MID-TERM ASSESSMENT (2021-22)
CLASS-9th
SUBJECT-SCIENCE
Time: 90 Minutes
General Instructions:
1. The Question Paper contains three sections.
2. Section A has 24 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
3. Section B has 24 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
4. Section C has 12 questions. Attempt any 10 questions.
5. All questions carry equal marks.
6. There is no negative marking.
SECTION A
This section consists of 24 multiple choice
questions with overall choice to attempt any 20
questions. In case more than desirable number of
questions are attempted, ONLY first 20 will be
considered for evaluation.
1. A cell will swell up if
(a) the concentration of water molecules in
the cell is higher than the concentration of
water molecules in the surrounding medium.
(b) the concentration of water molecules in
the surrounding medium is higher than
water molecules concentration in the cell.
(c) the concentration of water molecules is
same in the cell and in the surrounding
medium.
(d) concentration of water molecules does
not matter.
2. Which of these options are not a function of
ribosomes?
(i) It helps in manufacture of protein
molecules.
(ii) It helps in manufacture of enzymes.
(iii) It helps in manufacture of hormones.
(iv) It helps in manufacture of starch
molecules.
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (iv) and (i)
3. Following are a few definitions of osmosis:
Read carefully and select the correct
definition.
(a) Movement of water molecules from a
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region of higher concentration to a region of
lower concentration through a semi-
permeable membrane.
(b) Movement of solvent molecules from its
higher concentration to lower concentration.
(c) Movement of solvent molecules from
higher concentration to lower concentration
of solution through a permeable membrane.
(d) Movement of solute molecules from
lower concentration to higher concentration
of solution through a semi permeable
membrane.
4. Find out the false sentence.
(a) Nucleus is involved with the formation
of lysosomes.
(b) Nucleus, mitochondria and plastid have
DNA, hence they are able to make their own
structural proteins.
(c) Mitochondria is said to be the power
house of the cell as ATP is generated in
them.
(d) Cytoplasm is called as protoplasm..
5. Which cell organelle plays a crucial role in
detoxifying many poisons and drugs in a cell?
(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) Lysosomes
(c) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Vacuoles
6. The proteins and lipids, essential for building
the cell membrane, are manufactured by
(a) rough endoplasmic reticulum
(b) golgi apparatus
(c) plasma membrane
(d) mitochondria
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7. The cell organelle involved in forming complex
sugars from simple sugars are 16. Which of the following represents a correct set
(a) endoplasmic reticulum of observations for a mixture of common salt and
(b) ribosomes water?
(c) plastids
(d) Golgi apparatus

8. Cell wall of which one of these is not made up of

cellulose?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Hydrilla
(c) Mango tree
(d) Cactus.

9. Organelle other than nucleus, containing DNA is

(a) endoplasmic reticulum 17. Pick out a colloid from the following :
(b) Golgi apparatus
(c) mitochondria
(d) lysosomes

10. Cell arises from pre-existing cell was stated by

(a) Haeckel
(b) Virchow
(c) Hooke
(d) Schleiden

11. Which of following are physical change ?

i. Melting of iron metal
ii.Rusting of iron
18. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius
iii. Bending of an iron rod
r. The displacement after half a circle would be:
iv.Drawing a wire of iron metal
(a) Zero (b) π r
a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(c) 2 r (d) 2π r.
b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
c) (i), (iii) and (iv)
19. A body is thrown vertically upward with
d) (ii),(iii) and (iv)
velocity u, the greatest height h to which it will rise
is
12. Alloys are
(a) u/g (b) u2 /2g
a) Pure substances 2
(c) u /g (d) u/2g
b) Homogenous mixtures
c) Compounds
20. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-
d) of fixed composition
round which is moving with a constant speed of 10
m/s. It implies that the boy is
13. Name the solute in common salt solution : (a) at rest
a) H2O b) NH4Cl (b) moving with no acceleration
c) NaOH d) NaCl (c) in accelerated motion
(d) moving with uniform velocity
14. Which of the following is unstable?
a) Milk in water b) sugar in water 21. Which of the following statement is not correct
c) Sand in water d) alcohol in water. for an object moving along a straight path in an
accelerated motion?
15. Which of the following is property of true (a) Its speed keeps changing
solution ? (b) Its velocity always changes
a) Homogeneous b) Heterogeneous (c) It always goes away from the earth
c) Translucent d) None of these
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(d) A force is always acting on it
22. The forces of action and reaction are
(a) always equal only
(b) always equal and opposite
(c) always equal but in same direction
(d) always unequal and opposite.
28. A person met with an accident in which two
long bones of the hand were dislocated. Which
among the following may be the possible reason?
(a) Tendon break
(b) Break of skeletal muscle
(c) Ligament break
(d) Areolar tissue break

