SOF Class 9 Sample Paper PDF

# **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | General Awareness | Current Affairs | Life Skills | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | **S...

# **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | General Awareness | Current Affairs | Life Skills | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - Plants and Animals - Our Environment - Science and Technology - India and the World - Social Studies - Language - Literature and Media - Sports - Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning - Current Affairs - Life Skills (Empathy, Effective Communication, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Coping with Stress, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Skills, Managing Emotions, Self-awareness) **Achievers Section**: Higher Order Thinking Questions from the above given Syllabus. ### **Questions** **1.** In India, the top judicial court is the Supreme Court. How many Supreme Courts do we have in India? - (A) Two, one each for North & South India - (B) One for the whole country - (C) Four, one each for every zone - (D) Twenty nine, one each for every state **2.** The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the fall of - (A) Joseph Stalin - (B) Czar Nicholas II - (C) Louis XVI - (D) George V. **3.** Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in 1983. What was his field of study? - (A) Evolution of apes - (B) DNA structure - (C) Micro financing - (D) Evolutionary stages of massive stars **4.** Fossils are mostly found in - (A) Igneous rock - (B) Sedimentary rock - (C) Metamorphic rock - (D) Any rock. **5.** If you are buying a stock (or equity) of a company at a premium to face value it means the company is - (A) Doing badly - (B) Doing well - (C) A metal company - (D) A small company. **6.** The "Western Ghats" in Maharashtra are also known as - (A) Nilgiris - (B) Sahyadri Hills - (C) Cardamom Hills - (D) None of these **7.** Which of the following Sony products was originally sold in Britain under the name 'Stowaway'? - (A) Compact disc - (B) Walkman - (C) Playstation - (D) TV **8.** When you are the captain of a teamsport such as soccer, it is important - (A) To tell the team about your credential and establish your leadership position early on - (B) To make promises of rewards, later tweak team rules to explain why the promises cannot be kept - (C) That you respond to expectation of teammates and express positive expectation from them - (D) None of these ### **Achievers Section** **9.** Bacteriophage is a virus that infects and kills various bacteria. How are they going to be useful to us in future? - (A) They are being tried as an agent to strengthen the ozone layer. - (B) They are being tried as an alternative source of fuel. - (C) They are being tried as a therapy against drug resistant strains of bacteria. - (D) They are being tried as a lubricant. **10.** Till 1839, the Kingdom of Punjab remained independent of the British. Who is largely credited for this? - (A) Bhupendra Singh - (B) Ranjit Singh - (C) Dalip Singh - (D) All of these ### **Direction (Q. No. 9 and 10): Choose the correct option** **9.** Disaster management _______ that the areas are mapped beforehand. - (A) is requires - (B) requires - (C) required - (D) is required **10.** "I am happy to inspire so many people, _______ women and mothers," said Mary Kom. - (A) and - (B) special - (C) especially - (D) also # **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | Logical Reasoning | Science | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 10 | 5 | 3 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - **Section 1**: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. - **Section-2**: Motion, Force and Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Work and Energy, Sound, Matter in Our Surroundings, Is Matter Around Us Pure, Atoms and Molecules, Structure of Atom, Cell-The Fundamental Unit of Life, Tissues, Natural Resources, Improvement in Food Resources. - **Section 3**: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section - 2. ### **Questions** **1.