Pre – Board Examination 2014 - 15

CLASS : IX Time : 3Hrs

Subject : S.st Full Marks : 90
Geography 23 m
Q.1 Give one word answer: 1X7=7
a) Which place receives the highest rainfall in the world ?
b) What does the wind blowing in the northern plain is summer called?
c) In which year wild life protection act was implemented in India ?
d) Which national park is located in Jammu & Kashmir ?
e) Which is the most populous state of India?
f) Which is the natural habitat for wild ass?
g) In which state Corbett National Park located?
Q.2 Answer the following question. 3X4=12
a) What is the national population policy 2000?
b) Explain the retreat of the monsoon.
c) Why does Mawsynram in ,Meghalaya receive the highest rainfall in the world?
d) Distinguish between flora and fauna.
Q.3 On the outline map of the India show the following 1x4=4
a) Direction of south west `monsoon.
b) Kaziranga national park.
c) State having highest sex ratio.
d) Thorn forest.
History 23
Q.1 Give one word answer. 1X5=5
a) Who founded the Oriental Cricket Club in Bombay in 1848?
Or
Where did Gandhiji first appear in lungi and kurta?
b) When was the First ‘Leg before Wicket Law’ published?
Or
Who was the first to adopt western style clothing in India.
c) Who introduced cricket in India? Or, Which association was headed by Mrs. Stanton?
d) Which cricketer is known as the “God of Cricket’?
Or
Who Influenced the Shanar women to wear tailored blouses in the 1820?
e) What does ICC stands for? Or, Who made the “Shoe – respect rules Strict for the Indians?
Q.2 Answer these questions :- 3X5=15
a) Mention any two Peculiarities of test Cricket? Or, What were sumptuary laws?
b) Traditionally, the caption of the cricket team was a batsman? Give reasons?
Or
What was Suffrage Movement?
c) Who was Kerry Packer? Or What was the Importance of Turban in the Indian dress code?
d)In the last 50 years, the Cricket’s centre of gravity has Shifted to south Asia ? Give two reason.
Or
How were the two world wars responsible in bringing changes in women’s clothing?
e) Why it is said that the battle of waterloo was won on the playing field of Eton through the fact was different?
Or
How were cloths used by Gandhi ji during the National Freedom for Struggle?
Q.3. Explain why cricket became popular in India and West Indies? 3
Or,
Why did Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of clothing the nation in Khadi appeal only to some sections of Indians?

Pol.Science + Economics 22+22

Q.1 Choose the most suitable option :- 1X10=10
1. Who conducts the elections?
a) member of parliament. b) The chief election commissioner
c) The Prime minister d) The chief – Justice of India.
2. Who appoints the Chief – Justice of India.
a) The President b) The Prime- minister.
c) The speaker of Lok Sabha. d) The vice – president.
3. An institution where disputes between citizens and the govt. are finally settled.
a) Lok Adalat b) Supreme Court c) Parliament D) Court at any level.
4. If any one violets our fundamental Right we can directly approach the
a) Prime –minister b) President c) Supreme Court d) vice – president.
5. The government are responsible for free and compulsory education to all children upto the age of.
a) 10 years b) 12 years c) 14 years d) 16 years
6. Which section of the society has not shown any decline in poverty over the years.
a) SC b) ST c) Agriculture house held d) Urban Casual Labour
7. Which of the following were the objectives of Indian development strategy?
a) Removal of Unemployment b) Removal of poverty
c) Rapid economic growth d) All of these.
8. What is the buffer Stock?
a) Distribution System b) Stock of food grains. D) FCI d) Food Security System
9. Which part of India have a high Incidence of poverty?
a) Remote areas b) Backward area c)Are prone to natural Disasters d) All of these.
10. What was the poverty line fixes for a person living in urban area in the year 2000?
a) Rs 324 per month b) Rs 454 per month c) Rs 325 per month d) Rs 1640 per month
Q.2 How can you say than the Lok Sabha is more powerful than Rajya Sabha? 3
Q.3 Why are ministers more powerful than the civil Servants’? 3
Q.4 Write the name of fundamental rights. 3
Q.5 Define following terms. 2X3=6
a) Electoral Constituencies b) Election Commission c) Voter’s List
Q.6 Give the full forms, Year of implementation and objectives of the following. 2x3= 6
a) PMRY b) SGSY
Q.7 Why were the poverty alleviations programmer not successful in India? 3
Q.8 Write a role of Co – operatives in providing food and food related items in different parts of the Country? 4
Q.9 Which States of India account for the largest number of food insecure people? 4
Q.10 What is Poverty line? 2

