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I, 2012
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT I, 2012
/ SCIENCE
IX / Class IX

3 90
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 90

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

(iv)
(v) 1 3
(vi) 4 7 30
(vii) 8 19 50
(viii) 20 24 70
(ix) 25 42
General Instructions :
(i) The question paper comprises of two Sections, A and B. You are to attempt both the
sections.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in all the five
questions of five marks category. Only one option in such questions is to be attempted.
(iv) All questions of Section-A and all questions of Section-B are to be attempted separately.
(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.
(vi) Question numbers 4 to 7 in Sections-A are two marks questions. These are to be answered
in about 30 words each.
(vii) Question numbers 8 to 19 in Section-A are three marks questions. These are to be answered
in about 50 words each.
(viii) Question numbers 20 to 24 in Section-A are five marks questions. These are to be answered
in about 70 words each.
(ix) Question numbers 25 to 42 in Section-B are multiple choice questions based on practical
skills. 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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SECTION-A

1.

Mention two factors that need to be varied to liquefy atmospheric gases.
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2.
DNA
Name two cell organelles which have their own DNA and Ribosomes.
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3.

A forced is applied on a metal block lying on floor in one direction. Still the
block does not move. Name the force which is balancing it.
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4. (a) (i) L.P.G. (ii) C.N.G

(b)
(a) Write the full form of
(i) L.P.G. (ii) C.N.G
(b) Give one use for each
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5.

When a beam of light was passed through a mixture of milk and water, the path
of light was clearly visible. Explain why this happens and name the
phenomenon. The above - mentioned phenomenon is also observed in dense
forests. Explain how it occurs there.
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6.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Name the following tissues.
(a) The connective tissue found between the skin and muscles.
(b) The tissue which connects two bones.
(c) The epithelial tissue which forms the lining of the kidney tubules.
(d) The tissue which is present in the veins of leaves.
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7.
m
1
m
2
A B
A B A B
A B

There are two planets A and B masses m
1
radius and m
2
respectively. They
revolve around the Sun in circular orbit. The orbital radius of A from the Sun is
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twice that of orbital radius of B. The mass of A is twice that of mass of B.
Compare the forces of gravitation between A to Sun and B to Sun.

8.
(a)
(b)
(a) Give two examples of fodder crops raised as food for the livestock.
(b) State any two advantages of using manure.
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9.
(a)
A - B -
(b)

(a) Using the symbols given below make a diagrammatic representation of
intercropping Crop A - Crop B -
(b) Give two examples of crops selected for intercropping. Mention two
benefits that a farmer gets by following this cropping pattern.
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10.

(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Give reasons for the following :
(i) Sponge is a solid even though it is easily compressible.
(ii) Temperature remains constant during change of state.
(iii) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any residue.
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11.

(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
Distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture. Classify the
following mixtures as homogeneous and heterogeneous.
(i) Tincture of iodine (ii) Smoke
(iii) Brass (iv) Sugar solution in water
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12.
(a)
(b)

(a) What is membrane biogenesis ?
(b) Explain what happens when a drop of concentrated sugar solution is
placed on a rheo leaf peel mounted on a glass slide. Name this
phenomenon. Would the same happen if the rheo leaf was boiled before
mounting ? Give reason for your answer.
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13.
(a)
(b)

(a) Explain the process of differenciation.
(b) Identify the given tissue in the diagram given below. State any three
characteristic features of the same.

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14.

Tabulate the differences between striated muscles and smooth muscles based on
shape, number of nuclei and function.
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15.
2 m/s 500 m
90 km/h 1 km

A driver of a car travelling with a uniform velocity of 2 m/s notices a railway
level crossing at a distance of 500 m from him. A train approaching the level
crossing with a uniform velocity of 90 km/h is at a distance of 1 km from the
level crossing. Calculate at what rate he has to increase the velocity of the car so
that he reaches the gates of level crossing exactly when the train enters the level
crossing. Also find the final velocity of the car when it reaches the level crossing.
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16.
(i)

(ii) SI
(i) State Newtons law of motion and explain why this law is also called as
law of inertia.
(ii) Define momentum and write its SI unit.
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17.
(a)

(b)