** Find the missing character, if a certain rule is followed either row-wise or column-wise. | A | D | G | |---|---|---| | D | I | N | | I | Q | ? | - (A) V - (B) W - (C) X - (D) Y **2.** Introducing a woman, Shashank said, "She is the mother of the daughter of my son". How is the woman related to Shashank? - (A) Daughter - (B) Sister-in-law - (C) Wife - (D) Daughter-in-law **3.** In which of the following figures, Fig. (X) is exactly embedded as one of its parts? - **Fig. (X)** - (A) - (B) - (C) - (D) **4.** The velocity-time graph of a body is given in figure. - **v(m/s)** - **60** - **20** - **0** - **20 30 40 70 l(s)** - **The maximum acceleration in m/s² is** - (A) 4 - (B) 3 - (C) 2 - (D) 1 **5.** Two bodies of masses m, and m₂ exert a force F on each other when placed a certain distance d apart. The percentage change in force when the separation between the bodies is decreased by d/3, is - (A) 800% decrease - (B) 225% increase - (C) 200% decrease - (D) 125% increase **6.** The freezing and boiling points of a substance 'P' are -220°C and -185°C respectively. At which of the following range of temperatures will 'P' exist as a liquid? - (A) Between -175°C and -210°C - (B) Between -190°C and -225°C - (C) Between -200°C and -160°C - (D) Between -195°C and -215°C **7.** Observe the given figures of three different plant tissues and select the correct option. - **(a)** - **(b)** - **(c)** - (A) 'a' and 'b' consist of living cells while 'c' consists of dead cells. - (B) Cytoplasm is present in cells of 'a' while it is absent in cells of 'b' and 'c'. - (C) Cell walls of 'a', 'b' and 'c' bear uniform thickening of suberin. - (D) 'a' provides mechanical strength to the plant while 'b' and 'c' serve as storage tissues. **8.** Acid rain is produced when rain mixes with gases such as sulphur dioxide. This will eventually result in - (A) Lowering of pH and changes of temperature in ponds - (B) Raising of pH in ponds, encouraging growth of microorganisms - (C) Lowering of pH in ponds, limiting survival of aquatic organisms - (D) Raising of pH in ponds, limiting development of organisms. ### **Achievers Section** **9.** When an ideal simple pendulum oscillates between (i) the extreme points P and Q, there is continuous (i) of potential energy and kinetic energy. The potential energy depends on the choice of (ii). Force acting on the bob of the pendulum is maximum at (iii), and minimum at (iv). - (i) - (ii) - (iii) - (iv) - (A) Dissipation Reference Mid point Extremes - (B) Dissipation Mass Mid point Extremes - (C) Exchange Reference Extremes Mid point - (D) Exchange Velocity Extremes Mid point **10.** Complete the given statements by selecting the correct words from the options given below. - (a) _______ is a traditional method of irrigation. - (b) _______ is a common weedicide. - (c) In _______, water escapes from revolving nozzle and falls like rain on the crops. - (d) _______ is a technique for developing new varieties of crops by cross-breeding two different varieties. - (i) - (ii) - (iii) - (iv) - (A) Dhekli Agent Drip Broadcasting - (B) Dhekli orange DDT irrigation - (C) Rahat Simazine Moat Crop rotation - (D) Rahat Metachlor Sprinkler Hybridisation system Total Questions: 50 Time: 1 hr. # **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | Logical Reasoning | Mathematical Reasoning | Everyday Mathematics | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - **Section-1**: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. - **Section - 2**: Number Systems, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Linear Equations in Two Variables, Introduction to Euclid's Geometry, Lines and Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Heron's Formula, Surface Areas and Volumes, Statistics. - **Section - 3**: The syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus of Mathematical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude. - **Section - 4**: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section - 2. ### **Questions** **1.** Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says, "She is the grandmother of the son of my daughter-in-law's mother-in-law." How is the woman related to the man? - (A) Mother - (B) Mother-in-law - (C) Sister - (D) Wife **2.