when mirror is placed vertically on right side of it.
SBEUDNT22

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

15. Choose the option which most closely resembles the water image of the given combination.

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

SECTION – B Day to Day Science

16 Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on levelled straight road. Their distance, time graphs are shown
in the given figure. Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the motion of these
cars?

A. Car A is faster than Car D B. Car B is the slowest

C. Car D faster than Car C D. Car C is the slowest
E. None of these

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17. When will a body under the action of several forces will have zero acceleration?.
A. When the body is very light.
B. When the body is very heavy.
C. When the body is a point body.
D. When the vector sum of all the forces acting on it is zero.
E. None of these

18. A metallic ball strikes a wall and falls down whereas a tennis ball having the same mass and velocity
bounces back.
The reason for this is
A. both suffer equal change in momentum.
B. the tennis ball suffers a greater change in momentum.
C. metallic ball suffers a greater change in momentum.
D. the momentum of the tennis ball is less than that of the metallic ball
E. None of these

19. When a bicycle is in motion (without pedalling) the force of friction exerted by the ground on the
two wheels act
A. in the backward direction, on the front wheel and in the forward direction on the rear wheel.
B. in the forward direction on the front wheel and in the backward direction on the rear wheel.
C. in the backward direction on both the front and the rear wheels.
D. in the forward direction on both the front and the rear wheels.
E. None of these

20. Two particles are placed at same distance from each other. If keeping the distance between them
unchanged, the mass of each of the two particles is doubled, the value of gravitation force between
them will become
A. ¼ times B. ½ times
C. 4 times D. 2 times
E. None of these

21. Sound travels in rocks in the form of

A. longitudinal elastic waves only
B. transverse elastic waves only
C. both longitudinal and transverse elastic waves
D. Non – elastic waves
E. None of these

22. A key of mechanical piano is first struck gently and then struck again but much harder this time. In
the second case
A. Sound will be louder but pitch will not be different.
B. Sound will be louder and the pitch will also be higher.
C. Sound will be louder but pitch will be lower.
D. Both loudness and pitch will remain unaffected.
E. None of these

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23. Match the columns

Column I Column II
P Salt 1. Mixture
Q Air 2. Contains only I type of atoms
R Diamond 3. Compound
S Sodium 4. Lowest melting point

Select the correct answer from the given alternatives.

P Q R S
a 3 1 2 4
b 1 2 3 4
c 2 1 3 4
d 4 1 3 2

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

24. If the mass of 1 mole of water is 18g, what is the mass of 1 molecule of H2O?
A. 3.99 x 10-23g B. 2.99 x 10-23g
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C. 6.022 x 10 g D. 18gm
E. None of these

25. What happens when green tomatoes turn red?

A. Chromoplasts changed into chloroplasts
B. New chloroplasts are made
C. Chloroplasts are disintegrated and get converted into chromoplasts
D. All of these
E. None of these

26. Which of the following are smooth muscle fibres?

A. Cylindrical striated, unbranched and multinucleate.
B. Spindle – shaped, unbranched, unstriated, uninucleate and involuntary.
C. Spindle – shaped, unbranched, non-striated, multinucleate and involuntary.
D. All of these
E. None of these

27. Which is the only phylum in the animal kingdom without any nerve cell?
A. Porifera B. Coelenterata
C. Annelida D. Nematoda
E. None of these

28. In which of the following groups would you place a plant that produces spores and embryos but lack
seeds and vascular tissues?
A. Pteridophytes B. Bryophytes
C. Gymnosperms D. Thallophyta
E. None of these

29. In some bacteria, outside the cell wall, there is an additional slimy protective layer called _______
made up of ___________.
A. Epiderm , monosaccharides B. DNA, mitochondria
C. Capsule, Polysaccharides D. Ribosomes, protein
E. None of these

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30. If a nail is hammered into the tree trunk, then the position of the nail after few years will be
A. Same B. Above
C. Lower D. nail will disappear
E. None of these

31. Observe the given diagram and read the following statements
(i) These are cells of collenchyma tissue.
(ii) At maturity these cells lose their nucleus and cytoplasm
(iii) The cells are living and thick at their corners.
(iv) This tissue gives flexibility to plant parts.

