GWALIOR GLORY HIGH SCHOOL

NEEMCHANDOHA SHIVPURI LINK ROAD, GWALIOR

II PERIODIC TEST (2020-21)
CLASS – IX
Subject: - Science M.M. : 50 Marks
Time : 01:30hrs
General Instructions:

● Question number 1-10 carries 1 mark

● Question number 11-20 carries 2 marks
● Question number 21-24 carries 5 marks

MCQ:-
1. When salt is added to water and stirred thoroughly, it forms

(a) uniform solution (b) particles of salt settle down

(c) heterogenous solution (d) none of these

2. The simplest form of matter that cannot be further sub-divided by physical/chemical method
is:

(a) Elements (b) compounds

(c)Mixtures (d) both b and c

3. The dead element present in phloem is

(a) companion cell (b) phloem fibres
(c) phloem parenchyma (d) sieve tubes
4. In desert plants, rate of water loss gets reduced due to the presence of
(a) cuticle (b) stomata
(c) lignin (d) suberin
5. Mixture can be
(a) homogeneous (b) heterogeneous
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) pure substance
.
6. Which law of motion says that when you kick a ball, there is an equal force on your foot as
there is on the ball?
(a) First Law of Motion (b) Second Law of Motion
(c) Third Law of Motion (d) None of the above.
7. A person is pushed forward into their seatbelt when a car stops. Which of Newton’s explains
this motion?
(a) 1st law
(b) 2nd law
(c) 2 and 3 law
(d) 3rd law
8 A person met with an accident in which two long bones of hand were dislocated. Which
among the following may be the possible reason ?

(a) tendon break (b) break of skeletal muscle

(c) ligament break (d) areolar tissue break

9 In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of ball changes: A
football player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards
the goal. The goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a
player of his own team.

(a) Five times (b) Three times

(c) Four times (d) Six times
10. How much momentum will a dumb-bell of mass 10 kg transfer to the floor if it falls from a
height of 80 cm? Take its downward acceleration to be 10 m/s^2.
(a) -40 kgm/s (b) 40 kgm/s
(c) 20 kgm/s (d) None of these

Answer the following

11. Explain why particles of a colloidal solution do not settle down when left undisturbed, while
in the case of a suspension they do.
12 Water is a compound and not a mixture. List two reasons to justify your answer.
13. Give reason
Intercellular spaces are absent in sclerenchymatous tissues.
14. Draw well labeled diagram of cardiac muscles.
15. Name and label the diagram

16. The speed time graph of a body of mass 50 kg is shown in the figure. Calculate the force
acting on the body from 20 to 25 s.
17. Rain water stored in a tank contains sand grains, unfiltrable clay particles, calcium
carbonate, salt, pieces of paper and some air bubbles. Select from amongst these one
example each of a solvent, a solute, a colloid and a suspension.
18. Explain with example the process of differentiation in plants.
19. Match correctly the principles involved in column II to real life situations in column I.

Column I Column II

(a) The case of hose pipe. (p) Inertia of rest

(b) Function of mud guards over the (q) Newton’s 2nd Law
wheels of a motor bike.

(c) Dust particles fall when a carpet is (r) Newton’s 3rd Law
beaten with a stick.

(d) No force required to move a body (s) Inertia of Direction

uniformly along a straight line.

20 Why does a person in a bus tend to fall forward when it stops suddenly?
21 (A) Give Reason:
(i) Under which category of mixtures will you classify alloys?
(ii) Is the solution always a liquid? Give one example each.
(iii) Can a true solution be heterogeneous?

(B) Why is it possible to distinguish the particles of solute from solvent in suspensions?

22 (A) Teacher gave a Heterogenous mixture to Rahul and asked him to tell whether the

mixture is a solution, a colloid, or a suspension ? Explain .

(B) A solution of urea in water contains 16 grams of it in 120 grams of solution. Find out
the mass percentage of the solution.

23 (A) Explain , why lotus float on the water surface ?

(B) Classify and explain different types of simple tissues in plants

24 (A) A body of mass 1.5 kg moving with a velocity of 10 m/s encounters another body of

mass 2.5 kg moving in the opposite direction with a velocity of 16 m/s, and they stick
to each other. What is the velocity of the combination?

(B) A bullet of mass 20 g is horizontally fired with a velocity of 150 m/s from a pistol of
mass 2 kg. What is the recoil velocity of the pistol?