** Which of the following Venn diagrams best represents the relationship amongst, 'State, Country and Village'? - (A) - (B) - (C) - (D) **3.** Find the odd one out. - (A) 18:108 - (B) 42:132 - (C) 22: 112 - (D) 26: 156 **4.** Simplify: $\sqrt{5+\sqrt{3}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{2}} + \frac{2}{√5+√2}$ - (A) 4 - (B) 2 - (C) 3 - (D) 0 **5.** Two metallic right circular cones having their heights 4.1 cm and 4.3 cm respectively and the radii of their bases 2.1 cm each, have been melted together and recast into a sphere. Find the diameter of the sphere. **6.** The sides of a triangular field are 90 m, 120 m and 150 m. Find the cost of levelling the field at the rate of 1.20 per square meter. - (A) 4760 - (B) 5140 - (C) 8540 - (D) 6480 ### **Everyday Mathematics** **7.** One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college participated in a social work project. If the number of students who participated is 300 out of which 100 are boys, then what is the number of students in the college? - (A) 500 - (B) 600 - (C) 700 - (D) 800 **8.** The population of a town is increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is - (A) 4.37% - (B) 5% - (C) 6% - (D) 50% ### **Achievers Section** **9.** Fill in the blanks and select the correct option. - (P) Any point lying on x-axis is of the form _______ - (Q) The abscissa of a point on y-axis is _______ - (R) The point at which the two coordinate axes meet is called the _______ - (S) The perpendicular distance of the point (4, 5) from x-axis is _______ - (T) The perpendicular distance of the point (3, 7) from y-axis is _______ | (P) | (Q) | (R) | (S) | (T) | |---|---|---|---|---| | (A) (0, y) | 1 | origin | 5 | 3 | | (B) (x, 0) | 0 | origin | 5 | 3 | | (C) (x, 0) | 0 | origin | 3 | 5 | | (D) (0, y) | 1 | origin | 3 | 5 | **10.** In the given figure (not drawn to scale), AEDF is a cyclic quadrilateral. The values of x and y respectively are - **B35** - **D** - **F** - **A** - **x 54°** - **C** - **E** - (A) 79°, 47° - (B) 89°, 37° - (C) 89°, 47° - (D) 79°, 37° Total Questions: 50 Time: 1 hr. # **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | Logical Reasoning | Computer Science | Information Technology | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 10 | 30 | 5 | 5 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - **Section 1**: Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. - **Section - 2**: Algorithms and Flowcharts in Programming, Number System (Binary to decimal and decimal to binary conversion), Visual Basic, Animations, HTML & CSS (Links, Anchors and Table tags), MS-Word, MS-Excel (Formula Auditing, Data Tools, Protecting and Sharing workbooks/worksheets, Working with cell range), MS-PowerPoint, Hardware, Software, Input & Output Devices, Memory & Storage Devices, Flash CS6, Multimedia, Networking, Cyber Safety, Operating Systems (Types-Interactive (GUI based), Real Time and Distributed, Commonly used OS), Using Windows 10, Introduction to Scratch, Introduction to Python 3.11 (as of December 2022). - **Section - 3**: Al, Robotics, IT Gadgets, Devices, Apps, Computerization, and other Developments in the Field of IT. - **Section 4**: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Sections 2 and 3. - Questions are based on Windows 10 and MS-Office 2016. ### **Questions** **1.** Study the diagram below and identify the region representing youth who are unemployed but educated. - **Youth** - **A** - **B** - **1 2** - **C** - **3 5** - **4** - **6** - **7** - **Employed** - (A) 2 only - (B) 1, 2, 3 - (C) 1, 3 - (D) 1, 2 **2.** In a certain code language, - (1) 'pit dar na' means 'you are good'; - (II) 'dar tok pa' means 'good and bad'; - (III) 'tim na tok' means 'they are bad'. In that language, which word stands for 'they'? - (A) na - (B) tok - (C) tim - (D) pit **3.** Four different positions of a dice are shown below. Find the number on the face opposite to the face showing 2. - **6** - **2** - **3** - **1** - **4** - **4** - **4** - **2** - **2** - **3** - **5** - **3** - (A) 3 - (B) 4 - (C) 5 - (D) 6 **4.