DELHIPUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION (2024-25)

SUBJECT: SCIENCE (086) (03/02/2025)
CLASS: IX
SET B
Time:3 hours
No ofpages:8
M.M: 80
Generalinstructions:
I. Allquestionsare compulsory.However,an internal
choice of approximately
33% has been provided.
50%
marks have been allotted
to competency-based
2.SectionA has 16 simple/complexMCQs and 04questions.
each. Assertion-Reasoningtype questions
carrying1 mark
3.SectionB has 6 ShortAnswer (SA)
typequestions carrying
02 marks each.
4. SectionC has 7 ShortAnswer (SA)type
questionscarrying03 marks each.
5.Section D has 3 Long Answer (LA)type questionscarrying
05 marks each.
6.Section E has 3 sourcebased/casebased/passage based/integrated
unitsofassessment(04 marks each)
withsub-partsofthevaluesof 1/2/3marks.

SECTION -A
QuestionNo. 1to16 are multiple choicequestions.
Onlyone ofthechoicesiscorrect.
writethecorrectchoiceas wellas the answerto Selectand
thesequestions.

-1. The correct

A.iron,
order ofdecreasing
water,honey
densityforthefollowing
is 1

B.honey,water,iron
C. iron,
honey,water
D.honey,iron, water

"2. Which ofthefollowing

pairofelementshave symbols derivedfrom their
Latinnames?
I) Phosphorusand potassium.
II) Silverand sodium.
II) Chlorineand fluorine.
IV) Tinand lead.
A. Iand II
B.II and IV
C. IIand III
D.Only II
3 of
Alloysare mixtures
I) a metal and a non-metal.
I) two or more metals.
II)two non-metals.
IV)two metalloids.
A. Iand II
B. IIand III
C.Iand II
and IV
D. II
1

isa truesolution?
Which ofthe following
A.Vinegar
B.Blood PTO
C.Milk
D. Soap solution
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 Two substancesA and B were made to to forna new substanceAB accordingtothe
react
following
reaction:

2A+ B + AB
statement/sinreference
Which ofthe following tothereactionis/are incorrect?
1)The productAgB shows the propertyofsubstancesA and B.
i)
The elementspresentinthe productwill
alwayshave fixed
composition.
iii)
The productso formed cannot be classified
as a compound.

C. onlyi)
i)
iv)The product so formedisan element.
A. i), and iii) iii)
B. i), and iv)
D.only iv)
6. Sulphurand phosphorusmoleculeshave the
symbol respectively
as
A. S4 and P4
B.Sg and P8
C. Sg and P4
D. S4 and P&

7. Which ofthe followinghas highest

kinetic
A. Particles energy?
oficeat0 °C 1
B. Particles
ofwater at 0 °C
C.Particles
at100 °C
of water
D.Particles
ofsteam at 100 °C

8. Plasmolysisina plant
cellis definedas
A. shrinkageofchromatinmaterial.
B. break down (lysis)
ofplasma membrane inhypotonic
medium.
C. shrinkageofcellcontentand plasma membrane ina
hypertonic
medium.
D. shrinkageofnucleolus.
9. The givenfigure
isofa type ofplant
tissue.
Selectthe incorrect
statementregardingitsfunction. 1

A. Ithelps inthe coiling

ofstem around a support, inthe climbers.
B. Itformsprotectivecoveringinseedsand nuts.
C.It allowseasy bending inleavesand young stems.
D. Itprovidesmechanical supportand elasticityto young stems.

thatare found in both 1

10. Ananya was askedby her teacherto listthreebasicfeatures
and eukaryoticcellswithout e W
xception. hich of the followingoptionsdo you
prokaryotic
thinkcan be Ananya'scorrect answer?
Nucleus,
A.EndoplasmicReticulum, Cytoplasm.
Cytoplasm.
Mitochondria,
B.Cellwall,
C.Cytoplasm,Plasma membrane, Ribosome.
D. Plasma membrane, Chloroplast.
Mitochondria,

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 X formsthelining
Epithelium
ofkidneytubules
thatcorrectly and ducts of salivary
identifies
epithelium
X. glands.
Selectthe option

A.
B.

C.
D.

12. X and Y, readthestatementsgivenbelowand choosethecorrectoption.

Observethe figures

X Y

X isananimaltissuewhereasY isa planttissue. plants.

