DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE SOUTH

MID TERM EXAMINATION SAMPLE PAPER

SUBJECT: SCIENCE
Date: Max Marks: 80

Class: IX

General Instructions
1. The question paper comprises of 36 questions
2. Question numbers 1 to 20 are one-mark questions.
3. Question numbers 21 to 30 are three-mark questions. These are to be answered in about 50
words.
4. Question numbers 31 to 36 are five mark questions. These are to be answered in about 75
words each.

Answer the following questions

1. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of the train is

a)Accelerate
b)Uniform
c)Retarded
d)Along circular track
2. Two objects of different masses falling freely near the surface of moon would

a)Have same velocities at any instant

b)Have different accelerations
c)Experience forces of same magnitude
d)Undergo a change in their inertia
3. During summer , water kept in earthen pot becomes cool due to the phenomenon of:

a)Diffusion
b)Transpiration
c)Distillation
d)Evaporation
4. Which of the following is not a mixture-

a) Soap solution
b) Blood
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Coal
5. The mode of nutrition in fungi

a) only saprotrophic
b) saprotrophic or parasitic
c) only parasitic
d) none of above

6. The weight of an object at the centre of the earth of radius R is

 a)zero
b)infinite
c)R times the weight at the surface of the earth
d)1/R2 times the weight at surface of the earth
7. Ribosomes are the site of

a) Photosynthesis
b) Respiration
c) Protein synthesis
d) Absorption

8. What is the exclusive marine phylum?

a) Echinodermata
b) Porifera
c)Cnidarians
d) Protozoa

9. The flexibility in plants is due to a tissue called

a) chlorenchyma
b) parenchyma
c) sclerenchyma
d) collenchyma

10. Which of the following statements is not true about an atom?

a) Atoms are not able to exist independently
b) Atoms are basic units from which molecules and ions are formed
c) Atoms are always neutral in nature
d) Atoms aggregate in large numbers to form the matter that we can see, feel or touch.

Direction (Q.11 and Q.12): In the following questions, the Assertion and Reason have been put forward.
Read the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the
Assertion
(b) The Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the
Assertion
(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is true.
11. Assertion: medicine is easily absorbed by our body in colloidal form.
Reason: it is because they have large surface area and therefore absorbed easily

12. Assertion: If the displacement of the body is zero, the distance covered by it may not be zero.
Reason: Displacement is a vector quantity and distance is a scalar quqntity.

13. Renu notices that the skin of her fingers shrink after swimming for a while. Why?

14. When a car rounds a curve suddenly, the person inside is pushed outwards. Why?

15. Write two features of xylem tissue.

16. Explain why it takes longer to dry wet clothes in humid weather?

17. Why is light not considered as a matter?

18. How does the force of gravitation between two objects change-
a) When the distance between them is reduced to half and
b) When the distance between them is doubled?
19. Name two components of a solution.

20. Why does a gun man get a jerk on firing a bullet?

21. Explain an activity to show the determination of melting point of ice with a neat labeled diagram.
OR
Rahul’s mother mixed oil and water in kitchen by mistake. Rahul told her that he can separate the
mixture.
a) Name the technique used by Rahul.
b) Draw a neat labeled diagram for the process.
c) Write the principle that works for this technique.

22. Nitrogen reacts with Hydrogen to form Ammonia.

a) Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction.
b) Calculate the mass of hydrogen required to react with 2.8g of nitrogen and mass of ammonia formed.
c) State the law that is obeyed.
23. a) A solution contains 50mL of alcohol mixed with 150mL of water. Calculate volume/volume
percentage concentration of this solution.
b) Define solubility of a substance.
c) How does solubility of a substance vary with temperature? Justify your answer.
24. State Newton’s second law of Motion. Derive a relation between force, mass and acceleration.

25. Differentiate between bones and cartilages with respect to structure, function and location

26. A ball thrown vertically upward returns to the thrower after 6 s. Find ,
a) The velocity with which it was thrown up.
b) The maximum height it reaches, and
c) Its position after 4 s.
OR
A force of 4N acts on a body of mass 2 kg for 4 s. Assuming the body to be initially at rest, find:
a) Its velocity when the force stops acting
b) The distance covered in 10 s after the force starts acting.
27. Write the binomial nomenclature of common frog. Identify the class and phylum of this animal and
write any two characteristic features of the class it belongs.
28. Draw neat labelled diagram of smooth muscle fibres. Give two characteristic features of striated and
cardiac muscle tissue with respect to their structure.
29. Complete the following hierarchy.
Kingdom  __________  ____________ ____________ __________ Genus Species.
Identify the given organism and its kingdom and write any two features of the same kingdom.
30. a) A particle moves 3 m north, then 4 m east and finally 6 m south. Calculate the distance travelled and
the displacement.

b) An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? Support your answer with
an example.
31. a) A child wanted to separate the mixture of dyes from a sample of ink. He marked a line by the ink on
the filter paper and placed it in a glass containing water. After few hours the filter paper was removed.
a) What would you expect to see if ink contains three different colored components?
b) Name the technique used and the principle behind it.
c) Suggest two applications of this technique.
ii) write two postulates of Dalton’s Atomic Theory
32. i) a)Under which category of mixtures will you classify alloys and why?
b) ‘A solution is always a liquid’. Comment and justify.
c) Can a true solution be heterogeneous? Reason
ii) b) Classify the following as physical or chemical change
i) Formation of curd from milk
ii) Condensation of steam
iii) Combustion of methane
iv) Wool being knitted into a sweater
or
A student was given a mixture of Iron filing and Sulphur. He was told to heat it together.
Write the observation expected when the following is added to the substance formed, justify your
answer
i) Action of carbon di sulphide
ii)Action of concentrated Sulphuric acid.
b)Draw a neat diagram showing the purification of water in water works system and state the process
involved
33. Give reasons for the following:
a) Meristematice cells have a prominent nuclear membrane and dense cytoplasm but they lack
vacuole.
b) Intercellular spaces are absent in sclerenchymatous tissues.
c) Branches of a tree move and bend freely in high wind velocity.
d) It is difficult to pull out the husk of a coconut tree.
e) Water hyacinth plant floats on water surface.
34. a)Why do we classify organisms?
b) Write any four major characteristics considered for classifying all organisms into 5 major kingdoms.
c) Name the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Write two characteristic features of this
phylum with two examples.

OR
a) Differentiate between cryptogamae and phanerogamae.
b) Which among mushroom and mango are more evolved? why?
c) Why do we keep snake and turtle in the same class? Write 2 salient features of Protochordata.
35. i) A stone is allowed to fall from the top of a tower 100 m high and at the same time another stone is
projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 25 m/s. Calculate when and where
the two stones meet.
ii) A train is travelling at a speed of 90 km/h. Brakes are applied so as to produce an uniform
acceleration of - 0.5m/s2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest.

36 a) Derive v = u + at graphically, where symbols have their usual meaning.

b) Uniform circular motion is known as accelerated motion. Why?
c) A cyclist goes once round a circular track of diameter 105 meters in 5 minutes. Calculate his speed
 or
a) A stone isallowed to fallfrom the top of a tower 100 m high and at the same time another stone is
projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 25 m/s. Calculate when and where the
two stones meet.

b) A man weighs 600 N on the Earth. What is his mass? If he is taken on moon, find his weight on
moon and also calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the moon.(g=10m/s2)