9th Class Test

Marks – 100
Time – 2 hrs
Attempt all questions
1. The least natural number is
a)1
b) -1
c) 0
d) 2
2. Absolute value of -3/8 is
a) 8/3
b) -3+8
c) 3/8
d) -3/8
3. Multiplicative inverse of 0/7 is
a) 7
b) 0
c) does not exist
d) -7
m-1 m-2
4. If m – = 1-
2 3
a) 7/5
b) 5/7
c) 3/7
d) 1/5
5. Half of a herd of a dear are grazing in the field and three-fourth of the
remaining are playing nearby. The rest 9 are drinking water from the pond . Find
the number of dear in the herd ?
a) 52
b) 27
c) 25
d) 72
6. Three consecutive integers add up to 51 . What are these integers ?
a) 8,9,10
b) 12, 13 , 14
c) 13, 14 ,15
d) 16 ,17, 18
7. A quadrilateral that is not a parallelogram but has exactly two opposite angles
are equal
a) square
b) rectangle
c) kite
d) trapezium
8. If two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are ( 5x – 5 )® and ( 10x + 35 )® , then
the ratio of these angles is .
a) 1: 3
b) 3:2
c) 1:4
d) 4:1
9. Perimeter of a kite is 70cm and its one side are in the ratio 3:5 and its perimeter
is 48 cm . Find the other three side.
a) 15, 20, 30
b) 15, 20, 20
c) 15, 15, 20
d) 15, 20, 25
10. Find the difference between the natural numbers lies between 9 raised to power 2,
and 10 raised power 2 , 11 raised to power 2 and 12 raised power 2
a) 0
b) 7
c) 3
d) 4
11. which of the following statement is/ are not correct ?
a) number of digits in its square root of 4489 is 2
b) square root of 51.84 is 7.2
c) Number of digits in the square root of 27225 is 3
d) square root of 7.29 is 2.9
12. Given that √ 4096 =64, then the value of √4096 + √ 40.96 is
a) 70.4
b) 70.04
c) 64.4
d) 128.0
13. Find the value of 3 1+3+5+7+…+53
a) 7
b) 9
c) 11
d) 13
3
14. Find the value of x x ×0.000001=0.2

a) 64
b) 27
c) 8
d) 125
15. Find the smallest four digit no. which is perfect cube?
a) 9998
b) 1000
c) 9261
d) 9999
16. The difference between increased number by increasing 8% of given number and
decreased number by decreasing 7% of the same number is 75 . what is the number ?
a) 500
b) 600
c) 400
d) 700
17. Find the compound interest on RS 8000 for 3 years at 5% Pa. compound interest ?
a) rs 1161
b) rs 1361
c) rs 1261
d) rs 1282
18. A's income is 60% of B 's income. If A's expenditure is rupees 260 less than B's
and their saving are 10% and 20% of their income respectively , Find their income
a) Rs 600 and Rs 1000
b) Rs 1200 and 2000
c) Rs 300 and Rs 500
d) none of these
3 3 3
19. If x=2, y=1, and z=-3 then x + y + z - 3xyz is equal to
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) none of these
3 3
20. If a =117+ b and a=3+b, then value of ( a+ b) is
a) 1.74
b) 2.00
c) 0.74
d) 1.00
3 3
21. The value of ( + √6 )whole power 2 ( - √6 ) whole power 2
2 2
a) 9/4
b) 225/4
c) 225/8
d) 225/ 16
22. The length of a rectangle is increased by 60% . By what percentage should the
width be decreased to maintain the same area ?
a) 37.5%
b) 35.0%
c) 39.5%
d) 33.5%
23. If PQ and RS are two perpendicular diameters of a circle , then PQRS is a
a) square
b) trapezium
c) rhombus
d) rectangle
24. A circle track runs around a circle park. If the difference between the
circumference of the track and the park is 66 m , finds the width of the track ?
a) 11.0m
b) 9.5m
c) 10.5m
d) 12.0m
25. Which of the following is equal to 1 kilolitre?
(i) 1000 millilitres
(ii) 100 dm3
(iii) 1 dm3
(iv) 1000 dm3
26. If the dimensions of a room are I, b and h, (∴. l → length, l → breadth and h
→ hight) them which of the following is the area of its four walls?
(i) 2 h(1 + b)
(ii) 2 h (1 + h)
(iii) 2 1(h + h)
(iv) 2 h + 1 + b
27. The height of a cuboid whose volume is 275 cm3 and base area is 25 cm2 is:
A. 10 cm
B. 11 cm
C. 12 cm
D. 13 cm
28. Express the following number in standard form:
0.00000000000942
A .9.42×10power14
B.94.2× 10 power 12
C.9.42×10 power-12
D.94.2× 10 power-14
29. (-2)m+1 × (-2) power 4 = (-2)power 6 ⇒ m =
30. (a) 0
31. (b) 1
32. (c) -1
33. (d) none of these.