Correct statements are

A. (i), (iii) and (iv) B. (i), (ii) and (iv)
C. (i) and (iii) only D. (i) and (iv) only
E. None of these

32. Match the words in column I with those which are most appropriate in column II.

Column I Column II
P Karyokinesis 1 Meiocytes
Q Cytokinesis 2 Plant Cell
R Meiosis 3 Nuclear division
S Cell Plate 4 Cytoplasmic division

A. P – 1, Q – 2, R – 3, S - 4 B. P – 2, Q – 1, R – 4, S - 3
C. P – 3, Q- 4, R – 1, S – 2 D. P -4, Q – 3, R – 2, S – 1
E. None of these

33. UV rays causes cancer but in stratosphere the same UV rays are helping us, how?
A. They divert harmful UV rays back to Sun.
B. They convert oxygen in stratosphere into ozone.
C. UV rays are not present in stratosphere.
D. UV rays reach the earth surface then bounce back carrying ozone to stratosphere.
E. None of these

34. Which of the following groups have only non-biodegradable components?

1. Wood, Paper , Leather 2. Polythene, Detergent , PVC
3. Plastic, Detergent, Glass 4. Plastic, Glass, Animal dung

A. 1 and 4 B. only 3
C. 2 and 3 D. 1 and 3
E. None of these

35. Choose the alternative that gives the correct answer. The particles of the following type of mixture
scatter a beam of light passing through it and make its path visible.
(i) Solution (ii) Suspension (iii) Colloidal Solution
A. Both (i) and (iii) are correct B. Only (ii) is correct
C. Only (iii) is correct D. Both (ii) and (iii) are correct
E. None of these

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36. Which of the following sets of phenomena would increase on raising the temperature?
(i) Evaporation of liquid (ii) Sublimation of solid
(iii) Solubility of solute in Water (iv) Solubility of gases in water

A. (i) and (ii) B. (i), (ii) and (iii)

C. (i) and (iii) D. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
E. None of these

37. Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a clock in one hour, which of the following
statement is true?
A. The average speed of the tip is not zero.
B. Average acceleration of the tip is zero.
C. Average velocity of the tip is zero
D. The displacement of the tip is zero
E. None of these

38. Friction opposes motion. All surfaces are rough in the figure. If A is pushed by a force F, from left to
right. What is direction of frictional force acting on A and B?

A. Towards left for both A and B

B. Towards left for A and right for B
C. Towards right for A and left for B
D. Can’t predict from the given details
E. None of these

39. A body initially at rest starts moving when a constant external force F is applied on it. The force F is
applied for time t=0 to time t = T. Which of the following graph represents the variation of the speed
(v) of the body with time (t)?

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

40. Two metal pieces when immersed in liquid experience equal upthrust on them, then
A. Both pieces must have equal weight
B. Both pieces must have equal densities.
C. Both pieces must have equal volume.
D. Both pieces must are at equal depths.
E. None of these

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41. In the following, the phenomena which were successfully explained by the law of gravitation are
1. Motion of moon around the earth.
2. Formation of tides.
3. Motion of an aeroplane.
4. Force that binds us to the earth.
5. Rotation of blades in a ceiling fan.
A. 2, 3, 4 B. 4, 5, 1
C. 3, 4, 5 D. 1, 2, 4
E. None of these

42. The high density of water as compared to ice is due to

A. hydrogen bond interaction
B. dipole – dipole interaction
C. dipole – induced dipole interaction
D. induced dipole – induced dipole interaction
E. None of these

