Class9cbse Sample Paper

BHARAT NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
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Matter in Our surrounding
1) Arrange the following substances in the increasing order of force of attraction

between their particles : Oxygen, salt, milk
2) Define the term sublimation. Write the names of any two substances which
sublime.
3) Explain the following :
(i) Gases exert pressure on the walls of the container .
(ii) Water is liquid at room temperature.
(iii) Evaporation causes cooling.
4) Archit dropped a crystal of potassium permanganate into two beakers A and B
containing hot water and cold water respectively. After keeping the beakers undisturbed
for some time what did he observe and why ?
5) (a) CO2 is a gas. Write its two gaseous properties to justify it.
(b) How can we liquefy a gas ?
(c) Solid CO2 is also known as dry ice. Why ?
(d) Write the full form of :
(i) CNG (ii) LPG
6) What happens when you open a bottle of perfume?
7) Name the state of matter in which :
(i) layers of particles can slip and slide over one another easily.
(ii) Particles just move around randomly because of very weak force of attraction
8) Explain with the help of an activity which shows that particles of matter are very
small.
9) (a) Name the states of matter in which the forces between the constituent
particles are -
(i) strongest (ii) weakest
(c) When sugar and common salt are kept in different Jars, they take the shape of the
jars. Are they solid ? Justify your answer.
10) Account for the following :
(a) When sugar crystals dissolve in water, the level of water does not rise appreciably.
(b) Doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high
fever.
(c) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid residue.
(d) Dogs generally hang out their tongues in summer.
11) Sponge is solid , yet we are able to compress it. Why ?
12) Prachi took 50 mL of water in two beakers at room temperature and added sodium
chloride to one beaker while sugar to the other, till no more solute would be dissolved.
Then she heated the contents of the beakers and added more solutes in them.
(a) Will the amount of salt and sugar that can be dissolved in water at a given
temperature be the same ?
(b) What will you expect to happen if she cools the contents of the beakers ? Justify your
answer
13) Explain the interconversion of three states of matter in terms of force of attraction
and kinetic energy of the molecules.
14) If a balloon is filled with air and its mouth untied, air is released from its
mouth in the downward direction. Write the other observations made by you.
Justify your answer.
15) The molecules of water have more energy as compared to molecules of ice at
the same temperature. Justify this statement
16) Carbon dioxide was taken in an enclosed cylinder and compressed by
applying pressure
(a) Which state of matter will we obtain after completion of the process ?
(b) Name this process.
(c) What is the common name of the product obtained in the above process?
17) Arrange the following in the increasing order of (i) force of attraction (ii)
Intermolecular space
Iron nail, kerosene and oxygen gas.
18) A rubber band can change its shape on stretching. Will you classify it as solid
or not ? Justify your answer.
19) Arrange the three states of matter in the increasing order of :

(i) rate of diffusion
(ii) particle motion
20) (b) When a solid melts, its temperature remains the same. Give reason
21) State one similarity and one difference between evaporation and boiling.
22) (b) Account for the following :
(i) We wear cotton clothes in summer.
(ii) A wet handkerchief is placed on the forehead of a person
suffering from high fever.
23) Wet clothes dry slowly during the rainy season.
24) Give a reason why we are able to sip hot tea or milk faster from a saucer
rather than a cup ?
25) What happens when acetone is poured on the palm ?
26) Which of the following two will give you more severe burns and why ? (a)
Steam at 373 K (b) water at 373 K
27) Draw a neat and labeled diagram to show the process of sublimation of
ammonium chloride.

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BHARAT NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

Matter in Our surrounding

1) Arrange the following substances in the increasing order of force of attraction

19) Arrange the three states of matter in the increasing order of :

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