MINOR TEST # 01 ICSE

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(ACADEMIC SESSION 2024-2025)

CAREER FOUNDATION DIVISION

CLASS – IN (IX) ICSE

SUB: SCIENCE+ENGLISH MINOR TEST # 01
TIME: 2 Hrs. & 30 Mins. Max. Marks: 60
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
8 The question paper comprises of Four Sections A, B, C & D You have to attempt all sections.
8 All questions are compulsory.
8 Distribution of marks are mentioned in each section along with the question.
8 You have to write the answers in the answer sheet provided to you.
SECTION – A : PHYSICS MARKS : 20

Q.1 Multiple choice questions: (1 Mark Each)

1. The time period of a pendulum clock is :
(a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 1min (d) 12h
2. Which of the following unit is not a fundamental unit:
(a) metre (b) litre (c) second (d) kilogram
3. The unit of time is:
(a) light year (b) Parsec (c) leap year (d) angstrom
4. The diameter of a thin wire can be measured by:
(a) a vernier caliper (b) a metre rule (c) a screw gauge (d) any of these
5. The length of simple pendulum is one-fourth, its time period becomes:
(a) four-times (b) one-fourth (c) double (d) half

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Q.2 Short answer type question: (2 Marks Each)

1. A simple pendulum completes 40 oscillations in one minite. Find its(a) frequency,(b) time period.
2. The pitch of a screw gauge is 0.5 mm and the head scale is divided in 100 parts. What is the least count of the
screw gauge?

Q.3 Long answer type question: (3 Marks)

1. It take time 8 min for light to reach from the sun to the earth surface. If speed of light is taken to be
3 ´ 10 Ù8ms . Find the distance from the sun to the earth in km.

Q.4 Long answer type question: (4 Mark Each)

1. Write the derived units of the following:
(a) speed (b) force (c) work (d) pressure
°
2. (a) The wavelength of light of particular color is 5800 A . Express it in
(a) nanometer and (b) metre
(b) Compare the time periods of two pendulums of length 1m m and 4m.

SECTION – B : CHEMISTRY MARKS : 20

Q.1 Multiple choice questions: (1 Mark Each)

1. Correct formula of ferric sulphate is:
(a) FeSO 4 (b) Fe ( SO4 )2 (c) Fe 3 ( SO 4 )2 (d) Fe 2 ( SO 4 )3
2. Silica is a……..
(a) Monoatomic element (b) Diatomic element (c) Triatomic compound (d) Tetratomic compound
3. Atomicity of oxygen in ozone molecule is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. Which of the following elements shows variable valency:
(a) Na (b) Mg (c) Fe (d) Zn
5. Carbon burns in oxygen to form carbon dioxide. The properties of carbon dioxide are-
(a) Similar to oxygen (b) Similar to carbon
(c) Totally different from both carbon and oxygen (d) Much similar to both carbon and oxygen
Q.2 Short answer type question: (2 Marks Each)
1. Give symbols for the following elements: Aluminium, Tin, Bromine,Neon.
2. What are poly atomic ions? Give example.

Q.3 Long answer type question: (3 Marks)

1. Classify the following as element, compound or mixture.
(i) Zinc amalgam
(ii) Sea water
(iii) Iodine vapour
(iv) Gold coin
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(v) Water
(vi) Marble

Q.4 Long answer type question: (4 Marks)

1. Write difference between mixtures and compounds.
2. Balance the following chemical equations.
(a) HNO3 + Ca ( OH )2 ¾¾
® Ca ( NO3 )2 + H 2 O (b) NaOH + H 2 SO 4 ¾¾
® Na 2 SO 4 + H 2 O

(c) NaCl + AgNO3 ¾¾

® AgCl + NaNO3 (d) BaCl 2 + H 2 SO 4 ¾¾
® BaSO 4 + HCl

SECTION – C : BIOLOGY MARKS : 20

Q.1 Multiple choice questions: (1 Mark Each)

1. The cell organelle that helps in respiration of the cell is:
(a) Mitochondria (b) Lysosome (c) Ribosome (d) Centrosome
2. Which one of the following is found both in cells of a mango plant and a monkey?
(a) chloroplasts (b) centrioles (c) cell wall (d) cell membrane
3. Which one of the following cell organelles is correctly matched with its function?
(a) Ribosome - Synthesis of proteins (b) Mitochondria - Secretion of enzymes
(c) Plasma Membrane - Freely permeable (d) Centrosome - Carries genes
4. When the ribosomes of nucleolus leave the nucleus, they do important work of
(a) Synthesizing cell wall (b) Making of epithelium
(c) Synthesizing glycogen (d) Synthesizing proteins
5. Name the Non-Membrane Bound Organelle Exclusively Found only in Animal Cells.
(a) Mitochondria (b) Lysosome (c) Centriole (d) Endoplasmic reticulum

Q.2 Short answer type question: (2 Marks Each)

1. (A) Difference between the following pairs of terms:
(i) cell wall and cell membrane
(ii) Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
2. State the major functions of the following:
(i) Asters of chromosome
(ii) Golgi apparatus
Q.3 Long answer type question: (3 Marks)
1. Given reasons for the following:
(a) Shape of RBC cells are circular and biconcave
(b) Cells is considered as the functional unit of life
(c) Genes and not the number of chromosome determine the characteristics of a species.

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Q.4 Long answer type question: (4 Marks)

1. (A) (i) The following diagram represents cells from cheek lining (Fig.I) and plant cells(Fig.II).Lable the parts
against the indicated alphabets/numbers.

(ii) What are plastids? Give different kinds of plastids and their functions (2 Marks)
2. (i) Give the location and the function of the following parts of the cell (2 Marks)
(a) Cell wall _____________________________________
(b) Centriole ____________________________________
(ii) Why are cells generally smaller in size? (1 Marks)
(iii) What is the importance of nucleus? (1 Marks)

SECTION – D : ENGLISH MARKS : 20

Q.1 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of verbs given in bracket: (1 Mark Each)
1. The moving point of light seen by the residents of Kankurgachhi three months ago turned out to be
………….
(a) ) a shooting star (b) a Russain satellite called Khotka
(c) a Chinese satellite (d) an American spaceship
2. Bonku enjoyed telling his students stories about ………..
(a) life in Africa (b) discovery of the North Pole
(c) the fish in Brazil that ate human flesh (d) all of the above
3. What did Ang claim was its age?
(a) 50 years old (b) 833 years old
(c) Much older than the Earth (d) Its age was a secret
4. What is the cause of Caesar’s parade?
(a) Defeat of Pompey (b) Caesar’s coronation (c) Birth of Caesar’s (d) An election
5. Murellus thinks that if Caesar’s support can be regulated, than _______ can be regulated too.
(a) Fate (b) Power (c) Money (d) Offspring

Q.2 Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
Consider his looks, not to mention his brains.., yes, Bunkum would be the ideal specimen!’
“Right. Suitable for keeping in a museum or a zoo,” Ramkant chipped in.

1. Why did he call Bonku Babu ‘Bunkum’? (2 Marks)

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2. Why did he call Bonku Babu an ‘ideal specimen’ and for whom? (3 Marks)
3. How did Bonku Babu react to the teasing by them? (3 Marks)

Q.3 Answer the following questions with reference to the context:

MARULLUS — What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what trade?
Second Commoner:
Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me: yet,
if you be out, sir, I can mend you.
1. Why are the citizens out on the street? (2 Marks)
2. What does Marullus expect from the commoners? (2 Marks)
3. Give the meanings of (3 Marks)
(a) if you be out (b) I can mend you

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