23. According to the third law of motion, action and 29. While doing work and running, you move your
reaction organs Like hands, legs etc. Which among the
(a) always act on the same body following is correct?
(b) always act on different bodies in opposite (a) Smooth muscles contract and pull the ligament
directions to move the bones.
(c) have same magnitude and directions (b) Smooth muscles contract and pull the tendons to
(d) act on either body at normal to each other move the bones.
(c) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the ligament
24. The action and reaction forces at to move the bones.
(a) on different bodies always (d) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the tendon to
(b) on somebody always move the bones.
(c) on same body, sometimes
(d) on different bodies, sometimes 30. Which muscles act involuntarily?
(i) Striated muscles
SECTION B (ii) Smooth muscles
This section consists of 24 multiple choice (iii) Cardiac muscles
questions with overall choice to attempt any 20 (iv) Skeletal muscles
questions. In case more than desirable number of (a) (i) and (ii)
questions are attempted, ONLY first 20 will be (b) (ii) and (iii)
considered for evaluation. (c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i) and (iv)

25. Find out incorrect sentence. 31. Meristematic tissues in plants are
(a) Parenchymatous tissues have intercellular (a) localised and permanent
spaces. (b) not limited Lo certain regions
(b) Collenchymatous tissues are irregularly (c) localised and dividing cells
thickened at corners. (d) growing in volume
(c) Apical and intercalary meristems are permanent
tissues. 32. Which is not a function of epidermis?
(d) Meristematic tissues, in its early stage, lack (a) Protection from adverse condition
vacuoles. (b) Gaseous exchange
(c) Conduction of water
26. Which cell does not have perforated cell wall? (d) Transpiration
(a) Tracheids
(b) Companion cells 33. Select the incorrect sentence.
(c) Sieve tubes (a) Blood has a matrix containing proteins, salts and
(d) Vessels hormones
(b) Two bones are connected by ligament
27. Intestine absorbs the digested food materials. (c) Tendons are non-fibrous tissue and fragile
What type of epithelial cells are responsible for (d) Cartilage is a form of connective tissue
that?
(a) Stratified squamous epithelium 34. Fats are stored in human body as
(b) Columnar epithelium (a) Cuboidal epithelium
(c) Spindle fibres (b) Adipose tissue
(d) Cuboidal epithelium (c) Bones
(d) Cartilage
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 c) 11.76%
35. Bone matrix is rich in d) 0.11%
(a) Fluoride and calcium
(b) Calcium and phosphorus 41. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin
(c) Calcium and potassium which falls behind him. It means that motion of the
(d) Phosphorus and potassium train is
(a) accelerated (b) uniform
36. Contractile proteins are found in (c) retarded (d) along circular tracks
(a) bones
(b) blood 42. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant
(c) muscles velocity of 4 ms–1 on a frictionless horizontal table.
(d) cartilage The force required to keep the object moving with
the same velocity is
37. Match the following: (a) 32 N (b) 0 N
(c) 2 N (d) 8 N

43. Rocket works on the principle of conservation

of
(a) mass (b) energy
(c) momentum (d) velocity

a) P-1 Q-2 R-4 S -3 44. A water tanker filled up to 2/3 of its height is
b) P-4 Q-1 R-2 S -3 moving with a uniform speed. On sudden
c) P-1 Q-3 R-2 S -4 application of the brake, the water in the tank would
d) P-1 Q-4 R-3 S -2 (a) move backward (b) move forward
(c) be unaffected (d) rise upwards
38. Assertion : A solution of table salt in a glass of
water is homogeneous. 45. Slope of a velocity – time graph gives
Reason : A solution having different composition (a) the distance (b) the displacement
throughout is homogeneous. (c) the acceleration (d) the speed
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is
the correct explanation of assertion. 46. In which of the following cases of motions, the
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R) distance moved and the magnitude of displacement
is not the correct explanation of assertion. are equal?
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false. (a) If the car is moving on straight road
(d) Assertion is false but reason is true. (b) If the car is moving in circular path
(c) The pendulum is moving to and fro
39. Assertion: True solution exhibits Tyndall (d) The earth is revolving around the Sun
effect.
Reason: The scattering of light is directly 47. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a
proportional to size of solution particle. levelled road. Their distance versus time graphs are
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is shown in below Fig. Choose the correct statement
the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R)
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false but reason is true.

