PCCP Division: Class - Ix
PCCP Division: Class - Ix
CLASS - IX
NSEJS
FST # 2
Time : 2 Hours Max. Marks : 240
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1. Questions Paper Contains 80 Questions.
2. There are 3 marks for each correct answer and –1 Negative marking for each incorrect answer.
3. Student is not allowed to use calculator while attempting the question paper.
4. Student must abide by the instructions issued during the examination, by the invigilators or the centre incharge.
5. Before attempting the question paper ensure that it contains all the pages and that no question is missing.
6. A candidate has to write his / her answers in the OMR sheet by darkening the appropriate bubble with the help of
Blue / Black Ball Point Pen only as the correct answer(s) of the question attempted.
(4) any one of the above (4) either an insertion or a deletion of a base.
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11. Both ancestral birds and ancestral mammals 15. One mole mixture of CH4 & air (containing 80
shared a common ancestor that was terrestrial. % N2 20 % O2 by volume) of a composition
Today, penguins (which are birds) and seals such that when underwent combustion gave
(which are mammals) have forelimbs adapted maximum heat (assume combustion of only
for swimming. What term best describes the CH4). Then which of the statements are correct,
relationship of the bones in the forelimbs of regarding composition of initial mixture. (X
penguins and seals, and what term best represents mole fraction) {N2 is inert}
describes the flippers of penguins and seals?
(1) homologous; homologous 1 2 8
(1) X CH4 = ,X O2 = ,X N2 =
11 11 11
(2) analogous; homologous
(3) homologous; analogous 3 1 1
(2) X CH 4 = ,X O2 = ,X N2 =
(4) analogous; analogous 8 8 2
12. Consider DABC, the medians AD & CF intersect
at right angles at G. If BC = 3 cm and 1 1 2
(3) X CH 4 = ,X O2 = ,X N2 =
6 6 3
AB = 4 cm, then the length of AC is (in cm)
A (4) Data insufficient
F C
G
D 16.
B object
2( 2 + 6)
glass
13. The value of + 2+ 3 + 2- 3 slab
3 2+ 3
is
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(1) (2)
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24. In basic medium, CrO42– oxidizes S2O32– to form (1) To expel water vapour and excess heat
–
SO2–
4 and itself changes to Cr(OH)4 . How many from the alveoli.
ml of 0.154 M CrO42– are required to react with (2) To expel dust and mucous from the alveoli.
40 ml of 0.246 M S2O32–?
(3) To keep the lining of the alveoli moist using
(1) 200 ml (2) 156.4 ml water from the air outside.
(3) 170.4 ml (4) 190.4 ml (4) To maintain a large concentration gradient
25. How many of the following can be used to of oxygen in the alveolus.
distinguish a nematode worm from an annelid
30. How many of the following are characteristics
worm?
of arthropods?
1. type of body cavity
1. protostome development
2. number of muscle layers in the body wall
2. bilateral symmetry
3. presence of segmentation
3. a pseudocoelom
4. number of embryonic tissue layers
4. three embryonic germ layers
5. shape of worm in cross-sectional view
5. a closed circulatory system
(1) one of these
(1) one of these
(2) two of these
(2) two of these
(3) three of these
(3) three of these
(4) four of these
(4) four of these
26. Which group is noted for the independence of
gametophyte and sporophyte generations from 31. Birds generate a lot of heat, especially during
each other? flight. Yet the adipose tissue under their skin
and the feathers atop their skin make it difficult
(1) ferns
to eliminate excess heat across the skin. Which
(2) mosses, hornworts, and liverworts
of the following alternatives can absorb body
(3) charophytes heat and eliminate it from the bird most
(4) angiosperms effectively?
(1) air in the air sacs
x2 + y2 x2 - y 2 x8 - y8
27. If 2 + = 2 , then = (2) lymph in the lymphatic vessels
x - y2 x2 + y2 x 8 + y8
(3) blood in the vessels
3 2 (4) blood in the heart
(1) (2)
2 3 32. A child with blood-group genotype IAIB is born
of a woman with genotype I B IB. The father
2 2 could not be a man of genotype :-
(3) 2 2 (4)
3 3
(1) IAIA (2) IBIB
28. If 2x log 4 3 + 3log4 x = 27, then x is equal to (3) IAIB (4) IAi
29. The process of breathing in and breathing out (2) Solid dispersed in gas
air is known as ventilation of the lungs. What (3) Solid dispersed in liquid
is the main reason for this process? (4) Liquid dispersed in gas
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æa+bö 1
34. 38. If log ç ÷ = (log a + log b). Find the value
Q è 3 ø 2
P a b
of + .
