Half Yearly Examination, 2023-24

Science (086)
Class – IX (Sample Paper)
MARKING SCHEME

Time Allowed: 3 hrs Maximum Marks: 80

Name _______________________ Sign of Invigilator ___________

General Instructions:

i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.

ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these questions should
be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these questions
should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answers to these questions
should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.

Section-A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions 1 -
20. There is no negative mark for incorrect response.

Q1. Which of the following compositions makes up an aerosol? [1]

(i) Gas in Liquid
(ii) Liquid in Gas
(iii) Solid in Gas
(iv) Gas in Solid
Choose the most appropriate option
(a) only (ii)
(b) (i) and (ii)
(c) (i) and (iv)
(d) (ii) and (iii)

Ans. (d) (ii) and (iii)

Q2. Which of the following state/s of matter possess fluidity? [1]

(a) solid, liquid
(b) solid, gas
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 (c) liquid, gas.
(d) only gas
matter in our surrounding

Ans. c

Q3. Radhika conducted an experiment to investigate what would happen when different cell [1]
organelles of a plant leaf were removed. The results are recorded as below.
Cell Parts Out comes

P The cell cannot function properly

Q Iodine solution remains yellowish brown

R The cell cannot control the entry and exit of the substances

S The cell loses its regular shape

Identify which option best identifies parts P, Q, R and S.
(P) (Q) (R) (S)

(a) Nucleus Chlorophyll Cell Wall Cytoplasm

(b) Cytoplasm Chloroplast Nucleus Cell membrane

(c) Nucleus Chloroplast Cell membrane Cell Wall

(d) Nucleus Chloroplast Cell Wall Cell membrane

cell

Ans. c

Q4. Match the following columns. [1]

Column I Column II
A. Hypotonic solution 1. Cell will shrink
B. Hypertonic 2. Cell will swell up solution
C. Isotonic solution 3. Cell will stay the same

(a) A-3, B-2, C-1

(b) A-1, B-2, C-3
(c) A-3, B-1, C-2
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3

Ans. d

Q5. Unicellular algae X and Y of the same species were taken, experimentally chloroplasts were [1]
removed from algae X. After some time, they both were kept in bright sunlight for a few hours
and then an iodine test was performed on them. What will be the results?

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 (a) Both X and Y will turn blue-black.
(b) Algae X will turn blue-black.
(c) Algae Y will turn blue-black.
(d) Both X and Y will remain as they originally were.

Ans. c

Q6. The type of tissue lining of the nasal passage, bronchioles and Fallopian tubes is [1]
(a) cuboidal epithelium
(b) ciliated columnar epithelium
(c) stratified squamous epithelium
(d) simple squamous epithelium
tissues

Ans. b

Q7. Match the following columns. [1]

Column I Column II
A. Xylem vessels 1. Support to plant
B. Xylem fibres 2. Transport water
C. Xylem parenchyma 3. Stores food

(a) A-3, B-2, C-1

(b) A-2, B-1, C-3
(c) A-1, B-3, C-2
(d) A-1, B-2, C-3

Ans. b

Q8. A bus moves from stop A to stop B with a speed of 40 km/hr and then from stop B to stop A with [1]
the speed of 50 km/hr. Its average speed is:
(a) 48.5 km/hr
(b) 45 km/hr
(c) 58.5 km/hr
(d) 44.4 km/hr

Ans. d

Q9. Diffusion is the process in which substances move from a region of ....(A) concentration to a [1]
region of ...(B)...concentration.
(a) (A)-low, (B)-high
(b) (A)-high, (B)-low
(c) (A)-low, (B)-low
(d) (A)-high, (B)-high

Ans. b

Q10. If the motion is in straight line without change in direction then: [1]
(a) distance is not equal to displacement
(b) distance is greater than displacement
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 (c) distance is equal to displacement
(d) distance is less than displacement

Ans. c

Q11. Father has a mass of 60 kg and the mass of his son is 30 kg. The ratio of the inertia of the father [1]
to his child is
(a) 1:1
(b) 1:2
(c) 2:1
(d) 1:3

Ans. c

Q12. Two boys X and Y push a block in directions shown in [1]

the image.
If the box starts moving towards the left, what will be
the direction of the frictional force acting on the block?

