TOPPER rg ks Maharashtra State Board Class IX Science and Technology Term I Paper- IT Sample Paper 1 Time: 2 hrs Max.Marks: 40 Note: (i) All questions are compulsory. (li) All questions carry equal marks. (iil) Draw neat and labelled diagrams wherever necessary. (A) Fill in the blanks and rewrite the completed statements: [3] (i) Antibiotics useful against a wide variety of bacteria are called antibiotics. (i) are used in construction of ENIAC computers. (ili) The head office of India Meteorological Department is located at (B) State whether the following statements are true or false: [2] (i) RICE remedy is applied in case of severe burns. (ii) ROM and RAM are two types of external memory. 2. Rewrite the following by selecting the correct alternative: [5] (1) The pinkish rod-shaped organisms found in the root nodules of fenugreek are (a) Rhizobium (b) Lactobacillus (¢) Clostridium (d) Yeast (2) should not be inserted while writing formula in MS Excel. (a) (b) Space (¢) zero (ay (3) Lack ofa well-differentiated body design is the main feature of (a) Bryophytes (b)Thallophytes (c) Gymnosperms (d) PteridophytesTOPPER Correa rs Sample Paper (4) Which of the following is not a characteristic of a food chain? (a)Green plants are producers. (b)3 to 4 trophic levels are present. (c) Biomagnification of harmful chemicals. (d) Energy flow is multidirectional. (5) Which method is helpful to transport children and underweight victims? (a) Cradle method (b) Human crutch method (c) Pulling method (a) Piggy back method 3. Attempt the following: (Any 5) [10] (1) What is rhizobial inoculation? State its importance. (2)What are input and output units? Give two examples each. (3)Which group of plants is called the amphibians of the plant kingdom? Why? (4)Give any two uses of ICT. (5)List the important processes of the nitrogen cycle. (6) How is weather different from climate? (7) How do yeasts help in the process of bioremediation? 4. Attempt the following in brief: (Any 5) [15] (1)Draw a neat and labelled diagram to show the root nodules of soyabean plant. (2)State the influence of climate on the living world. (3) What is an operating system? What is hardware and software? (4) Differentiate between thallophyte, bryophyta and pteridophyta. (5) Explain the energy flow in a food chain. (6)What is 2 food pyramid? List the types of food pyramids and their significance. (7) How are monocots different from dicots? 5. Attempt in detail: (Any 1) [5] (1) Explain the system of classification of plants proposed by Eichler. (2) Diagrammatically explain the carbon cycle