(i)
X is tissue
thepartofa waterconducting
invascular
(i1)
X isdeadwhereas
(iii) Y isliving.
inthedownward direction.
conducts waterinvascular
plants
X
(iv) organs to brainand
ofnerveimpulses fromvarious
(V)Inanimals,Y helpsinconduction
cordand viceversa.
spinal
A.(i)
and (ii)
only
B.(iv)
only
C.(v)only
(ii)
D.(ii), and (v)only
1
forceand displacement
when the anglebetween applied
13. Work done on an objectismaximum
is
A. 0

B.1800
C.900
D. 1300
PTO

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 ways,
(60 cm x 40 cm x 20 cm) in threedifferent
14. A standson a box havingdimensions
girl
The pressureexertedby the girlwillbe
A. maximum when lengthand breadth form thebase.
B. maximum when breadth and height form the base.
C. maximum when lengthand heightform thebase.
D. same in allthecases.

Which among the following farming?

is not used in organic
A. Bluegreen algae
B. Livestock
excreta
C.Fertilizers
D.Turmeric

1
Read the givenstatementsand fillinthe blanksby selecting
thecorrectoption
(1) isa kindofmanure thatispreparedby degradingthe dung offarm animals,
domesticwaste and otherorganic debris.
(ii) are mostlyrichin
Fertilizers
(iii)Concentrationofnutrientsinmanures is incomparisonto fertilizers.
) (ii) (ii)
A nitrogen less
compost
B compost calcium more
green manure sulphur less
C
D. farmyardmanure magnesium more

QuestionNo. 17 to 20 consistoftwo statements Assertion (A)and Reason (R).

Answer these

questionsby selectingthe appropriateoptiongiven below:

A.BothA and R aretrue,and R isthe correctexplanation ofA.
ofA.
B.Both A and R are true,and R is.notthe correctexplanation
C.A istruebut R isfalse.
D. A isfalsebutR istrue
1
dioxide is 3:8.
The ratioofcarbonand oxygenby mass incarbon
17. Assertion(A):
allhave thevalency 1.
Reason(R):Sulphide, and sulphateions,
sulphite

collenchymaand sclerenchyma. 1
Varioussimpletissuesinplantsare parenchyma,
18. Assertion(A):
one type ofcells.
Reason(R): simpletissueismade ofonly
A
1
involvechanges indensityand pressure.
U9. Compressionand rarefaction
Assertion(A): decreasesand when they
arecompressed,densityofmedium
Reason(R):When particles
ofmedium increases.
density
are rarefied,

20. Surfaceofskinisimpervioustowater.
Assertion(A): cuboidalepithelium.
ismade up of stratified
Reason(R):Surfaceofskin
SECTION-B
very short answer type questions.
Question No. 21 to26 are
stem? 2
peelii)
layerof fruit Storage
are presentin:i)Outer
typesofplastids foryour
21. A. Which inyoung plants?Givejustification
photosynthesis
B.Are leavesthe onlysitesfor
answer.
fallsfrom itina 2
5000 tonnesofwater
Fallsi nKarnataka stateis 168 m high.
The Hebbe =1000 kg)
minute.Calculateitspower. (Given:1 tonne
Kw
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 ds. Sel
A Why does the
temperature ofa
boiling
point? substanceremain
B.Four glass constant atitsmelting
pointor 2
containers
Inwhichcontainer A, B, Cand D
are keptinside
a room as
will therateof shown inthefigure
evaporationbe the below.
highest?Justify.

