HOLIDAY HOME WORK (2023-24)

CLASS IX SCIENCE
MCQ

1. Dry ice is

(a) Solid CO2

(b) Water in solid state

(c) Non- volatile solid

(d) liquid carbon dioxide

2. When a gas jar full of air is placed upside down on a gas jar full of bromine vapours, the red-
brown vapours of bromine from the lower jar go upward into the jar containing air. In this
experiment:

(a) Air is heavier than bromine

(b) Both air and bromine have the same density

(c) Bromine is heavier than air

(d) Bromine cannot be heavier than air because it is going upwards against gravity

3. A form of matter has no fixed shape but it has a fixed volume. An example of this form of
matter is

(a) Krypton

(b) Kerosene

(c) Carbon steel

(d) Carbon dioxide

4. Which one of the following statements is not true?

(a) The molecules in a solid vibrate about a fixed position

(b) The molecules in a liquid are arranged in a regular pattern

(c) The molecules in a gas exert negligibly small forces on each other, except during collisions

(d) The molecules of a gas occupy all the space available

5. The correct procedure of heating iron-sulphur mixture to prepare iron sulphide is :

(a) Heat the powder mixture at the base of the test tube using a blue flame throughout.

(b) Heat the iron filings and sulphur mixture in the middle of the test tube using yellow flame
throughout.

(c) Heat the powder mixture at the top of the test tube using an orange flame throughout.

(d) Heat the iron filings-sulphur mixture at 3/4 quarters of the test tube using a red flame
throughout.

6. When water at 0°C freezes to form ice at the same temperature of 0°C, then it:

(a) Absorbs some heat

(b) Releases some heat

(c) Neither absorbs nor releases heat

(d) Absorbs exactly 3.34 x 105J/kg of heat

7. When heat is constantly supplied by a burner to boiling water, then the temperature of water
during vaporisation :

(a) Rises very slowly

(b) Rises rapidly until steam is produced

(c) First rises and then becomes constant

(d) Does not rise at all

8. Which one of the following set of phenomena would increase on raising the temperature?

(a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases

(b) Evaporation, compression of gases, solubility

(c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases

(d) Evaporation, solubility, diffusion, compression of gases

9. On converting 308 K, 329 K and 391 K to Celsius scale, the correct sequence of temperatures will
be:

(a) 33°C, 56°C and 118°C

(b) 35°C, 56°C and 119°C

(c) 35°C, 56°C and 118°C

(d) 56°, 119°C and 35° C

10. In which of the following conditions, the distance between the molecules of hydrogen gas
would increase?

(i) Increasing pressure on hydrogen contained in a closed container

(ii) Some hydrogen gas leaking out of the container

(iii) Increasing the volume of the container of hydrogen gas

(iv) Adding more hydrogen gas to the container without increasing the volume of the container

(a) (i) and (iii)

(b) (i) and (iv)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (ii) and (iv)

11. Which of the following phenomena always results in the cooling effect?

(a) Condensation

(b) Evaporation

(c) Sublimation

(d) None of these

12. Which of the following cannot be considered a form of matter?

(a) Atom

(b) Water

(c) Humidity

(d) Electron
13. Which of the following causes the temperature of a substance to remain constant while it is
undergoing a change in its state?

(a) Latent heat

(b) Lattice energy

(c) Loss of heat

(d) None of these

14. Which of the following statement is correct?

(a) Materials existing as liquids at room temperature have their melting and boiling points
lower than that of room temperature.

(b) The phenomenon involving the transition of a substance from solid to liquid state is
called sublimation.

(c) To convert a temperature on the Celsius scale to Kelvin scale, subtract 273 from the given
temperature

(d) The density of ice is less than that of water.

15. Which of the following statement is not true regarding the characteristic of matter?

(a) Particles of a matter are randomly moving in all directions.

(b) Kinetic energy of the particles increases with a rise in temperature

(c) Kinetic energy of the particles of all maters remains the same at a particular temperature.

(d) Particles of matter diffuse into each other on their own.

16. Gas to liquid conversion is:

a) Gasification

b) Vaporization

c) Condensation

d) Sublimation

17. Gas to solid conversion is:

a) Deposition

b) Sublimation

c) Vaporization

d) Condensation

18. Unit of pressure is

a) Joule b) Kelvin

c) Kg d) Pa

19. Evaporation is …………… phenomena.

a) Adsorption

b) Absorption

c) Surface

d) Vapors
20. Rate of evaporation increases with……….

a) Increases surface tension

b) Decreases surface tension

c) Increases humidity

d) An increase in wind speed

21. Pressure of air in atmosphere is called …….

a) Surface pressure

b) Atmospheric pressure

c) Surface tension

d) Sublimation

22. Pa is the SI unit of ……… called as ………….

a) Pressure, pasteurize b) Pressure, pascal

c) Pressure, pacal d) Pressure, joule

23. Humidity is amount of :

a) Water vapours in air

b) Ice in air

c) Liquid water in air

d) Water vapours and liquid water in air

24. The melting point of four substances A, B, C and D are: 78°C, 262°C, 100°C and 168°C . The
increasing order of their interparticle forces of attraction is

(a) A, C, D, B

(c) A C, B. D

(b) A, B, D, C

(d) A, D, B, C

25. In solid, liquid and gas, the interparticle spaces increase in the order

(a) liquid, gas, solid

(b) solid, liquid, gas

(c) gas, solid, liquid

(d) None of the above

26.During respiration, glucose and air enter our body and waste products such as carbon dioxide
and water and nitrogen of air leave our body by a process called

(a) osmosis

(b) diffusion

(c) effusion

(d) plasmolysis
 27. Which of the following statements about diffusion is incorrect?