43. Rina visited a natural gas compressing unit and found that the gas can be liquefied under specific
conditions of temperature and pressure while sharing her experience with friends she got confused.
Help her to identify the correct set of conditions.
A. Low temperature, Low pressure
B. High temperature, Low pressure
C. Low temperature, High pressure
D. High temperature, High pressure
E. None of these

44. Match the hydroxides in set P with the colour in set Q.

Set P Set Q
(i) Ferrous hydroxide (a) Reddish brown
(ii) Lead hydroxide (b) Dirty green
(iii) Zinc hydroxide (c) White gelatinous
(iv) Ferric hydroxide (d) Chalky white

A. i – (b), ii – (c), iii – (d), iv – (a) B. i – (c), ii – (d), iii – (a), iv – (b)
C. i – (b), ii – (d), iii – (c), iv – (a) D. i – (d), ii – (b), iii – (a), iv – (c)
E. None of these

1 th
45. A car moving along straight line covers 5
of total distance with speed 𝑉1, and remaining part of
distance with speed 𝑉2. The average speed of car over entire distance is
5 𝑉1 𝑉2 4 𝑉1 𝑉2
A. 𝑉2+4𝑉1
B. 5𝑉1+𝑉2

5 𝑉1 𝑉2 4 𝑉1 𝑉2
C. 4 𝑉2+ 𝑉1
D. 4 𝑉1+ 𝑉2

E. None of these

SECTION – C Higher Order Thinking Skills

46. Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.
Alumina (Aluminium oxide) has a very high melting point of over 2000°C so that it cannot be readily
liquefied However, conversion of alumina to aluminium and oxygen, by electrolysis, can occur when
it is dissolved in some other substance.

Which solution is used to react with bauxite as a first step in obtaining pure aluminium oxide?
A. Solution of NaOH B. Solution of KOH
C. Salt solution D. Sugar solution
E. None of these

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47. Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.
Alumina (Aluminium oxide) has a very high melting point of over 2000°C so that it cannot be readily
liquefied However, conversion of alumina to aluminium and oxygen, by electrolysis, can occur when
it is dissolved in some other substance.
The aluminium oxide for the electrolytic extraction of aluminium is obtained by heating aluminium
hydroxide. The unbalanced equation for the reaction is.

A. AI(OH)3 → AI2O3 . 2H2O + H2O

B. AI2O3 . 2H2O → AI(OH)3 + H2O
C. AI(OH)3 → AI2O3 + H2O
D. AI + H2O → AI(OH)3
E. None of these

48. Six identical resistors connected between points A, B and C as shown in diagram. The equivalent
resistance would be maximum between

A. A and B B. B and C
C. A and C D. All of these
E. None of these

49. Three particles A, B and C are thrown from top of a building with same speed. A is thrown upwards,
B is thrown downwards and C is thrown horizontally, they hit the ground with speed VA, VB and VC
respectively, then
A. VA = VB = VC B. VA > VB > VC
C. VA = VB > VC D. VA > VB = VC
E. None of these

50. Match the following

Column I Column II
P Regeneration 1. Shoot
Q Rhizopus 2. Pollen grain
R Plumule 3. Vegetative Propagation
S Rose 4. Planaria
T Stigma 5. Spores

P Q R S T
(a) 1 5 4 2 3
(b) 2 4 1 3 5
(c) 2 1 4 3 5
(d) 4 5 1 3 2

A. (a) B. (b)
C. (c) D. (d)
E. None of these

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 IFSO – 2023 Answer - Class 9

1 C 2 A 3 D 4 B 5 B

6 C 7 C 8 A 9 D 10 C

11 A 12 C 13 C 14 C 15 B

16 B 17 D 18 B 19 C 20 C

21 C 22 A 23 A 24 B 25 C

26 B 27 A 28 B 29 C 30 A

31 A 32 C 33 B 34 C 35 D

36 B 37 A 38 B 39 D 40 C

41 D 42 A 43 C 44 C 45 A

46 A 47 C 48 A 49 C 50 D

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