DASMESH PUBLIC SCHOOL, KOTKAPURA

Preboard-1 (Feb, 2022) Class – IX

Time: 2 hours SCIENCE Max. Marks: 40

General Instructions:
1. The Question paper contains 3 sections.
2. Section – A contains 8 questions. Each question each carries 1 mark.
3. Section – B contains 7 questions. Each question each carries 2 marks.
4. Section – C contains 6 questions. Each questions carries 3 marks.
5. All the questions are compulsory.

Section – A
1) What is the value of acceleration due to gravity at the center of earth?
2) What is the work done during the motion of Earth around the sun?
3) Why Newton's law of Gravitation is called Universal law?
4) Name two diseases caused by protozoans.
5) What causes Japanese encephalitis?
6) Write down the formulae of: (a) Sodium oxide (b) Magnesium chloride
7) Calculate the formula of unit mass of CaCl2.
8) Name the three sub-atomic particles of an atom.

Section – B
9) Write the difference between 'g' and 'G'.
10) Define 1 joule of energy. Derive the relation between kinetic energy and momentum.
11) Explain how a person suffering from HIV AIDS can be killed by other minor infections?
12) Why are antibiotics effective against bacteria but not against viruses?
13) Explain why chronic diseases causes more harm to the body than acute diseases?
14) Define the term Isotope with an example.
15) Calculate the number of molecules of Sulphur (S8) present in 16 g of solid sulphur.

Section – C
16) Write the differences between mass and weight.
17) The velocity of body of mass 10 kg increases from 36 km/hr to 72 km/hr. Calculate work done
by force.
18) Prevention is better than cure. Justify the statement with three reasons.
19) Differentiate between Infectious disease and non-infectious disease.
20) (a) Complete the following table:
Atomic Mass No. of No. of No. of Name of the Atomic
Number Number Neutrons Protons Electrons species
16 32 ____ ____ ____ Sulphur

____ 24 ____ 12 ____ ____

(b) Which one of the following is a correct electronic configuration of sodium?

(i) 2, 8 (ii) 8, 2, 1 (iii) 2, 1, 8 (iv) 2, 8, 1
21) (a) Give the postulates of Bohr's Model of Atom.
(b) Draw a sketch of Bohr's Model of an atom with three shells.