(a) A ball is allowed to roll down from an inclined plane. It reaches the foot
of the plane and continues to roll on the ground. It stops after travelling
some distance. Is this the violation of law of inertia ? Give reasons for
your answer.
(b) A player lowers his hand while catching a ball. Explain reason behind
his action.
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18.
SI M
R
Define acceleration due to gravity. Write its SI unit. Derive an expression for it.
in terms of mass M of earth and radius R
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19.
(a)
G SI

(b)
(a) Why is Newtons law of Gravitation called universal law. List any two
phenomenon that are explained by. Write SI unit of G.
(b) Write any one differences between mass and weight.
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20.
(a)
(b)

(c)
(a) Define animal husbandry. Mention its any two aspects.
(b) Specify the two advantages that a farmer is looking for when he crosses
a Jersey cow (exotic breed) with a Sahiwal (Local breed)
(c) Explain how parasites attack cattle.
OR
(a)

(b)
(a) Name any one fresh water resource and one brackish water resource
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which are important fish reservoir. Write the names of two scientific methods to
detect large schools of fish.
(b) Explain composite fish culture system with examples.

21.
(a)
(b)
(c) 273 K
(a) Write any two differences between evaporation and boiling ?
(b) List down the factors affecting evaporation.
(c) Why is at ice 273 K more effective in cooling than water at the same
temperature ?
OR
(a)
(i) (ii)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(c) 500 mL

(a) Define :
(i) diffusion (ii) Latent heat of fusion
(b) Which state of matter is characterised by the following properties
(i) A substance with a fixed arrangement of particles
(ii) A substance that has large distance between the particles
(c) A spoonful of sugar is added to a beaker containing 500 mL of water and
stirred for a while. State any two observations that you will make.
Account for your observations.
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22.
(a)

(b)
(a) Define a saturated solution. Suggest two methods to make a saturated
solution unsaturated.
(b) Draw a flow chart to explain water purification system in water works.
OR
(a)

(b)

(a) Describe an activity to obtain pure copper sulphate from its impure
sample.
(b) Mention any two reasons to justify that crystallization technique better
than simple evaporation technique. Write its two applications.
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23.
(a) u a t
s
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(b) 0.7 m

(a) A car moving with uniform velocity u and uniform acceleration a
covers a distance s in time t. Draw its velocity time graph and derive
an expression relating all the given physical quantities.
(b) A boy revolves a stone tied to string 0.7 m long. Find the distance and
displacement covered by the stone in completing two revolutions from
starting point.
OR
(a) u a t v
s

(b) 3.0 ms
2
8.0s


(a) A bus travelling with a uniform velocity u and uniform acceleration a
covers a distance s and gains a new velocity v. Draw a graph
describing the motion of the bus and derive an expression relating all
the above mentioned physical quantities.
(b) A motor boat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a
constant rate of 3.0 ms
2
for8.0s. How far does the boat travel in this
time ?

24.
(a)
SI
(b)

(a) State Newtons second law of motion. Derive an expression for force
from this law motion. Write S.I. unit of force and define it.
(b) Why falling on a cemented floor causes more injury than falling on
sand ?
OR
(a)

(b) 50 kg 4 ms
1
5 kg

(a) State Newtons third law of motion. Illustrate how it explains our
walking on a road.
(b) A boy of mass 50kg jumps with a horizontal velocity of 4 ms
1
onto a
stationary cart with frictionless wheels. The mass of the cart is 5kg. Find
his velocity when the cart starts moving. Assume that there is no
external unbalanced force acting on it.

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/ SECTION - B

25.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) (a), (b), (c)
Metanil yellow is added to dal so as to :
(a) improve the taste
(b) increase its weight
(c) improve the colour and appearance
(d) all of these
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26.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

(a) (A) (C) (b) (A) (B)
(c) (C) (D) (d) (B) (D)
Students were instructed to add a drop of iodine to each of the following
sample.
(A) Cooked rice
(B) Boiled potato
(C) Sugar
(D) Salt
The blue black colour was observed in
(a) (A) and (C) (b) (A) and (B)
(c) (C) and (D) (d) (B) and (D)
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27.
30C

(a) 1C
(b) 0C

(c)
(d) 0C

At room temperature (30C) a student sets up an apparatus to determine the
melting point of ice. He takes a beaker half filled with ice and dips a
thermometer in it. The correct observation is
(a) Mercury in the thermometer keeps on falling till it reaches 1C, it
remains constant thereafter.
(b) The temperature falls, reaches 0C, then it remains constant even after
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the whole of the ice has melted.
(c) The temperature falls in the begining but starts rising as soon as the ice
starts melting.
(d) Temperature falls, reaches 0C and remains constant only as long as both
ice and water are present in it.

