CBSE Class 9 PSA Quantitative Stand alone MCQs Set 01

CBSE Class 9 PSA Quantitative Stand alone MCQs Set A.Chapter wise Multiple Choice Questions (MCQds) are being given by teachers to students to make them understand the chapter concepts. Its extremely critical for all CBSE students to practice all MCQs which will help them in gaining better marks in examinations. All assignments available for free download on the website are developed by the best teachers having many years of teaching experience in CBSE schools all over the country. Students, teachers and parents are advised to download the CBSE study material.

Question. [(64)^½ ]^1/3 x [1/27)^1/3]²] 
(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 9/2
(d) 2/9

Answer: D

Question. What are the zeroes of the polynomial x² – 16?
(a) (4, –4)
(b) (–4, –4)
(c) (4, 4)
(d) None of these

Answer: A

Question. What is the remainder when polynomial x³ – ax² + 6x – a is divided by (x – a)?
(a) a
(b) 3a
(c) a/5
(d) 5a

Answer: D

Question. Which one is correct order of Cartesian plane for the points (4, –4), (–3, 2), (–5, – 7) and (6, 3)?
(a) I, II, III, IV
(b) IV, II, III, I
(c) III, II, I, IV
(d) II, III, IV, I

Answer: B

Question. In the given figure if ∠BAC = 72^o and AB = AC, ∠ACD = ? 

(a) 54^o
(b) 126^o
(c) 136^o
(d) 108^o

Answer: B

Question. Sum of exterior angles of a triangle is :
(a) 270^o
(b) 306^o
(c) 630^o
(d) 360^o

Answer: D

Question. If DC || AB, the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ are : 

(a) (45^o, 25^o)
(b) (25o, 65^o)
(c) (30^o, 45^o)
(d) (45^o, 30^o)

Answer: B

Question. Which type of quadrilateral ABCD is, if ∠AOB = 90^o? 

(a) Rectangle
(b) Parallelogram
(c) Rhombus
(d) All of them

Answer: C

Question. In circle (O, r) AB is the chord and ∠ACB = 76o, find ∠ADB. 

(a) 67^o
(b) 78^o
(c) 87^o
(d) 76o

Answer: D

Question. In circle (O, r), OP ⊥ QR and QR = 14 cm, the value of PQ is : 

(a) 6 cm
(b) 6.7 cm
(c) 7 cm
(d) 7.6 cm

Answer: C

Question. Find the area of equilateral triangle of side 4 cm.
(a) 4√3 cm
(b) 4√3 cm²
(c)3√4 cm²
(d) 6cm2

Answer: B

Question. A bag contains 7 red balls, 6 green balls, 4 black balls. A ball is drawn randomly from this bag. What is the probability of the drawn ball is to be white ball?
(a) 7/17
(b) 6/17
(c) 4/17
(d) 0

Answer: D

Question. Radius of the base of a cylinder and sphere are equal, the volume of both are equal, the height of cylinder is:
(a) 4/3 x r
(b) ¾ x r
(c) 9/16 x r
(d) 4/3r

Answer: A

Question. ? : True Solution : : Starch Solution : Salt Solution
(a) Homogenous solution
(b) Suspension
(c) Colloidal solution
(d) Aqueous solution

Answer: C

Question. Filtration : Fractional distillation : : ? : ?
(a) Solid – liquid : miscible liquid
(b) Sublimation : Separating funnel
(c) Solid – solid : liquid – liquid
(d) Gas – gas : solid – gas

Answer: A

Question. Oxygen : 16 : : carbon : ?
(a) 27
(b) 35.5
(c) 14
(d) 12

Answer: D

Question. Robert Hooks : Robert Brown : : Cells : ?
(a) Cytoplasm
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Nucleus
(d) Lysosomes

Answer: C

Question. Suicidal bag : power house : : ? : Mitochondria
(a) Plastids
(b) Golgi apparatus
(c) Ribosome
(d) Lysosomes

Answer: D

Question. Leucoplasts : Chromoplasts : : Colourless : ?
(a) Coloured
(b) Green
(c) White
(d) Black

Answer: A

Question. Amoeba : ? : : Unicellular : Multi-cellular
(a) Earthworm
(b) Euglena
(c) Paramecium
(d) Bacteria

Answer: A

Question. Apical Meristem : Lateral Meristem : : Tips of stem : ?
(a) Sides of stem or roots
(b) Base of leaves
(c) Internodes on twinges
(d) Outer covering of epidermis

Answer: A

Question. Xylem : ? : : transport of water : transport of food
(a) Parenchyma
(b) Phloem
(c) Collenchymas
(d) Sclerenchyma

Answer: B

Question. Stomata : ? : : Exchanging of gas : opening & closing of stomata
(a) Protective tissue
(b) Guard cell
(c) Thick walls of cells
(d) Epidermis cell

Answer: B

Question. Force : Newton : : Energy : ?
(a) Kilogram
(b) meter/second
(c) Joules
(d) Meter/second²

Answer: C

Question. F₁ force is required to accelerate 2 kg mass at 5 ms^–2 and F₂ force is required to accelerate 4 kg mass at 2 metres/sec² 
(a) F₁ = F₂
(b) F₁> F₂
(c) F₁ < F₂
(d) None of these

Answer: B

Question. Momentum of a moving body is given by :
(a) m x v
(b) m x a
(c) m x g
(d) All of above

Answer: A

Question. Weight of a boy on earth is 72 N, what will be his weight on moon?
(a) 9 N
(b) 18 N
(c) 8 N
(d) 12 N

Answer: D

Question. Which side of box will exert more pressure on table top? 