(a) downward to the ground

(b) upwards towards the block
(c) opposite to the force applied by X
(d) opposite to the force applied by Y

Ans. d

Q13. Which of the given examples can be illustrated using Newton's first law of motion? [1]
(a) rowing of boat
(b) rocket propulsion
(c) jerk feels when a train starts
(d) jumping on a cushion bed

Ans. c

Q14. Force of gravity due to the moon is 1/6th of the force of gravity due to earth. Hence gm is equal [1]
to :
(a) 16 m/s2 (b) 1.6 m/s (c ) 1.63m/s2 (d) 6 m/s2

Ans. c

Q15. Weight of an object is defined as [1]

(a) mass of the object
(b) inertia offered by object
(c) force acting on the object due to force of gravity
(d) none of them
gravitation

Ans. c

Q16. The gravitational force between two objects is F. If masses of both the objects are halved without [1]

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 altering the distance between them, then the gravitational force would become:
(a) F/4 (b) F/2 (c ) F (d) 2F
gravitation

Ans. a

Question No. 17 to 20 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Answer these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Q17. Assertion: Suspension is a heterogeneous mixture. [1]

Reason: Components are uniformly distributed in a suspension.
is matter

Ans. c

Q18. Assertion: Cartilage is a type of connective tissue. [1]

Reason: It has a dense matrix.

Ans. b

Q19. Assertion: A sheet of paper falls slower than one that is crumpled into a ball. [1]
Reason: Sheet of paper has less weight than that is crumpled into a ball.

Ans. c

Q20. Assertion: It is the gravitational force exerted by the sun and the moon on the sea water that [1]
causes the formation of tides in the sea.
Reason: Gravitational force is a non contact force

Ans. b

Section-B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions

Q21. Sea water can be classified as a homogeneous as well as a heterogeneous mixture. Comment. [2]
OR
A solution contains 5 ml of alcohol in 70 ml of water. Calculate the volume by volume
percentage of the solution.

Ans. Sea water contains a number of suspended impurities therefore it can be classified as
heterogeneous. At the same time sea water has dissolved salt in it that can be classified as
homogeneous.
OR
Volume of solution= volume of alcohol + volume of water
= 5+70

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 = 75
Volume by volume percentage of solution= (volume of solute/volume of solution) x100
= 5/75) x 100
= 6.66 %

Q22. Calculate the mass of ammonium chloride required to prepare its 20 %(mass percent) solution in [2]
100g of water.

Ans. mass % = mass of solute/mass of solution x 100

20 % = (x/ x+100) x 100
20x +2000 =100x
80x =2000
x=2000/80 =25g

Q23. Mention any two functions performed by vacuoles. [2]

OR
Mention any two functions performed by endoplasmic reticulum
cells

Ans. Vacoules: helps to provide turgidity and rigidity to plant cells, stores cell sap
Endoplasmic reticulum: formation of proteins and lipids, helps in membrane biogenesis

Q24. Velocity of a train changes from 20 m/s to 25 m/s, when it accelerates at a rate of 2 m/s². Find the [2]
distance covered by the train.
motion

Ans. Use the formula V^2=U^2-2as

here V=25,U=20 and a=2
by substituting, we get
25*25=20*20+2*2*s
625-400=4s
225/4=s
s=56.25
hence the distance covered is 56.25 m

Q25. Give a difference and a similarity between aerenchyma and chlorenchyma. [2]
tissue

Ans. similarity: both are the types of parenchyma

Difference: aerenchyma have air spaces, chlorenchyma has chloroplasts

Q26. Describe what happens if you are riding a skateboard and hit something (like a footpath) with the [2]
front wheels.
force

Ans. Your body will keep moving forward and fly off your skateboard since the footpath only stops
the board, not yourself. It is due to inertia of motion.

