
Sample Paper – 2012
Class – IX
Subject – Science (Matter in Our Surroundings)
1. Camphor is purified by the process of –
a. evaporation
b. distillation
c. sublimation
d. filtration
2. LPG is used in the kitchens in our homes in the-
a. Solid form
b. compressed form
c. gaseous form
d. none.
3. Which of the following is not fluid -
a. water,
b. air,
c. sand,
d. sharbat?
4. On Kelvin scale 0oC is equal to –
a. 273 K
b. -273 K
c. 0 K
d. 100 K
5. SI unit of temperature is -
a. Kelvin
b. Celsius
c. Fahrenheit
d. Pascal
6. Condensation is a process which involves conversion of –
a. solid into liquid
b. liquid into vapour
c. vapour into liquid
d. liquid into
solid
7. During evaporation, the particles of liquid evaporate from –
a. The bulk of liquid
b. surface only
c. the surface and bulk of liquid
d. none
of them.
8. Which of the following will not sublime –
a. Camphor
b. ammonium chloride
c. bromine
d. iodine?
9. A state of matter which has a definite shape and fixed volume –
a. Solid
b. liquid
c. gas
d. none of these
10. A state of matter which does not have a definite shape but has
definite volume –
a. Solid
b. liquid
c. gas
d. none of these