Moving fan

(A) (B) (C) (D)

24. Identify
theprocessesdepictedbelow as A and B respectively. 2
Mention any one
difference
between them.

OR

Aftersome timeshe observed

ina liquid.
raisins
Duringan experimentReema placedfew
thattheshape ischanged as shown inthe picture.
ofraisins

Raisins

After
Before

inwhich theseraisinswere placed?

ofthe solution
A.What couldbe the nature/type
responsible forthischange.
Name the phenomenon ina highlysaturatedsugar solution?
B. happen
What will if we put these raisins

youranswer.
Justify 2 1

25. Give reason:

instraw orpaperduringtransportation. the fire.
A.Crockeryiswrapped whileextinguishing
must hold the hose pipe strongly
B. The fireman OR PTO
to him the
not moye, According
on a roadside,itdid
a nassive van parked the van
When Jaipushed and opposite,thus stopping
and reactioncanceleach other,being equal why the van does not
forcesof action your answerandexplain
withhim?Justify
from moving. Do you agree PTO
move.

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 irworld.in
26. Specifythetype of tissue
presentat the following inanimalbody and mentionone
sites
roleofeach:
)betweenthe skinand muscles.
SGin the lining ofrespiratory
tract.

SECTION C
QuestionNo. 27 to 33 are short answer type questions.

A force of N producesan acceleration

6
of3 m/s on a mass m and an acceleration of 12
on mass m2. Calculate m/s 3
the netacceleration
when both the masses are tiedtogetherand the
appliedforce isthesame. 0.2a2
28. A.Writethe chemicalformulaeforthe following
compounds by criss-cross
method: 3
a)Sodium phosphate
b) Calciumnitride
B.What isthe valencyofeach element
presentinquicklime.
OR
A Calculate
the molecularmass / formulaunit
mass ofthe following:
(H=lu,K=39u,Cl=35.5u, C=12u)
a) KCI b)CzH6
BWritetheformulaofthecompounds formed by
a) Zn2t and S2

b) Agt and Br-

29. A studentobservedthree
permanentslidesofmuscle tissueX,Y andZ
as shown below: underthe microscope 3

X
Z
A. Identify
and name allthe muscle tissues
whichhe observedunderthe microscope.
B.Which oftheabove musclesisvoluntaryin
nature?
CWritetwo characteristicsofmuscle Y.
30. Classify
diagrammatically,
the varioustypesof meristematic
tissues
on the basisofthe 3
regionwhere theyarepresent.
Also,mention theirfunctions.
31. Give reason/sforthe
following:
A. Water isa compound. 3
B. Heating ofironmetalisphysicalchange whilerustingofironischemicalchange.
C Particlesofa colloidal
solution
do not settledown when left
whileinthe case
undisturbed,
ofa suspensiontheydo.

A. A bulletofmass 10 g moving witha velocity of300 m/s, strikes

a treetrunkand passesout
fromtheotherside witha velocityof 200 m/s.Calculatethe work done by the bullet
in
passingthroughthe tree.
B.Isitpossible thatan objectisinastate accelerated
of motiondue to externalforce
acting on it,butno work isbeingdone by the force?Justifyyouranswerwiththe help
ofan example.

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 Considera planet
whose mass istwo
timesand radius
much will a T kgmass weigh thrcetimesthatof
on theplanet? the Earth.
How 3
B.Giveany two
differences
bctween 'g'and G.
OR
A.The volume ofa500 g scaledtinis0.I
m'.Calculatethe density the
Bfouridenticalballsarecompletelyimmersed ina sealedtin. of

liquid.
The volume ofthe liquid
isshown inthetablegiven
displaced
below:
Ball
A B D

Volumeoftheliquid 10 20 24 8
displaced(in
mL)
Which ballwill
experiencethe maximum apparentlossinweight?Justify
your answer.