b a
(1) 8 (2) 7 (3) 2 (4) 1
1- a - b
Two identical coins P and Q are placed at the (1) 60 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 2
edge of a table. At the same instant, P is pushed 40. In vertebrate animals, brown fat tissue’s color
slightly and falls vertically to the ground while is due to abundant blood vessels and
Q is projected horizontally and reaches the capillaries. White fat tissue, on the other hand,
ground through a parabolic path (as shown). is specialized for fat storage and contains
Which of the following statements is/are relatively few blood vessels or capillaries.
correct? (Neglect air resistance) Brown fat cells have a specialized protein that
(A) P and Q reach the ground at the same time. dissipates the proton-motive force across the
(B) P and Q have the same acceleration. mitochondrial membranes. Which of the
following might be the function of the brown
(C) P and Q have the same vertical speed on
fat tissue?
reaching the ground.
(1) to increase the rate of oxidative
(1) (A) only (2) (A), (B) and (C)
phosphorylation from its few mitochondria
(3) (A) and (B) only (4) (B) and (C) only
(2) to allow the animals to regulate their
35. Two point charges A = + 3 nC and B = +1 nC metabolic rate when it is especially hot
are placed 5 cm apart in air. The work done to
(3) to increase the production of ATP
move charge B towards A by 1 cm is
(4) to regulate temperature by converting most
(1) 2.0 × 10–7 J (2) 2.7 × 10–7 J of the energy from NADH oxidation to heat
(3) 12.1 × 10–7 J (4) 1.35 × 10–7 J 41. Which letter(s) represents omnivores in the food
web below?
B C
O
36. C–O & A
O–CH=O
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(1) Green of walenegth 376 nm (1) 0.275 (2) 0.375 (3) 0.475 (4) 0.575
(2) Red of wavelength 665 nm 50. Which of the following is the correct sequence
(3) Green of wavelength 500 nm during the alternation of generations of life
(4) Blue of wavelength 376 nm cycle in a flowering plant?
(1) sporophyte ® meiosis ® gametophyte ®
45. In which of the following cases is the resultant
gametes ® fertilization ® diploid zygote
force on the object zero?
(2) sporophyte ® mitosis ® gametophyte ®
(A) a satellite moving round the earth meiosis ® sporophyte
(B) a feather falling freely in a vacuum cylinder (3) haploid gametophyte ® gametes ®
in a laboratory meiosis ® fertilization ® diploid
(C) a gas bubble rising with terminal velocity sporophyte
in water (4) sporophyte ® spores ® meiosis ®
(1) (A) only gametophyte ® gametes
51. Autoantibodies formed against our self antigen
(2) (C) only
in autoimmune disorders. Match the following
(3) (A) and (C) only column 'A' & 'B' by keep this in consideration?
(4) (B) and (C) only
A B
46. A husband and wife have normal vision but
fathers of both of them were colour blind.
(i) Myasthnia Gravis (a) Myeline sheath
Probability of their first daughter to be colour
blind is :- (ii) Pernicious (b) Beta cells of
(1) 25% (2) 50% anemia pancreas
(3) 75% (4) 0% (iii) IDDM (c) Intrinsic castle
47. Label the stages A, B, C
factor
G1 G2 A B C (iv) Multiple sclerosis (d) Acetyl choline
Bivalent
receptors
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(1) d c b a
(2) d c a b
(3) c d b a
(4) c b a d
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52. Two cylindrical metal rods, X and Y, are made 56. In order to make the computation of the
from the same material and have the same mass. arithmetic mean of a set of 50 numbers simpler,
The length of X is three times that of Y. If each observation is subtracted from 53 and the
currents of 1 A and 2 A pass through X and Y arithmetic mean of the set of differences is
respectively, the ratio of the power dissipation found to be –3.5 The arithmetic mean of the
in X to that in Y is set of given numbers is
(1) 9 : 1 (2) 1 : 4 (3) 9 : 4 (4) 3 : 4 (1) 53.07 (2) 52.93 (3) 56.50 (4) 49.50
53. The diagrams show to the same scale, the 57. ABCD is a square of side length 1. A circle is
vertical sections of a set of ciruclar vessels. tangent to two sides of ABCD and passes
Each vessel cotnains the same depth of water. through exactly one of the vertices. What is
Vesseis P and Q have the same base area and the radius of the circle.
vessels R and S have the same base area. y
D C
O
M N
P Q R S
A student makes the following conclusion.
Statement 1: The water exerts the same pressure A x
L B
on the base of each vessel.
