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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – II (2014-15)
SCIENCE /
Class – IX / IX

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Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 90

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General Instructions :
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(i) The question paper comprises of three Sections, A, B and C. You are to attempt all the sections.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
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(iii) There is no choice in any of the questions.

(iv) All questions of Section-A, Section-B and Section-C are to be attempted separately.
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(v) Question numbers 1 to 3 in Section-A are one mark questions. These are to be answered in one
word or in one sentence.
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(vi) Question numbers 4 and 5 in Section-A are two marks questions. These are to be answered in
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(vii) Question numbers 6 to 16 in Section-A are three marks questions. These are to be answered in
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about 50 words each.

(viii) Question numbers 17 to 21 in Section-A are five marks questions. These are to be answered in
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about 70 words each.

(ix) Section B has 3 OTBA questions. Question number 22 is two marks, Question number 23 is
three marks and Question number 24 is five marks question.
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(x) Question numbers 25 to 33 in Section-C are multiple choice questions based on practical skills.
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Each question is a one mark question. You are to select one most appropriate response out of
the four provided to you.
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(xi) Question numbers 34 to 36 in section C are two marks questions based on practical skills. These
are to be answered in about 30 words each.
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 SECTION-A

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A non-metal ‘X’ is polyatomic and has atomicity 4. Identify ‘X’.

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If Z 5, What would be the valency of the element ? Also, name the element.

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Name the group called the Amphibian of the plant kingdom.

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Explain how bat uses ultrasound to catch his prey.

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State three significant postulates of Dalton’s Atomic Theory of Matter.
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(a) From the symbol 16 S state :
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(i) Atomic number of sulphur

(ii) Mass number of sulphur
(iii) Electronic configuration of sulphur

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 (b) Which of the two elements given below would be chemically more reactive ‘X’ of
atomic number 18 or element Z of atomic number
16 and why ?

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(c) (d)
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Name the phylum to which the following organisms belong.
(a) earthworm (b) planaria
(c) sycon (d) starfish
(e) housefly (f) octopus

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was issued to him. Why is he being vaccinated ? Name any three diseases for which he would
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be vaccinated ?
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distance of 20 m is 2s. Calculate the work done by the engine of the car during this time.
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What is the condition for an object to sink in water ? What is the physical meaning of relative

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 density? Why do hydrogen filled balloons float in air ?

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Establish a relation between wavelength, frequency and speed of sound in a medium.

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Define power. State commercial unit and SI unit of electrical energy. An electric heater of 400
W works for 2 hours. Find the electrical energy units consumed in a day ?

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Namita while watching ‘amazing science’ on television observed that a sonar device attached
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to a ship sends ultrasonic waves in the sea. These waves are reflected from the bottom of the
sea. Ultrasonic waves took four seconds to travel from the ship to the bottom of the sea and
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back to the ship. Namita as she is a student of grade IX started calculating the depth of the
sea.
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(b) What value of Namita's nature depicts from this context ?

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[ Na 23 u, C 12 u, O 16 u]
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(iii) Na2CO3
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(a) Calculate the molar mass of the following substances :

(i) Ethyne, C2H2
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(b) (i) Convert 12 g of oxygen gas into mole.

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 (ii) Find the mass of 0.5 mole of Na2CO3.
[At mass of Na 23 u, C 12 u, O 16 u]
(iii) How many molecules of Na2CO3 are present in its 1 mole ?

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(a) Define Nomenclature.
(b) List four conventions that are followed while writing the scientific names of
organisms.

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List the following diseases into communicable and non-communicable diseases :
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(c) Common cold (h) Typhoid
(d) Diabetes (i) Cholera by
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(a) Radius of an iron sphere is 0.21 cm. If density of iron is 7.8 g/cm3, calculate its mass.
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(b) A pressure of 1000 Pa, acts on a surface of area 15 cm2 by a block of mass ‘m’.
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 (c) 200 kg 16 105 J
(a) State the law of conservation of energy.
(b) Illustrate the energy changes which occur when a stone of mass ‘m’ is dropped freely
from a height ‘h’.
(c) A truck weighting 200 kg is moving with an energy of 16 105 J. Find its velocity.

/SECTION – B (OTBA)

(* Please ensure that open text of the given theme is supplied with this question paper.)

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Theme : Understanding the Environment of Mars

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On which planet will the clothes take more time to dry - Earth or Mars ? Give suitable reason.

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Bouncing back of sound into the same medium when it strikes any hard surface is :
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(c) either (a) or (b) (d) reverberation

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(a) 10 zd (b) zd
(c) 10 yd (d) 10 xd
A gold biscuit of dimensions xm ym zm (where x > y > z) is placed on a table. The density
of gold is d kg/ m3. The minimum pressure exerted by gold biscuit on the table is (g 10
ms 2) :
(a) 10 zd (b) zd
(c) 10 yd (d) 10 xd

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When the pulse moves in a specific direction the physical quantity which is transferred from

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A reaction between barium chloride solution and sodium sulphate solution was carried out in a
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then concluded that :

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(b) Mass of barium chloride is equal to mass of barium sulphate
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(c) Mass of sodium sulphate is equal to mass of sodium chloride

(d) Mass of sodium sulphate mass of barium chloride mass of sodium chloride mass of
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Sam carried a reaction between copper sulphate solution and sodium carbonate solution in a closed
container and recorded the following observations. which of the following observations is
incorrect ?
(a) Law of conservation of mass is obeyed in the reaction
(b) Blue precipitate of copper carbonate is formed
(c) Blue precipitate of sodium sulphate is formed

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Which one or the following four observation regarding the leaf shape venations floral parts of
monocot and Dicot plant is correct ?
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Leaf shape/venation Floral Parts Leaf shape/venation Floral Parts

a Narrow Multiple of 5 broad Multiple of 3
b Narrow Multiple of 3 broad Multiple of 5
c Parallel Multiple of 5 reticulate Multiple of 3
d Reticulate Multiple of 3 Parallel Multiple of 5
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You are given a sphere of volume 33 cm3. If you are asked to select a best suited spring
balance to determine its weight, then what should be the range of the spring balance ?
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In an experiment to determine the loss weight of an object when immersed in a liquid, on

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