** What is the binary representation of decimal number 25? - (A) 10101 - (B) 11001 - (C) 01100 - (D) 00110 **5.** ________ of File Explorer shows the path of the currently selected folder in Windows 10. - (A) Address bar - (B) Status bar - (C) Search box - (D) None of these **6.** In Visual Basic ________ control is used to accept input from user as well as displays the output. - (A) Command - (B) Shape - (C) Timer - (D) TextBox ### **Information Technology** **7.** Which of the following Al application programs understands natural language voice commands and completes tasks for the user? - (A) Cybot - (B) Virtual assistant - (C) Ubuntu - (D) All of these **8.** Which of the following is not a mobile operating system? - (A) Novell Network - (B) Apple iOS - (C) Windows Phone - (D) Android OS ### **Achievers Section** **9.** What would be the output of the given HTML code? ```html <html> <body> <ol> <li> ICSO </li> <li> NSO </li> </ol> <li> IMO </li> </body> </html> ``` - (A) I. ICSO ii. NSO iii. IMO - (C) 1. ICSO 2. NSO 3. IMO - (B) 1. IMO ii. NSO iii. ICSO - (D) 1. ICSO i. NSO ii. IMO **10.** Which of the following codes will add two numbers and display the sum in TextBox1 in Visual Basic? (Assume that the Name property of the TextBox is Text1) - (A) `Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim Num1, Num2, Result As Int Num 1 = 5; Num 2 = 8; Result = Num1 + Num2; Text1.Val = Result; End Sub` - (B) `Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim Num1, Num2, Result As Integer Num1 = 5 Num2 = 8 Result = Num1 + Num2 Text1.Text = Result End Sub` - (C) `Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim Num 1, Num 2, Result as Integer Result = Num 1 + Num 2 Text1.Val = Result End Sub` - (D) `Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim Num1, Num2, Result As Int Num1 = 5; Num2 = 8; Result = Num1 + Num2; Val (Text 1. Text) = Result End Sub` Total Questions: 50 Time: 1 hr. # **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** **Total Questions**: 50 **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | History | Geography | Political Science | Economics | Achievers Section | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - **Section-1**: History - The French Revolution, Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler, Forest Society and Pastoralists in the Modern World - **Section - 2**: Geography - India - Physical Features and Climate, Drainage, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife, Population - **Section 3**: Political Science - What is Democracy? Why Democracy?, Constitutional Design and Democratic Rights, Elections and Working of Institutions - **Section-4**: Economics - The Story of Village Palampur, People as Resource, Poverty and Food Security in India - **Section - 5**: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section – 1, 2, 3 & 4. ### **Questions** **1.** Robert Owen was a - (A) Leading English textile manufacturer - (B) Revolutionary in Germany - (C) Socialist who believed in the idea of cooperatives - (D) Both (A) and (C) **2.** Bloody Sunday was also known as the _______ Revolution. - (A) 1905 - (B) 1901 - (C) 1900 - (D) 1910 **3.** The concept of Green Revolution is associated mainly with the production of - (A) Wheat - (B) Rice - (C) Oat - (D) Both (A) and (B) **4.** When an area is being drained by a single river system, it is called - (A) Drainage system - (B) Drainage basin - (C) River flow - (D) Delta **5.** General Pervez Musharraf overthrew a democratically elected government and declared himself the _______ of Pakistan in 1999. - (A) Prime Minister - (B) Chief Executive - (C) President - (D) Military dictator **6.** The 'Lower Chamber' of parliament is called as - (A) Rajya Sabha - (B) Lok Sabha - (C) Supreme Court - (D) President's Office **7.** The Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was launched in - (A) 1993 - (B) 1990 - (C) 2000 - (D) 1997 **8.** Goebbels was the _______ Minister in Hitler's regime. - (A) Law - (B) War - (C) Defence - (D) Propaganda ### **Achievers Section** **9.