40. What is the mass by mass percentage of a

solution which is formed by mixing 20gm of solute
in 150gm of a solvent?
a) 16.66 %
b) 0.16 % (a) Car A is faster than car D.
(b) Car B is the slowest.
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(c) Car D is faster than car C.
(d) Car C is the slowest
48. From the given v – t graph (see below Fig.), it
can be inferred that the object is
(a) in uniform motion
(b) at rest
(c) in non-uniform motion
(d) moving with uniform acceleration
SECTION C
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS
Case 1: (All questions are compulsory)
A student dissolved 5 g of sugar in 100 mL of
distilled water in beaker A. She dissolved 100 g of
sugar in100 mL of distilled water in beaker B. Then
she dropped a few raisins of equal weight in each
beaker. After two hours she found the raisins in A
swollen and those in B shrunken. The inference
drawn is that
(a) Sugar concentration of raisins is lower than that
of solution A and higher than that of solution B.
(b) Sugar concentration of raisins is higher than that
of solution A and lower than that of solution B.
(c) In B the cell membrane of raisins was damaged
resulting in leaching.
(d) In A the permeability to water of the cell
membrane of raisins was enhanced.
49. While performing an experiment with raisins, a
student recorded the following Data.
Mass of water taken in the beaker= 50 g
Mass of raisins before soaking= 20 g
Mass of raisins after soaking = 30 g
Mass of water in the beaker left after experiment =
40 g
The % of water absorbed by the raisin is
(a) 10 %.
(b) 20 %.
(c) 45 %.
(d) 50 %
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50. You are shown a slide of plant tissue with both
parenchyma and collenchyma. You can identify the
collenchyma by
(a) Location of nucleus
(b) Position of vacuole
(c) Thickness of the cell wall
(d) Size of cell
51. Striated muscles are called so because they have
(a) inconspicuous nucleus
(b) alternate light and dark bands
(c) light bands only
(d) none of the above
Case 2: (Attempt any 3 questions out of 4)
Anything that occupies some space, having mass,
volume and can be felt by one or more out of five
senses is called a matter. The purest form of matter
is called an element. An element is a substance
which cannot be split up into two or more simpler
substances by the usual chemical methods of
applying heat. Light or electrical energy.
A pure substance consists of a single type of
particles. All the elements and the compounds are
pure substances because they contain only one kind
of particles. eg. Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon-
monoxide, copper, Gold, silver. A pure substance
has a fixed composition as well as a fixed boiling
point and melting point. The presence of impurities
generally increases the melting and boiling point of
the pure substances.
52. Which of the statement is true about pure
substances?
a) Homogeneopus mixtures are pure as they
have same composition throughout.
b) 22 carat gold is pure in n ature.
c) Elements are not pure in nature.
d) Oxygen and copper both are pure in nature.
53. The boiling point of water is 1000 C. What likely
be the effect on the boiling point of water if 150gm
NaCl is added in 1 litre of water?
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remain same
d) First increases then decreases
54. A pure substance which is made up of only one
kind of atom and cannot be broken into two or more
simpler substances by physical or chemical means
is referred to as
(a) a compound
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(b) an element
(c) a molecule
(d) a mixture
55. According to the definition of pure substance,
which of the following is a pure substance?
(a) Ice
(b) Mercury
(c) Iron
(d) All of these

Case 3: (Attempt any 4 questions out of 5)

Suppose the boy first runs a distance of 100 metres
in 50 seconds in going from his home to the shop in
the East direction, and then runs a distance of 100
metres again in 50 seconds in the reverse direction
from the shop to reach back home from where he
started.

56. Find the speed of the boy.

(a) 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) none of these

57. Find the Velocity of the boy.

(a) 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 0 m/s

58. A boy is sitting on a merry-go-round which is

moving with a constant speed of 10m/s. This means
that the boy is:
(a) at rest
(b) moving with no acceleration
(c) in accelerated motion
(d) moving with uniform velocity

59. In which of the following cases of motion, the

distance moved and the magnitude of displacement
are equal?
(a) if the car is moving on straight road
(b) if the car is moving on circular road
(c) if the pendulum is moving to and fro
(d) if a planet is moving around the sun

60. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius

r. The displacement after 3/4th of a circle would be:
(a) 0 (b) πr (c) 1.414 r (d) 2πr

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