V.V.S. Sardar Patel High School Estd.

1975
“Dhruvadhama”, 1st N Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore – 560010

Summative Assessment I – 2024-25

Class: IX Standard Max. Marks: 80
Subject: Science Time: 3 hours 15min

Instructions to the students:

1. The candidate should not write the answer with a pencil. Answers written with a pencil will not be evaluated
(except graphs, diagrams and maps)
2. In case of multiple choice, fill in the blanks and matching questions, scoring out and rewriting are not
allowed. Answers with such errors will not be evaluated.

Physics
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements. Choose the
correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet in the answer
paper 2 x 1 =2
1. If the mass of the body is doubled and its velocity becomes half, then its linear
momentum will________
A. become double B. remain the same
C. become half D. become four times
2. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a straight level road. Their distance –time graphs
are shown in the given figure. Which of the following is the correct statement regarding
the motion of these cars?
A. car A is faster than car D
B. car B is the slowest
C. car D is faster than car C
D. car C is the slowest

II. Answer the following:- 2x1=2

3. What type of forces –balanced or unbalanced forces, act on a rubber ball when we press it
between our hands? What is the effect of those forces on the ball?
4. State Newton’s second law of motion.
III. Answer the following:- 3x2=6
5. A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4m/s2. What is the distance it covers in
10 seconds after the start?
6. A scooterist drives from place X to Y with a uniform speed of 30km/h and returns from
place Y to X with a uniform speed of 20km/h. Find his average speed.
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7. State whether the following statements are true or false: -
a. An odometer in a car measures the distance travelled by the car.
b. Average velocity of a moving body can never be zero.
c. The SI unit of inertia is kilogram.
d. Force of friction always opposes the motion of the objects.
IV. Answer the following: - 3x3=9
8. Give scientific reasons for each of the following: -
a. It is dangerous to jump out of a moving bus.
b. If a man jumps out of a boat, the boat moves backwards.
c. In the game of cricket, while taking a catch, the fielder pulls his hand backwards
with the ball.
9. a. A 150g ball, travelling at 30m/s strikes an object and is stopped in 0.05 seconds.
Find the force exerted by the ball on the object.
b. Which of the following has greater momentum?
An animal of mass 1500kg moving at 4m/s or a bullet of mass 0.03kg moving at a
speed of 300m/s.
10. a. Read the given graph of a body and answer the given questions:-
(i) Which part of the graph represents uniform
acceleration?
(ii) What types of motion is represented by
AB?
(iii) Find the acceleration of the body.

b. In Newton’s third law of motion, action and reaction are two forces equal in
magnitude and opposite in direction. Do they cancel each other? Why?
V. Answer the following:- 1x4=4
11. Plot a speed-time graph of a car travelling with an initial speed of 4m/s and calculate the
distance travelled by the car from the graph.
Speed 4 8 12 16 20 24
(m/s)
Time (s) 0 2 4 6 8 10

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VI. Answer the following:- 1x5=5
12. a. Two objects A and B of same masses are in motion with velocities ‘v’ and ‘2v’
respectively. What is ratio of their (i) inertia (ii) momentum?
b. Identify the action and reaction in the case of firing a bullet from a gun.
c. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. It goes to a height of 19.6m and then returns back
to the ground. Find the initial velocity of the ball, total time of the journey of the ball.

Chemistry

I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements. Choose the
correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet in the answer
paper: 3 x 1 =3

1. The statement incorrect about the solubility of a substance is ________

A) The amount of solute present in saturated solution at a given temperature.
B) Increases with decrease in temperature.
C) Solubility differs for different substances in given amount of solvent.
D) Solubility of a substance depends on the nature of the solute and solvent.

2. The solvent and solute present in ‘Tincture of Iodine’ are respectively_____

A) Iodine and Alcohol
B) Water and Iodine
C) Oil and Iodine
D) Alcohol and Iodine

3. The ability of matter to maintain its shape is called_______

A) Rigidity
B) Fluidity
C) Compressibility
D) Elasticity

II Answer the following questions:- 3x1=3

4. What does high melting point of a solid indicate?

5. Does the rate of mixing of substances change with temperature? Why?
6. A solution is stable, whereas, a suspension is unstable. Justify the statement.

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III Answer the following questions: - 3x2=6

7. Write a difference between each of the following terms:-

a) Melting point and Boiling point.
b) Latent heat of Fusion and Latent heat of Vaporisation.
(OR)
Convert the following temperatures:
a) 305 K to Celsius
b) 98.6 degree Celsius to Kelvin

8. To make a saturated solution 20g of Potassium Nitrate is added to 100g of water at 283K.
Find its mass by mass percentage concentration.
9. Draw a neat labelled diagram of sublimation of camphor.

IV Answer the following questions: - 3x3=9

10. a) Give scientific reasons for each of the following statements:
(i) Steam causes more severe burns than boiling water.
(ii) A wooden table is a solid.

b) What is the physical state of water at:-

(i) 25oC
(ii) -3oC
11) a) Why does evaporation occur at the surface of a liquid?
b) How do the following factors effect evaporation?
(i) Increase in humidity
(ii) Increase of temperature

12) a) What happens when -

(i) Crushed mixture of iron filings and sulphur powder are heated red hot.
(ii) A beam of light passes through mist containing air.
b) Name two elements that become liquid at slightly above room temperature.

V. Answer the following questions: - 4 x 1 =4

a) Write any two properties of colloidal solution.

b) Complete the following table:

Dispersed Phase Dispersed medium Type of colloid

Solid i)_________ Aerosol
ii)____________ Liquid Emulsion
iii) ____________ Solid Foam
Solid Liquid iv)__________
 Biology

I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/incomplete statements. Choose the
correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet in the answer
paper: 3 x 1 =3

1. Which of the following is not a function of the vacuole in plants__________

A) They store metabolic waste.
B) They help to maintain turgidity.
C) They provide structural support.
D) They help in the process of cell division
2. A cell placed in a hypotonic solution for a longer time bursts. Then, that cell is-
A) Animal cell.
B) Plant cell.
C) Bacterial cell
D) Fungal cell.
3. The undefined nuclear region in a prokaryotic cell is -
A) Nucleus
B) Nucleolus
C) Nucleoid
D) Nucleic acid

II Answer the following questions: - 3x1=3

4. Which organelle is the ‘Power house of the cell’? Why?
5. What are chromosomes composed of?
6. Write a difference between dendrite and axon.

III Answer the following questions: - 2x2=4

7. How is meristematic tissue different from permanent tissue in plants?
8. How does amoeba obtain its food?

III Answer the following questions: - 3x3=9

9. a) Write any two general characteristics of epithelial tissue.
b) Observe the diagram and answer the given questions: -

I i) Where is this tissue located in the body?

ii) What is its function?

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10. a) What happens and why?
i) When de-shelled egg is put in pure water.
ii) A boiled Rheo leaf is put in strong sugar solution.
b) Name the type of cell division in each of the following cases -
i) Required for growth and repair of the body.
ii) Involved in gamete formation.

11) Write one function and one characteristic feature for each of the following tissues -
a) Parenchyma
b) Collenchyma
c) Sclerenchyma

IV Answer the following questions: - 2x 4= 8

12) Draw a neat labelled diagram of smooth muscle and striated muscle and
differentiate between them on the basis of their function and location in the body.
13) a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of Animal cell.
b) What is membrane biogenesis?

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