30. (2-1 + 3-1 + 5-1)0 is equal to

C. Comma

D. Period

E. Colon
32.What kind of interjections are followed that express a sudden burst of emotion?
A. Comma
B. Semicolon
C. Colon
D. Exclamation point
E. Period
33. Which four questions are answered by adverbs?
A. Who? when? where? why?
B. When? where? how? why?
C. When? where? to what extent/degree? what?
D. To what extent/degree? when? where? how?
E. When? where? to what extent/degree? why?
34. Which three questions are answered by adjectives?
A. Who? what? when? where?
B. Who? what kind? to what extent/degree?
C. Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree
D. Which one? what kind? how many?
E. Which one? how many? why?
35. How many adjectives are there in following sentence? Also, include the
articles.The red car roared around the sharp corner and hit an old oak tree.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8
36. What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when?
where? how? and to what extent?
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Preposition
E. Noun
37. What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor,
but, or, yet, and so?
A. Preposition
B. Adverb
C. Interjection
D. Conjunction
E. Pronoun
38. What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun? Examples are we, they him,
I, you, me, she...
A. Pronoun
B. Verb
C. Conjunction
D. Noun
E. Interjection
 39. Which part of speech describes the distance/placement/proximity of one word
and another word in a sentence? Examples are on, to, behind, with...
A. Adverb
B. Preposition
C. Interjection
D. Noun
E. Conjunction
40. What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea? Examples are house,
jury, determination.
A. Noun
B. Pronoun
C. Adjective
D. Interjection
E. Conjunction
41. Which word must be able to be switched with the word "because" for it to be a
conjunction? (otherwise, it's a preposition)
A. But
B. Or
C. Because
D. For
E. Yet
42. What type of pronouns are I, we, she, they? him, us? They refer to "people."
A. Personal pronoun
B. Reflexive pronoun
C. Relative pronoun
D. Reciprocal pronoun
43. The noun "mob" is an example of common noun, a concrete noun, and.......what is the
last kind?
A. Collective
B. Proper
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
44. Which infinitive verb phrase is used in the following sentence? I want to play
baseball today.
A. To play
B. Want to
C. Play
D. I want