SECTION D
QuestionNo. 34 to36 are longanswer typequestions.
5
A.Helium has an atomicmass of4u and has two protons initsnucleus.How
many neutrons
34.
itreactwithotheratoms ofdifferent elements?
does ithave? Explain how will
t he percentages of X
ofisotopes
X is Calculate
16.2u.
B.The atomic mass of element
an

16 and 18.
havingatomicnumber 8 and mass numbers
hydrogen.
C.Write the names of the isotopes of OR
be thereinan element
8X. What willbe
protonsand neutrons will
A. How many electrons,
the valencyofthiselement?
8. Defineisobar.
Give an example ofisobar.
ofthe atom. Explain.
the stability
e.Rutherford couldnot explain 5
two organelleswhich are
of an animalcell.Identify
diagram to a plantcell.
Draw a neatwelllabelled cells
which are specific
and two structures
presentinbothplantand animal
cOR
cell.
labelleddiagram ofa bacterial givingreason. Give another
A. Draw well a cellbelongs,
bacterial
of t
cells o which
B.Identifythecategory
example of suchacell.

'a'
identify and 'b.'
givenbelow,
36. A.Inthe
figure

or abig hall.
in an auditorium
excessive reverberation surface from the source?
B.List two ways to reduce thedistance ofthereflecting
in5s.What is
CAn echo isreturned inair= 342 m/s. OR
Given:Speed
of sound
yourfriend's
enablesyou to identify
characteristic
of people,what sound
A.Ina dark room full
flawsin metalblocks.
voice?
ultrasounds areused fordetecting
how
B. Explain
a shrilland gravesound.
C.Representgraphically PTO

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 SECTION E
-basedquestions
QuestionNo. 37 to 39 are case - based/data

chemical
was observed thatelementshavingcompletelyGlled outermostorbit shovwed little 4
37. It
activity.
Valency of suchelementsiszero.Substancesreactin orderto attaina fullyf illed
outermostshell.An outermostshellwhich has eightelectronissaidto possessan octet.Thus,
Thiscan be done eitherby gait:ing,
an atom reactsinorderto achievean octet. losing or
sharingelectron.
A. i)What isthe number ofvalenceelectronsinoxideion?
i)
Mg" hascompletelyfilled
K and L-Shell.
Explain
and draw itsstructure.
AttempteitherB orC
B. Isitpossible forneutralatom tohave 6 protonsand 7 electrons?
Explain.
OR
Define atomicmass.

38. Read the followingtextcarefullyand answer the questionsthatfollow: 4

Apiculture,alsoknown as beekeeping,isthe practice ofmaintainingand breeding
honeybees forthe productionofhoney,beeswax,and otherbee products.
Honeybees
playa vitalrolein pollination,
which isessentialforthe grovwth ofvariousplantsand
crops.Indiaisone ofthe largest producersofhoney and bee productsinthe world.
Beekeeping inIncia dates back to ancient
times,withevidenceofhoney hunting and
beekeepingpracticesfound inthe Vedictexts.Inrecentyears,the practice ofapiculture
has gainedsignificant
attentionas an eco-friendly
and profitable agricultural
practice.

AWhat isthe significance

ofpracticing
apiculture?
B.}Mention
one indigenousand one exoticvarietyofhoneybee used in
apiculture.
AttempteitherC orD

C.What arethe desirable ofbee varieties

characters suitable
forhoney production?
OR
DWhat ispasturageand how itrelated
to honey production?

39. Every objectinthe universeattracts

every otherobjectwitha force thatisproportional to the 4
productoftheirmasses and inverselyproportional
to the square ofthe distance between them.
The force actsalongthe linejoining
thecentresoftwo objects. The mass ofan objectisthe
measureof itsinertia.
A. An objectistakenfrom the sea level
tothe top ofa mountain.What will
happen to
itsmass and weight?
B. The Earthdoes not fall
intothe Sun even thoughitisactedupon by the gravitational
force ofthe Sun.Explain.

AttempteitherC or D

C. Two objectsofmasses 1 kg and 100 kg respectively

are dropped simultaneouslyfrom a
heightof4.9 m invacuum. Calculate and compare theirfinalvelocities
justbefore
hitting
the ground.
OR
D, Rajbuysa bag ofriceattheNorth Poleforhisfriendand hands it
overto him at
theequator.Willhisfriendagreewiththeweightofthe ricebag bought?Give reason.

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