(a) Lighter gases diffuse faster than heavier gases

(b) Diffusion increases with temperature

(c) During diffusion heavier gases may move upwards and lighter gases may move
downwards and vice- versa

(d) Diffusion is the same thing as osmosis

28. Which of the following states of matter has only vibrational motion ?

(a) solid

(b) liquid

(c) gas

(d) plasma

29. If the boiling point of liquid nitrogen is -196°C, this temperature on the Kelvin scale will be :

(a) 77 K

(b) 87 K

(c) 90 K

(d) 107 K

30. Which of the following temperature is the same whether it is expressed in the Celsius or the
Fahrenheit scale.

(a) -40°

(b) -10°

(c) -20°

(d) -30°

Assertion-Reason type questions (ARQ)

For question numbers 31 to 35, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the
other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c)
and (d) as given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of the assertion.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true.
31. Assertion. Matter is continuous like a sheet of glass.
Reason. All matter is made of tiny particles.
32. Assertion. The smell of hot sizzling food reaches us quickly.
Reason. Due to radom continuous motion, the food particles mix quickly with the air
particles and reach us.
33. Assertion. Gases exert pressure.
Reason. Gases diffuse quickly.
 34. Assertion. A puntured tyre becomes flat more easily in summer than in winter.
Reason. Rate of diffusion increases with temperature.
35. Assertion. Steam produces move severe burns than boiling water.
Reason. Steam at 373 K possesses more heat energy than boiling water

Very short answer type questions

36. Convert 1000 C to Kelvin scale.

37. Write the name of two substances that sublime.

38. Why a balloon kept in a sun burst after sometime?

39. Why does the level of water not change when salt is dissolved in water?

40. A sample of water under study was found to boil at 1020 C at normal temperature and pressure. Is
the water pure? Will this water freeze at 00 C ?

Short answer questions (3 marks)

41. Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion of a raisin on keeping in water.
(a) Swelling up of a raisin on keeping in water.
(b) Spreading of virus on sneezing.
(c) Earthworm dying on coming in contact with common salt.
(d) Shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar syrup.
(e) Preserving pickles in salt.
(f) Spreading of smell of cake being baked throughout the house.
(g) Aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration. (b) Spreading of
virus on sneezing.
42. Why does water have higher boiling point than alcohol? At what temperature in kelvin, it
can be changed into solid state and into vapour?

43. Draw a cyclic figure to show interconversion of states and explain fusion, vapourisation,
condensation, solidification and sublimation.
44. How is melting point related to intermolecular forces of attraction? Why is latent heat of
vapourisation higher than latent heat of fusion?

Long answer type questions (5 marks)

45. Give the main points of difference in the three states of matter in the tabular form.

46. What is evaporation? How does it differ from boiling? Explain the various factors on which
evaporation depends?

47. Give reasons for the followings:

(i) Why does cooking in vessels open to atmosphere take long time in mountains?
(ii) Why does cooking in pressure cookers take less time?

(iii) Name any other advantage of using pressure cooker instead of cooking in open vessels?

48. How will you determine the boiling point of water experimentally? Draw a neat and labelled
diagram.
 Case based/ Source based/ Passage based/Integrated type questions:

49.
CASE 1. Properties of liquids are in between those of solids and gases. Unlike solids, they have
the property to flow. Each pure liquid has a fixed freezing point and a fixed boiling point.
Impurities lower the freezing point but elevate the boiling point. Pressure also influences the
boiling point. Depending upon the boiling point, liquid are termed as volatile and non-volatile
liquids.

1. The boiling points of some liquids are given below: Methyl alcohol (b.p. 338 K), benzene
(353 K), glycol (b.p. 470 K), glycerine (b.p. 488 K). Which of th following are volatile liquids?
(a) Methyl alcohol, Glycerine
(b) Benzene, glycol
(c) Glycol, Glycerine
(d) Methyl alcohol, benzene

2. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) Honey has lower fluidity than water
(b) The b.p. of water is lower in Delhi than in Shimla.
(c) The freezing point of 30% solution of calcium is higher than that of pure water.
(d) The boiling point of sea water is lower than that of pure water.

Choose the correct option out of the four options given below for the following two Assertion
(A)-Reason (R), type questions.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the
Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
the Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

1. Assertion. Viscosity of glycerine decreases with temperature.

Reason. The strength of interparticle forces of attraction decreases.

2. Assertion.During boiling point of liquid the temperature remains constant.

Reason. At boiling point, vapour pressure of a liquid becomes equal to the atmospheric
pressure.
 50. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow based on the passage and
related studied concepts. Boiling occurs when the particles in a liquid state absorb enough
energy to overcome the forces holding them together and begin to move apart to form a gas. A
liquid is being heated, a graph is plotted between time and temperature in °C. Answer the
questions based on graph.

(1) OA represents
(a) increase in kinetic energy
(b) decrease in kinetic energy
(c) decrease in movement of particle
(d) All of these

(2) AB represents
(a) liquid
(b) vapour
(c) Both liquid and vapours
(d) solid and liquid

(3) Temperature remains constant at boiling point because

(a) heat of vapourisation is used to overcome intermolecular forces of attraction
(b) heat of fusion is used
(c) heat of sublimation is used
(d) All of these

(4) BC represents
(a) liquid state
(b) vapour state
(c) solid state
(d) All of these

(5) Heat of vapourisation is heat required to convert

(a) 1 mole of liquid into vapours completely at boiling point.
(b) 1 g of liquid into vapours.
(c) large amount of liquid into vapours.
(d) 1 g of solid into vapours.