D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL

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Pre – Board Examination 2014 - 15
CLASS : IX Time : 3Hrs.
Subject : Science Full Mark : 90
Physics 25 m
Q.1. A balloon filled with hydrogen gas floats in air. Explain the fact with reason. 2
Q.2. If an electric appliance is rated 1000 W and is used for 2 hours. Calculate the work done in 2 hours. 3
Q.3. Why does an iron nail sink while a ship floats on water? 2
Q.4. A force of 2N acts on a 2 Kg mass and displacement by 3 m in its own direction. What is the work done? 2
Q.5. Define Archimede’s Principle. 2
Q.6. (a) Give two difference between density and relative density?
(b) Relative density of silver is 10.8. Density of water is 103 Kg/m3. Find the density of silver in S.I units. 3
Q.7. Write one difference between infrasonic and ultrasonic wave. State two application of ultrasound in industries. 3
Q.8. Derive the relationship between frequency, wavelength and velocity of wave. 3
Q.9. (a) Derive an expression for K.E of a body of mass M moving with the velocity V. 5
(b) If the mass of a body is increased three times, by how much velocity should be reduced so that kinetic energy
remains the same.
Q.10 List three characteristics of a Sound wave. On what factors do they depend? The frequency of a source of sound 5
Is 256 Hz. How many times does it vibrate in 1 minute.

Chemistry 30 m
Q.11 Choose the most suitable option :- 1X5=5
i) Number of moles of water in 180g water will be.
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 18
ii) The correct formula of aluminium sulphate is.
a) AlSO4 b) Al2SO4 c) Al3 (SO 4)2 d) Al2 (SO4)3
iii) Rutherford’s scattering experiment showed for the first time that the atom has.
a) Electrons b) Protons c) Nucleus d) Neutrons.
iv) Neutron is present in all atoms except.
a) Protium b) Deuterium c) Tritium d) Helium
v) Proton was discovered by
a) J.J. Thomson b) Rutherford c) Chadwick d) Goldstein
Q.12 Answer these question. 2x4=8
i) Calculate the molecular masses of.
a)Glucose (C6 H12 O6) b) Sodium Sulphate (Na2 So4)
(Given At. Masses C=12, O=16, H=1, Na=23, S=32)
ii) What are polyatomic ion? Give two examples.
iii) What are the different isotopes of oxygen? Write their symbol and draw their complete Structures as per Bohr
model of atom.
iv)Why fluorine forms F – ion whereas oxygen forms O2- ion?
Q.13 Answer the following.
i) Atomic number of fluorine is 9 and mass number is 19. Calculate the number of electrons, protons and neutrons 3
in the neutral atom and in the ion formed by it. Represent the ion and give its electronic configuration.
ii) Calculate the number of atoms of hydrogen present in one dozen molecules of hydrogen gas, Convert the given 3
number of hydrogen in terms of number of moles.
iii) A solution is made by dissolving sodium chloride in water and its concentration is expressed as 0.9% by mass. 3
Calculate :- i) The number of moles and
ii) Number of molecules present in NaCl solution.
Q.14 Give reason for the following. 4
i) Isotopes of an element are chemically similar.
ii) An atom is electrically neutral.
iii) Nobel gases show lesser reactivity.
Iv) Nucleus of an atom is heavy and positively charged.
Q.15 Bhola was impressed by Baba Bandarnath’s miracle when Baba bent the water stream without touching. He did so
by bringing big balloon near to the flowing water. Bhola narrated his experience to Rithik telling about Baba’s magical hand.
Rithik explained Bhola that it was a very simple trick. He told Bhola this is nothing but molecules of water and balloon was
interacting with each other due to Charges on them. 4
a) Which property of atoms and molecules was Rithik is trying to explain?
b) What values were exhibited by Rithik?

Biology 25 m
Q.16 Multiple choice question :- 5X1=5
i) Which of the following is the largest phylum.
a) Coelenterata b) Porifera c) Arthropoda d) None.
ii) Goitre is caused due to deficiency of.
a) Protein b) Iron c) Iodine d) Niacin.
iii) Tetanus is a
a) Viral disease b) Bacterial disease c) Fungal disease d) Protozoan disease.
iv) BCG vaccine are provided to the patient suffering from.
a) Diptheria b) T.B. c)Hepatitis B d) Polio
v) Rhizobium is a .
a) Nitrogen fixing bacteria b) Nitrifying bacteria
c) Denitrifying bacteria d) Purifying bacteria.
Q.17 Answer these questions :- 5X2=10
i) How much amount of nitrogen is present in the composition of air?
ii) Which diseases are caused due to harmful radiation of the sun?
iii) What is Acid rain?
iv) Why do we need to conserve natural resources?
v) What is immunity?
Q.18 Write the difference between. 2½ X2=5
a) Congenital and acquired disease. b) Acute and chronic disease.
Q.19 Write short notes on any two. 2½x2=5
a) Global warming and green house effect. b) Ozone depletion and its effect c) AIDS.

Q.20. Draw Nitrogen cycle or Carbon cycle . 5

OTBA 10 Marks(30 min)

1. Suggest an experiment to check the presence of atmosphere on mars. Explain the role of atmosphere in the climate of a
planet. 5

2. Suggest sanitation practices which may lead to reduction of Air and Soil pollution from the inputs from the above case
studies. 5