IX- BIOLOGY

TERM-1

REVISION ASSIGNMENT [2021-22]

Q1. Which of the following is true about types of blood cells P, Q and R?

A. P-transports food, Q-develops immunity, R-clots blood.

B. P-transports carbon dioxide, Q-produces hormones, R-clots blood.
C. P-transports bacteria, Q-eats foreign material, R-clots blood.
D. P-transports oxygen, Q-kills bacteria, R-clots blood.

Q2. The image shows how the two cells appear before and after placing in a hypertonic solution.

Based on the behaviour of the cell, identify the cell types.

A. Cell 1: animal cell, Cell 2: plant cell
B. Cell 1: bacterial cell, Cell 2: plant cell
C. Cell 1: Plant cell, Cell 2: animal cell
D. Cell 1: animal cell, Cell 2: bacterial cell

Q3. Observe the given diagram carefully and choose the correct labelling for parts-1,2,3,4.

A. 1-sieve plate,2-companion cell,3- sieve tube, 4-phloem parenchyma

B. 1-sieve tube,2- xylem parenchyma,3-companion cell,4-sieve plate
C. 1-sieve tube,2- phloem parenchyma,3-companion cell,4-sieve plate
D. 1-sieve tube, 2- phloem fibres, 3-companion cell,4-sieve plate
Q4. Anil has bacterial infection. Which part of the cell will help him eliminate bacteria from his
body and how?
A. Vacuoles as they can expel substance out of the cell.
B. Lysosomes as they have digestive enzymes to breakdown foreign material.
C. Lysosomes as they can destroy their own cell.
D. Vacuoles as they can up take any material and store it.

Q5. The image shows the microscopic view of a type of muscle.

Which statement can be made by the student to confirm that the tissue is skeletal muscle?
A. Repetitive rows of nuclei with long cells
B. Cylindrical cell with single nucleus in each cell
C. Alternative light and dark coloured cell with branching
D. Alternative bands of light and dark colour with multinucleated cylindrical cells

Q6. A student observes image of the knee bones of a person who is suffering from a condition
called arthritis due to inflammation of joints.

Which connective tissue can likely be added between the bones to ease the movement of joints?
A. Blood as it contains proteins
B. Areolar tissue as it repairs the tissue
C. Ligament as it joins the two bones easily
D. Cartilage as it smoothens surface of the bones

Q7. The image shows the structure of two type of muscles that are present in two different
locations in the human body.
Based on their location what can be concluded about their function?
A. Both the muscles protects body organs
B. Both the muscles show voluntary movements
C. Both the muscles help in movement of body
D. Both the muscles show involuntary movements

Q8. The table lists some functions performed by some cell structures.
P It helps in storage, packaging and modification of products in
vesicles.
Q It serve as channels for transport of materials between nucleus &
cytoplasm.
R It controls all the chemical activities of the cell.
S It controls the movement of substances in and out of the cells.
Identify the cell structures P, Q, R, S according to their respective function.
A. P-Nucleus , Q- Plasma membrane, R- Golgi apparatus , S- Endoplasmic reticulum
B. P- Endoplasmic reticulum , Q-Nucleus , R- Golgi apparatus , S- Plasma membrane
C. P-Golgi apparatus, Q- Endoplasmic reticulum, R- Nucleus, S- Plasma membrane
D. P-Plasma membrane , Q-Nucleus , R- Plasma membrane, S- Endoplasmic reticulum

Q9. A plant cell placed in a hypotonic solution will not burst because of presence of
_____________
A. Plasma membrane
B. Cell wall
C. Chloroplast
D. Cytoplasm

Q10. X is a double membrane cell organelle in which ATP generating chemical reactions occur.
X is_____
A. Nucleus
B. Endoplasmic reticulum
C. Mitochondria
D. Chloroplast

Q11. Which structures can be found in all plant and animal cells?
A. Cell wall and nucleus
B. Mitochondria and centrioles
C. Cell membrane and centrioles
D. Mitochondria and cell membrane

Q12. A cell loses water by osmosis when kept in a solution having a lower concentration of water
than the cell. The given solution is___________.
A. hypertonic solution
B. hypotonic solution
C. Isotonic solution
D. Dilute solution

Q13. Read the given statements and select the correct ones.
1. There is no demarcation of dividing and non-dividing regions in animals.
2. Animals consume less energy as compared to plants.
3. Most of the tissues that plants contain are living.
4. Structural organization of organs and organ systems are more specialized in animals than even
in very complex plants.
5. Growth of animals is indefinite
A. 2, 3 and 5
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1 and 4
D. 1 and 5

Q14. Read the given statements.

1. Many nerve fibres bound together by connective tissue make up a nerve.
2. Areolar connective tissue fills the space inside the organs and helps in repair of tissues.
3. Glandular epithelium is formed by infolding of epithelial tissue.
4. Smooth muscle fibres show characteristic of both striated and unstriated muscles.
5. Skin epithelial cells are extremely thin and flat through which absorption and secretion occur.
Select the INCORRECT statements.
A. 4 and 5
B. 1, 3 and 5
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 2, 3 and 4

Q15. In summers, leaves of a potted plant droop down when the soil becomes dry. Which cell
organelle causes this drooping of leaves?
A. Nucleus, as it stops making DNA.
B. Cell wall, as it starts to shrink.
C. Lysosome, as it releases the digestive enzymes.
D. Vacuole, as it loses all the water.

Q16. Which statement correctly describes the path taken by nerve impulse?
A. From axon of a neuron to the nucleus of a neuron
B. From dendrite to cell body to axon and finally to the nerve ending of a neuron
C. From nerve ending of a neuron to the cell body that are present in the neuron
D. From dendrite of a neuron to the other dendrite that are present in the neuron

Q17. 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).
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 false but reason (R) is true.

