CHIRANJIV BHARATI SCHOOL, GURGAON

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT –I I (2014-15)

CLASS: IX SUBJECT: SCIENCE
MM: 90 TIME : 3Hours

General instruction:
(i) Please check that this question paper contains 4 printed pages.
(ii) Question paper comprises of two sections, A and B. You are to attempt both the sections.
(iii) All questions are compulsory.
(iv) There is no choice in any of the questions.
(v) All question of section A & all question of section B are to be attempted
separately. (vi) Question numbers 1 to 3 are one mark
questions. These are to be answered in one word or in
one sentence.
(vii) Question numbers 4 to 6 are two marks questions. These are to be answered in about 30
words each.
(viii) Question numbers 7 to 18 are three marks questions. These are to be answered in about 50
words each.
(ix) Question numbers 19 to 22 are five marks questions. These are to be answered in about 70
words each.
(x) Question numbers 23 to 24 are based on OTBA (Open Text Based Assessment) and each
question carries five marks.
(xi) Question numbers 25 to 33 are multiple choice questions based on practical skills and each
carry one mark.
(xi) Question numbers 34 to 36 are explanatory questions based on practical skills and each carry
two marks.

SECTION -A

1. When an arrow is shot from its bow, it has kinetic energy. From where does it get this energy?
2. State law of conservation of mass.
3. Define valency.
4. Define density. Why is it easier to float in sea water than in river water?
5. Calculate the number of moles in 3.011 x 1023 molecules of nitrogen?
6. What is the main difference between acute and chronic disease? Give one example of each.
7. State the meaning of 1 Pascal. A man of mass 40kg is standing on loose sand. If the area of his
feet is 0.04m2, calculate the pressure exerted by the man on the ground.
8. The mass of a body is 70kg. When completely immersed in water, it displaces 2000cm3 of
water. What is the relative density of material of the body?
9. (i) Define one joule of work.
(ii) In a tug of war team ‘A’ wins and team ‘B’ loses. Which of these teams does?
(a) Positive work. (b) Negative work. Give reasons for your answer.
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10. Prove that kinetic energy E = ½ mv2.

11. Kunal and Abhimanyu were waiting to go across a railway crossing. Kunal jumped
over the barrier and curiously put his ear on the railway track. Ahbimanyu opposed
Kunal and pulled him away from railway track.
(i) Why does Kunal put his ear on railway track?
(ii) Can sound travel faster through a) copper b) water
(iii) Why did Abhimanyu pull Kunal away from the railway track?
12. (i) Write any two postulates of Rutherford’s atomic model of an atom.
(ii) Draw a sketch of Bohr’s model of an atom with three shells.
13. The description of atomic particles of two elements X and Y is given below:
X Y
Protons 17 17
Neutrons 18 20
Electrons 17 17

(i) What is the atomic number of Y?

(ii) What is the mass number of X?
(iii) What is the relation between X and Y?
(iv) Which element/elements do they represent?
(v) Write the electronic configuration of X.
(vi) Write the cation/anion formed by the element.
14. Why are amphibians more advanced than fishes? (Three points)
15. Identify the animal group having:
(i) Jointed legs
(ii) Light and hollow bones
(iii) Soft bodied animals supported by calcareous shell
16. List any three modes of transmission of AIDS.
17. Antibiotics work against bacteria but do not work against viral infections. Why?
18. Name two diseases caused by Protozoans.What are their causal organisms?
19. (i) Give the energy transformation in the torch to light a torch bulb.
(ii) A man is standing at the top of 105m high tower. He throws a ball vertically
upward with the velocity of 20m/s. After how many second will the ball pass him
going downward? How long after the release, will the ball reach the ground?
20. (i) Which wave characteristic determines the i) loudness and ii) pitch of the sound?
(ii) A man standing between two vertical cliffs and 640m away from the nearest cliff
shouted. He heard the first echo after 4sec. and the second echo 3sec. later. Calculate
(a) The velocity of sound in air.
(b) The distance between the two cliffs.
21 (i) Write the chemical formula of the following compounds using criss cross method.
(a) Ammonium sulphate
(b) Calcium phosphate
(ii) How many atoms are present in a molecule of Na3PO4?
(iii) Write any two postulates of Dalton’s atomic theory.
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22. (i) What is binomial nomenclature? Who introduced it? What is its advantage?
(ii) Differentiate between gymnosperm and angiosperm? (2 points)
23. (i) Differentiate between the environment of Mars and earth.
(ii) Why is the air pressure not the same everywhere on the earth? (3+2)
24. (i) What are the objectives of Mars Orbiter Mission?
(ii) When was the MOS launched? Explain this event in brief. (3+2)

SECTION-B
25. Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) Pressure is simply the thrust.
b) Pressure is the thrust in given area
c) Pressure is the thrust for unit area.
d) Pressure = thrust X area
26. A laboratory has the following apparatus available in it.
A) Two thin hollow wooden tubes.
B) An intense and broad source of sound.
C) An intense point source of sound.
D) A sharp detector of sound
E) A well polished metal sheet
F) A white painted thermocol sheet.
G) A student can perform his experiment for verifying the laws of reflection of sound
successfully by choosing the apparatus labeled as:
a) A, C, D, E b) A, C, E
c) A, B, D, E d) A, C, D
27. To find the velocity of the pulse in the string, we need:
a) Only a stop watch
b) Only a measuring scale
c) Both a measuring scales as well as a stop watch.
d) Neither measuring scales nor a stop watch
28. A bat searches out prey and flies in night by:
a) Emitting and detecting reflection of infrasonic sound
b) Emitting and detecting refraction of ultrasonic sound
c) Emitting and detecting reflection of ultrasonic sound
d) None of these
29. According to the Archimedes’ principle, if an object is immersed in water fully or partially,
the buoyant force working on the object is equal to
a) Mass of the water displaced
b) Volume of the water displaced
c) Weight of the water displaced
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30. An object is immersed in tap water first, and then in sea water. It will sink more in:
a) Sea water
b) Salty water
c) Same in both
d) Incomplete information.

31. Q. The law of conservation of mass for the reaction between sodium bicarbonate and dilute
hydrochloric acid can be verified only when it is carried in a closed container because
a) The reaction does not occur in an open vessel.
b) The rate of reaction is very high in a closed container.
c) In an open container, the gaseous product carbon dioxide will
escape in to the
atmosphere and the observed final mass will be less than the actual final mass.
d) In an open container the gas will escape in to the atmosphere and catch fire.

32. The earthworm is the member of phylum:

a) Arthropoda b) Aves c) Annelida d) Pisces

33. Which one is a warm blooded animal?

a) Fish b) frog c) earthworm d) pigeon

34. Two slinky A and B are of the same length and made up of two different materials. The time
taken by 20 pulses to travel in both of them is 70s and 90s respectively. In which slinky
pulse travels faster and why?

35. 10g of barium chloride is mixed with 15 g of sodium sulphate, what will be the total mass of
the product (barium sulphate and sodium chloride) formed? Write the chemical reaction
involved.

36. Find out incorrect sentence.

a) Protista includes unicellular eukaryotic organisms.
b) Monerans have well defined nucleus.
c) Monerans are unicellular.
d) Protista are unicellular.
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