45. Which verb phrase is there in the following sentence? I will not be going
sledding because it's too cold.
A.Will not be going sledding
B. Will be going sledding
C. It's too cold
D. I will not be
46. What type of pronouns are me, them her, him, us? They usually belong in the
predicate.
A. Object
B. Subject
C. Both
D. None
47. WHAT DO YOU CALL A PERSON WHO LIKES LOOKING AT
HERSELF/HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR ALL THE TIME?
A.Radio ButtonModest
B.Radio ButtonVain
C.Radio ButtonSpoilt
D.Radio ButtonOutgoing
48. Sorry, I ________ hear you at the door.
A. wasn't
B. didn't
C. am not
D. None
49. I _____ English for two years.
A. studying
B. study
C. studied
D. Both and b
50. What _____ you eat for lunch yesterday?
A.do
B. did
C. were
D. None of these
51. Deforestation leads to
(a) an increase in the temperature of the earth
(b) imbalance of O2 and CO2
(c) increase in rainfall
(d) both (a) and (b)
52. Which of the following gases is needed by plants for photosynthesis?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Sulphur
53. An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide results in
(a) winter season
(b) global warming
(c) rainfall
(d) all of these
54. The reduction in rainfall could cause
(a) droughts
(b) cold
(c) greenery
(d) none of these
55. Name the sphere that supports life, and where living organisms exist.
(a) Atmosphere
(b) Lithosphere
(c) Biosphere
(d) None of these
56. Which one of the following gases is used in combustion?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Carbon dioxide
57. Which is non-renewable source of energy’?
(a) Natural gas
(b) Wind energy
(c) Tidal energy
(d) Mechanical energy
58. Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Natural gas
(d) Water gas
59. Which gas helps in the process of combustion?
(a) Cooking gas
(b) Nitrogen gas
(c) Oxygen gas
(d) Producer gas
60. The status of algae in the aquatic food chain is
(a) consumers
(b) producers
(c) host
(d) small in size
61. The rod shaped bacteria are called
(a) Bacillus
(b) Coccus
(c) Vibrio
(d) Spirillum
62. Bacteria present in root nodules of pea
(a) Coli
(b) Plasmodium
(c) Rhizobium
(d) Penicillin
63. The microorganism which contains chlorophyll
(a) Virus
(b) Fungus
(c) Algae
(d) All
64. The disease caused by protozoa is
(a) tuberculosis
(b) polio
(c) typhoid
(d) malaria
65. The disease caused by fungi is
(a) measles
(b) chicken pox
(c) polio
(d) ringworm
66. Petroleum is mainly a mixture of which one of the following class?
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Carbogens
(c) Hydrocarbons
(d) Alcohols
67. Which one is not a coal product?
(a) Coal tar
(b) Coal gas
(c) Lime
68. Which one of the following is a petrochemical?
(a) Ammonia
(b) Coke
(c) Acetone
(d) Paraffin wax
69. Conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called
(a) carbonisation
(b) distillation
(c) coal gas
(d) natural gas
70. Products obtained by the process of destructive distillation are
(a) coke, coal-tar, coal gas
(b) petrol, diesel, kerosene
(c) paraffin wax, bitumen
(d) compressed natural gas
71. The metal which is liquid at room temperature is
(a) sodium
(b) bromine
(c) calcium
(d) mercury
72. Which one of the following metals is the most reactive and stored in kerosene?
(a) Iron
(b) Gold
76(c) Copper
(d) Potassium
73. Name the gas evolved when magnesium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid
(a) Chlorine
(b) Oxygen
(c) hydrogen
(d) Nitrogen
74. Metals are
(a) soft and brittle
(b) hard and solid
(c) liquid
(d) generally liquid
75. Which metal reacts readily with cold water?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Magnesium
(d) Calcium
76. The first English factory was set up in the year
77. (a) 1600
78. (b) 1651
79. (c) 1655
80.(d) 1665
77. Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498?
78. (a) Columbus
79. (b) Dutch
80.(c) East India Company
81. (d) Vasco-da-Gama
78. Robert Clive committed suicide in the year
(a) 1770
(b) 1743
(c) 1767
(d) 1774
79. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year
(a) 1743
(b) 1752
(c) 1761
(d) 1763
80.Gandhiji visited Champaran
(a) to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran
(b) to see the progress of’Indigo plantation
(c) to see the managing system of company
(d) none of the above
81. Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee
82. Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(a) 1850
(b) 1852
(c) 1855
(d) 1859
83. Who was given the title of viceroy?
(a) Chief Commissioner
(b) Governor General
(c) Forest Manager
(d) None of these
84. Subsidiary Alliance was imposed on Awadh in
(a) 1800
(b) 1801
(c) 1810
(d) 1815
85. Which of the following is the decision taken by British to reform the
Indian Society?
(a) Law against the practice of Sati
(b) They encouraged the remarriage of widow
(c) English education was actively promoted
(d) All of the above
86. Which was NOT the place of East India Company’s ‘factories’?
(a) Calcutta
(b) Surat
(c) Madras
(d) Delhi
87. When did Delhi become the capital of British India?
(a) 1900
(b) 1905
(c) 1911
(d) 1915
88. Bengal was divided by the British in the year
(a) 1900
(b) 1910
(c) 1905
(d) 1920
89. Naoroji was ……………….. settled in London.
(a) a businessman and publicist
(b) an artist
(c) an educationist
(d) none of these
90. The fight for Purna Swaraj was fought under the presidentship of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
91. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of free India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
92. How many Indians formed the Constituent Assembly?
(a) One hundred
(b) Two hundred
(c) Three hundred
(d) Four hundred
93. Pakistan was divided into two parts because of
(a) imposition of Persian on the Bengali speaking of the east
(b) imposition of Islamic language on the Bengali speaking of the east
(c) imposition of Urdu on Bengali speaking population of the east
(d) none of the above
94. Portuguese first came to India in search of
(a) cotton
(b) spices
(c) steel
(d) muslin
95. What is use of timber?
(a) Construction of houses
(b) Railways
(c) Furnitures
(d) All of these
96. Medieval period was
(a) the old period of history
(b) the period associated with the growth of all the forces of modernity
(c) none of the above
97. When did Tipu Sultan become the ruler of Mysore?
(a) 1781
(b) 1780
(c) 1779
(d) 1782
98. Who was the last viceroy n india
a) Lord Irwin
b) lord canning
c) lord Harding
d) lord Mountbatten
99. Who produced first map of india
a) James mill
b) james rennel
c) William
d) none
100. Who was warran hasting ?
a) last governer general
b) first governer general
c) fisrt Indian governal general
d) None