28.

(a) 173 K (b) 100 K
(c) 100C (d) 273 K
Riya starts heating pure water in a test tube, it will start boiling at
(a) 173 K (b) 100 K
(c) 100C (d) 273 K
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29.
/
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
A mixture contains sand, common salt and camphor. The substance which gets
separated by sublimation is.
(a) Sand and Camphor (b) Common salt only
(c) Camphor only (d) Common salt and camphor
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30.

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
A dilute solution of common salt in water is a true solution because it is :
(a) transparent and homogeneous
(b) transparent heterogeneous
(c) translucent and homogenous
(d) translucent and heterogeneous
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31.

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Sulphur powder and iron filings are heated, we would observe that :
(a) Sulphur starts melting (b) Iron filings start melting
(c) Mixture becomes red hot (d) Mixture evaporates
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32.

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
A student by mistake mixed iron filing and sulphur powder. He wanted to
separate them from each other. The method you would advise him to use to
dissolve the mixture in
(a) boiling water (b) cold water
(c) carbon di sulphide (d) kerosene
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33.

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Students were asked to study the reaction between barium chloride and sodium
sulphate. On mixing the solutions of the two they would observe that :
(a) the colour of mixture changes to yellow
(b) thick white precipitate is formed
(c) mixture becomes turbid
(d) no change is observed
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34.

(a) (b) (c) (d)
The colour of copper sulphate crystals is :
(a) black (b) white (c) yellow (d) blue
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35.

(a) (b) (c) (d)
A student was observing a temporary mount of onion peel stained with safranin
under a microscope. The colour of the cell wall appeared to be
(a) black (b) pink (c) blue (d) yellow
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36.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Which of the following features would help a student to identify the human
cheek cells ?
(a) The large vacuole in the centre of the cell
(b) The irregular shaped cells with cytoplasm
(c) The irregular shaped cells with cytoplasm and bounded by a cell wall
(d) The irregular shaped cells cytoplasm and central nucleus.
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37.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) (a), (b), (c)
A student prepared a temporary mount of onion peel but he could not observe
the cells because
(a) he had used excess stain
(b) he had used a folded peel
(c) there were a lot air bubbles
(d) all of the above.
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38.

(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)
After observing slide of a neuron, a student noted the parts as
(i) Cell body (ii) Axon
(iii) Light and dark band (iv) Dendrites
The part noted wrongly is
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)
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39.

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
A student is given two slides of plant tissues parenchyma and selerenchyma.
He is able to identify selerenchyma by the
(a) location of nucleus
(b) thickness of cell wall
(c) size of cells
(d) position of vacuoles
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40.
5 g 7g

(a) 50% (b) 70% (c) 20% (d) 40%
A student soaked 5 grams of raisins in water. Weight of soaked raisins was
found to be 7g. The percentage of water absorbed by raisins is
(a) 50% (b) 70% (c) 20% (d) 40%
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41.
5 gwt
32
(a) 160 gwt (b) 32 gwt (c) 64 gwt (d) 6.4 gwt
The least count of the spring balance used for pulling a block is 5 gwt. While
measuring minimum force required to just slide a block, its pointer is at 32
nd

division the measured force will be
(a) 160 gwt (b) 32 gwt (c) 64 gwt (d) 6.4 gwt
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42.
A
1
, A
2
A
3
A
1
> A
2
> A
3
F
1
, F
2
, F
3

(a) F
1
> F
2
>F
3
(b) F
2
> F
3
> F
1

(c) F
3
> F
2
> F
1
(d) F
1
F
2
F
3

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Area of three different faces of a rectangular block is A
1
, A
2
, A
3
such that
A
1
> A
2
> A
3
Minimum force required to just slide it was done by keeping it
successively on three faces and the forces measured were F
1
, F
2
, F
3
respectively.
The relation between the three forces would be
(a) F
1
> F
2
>F
3
(b) F
2
> F
3
> F
1

(c) F
3
> F
2
> F
1
(d) F
1
F
2
F
3


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