Arsha Vidya Mandir

Assessment 2022 - 23

Class: IX Subject: Science Student Name: Date:27.01.22

Assessment: Teacher: Ms. Jayalakshmi, Ms. Duration: 1

Max. Marks: 40
Periodic test 3 Preetha, Ms. Priyadarshini Hour 30 min

Topic/Lesson Name: Work and Energy, Matter in our surroundings, Atoms and molecules,
why do we fall ill?

General Instructions:
(i) All the questions are compulsory. There are 27 questions in all.
(ii) The question paper has three sections: Section A, Section B and Section C.
(iii) Section A has 21 questions, one mark each, 3 questions of three marks each, 2
questions of five marks each.
(iv) Question numbers 1 to 21 in Section- A are one mark questions. These are to be
answered in one word or in one sentence each.
(v) Question numbers 22 to 24 in Section -B is three marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 50 words each.
(vi) Question numbers 25 to 26 in Sections-C is five marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 70 words each.

SECTION: A
1. Which of the following defines ‘health’? [1]
(a) Social well-being.
(b) Physical fitness.
(c) Mental fitness.
(d) All of these.
2. Find an organ affected in the disease, Jaundice. [1]
(a) Kidney.
(b) Liver.
(c) Pancreas.
(d) Spleen.
3. Which of the following diseases is not a congenital disease? [1]
(a) Haemophilia.

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(b) Sickle-cell anaemia.

(c) Down syndrome.
(d) Dengue.
4. Which of these is a non-infectious disease? [1]
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Measles.
(d) Typhoid.
5. Assertion: Some diseases are non-communicable. [1]
Reason: Diseases are communicable by means of air, water and food due to the
pathogens.
Choose the correct option.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation
of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation
of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
6. In which of the following substances do the molecules possess maximum kinetic [1]
energy under normal conditions?
(a) Sugar
(b) Sulphur powder
(c) Ammonium Chloride
(d) Common Salt
7. Which of the following gases can be liquefied when pressure is applied at room
temperature? [1]
(a) Oxygen
(b) Ammonia
(c) Hydrogen

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(d) Nitrogen
8. What is the phenomenon involved in a lawn becoming wet in the morning
during winter? [1]
(a) Vaporisation
(b) Liquefaction
(c) Condensation
(d) Deposition
9. Gases do not have __________. [1]
(a) high compressibility
(b) large volume
(c) high fluidity
(d) high density
10. A solid is subjected to heating. The molecules formed were immediately diffused
into the air. It concludes that [1]
(a) the solid has maximum forces of attraction between the molecules.
(b) the melting point of the solid is close to room temperature.
(c) the solid is a sublimable substance.
(d) the substance obtained has molecules that possess only vibratory motion.
11. The relative molecular mass of Na2S2O3.5H2O is [1]
(a) 250 amu.
(b) 250 g.
(c) 248 amu.
(d) 248 g.
12. What mass of carbon dioxide (CO2) will contain 3.011 × 1023 molecules? [1]
(a) 11.0 g.
(b) 22.0 g.
(c) 4.4 g.
(d) 44.0 g.
13. An element X is divalent and another element Y is tetravalent. The compound

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formed by these two elements will be: [1]

(a) XY.
(b) XY2.
(c) X2Y.
(d) XY4.
14. The work done on an object does not depend upon the [1]
(a) displacement.
(b) force applied.
(c) the initial velocity of the object.
(e) All of the above.
15. An iron sphere of mass 10 kg has the same diameter as an aluminium sphere of [1]
mass is 3.5 kg. Both spheres are dropped simultaneously from a tower. When they
are l0 m above the ground, they have the same.
(a) acceleration.
(b) momenta.
(c) potential energy.
(d) kinetic energy.
16. A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a velocity 4 times its initial [1]
velocity. In this process the potential energy of the car
(a) does not change.
(b) becomes twice that of initial.
(c) becomes 4 times that of initial.
(d) becomes 16 times that of initial.
17. A man drops a 10 kg rock from the top of a 5m ladder. What is its speed just
before it hits the ground? What is its kinetic energy when it reaches the ground? [1]
(Use g=10m/s)
(a) 10m/s,5000J.
(b) 10m/s,500J.
(c) 100m/s, 50J.

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(d) None of the above.

18. Two objects having equal masses are moving with uniform velocities of 2 m/s
and 6 m/s respectively. Calculate the ratio of their kinetic energies. [1]
(a) 1/9.
(b) 1/10.
(c) 1/9.9.
(d) 2/9.
19. If 20 N of force is applied on a body and the body is displaced by 2 m, then
work done on the body is [1]
(a) 5 J.
(b) 40 J.
(c) 10 N.
(d) 40 N.
20. If the velocity of a body is doubled, its kinetic energy [1]
(a) gets doubled.
(b) becomes half.
(c) does not change.
(d) becomes 4 times.
21. The unit of work is Joule. The other physical quantity that has the same unit is [1]
(a) Power.
(b) Velocity.
(c) Energy.
(d) Force.
SECTION: B

22. Differentiate between: [3]

(a) Acute and chronic disease.
(b) Congenital and acquired disease.
(c) Infectious and non-infectious disease.
23. Derive an expression to obtain the kinetic energy of an object in the form

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of an equation. [3]
24. Answer the following questions:
(a)State the law of conservation of energy [1]
(b) Derive an expression for potential energy. Write Its SI unit. [2]

SECTION: C

25. Write a short note on diseases – causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. [5]
(You can write relevant to one particular disease).
Or
What are the different means by which infectious diseases are spread? Write

in detail with an example for each.

26. Draw a diagram to show the effect of change of temperature and explain the [5]

state of change of matter.

Or

Write the formulas for the below-mentioned compounds. Show the interexchange of
valency for each compound.

(a) Calcium chloride.

(b) Aluminium sulphate.

(c) Potassium hydroxide.

(d) Sodium sulphide.

(e) Ammonium carbonate.

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