Section-C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions

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Q27. Give reasons for the following observation: [3]
(a) The smell of hot sizzling food reaches you several meters away, but to get the smell
from cold food you have to go close.
(b) A diver is able to cut through water in a swimming pool. Which property of matter
does this observation show?

Ans. (a) hot food particles have high kinetic energy, therefore high rate of diffusion
(b) due to intermolecular space between the particles of water

Q28. Give the name of the following tissues and mention one structural features of them: [3]
(a) Tissue concerned with the conduction of water and minerals.
(b) Tissue capable of cell division.
(c) Tissue present in brain.
tissue

Ans. a) xylem b) meristematic c) nervous

Q29. (a) Water hyacinth floats on water. Name the tissue which facilitates this. [3]
(b) Which tissue allows the branch of an apple tree to move and bend freely under the conditions
of high wind velocity? Give any two structural features of this tissue
tissue

Ans. (a) aerenchyma

(b) Collenchyma, thin walled cells irregularly thick at the corners due to extra deposition of
cellulose or pectin (for extra strength) ; have very less/no intercellular spaces ;cells have a
nucleus and dense cytoplasm.

Q30. Why does the skin of your finger shrink when you wash clothes for a long time? [3]
cells

Ans. Soap solution is a hypertonic solution i.e., it is more concentrated than the cells of our skin. As
we know when a cell is immersed in a hypertonic solution, water leaves the cell by the process of
exosmosis resulting in shrinkage of the cell. In the same way, while washing clothes for a long
time, exosmosis occurs in the skin cells resulting in the shrinkage of skin cells of our fingers.

Q31. Define the following: [3]

(a) uniform acceleration
(b) non- uniform acceleration
motion

Ans. (a) A body has a uniform acceleration if its velocity changes by equal amounts in equal intervals
of time. The motion of a freely falling body is an example of uniform acceleration.
(b) A body has a non-uniform acceleration if its velocity changes by unequal intervals of time.

Q32. a) Why are road accidents at high speeds very much worse than accidents at low speeds? [3]
b) A truck of mass 5000 kg is moving on the road with a velocity of 50 m/s. Calculate the force
required to stop them in 20 seconds.
force

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Ans. a) The road accidents at high speed involve much larger change in momentum in much smaller
time. Therefore forces developed are very huge resulting in disaster.
(b) v= u + at
a = -50/20 = -2.5 m/s²
F = ma
= 5000 x 2.5 = 12500 N

Q33. An object is thrown vertically upwards and reaches a height of 78.4 m. Calculate the velocity [3]
at which the object was thrown? (g = 9.8 m/s2)
gravitation

Ans.

Section-D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.

Q34. Gita, helps her mother in household chores. She helps her mother throughout the year in small [5]
ways like taking dried clothes from the roof, serving tea, etc. She was taken aback to observe that
during the months of May and June, her mother asks her to pick dried clothes from roof as soon
as she reaches back home from school but the same task was performed around 5PM during the
months of December and January.
(a) What could be the reason for the above observation made by Gita?
(b) Give two more examples, which represent the occurrence of this phenomenon.
(c) What are the factors on which the phenomena observed in the above passage depends?
(d) Write the difference between the phenomena observed above and boiling point? Why is this
observation referred to as a surface phenomena?

Ans. (a) Evaporation is more in summers than in winters

(b) Acetone disappears from palm, hot tea is easier to sip from saucer than from cup
(c) Temperature, humidity
(d) Evaporation is surface phenomena whereas boiling is a bulk phenomena (reason)

Q35. (a) Most mature plant cells have a large central vacuole. Why? [5]
(b) Name a cell organelle found only in a plant cell and name its types.
(c) Give the difference between leucoplasts and chromoplasts.
OR
(a) Differentiate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes ( any three)

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 (b) While observing prokaryotes under a microscope, Shetal saw a dark patch-like structure
which doesn't look like a nucleus. As she knew that it couldn't be a nucleus, help her identify the
structure she observed. Explain it.

