HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION(2023-24)

CLASS-IX
SUBJECT: SCIENCE(086)
Marking Scheme
Max.Marks:80 Time allowed: 3 hours

Section A
Multiple Choice Questions
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. c
10. a
11. b
12. a
13. b
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. a
18. d
19. a
20. c

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 Section B
21. (a) Correct definition – 1 mark
(b) Increase with increase in temperature – ½ mark
Decrease with decrease in temperature – ½ mark
22. When the cell gets damaged, lysosomes may burst and digest their own cell – 2 marks
23. Xylem parenchyma, xylem fibres, tracheids, vessels – ½ x 4=2 marks
24. Any two relevant differences – 1+1 mark
25. (i) Momentum – 1 mark (ii) Newton – 1 mark
26. Any two relevant difference- ½ x 4=2marks

Section C
27. (a) water at 273 has more energy than ice in the form of latent heat of fusion
(b) Any two relevant reasons
(c) More the surface area,faster the rate of evaporation – 1+1+1 = 3 marks.
28. Any three differences – 1+1+1 = 3 marks.
29. Parenchyma; Collenchyma; Sclerenchyma: any one use from NCERT book- 1+1+1=3 marks
30. (a) Correct definition-1 mark
(b) (i) Cell will shrink
(ii) No change – 1+1=2 marks
31. (a) (i) Distance-2H (ii) Displacement-0 - ½ + ½ = 1 mark
(b) (i) Speed or distance of the object from the center of circular path
(ii) Velocity/Direction/Acceleration – ½ + ½ = 1 mark
(c) (i) Distance (ii) Instantaneous speed - ½ + ½ = 1 mark
32. a) By Newton’s II law of motion, Force ∝ Rate of change of momentum of a body
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F∝ �
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F∝ �

F ∝ ma
F=Kma
If K=1, F=ma, hence proved – 2 marks

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 (b) m=2kg, a=5m/s²
F=ma, F=10N – 1 mark

33. a) Newton’s III law of motion

(b) Newton’s I law of motion/ Law of inertia/Inertia of rest
(c) Newton’s II law of motion – 1+1+1 = 3 marks

SECTION D
34. (a) Any two relevant difference – 2 marks
(b) Mass of solute=20 g
Mass of solvent/water=220 g
Mass of solution=20g+220g=240g
Concentration of solution=100* Mass of solute/mass of solution=20/240*100=8.33 – 3 marks
35. (a)Diagram of three muscular tissue from NCERT book – 1 ½ marks per diagram (1/2 marks per
labelling)
(b) Blood – ½ mark
36. a) (i) c
(ii) b
(iii) e
(iv) a
(v) d
- ½ mark each = 2 ½ marks
b) S= ut+ ½ at2 S=200 m - 1 mark
c) (i) a=0 (ii) 20m/s – ½ + ½ =1 mark
d) Distance/Magnitude of displacement – ½ mark

SECTION E
37. (a) Melting/Fusion – 1 mark
(b) It is used for bringing out the change of state– 1 mark

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 (c) Correct definition – 2 marks
38. (a) (iii) – 1 mark
(b) (i) – 1 mark
(c) (iii) – 1 mark
(d) Because they serve as reservoirs of important substances like salts etc and contain cell sap
that gives turgidity to cells – 1 mark
OR
(d) As they have a cell wall

39. (a) Correct definition – 1 mark

(b) Both will reach together – 1 mark
(c) g is maximum at poles, g is minimum at equator – 1+1 mark
Or
(c) 1. Radius of planet
2. Mass of planet