ODISHA ADARSHA VIDYALAYA BHAINSA, PATNAGARH

Session: 2022-23
Periodic Test-03
Class- IX Maximum Marks: 40
Subject:SCIENCE Time Allowed: 1 Hour 30 Min.
General Instructions:
(1) All questions are compulsory. There are questions in all.
(2) This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
(3) Section A contains ten very short answer questions and MCQs of 1 mark each, Section B contains 3 questions of
02 marks each, Section C contains four short answer questions of 3 marks each and Section D contains three long
answer questions of 4 marks each.
(4) There is no overall choice. However internal choice is provided. You have to attempt only one of the choices in
such questions.
Q. No SECTION-A MARKS

Sound travels the fastest in which medium?

Q.1 1
(a) Air (b) Liquid (c) Solid (d) Vacuum
When a body vibrates, it creates a region of low pressure in the air surrounding it which is
Q.2 called as- 1
(a) Refraction (b) Reflection (c) Rarefaction (d) Compression.
Light Wave is a type of which kind of wave?
Q.3 1
(a) Longitudinal (b) Transverse (c) matter wave (d) none of the above
Which of the following represents 12u?
Q.4 (a) Mass of H atom (b) Mass of C-12 atom 1
(c) Mass of O-16 atom (d)1/12th of mass of C-12 atom
Which of the following is a polyatomic ion?
Q.5 1
(a) Na+ (b) Cl- (c) OH- (d) none of the above

What is the molecular mass of Na2CO3? (Atomic mass of Na=23u)

Q.6 1
(a) 90 (b) 106 (c) 102 (c) 96

Q.7 1

Q.8 1

Q.9 1

Q.10 1

SECTION-B

Q.11 Explain how sound is produced and propagated. 2

Q.12 Differentiate between longitudinal and transverse wave. 2

Q.13 2

SECTION-C

Define the following terms-

Q.14 3
(a) Wavelength (b) Frequency (c) intensity
Write the postulates of Dalton’s Atomic Theory.
Q.15 OR 3
What are molecules of compound? How are they classified? Give proper examples.

Q.16 Write the two laws of chemical combination with examples. 3

Q.17 3

SECTION-D
(a) What is the range of hearing of a normal human ear?
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(b) What are the sounds below and beyond the hearing frequency called?
Q.18 1
(c) You are standing in front of a mountain 272m away? If you shout your name, calculate
2
after how much time you will hear the echo. Take velocity of sound in air= 340m/s.
i) What are ions? 1
ii) What is molecular mass? 1
Q.19 iii) Calculate the molecular mass of any two molecules from below. 2
(a) CuSO4 (b) C2H5OH (c) NH4Cl (d) Pb(NO3)2
Atomic mass of Cu= 63.5 u, S=32 u, Pb=207 u

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Q.20

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