Ans. (a) large vacuoles serves a reservoirs during unfavourable conditions

(b) chloroplasts and its types
(c) any two differences
OR

(a)

(b) its nucleoid, its an undefined nuclear region containing only nucleic acids

Q36. (a) Calculate the force of gravitation due to earth on a ball of mass 60kg. [5]
(b) Why will the sheet of paper fall slower than that which is crumpled into a ball?

Ans. (a) F=mg

= 60 x10
= 600 N
(b) large surface area, more air resistance

SECTION - E
Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2 to 3 short sub-parts. Internal choice is
provided in one of these sub-parts.

Q37. Matter can neither be created nor be destroyed but can change from one state to another by the [4]
application of temperature or pressure or both. Temperature is measured in three scales: Kelvin,
Fahrenheit and Celsius and pressure is expressed in atmosphere,pascal, bar and pounds per
square inch. Temperature remains constant during change of state from solid to liquid or liquid to
gas or vice versa. Now answer the following questions:
(a)Name the SI unit of pressure.
(b) If the temperature in Kelvin is 300. Convert this to degree celsius.
(c) Why does the temperature of a substance remain constant during its melting point or boiling
point?
OR
(c) Differentiate between latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vapourization. (any 1 point)
is matter

Ans. (a) Pascal

(b) 300 -273 = 27
(c) The temperature of a substance remains constant during melting and boiling points till the
completion of melting and boiling because of the latent heat of fusion used by the substances.
OR

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 (c) The latent heat of fusion helps to overcome the force of attraction between particles of solid
to change into a liquid when they melt. Latent heat of vapourisation- Latent heat of vaporization
is a physical property of a substance. It is defined as the heat required to change one mole of
liquid at its boiling point under standard atmospheric pressure. It is expressed as kg/mol or kJ/kg.

Q38. Connective tissue is made up of a few cells present in the intercellular framework of protein [4]
fibres secreted by the cells, known as collagen or elastin. The cells also secrete a thin gel of
polysaccharides, which together with fibres make matrix or ground substance.

(a) Identify the given slide and write any two locations of this connective tissue in the human
body.
(b) What is the major role of mast cells?
(c) What are the two basic components of connective tissue? Explain.
OR
(c) Why are the tissues present in this slide called packaging tissues?

Ans. a) Slide is of Areolar tissue. They are found between the skin and muscles, around the blood
vessels and nerves.
b) Mast cells are immune cells of the myeloid lineage and are present in connective tissues
throughout the body.
c) loose and less cells, large intercellular spaces filled with jelly like substance called matrix.
OR
c) Areolar connective tissue fills the unused spaces in the body and forms a soft packing around
organs, beside this it also provides support with mobility and increases elasticity in tissues and
organs. That is why it is also called as supporting and packaging tissue.

Q39. When the velocity of an object changes, we say that the object is accelerating. Any change in the [4]
velocity of an object results in an acceleration by increasing speed, decreasing speed or changing
direction. Yes, that's right, a change in the direction of motion results in an acceleration even if
the moving object neither speeds up nor slows down. That's because acceleration depends on the
change in velocity and velocity is a vector quantity.
Thus, a falling apple accelerates, a car stopping at a traffic light accelerates and the moon in
orbit around the Earth also accelerates.
(a) Give the S.I unit of acceleration.
(b) Name the physical quantity described in the passage which is calculated on the basis of
both magnitude and direction.
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 seconds to stop.Calculate the acceleration in the two cases.
OR
(c) A train 100 m long moving on a straight level track passes a pole in 5 s. Find the speed of
the train and the time it takes to cross the bridge 500 m long.

Ans. a) S.I unit of acceleration is metre/ second square.

b) Velocity
c) Case 1 :
initial velocity u= 0
final velocity v= 36km/ hr = 10 m/s
a= (u-v)/t = 10-0/ 10 = 1 m / s²
Case 2 :
initial velocity u= 10m/s
final velocity v=0
a = (u-v)/ t = 0–10/20 = -0.5 m/ s² , the motion is retarted.
OR
velocity = distance / time = 100m /5s = 20 m/s
length of the bridge =500 m , length of train = 100 m
distance moved s= 500+100 = 600 m
time = s/v = 600/20 = 30 s

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