(i) Assertion: A cell swells up when kept in a hypotonic solution.

Reason: More water molecules enter the cell than they leave.

(ii) Assertion : Plasma membrane is a selectively permeable membrane.

Reason : Plasma membrane controls entry and exit of substances in and out of the cell.

(iii) Assertion : The growth of plants occurs only in certain specific regions.
Reason : Permanent tissue is made up of dividing cells that help in growth of plant.
(iv) Assertion: Leucoplasts perform photosynthesis.
Reason: Chloroplasts are a type of chromoplast.

(v) Assertion: Sclerenchyma tissue makes the plant hard and stiff.
Reason: The cells of sclerenchyma have a substance called suberin in their walls.

(vi) Assertion: Simple squamous epithelial cells are thin & flat & form delicate lining.
Reason: Skin is made of stratified squamous epithelium.

Q18. The parenchyma is considered as permanent tissue because-

A. All the cells of parenchyma are of same kind.
B. Parenchyma stores food.
C. Parenchyma is of 2 types.
D. The cells of parenchyma have lost the ability to divide.

Q19. Answer question numbers (i) to (iv) on the basis of your understanding of the following
paragraph and the related studied concepts.
Sneha visited a biological park with her parents where she saw a good variety of desert plants
along with other plants. She observed that the leaves of desert plants were very thick. She found
that the inside of the leaf was fresh and watery. Sneha also observes that there is a waxy coating
on the epidermis of the leaf.

(i) What is the name of waxy coating on the epidermis of the leaf?
A. Cutin
B. cellulose
C. lignin
D. suberin

(ii) Which of the following is present in the epidermis of the leaf?

A. Small pores
B. Long hair-like parts
C. Intercellular spaces
D. All of these

(iii) As plants grow older, the outer protective tissue undergoes certain changes. Identify the
correct changes from the ones given below.
A. Many plant tissues start dying
B. A new layer of protective cells called cork is formed.
C. A new layer of protective cells called epidermis is formed.
D. All of the above

(iv) The layer of epidermal cells does NOT help in ________________.

A. Protection against loss of water.
B. Cell division
C. protection against mechanical injury
D. invasion by parasitic fungi

Q20. Answer question numbers (i) to (iv) on the basis of your understanding of the following
paragraph and the related studied concepts.
Ravi was travelling to his school to give his final exams. Today it was the science exam and he was
nervous. The teacher had told that there will be a surprise element in the exam that he didn’t
know of. When he reached the school, he found out that there will be a viva-voce exam for each of
the student. When his turn came, he was given a very small task. First he was shown these two
images.

(i) Which correlation guessed by Ravi between these two images is correct?
A. Nucleus is the control centre of a cell and acts as a power house.
B. Mitochondria are the powerhouse of a cell.
C. Mitochondria in a cell produce protein to provide power to it.
D. Both b and c

(ii) Ravi concluded that the cell shown in the image was an animal cell and gave following reasons
for the same. Which of these reasons are correct?
A. Presence of centrosome.
B. Smaller vacuoles.
C. Nucleus located at the centre.
D. All of the above

(iii) The cell organelle correlated here with a powerhouse is unique in itself because___________
A. It helps in modification and packaging of substances in a cell.
B. It is involved in photosynthesis.
C. It has its own DNA and ribosomes and thus can make its own proteins.
D. It is a surrounded by single membrane.

(iv) Match the statements given in two columns. Statements (X,Y & Z) in column-I have to be
matched with terms (p, q, r )
COLUMN-I COLUMN-II
X. organelle with one membrane p. Lysosomes
Y. organelle with two membranes q. Ribosomes
Z. organelle without membrane r. Plastids
A. X-q Y-s Z-p
B. X-a Y-r Z-q
C. X-q Y-r Z-s
D. X-p Y-r Z-q
 ANSWER KEY
Q1. (D) P-transports oxygen, Q-kills bacteria, R-clots blood.
Q2. (A)Cell 1: animal cell, Cell 2: plant cell
Q3. (C) 1-sieve tube, 2- phloem parenchyma, 3-companion cell, 4-sieve plate
Q4. (B)Lysosomes as they have digestive enzymes to breakdown foreign material.
Q5. (D) Alternative bands of light and dark colour with multinucleated cylindrical cells
Q6. (D) Cartilage as it smoothens surface of the bones
Q7. (D) Both the muscles show involuntary movements
Q8. (C) P-Golgi apparatus, Q- Endoplasmic reticulum, R- Nucleus, S- Plasma membrane
Q9. (B) Cell wall
Q10. (C) Mitochondria
Q11. (D) Mitochondria and cell membrane
Q12. (A) hypertonic solution
Q13. (C) 1 and 4
Q14. (A) 4 and 5
Q15. (D)Vacuole, as it loses all the water.
Q16. (B)From dendrite to cell body to axon and finally to the nerve ending of a neuron
Q17

(i) (A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(ii) (A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(iii) (C) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(iv) (D) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
(v) (C) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(vi) (B) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).

Q18. (D) The cells of parenchyma have lost the ability to divide

Q19.
(i) (A)Cutin
(ii) (A) Small pores
(iii) (B)A new layer of protective cells called cork is formed.
(iv) (B)Cell division

Q20
(i) (B)Mitochondria are the powerhouse of a cell.
(ii) (D)All of the above
(iii) (C)It has its own DNA and ribosomes and thus can make its own proteins.
(iv) (D)