** Arrange the following National Parks of India from North to South and select the correct option. - (i) Simlipal - (ii) Dachigam - (iii) Dudhwa - (iv) Guindy - (v) Bandipur - (A) (ii) → (iv) → (i) → (iii) → (v) - (B) (iii) → (ii) → (iv) → (v) → (i) - (C) (ii) → (iii) → (i) → (iv) → (v) - (D) (iv) → (v) → (i) → (iii) → (ii) **10.** Match the columns and select the correct option. | | Year | Events | |---|---|---| | (a) | 1918 | (i) Formation of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party | | (b) | 1945 | (ii) Bolshevik uprising in Petrograd | | (c) | 1898 | (iii) Allied victory in Europe | | (d) | 1917 | (iv) Proclamation of Weimar Republic | - (A) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii) - (B) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) - (C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) - (D) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii) ## **SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2024-25** ## **Introducing** ### **Class 9** - **Total Questions**: 50 - **Time**: 1 hr. | Section | शब्द और व्याकरण बोध | रचनात्मक बोध | मेधावी खंड | |---|---|---|---| | No. of Questions | 35 | 10 | 5 | | Marks per Ques. | 1 | 1 | 3 | **Syllabus** - **खंड-1**: भाषा-विचार, वर्ण-विचार, शब्द-विचार, संधि एवं समास, उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय, विकारी शब्द, काल एवं कारक, लिंग एवं वचन, अविकारी शब्द, वाच्य, वाक्य परिवर्तन, अशुद्धि संशोधन और विराम चिह्न, पदबंध, अलंकार, भारतीय साहित्य एवं संस्कृति। - **खंड-2**: अपठित ग‌द्यांश, अपठित पद्यांश, मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ। - **खंड-3**: उच्चतर क्रम सोच कौशल आधारित प्रश्न- खंड । और 2 के पाठ्यक्रम के अनुसार ### **Questions** **1.** "सागर-सा गंभीर हृदय हो, गिरी-सा ऊँचा हो जिसका मन।" - उपरोक्त पंक्ति में _______ अलंकार है। - (क) रूपक - (ख) उपमा - (ग) श्लेष - (घ) यमक **2.** मोहन से रामायण पढ़ी जाती है। - (दिए गए वाक्य को कर्तृवाच्य में बदलिए।) - (क) मोहन के द्वारा रामायण पढ़ी गई। - (ख) मोहन से रामायण पढ़ी जा रही है। - (ग) मोहन से रामायण पढ़ी गई। - (घ) मोहन रामायण पढ़ता है। **3.** हस्तिनापुर के राजा पांडु की दो रानियाँ थीं। - (दिए गए वाक्य के रेखांकित वाक्यांश में कौन-सा पदबंध है?) - (क) क्रियाविशेषण पदबंध - (ख) सर्वनाम पदबंध - (ग) विशेषण पदबंध - (घ) संज्ञा पदबंध **4.** 'ओजस्वी' शब्द का उचित स्त्रीलिंग है- - (क) ओजस्विनी - (ख) ओजस्विनि - (ग) ओजस्वीनी - (घ) ओजस्विता **5.** नवरोज़ _______ धर्म के लोगों का प्रमुख त्योहार है। - (क) सिक्ख - (ख) पारसी - (ग) ईसाई - (घ) मुस्लिम **6.** निम्नलिखित वाक्यों में से सही विराम चिह्न युक्त वाक्य का चयन कीजिए- - (क) अरे, तुम इतनी जल्दी उठ गए। - (ख) अरे? तुम इतनी जल्दी उठ गए। - (ग) अरेः तुम इतनी जल्दी उठ गए। - (घ) अरे ! तुम इतनी जल्दी उठ गए। ### **रचनात्मक बोध** निम्नलिखित पद्द्यांश को पढ़कर प्रश्न संख्या 7 और 8 के उत्तर दीजिए- छोड़ो मत अपनी आन, सीस कट जाए, मत झुको अनय पर, भले व्योम फट जाए। दो बार नहीं यमराज कंठ धरता है, मरता है जो, एक बार ही मरता है। तुम स्वयं मरण के मुख पर चरण धरो रे, जीना हो तो मरने से नहीं डरो रे। स्वातंत्र्य जाति की लगन, व्यक्ति की धुन है, वाहरी वस्तु यह नहीं, भीतरी गुण है। नत हुए विना जो, अशनि-घात सहती है, स्वाधीन जगत में वही जाति रहती है। वीरत्व छोड़ मत पर का चरण गहो रे, जो पड़े आन खुद ही सब आग सहो रे। **7.** 'यमराज दो बार कंठ नहीं धरता है।' इस पक्ति का अर्थ है- - (क) यमराज दो कंठ धारण नहीं करता है। - (ख) यमराज दो बार गला पकड़ता है। - (ग) यमराज एक बार ही प्राण हरता है अर्थात मनुष्य की मृत्यु एक बार ही होती है। - (घ) यमराज को मृत्यु का देवता कहा जाता है। **8.** 'वीरत्व' कौन-सी संज्ञा है? - (क) व्यक्तिवाचक संज्ञा - (ख) जातिवाचक संज्ञा - (ग) भाववाचक संज्ञा - (घ) द्रव्यवाचक संज्ञा ### **मेधावी खंड** **9.** निम्नलिखित वर्णों को उनके उच्चारण स्थान के आधार पर सुमेलित कर उचित विकल्प का चयन कीजिए- - (अ) च, छ (i) ओष्ठ्य - (ब) क, ख (ii) तालव्य - (स) प, फ (iii) कंठ्य - (द) न, म (iv) नासिक्य - (क) अ-(iv), ब-(iii), स-(ii), द-(i) - (ख) अ-(ii), ब-(i), स-(iii), द-(iv) - (ग) अ-(i), ब-(ii), स-(iii), द-(iv) - (घ) अ-(ii), ब-(iii), स-(i), द-(iv) **10.** पर्यायवाची शब्दों के मिलान के उचित विकल्प का चयन कीजिए- - (अ) भागीरथी (i) सुधा - (ब) चाँदनी (ii) गंगा - (स) हनुमान (iii) कौमुदी - (द) अमृत (iv) पवनसुत - (क) अ-(iv), ब-(iii), स-(ii), द-(i) - (ख) अ-(il), ब- (i), स-(iv), द-(iii) - (ग) अ-(ii), ब-(iii), स-(iv), द-(i) - (घ) अ-(i), ब-(iii), स-(ii), द-(iv)