(1) 2 - 2 (2) 2 - 3
Statement 2: The water exerted the same force
on the base of each vessel. (3) 2 + 3 (4) None of these
Statement 3: The force exerted on the surface
58. In a traingle ABC, AB = 130 cm, AC = 200 cm
of the water due to the atmospheric pressure is
and BC = 260 cm. Point D is chosen on BC so
the smallest in vessel S.
that the circles inscribed in triangle ABD and
Which of the following statements are falase?
ADC are tangent to AD at the same point.
(1) Statement 1 and 2 only
Length of BD is equal to
(2) Statement 2 and 3 only A
(3) Statement 1 and 3 only
(4) Statement 2 only
54. 20 mL of 0.25 M solution of KMnO4 is used to
oxidise 30 mL of Na 2 SO 3 solution. The
permanganate is reduced to MnO2. What is the
molarity of the Na2SO3 solution? B C
D
(1) 0.50 M (2) 0.25 M (1) 105 cm (2) 95 cm
(3) 0.75 M (4) 1.0 M (3) 90 cm (4) 85 cm
55. A small increase in temperature often produces 59. A ball hits the floor and rebounds after an
a large increases in the rate of a chemical inelastic collision. In this case
reaction because it (1) the momentum of the ball just after the
(1) decreases the activation energy of the collision is the same as that just before the
reaction. collision
(2) increases the effectiveness of the collisions (2) the mechanical energy of the ball remains
between the reactant molecules. the same in the collision
(3) decreases the number of collisions per (3) the total momentum of the ball and the earth
second between the reactant molecules. is conserved
(4) decreases the volume of the solution, (4) the total energy of the ball and the earth is
altering the concentrations of the reactants.
conserved
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H 3 n '(n - 1) fn' n
2 C (3) (4)
H f(n '- n) n - n'
C O
1 68. The following nuclear reaction represents the
C two deuterons, 21 H, which combine to form a
H H helium isotope, 32He, with the release of energy.
(1) sp3, sp, sp2 (2) sp2, sp, sp2
221H ® 32He + X + energy
(3) sp3, sp2, sp2 (4) sp2, sp2, sp2
Which of the following statements are correct?
63. Which of the following compounds produces
O2 on heating? (A) This is an example of nuclear fusion.
(1) HgO (2) Ag2O (B) The total mass of 32He and X is greater than
(3) MnO2 (4) All of the above that of the two 21H.
p 2p 3p 4p (C) X is a neutron.
64. The value of cos + cos + cos + cos
7 7 7 7 (1) (A) and (C) only (2) (A) and (B) only
5p 6p 7p (3) (B) and (C) only (4) (A), (B) and (C)
+ cos + cos + cos is
7 7 7
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rY H L P T
average kinetic energy
ry I M Q U
Find out the odd one :-
(3) (4)
(1) G (2) U
(3) H (4) L absolute temperature absolute temperature
72. A hydrocarbon contains 80 % of carbon, and 77. On heating a colourless solid (X), a gas ‘C’,
its V.D. = 15 then the hydrocarbon is - and a neutral liquid ‘B’ is obtained.
(1) CH4 (2) C2H4 (3) C2H6 (4) C2H2 (X) is decomposed by NaOH and on heating
forms gas ‘D’ which gives white fumes with
73. Which of the following processes involves
HCl. Gas ‘C’ occupies 800 mL / g at STP. (X)
smelting?
is
Heat
(1) ZnCO3 ¾¾¾ ® ZnO + CO2 (1) NH4NO 3 (2) NaNO2
Heat (3) NH4Cl (4) NH4NO2
(2) 2PbS + 3O2 ¾¾¾ ® 2PbO + 2SO 2
78. Which salt produces an acidic solution when
(3) Al2 O3 .2H 2 O ¾¾¾ Heat
® Al 2 O3 + 2H 2 O dissolved in water?
(1) NaC 2H3O2 (2) Li3PO4
Heat
(4) Fe 2 O3 + 3C ¾¾¾ ® 2Fe + 3CO
(3) AlCl3 (4) KNO3
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79. ABCD is a rectangle and lines DX, DY and 80. The perimeters of a reqular hexagon and a
XY are drawn as shown. Area of DAXD is 5, square are equal. The ratio of the area of the
Area of DBXY is 4 and area of DCYD is 3. If square to the area of the hexagon is
the area of DDXY can be expressed as x (1) 3 : 2
where x Î N then x is equal to (2) 2 : 3 3
(1) 72 A X B
(3) 1: 3
(2) 75
Y
(3) 84 (4) 3 : 2 3
(4) 96 D C
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