(a) A
(b) B
(c) Both exert same pressure
(d) None of these

Answer: A

Question. Weight of an object at polar and at equator :
(a) Increasing from pole to equator
(b) Remain same
(c) Decreasing from pole to equator
(d) All of them

Answer: A

Question. An object will float on fluid only if its density is :
(a) Less than fluid 
(b) More than fluid 
(c) Same as fluid 
(d) None of these 

Answer: A

Question. Expression for kinetic energy and potential energy of a body is given by :
(a) ½ mv², ma
(b) mgh, ½ mv²
(c) ma, mgh
(d) ½ mv², mgh

Answer: D

Question. The energy used in industry is expressed in Kilowatt hour (KWh) which is equal to :
(a) 3.6 x 10 ⁶ J
(b) 3.06 x 10⁶ J
(c) 306 x 10⁶ J
(d) 30.6 x 106 J

Answer: A

Question. To hear an echo the minimum distance between the obstacle and the source of sound should be :
(a) 10.4 m
(b) 15.2 m
(c) 20.6 m
(d) 17.2 m

Answer: D

Question. An adult human ear can hear sound in a frequency range of :
(a) 20 Hz to 2000 Hz
(b) 20 Hz to 20000 Hz
(c) 20 Hz to 200 Hz
(d) 20 Hz to 200000 Hz

Answer: B

Question. Ultra sound range of frequencies associated with :
(a) Less than 20000 Hz
(b) Greater than 20000 Hz
(c) None of these
(d) Equal to 20000 Hz

Answer: A

Question. Malaria is caused by parasite :
(a) Salmonella Typhi
(b) Vibro Cholerae
(c) Plasmodium
(d) Bacteria

Answer: C

Question. The national average consumption quantity of PDS is 1 kg. It is 300 gm in Orissa. Find out how much is the quantity of average consumption less than the national average consumption quantity in Orissa?
(a) 299 gm
(b) 301 gm
(c) 700 gm
(d) 400 gm

Answer: C

Question. Production of grains in India :
In between which decade the production of grains has increased the most?
(a) 1960-61
(b) 1970-71
(c) 1980-81
(d) 1990-91

Answer: C

Question. The percentage of poverty in Bihar is 42 and the percentage of poverty in West Bengal is 20. Find its ratio.
(a) 6 : 5
(b) 21 : 10
(c) 5 : 6
(d) 20 : 21

Answer: B

Question. 

Find the total percentage of poverty in the year 1999-00.
(a) 32.1
(b) 26.0
(c) 32.0
(d) 20

Answer: B

Question. Details of Health Centres being opened by the Government under National Health Policy :

How many new Health Centres have been opened after 1981?
(a) 5718
(b) 56438
(c) 58288
(d) 103818

Answer: D

Question. 

How much percentage has increased in the male literacy rate?
(a) 47
(b) 42
(c) 70
(d) 85

Answer: A

Question. Govind, a farmer of village Palampur, holds a land of 3.25 hectares. He gave his three sons a piece of land of 0.75 hectares to each. the remaining land he keeps by himself.
How many hectares of land is left with Govind now?
(a) 1.5 hectares
(b) 1 hectare
(c) 0.5 hectare
(d) 0.75 hectares

Answer: B

Question. Calculate the temperature range from the given table :
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tem o C 14.4 16.4 23.3 30 33.3 33.3 36 29 28.9 25.6 19.4 15.
(a) 21.6
(b) 18
(c) 66.6
(d) 25

Answer: A

Question. 

Find the percentage of children from the above pie-chart.
(a) 70
(b) 51.2
(c) 65.6
(d) 34.4

Answer: D

Question. A country must have 33% of forests. In India, the percentage of forests is 20.55%. How much percentage of forests is lacking for an ideal state?
(a) 55.5
(b) 10
(c) 12.45
(d) 15

Answer: C

Question. Following is the annual average rainfall in four mega cities :

Determine the difference between the maximum average rainfall and the minimum average rainfall :
(a) 50.6
(b) 56.8
(c) 52.6
(d) 54.8

Answer: D

Question. 

How much percentage of agricultural land do the rich farmers have?
(a) 36
(b) 64
(c) 20
(d) 80

Answer: A

Question. 

In which census year did the sex ratio remain minimum?
(a) 1951
(b) 1961
(c) 1971
(d) 1981

Answer: C

Question. Find the next digit in the following series ?
1, 5, 14, 30, 55, ?
(a) 91
(b) 36
(c) 95
(d) 101

Answer: A

Question. In a group of cows and hens there were 25 heads and 70 feet find the number of cows and number of hens :

(a) 10 cows, 15 hens
(b) 15 cows, 10 hens

(c) 12 cows 13 hens
(d) 13 cows and 12 hens

 

Question. If one zero of the polynomial x²– 4x + K is 6 then the value of K is :

(a) 12
(b) 2

(c) –2
(d) –12

 

Question. If Binu is 10% heavier than Anu and Pinu is 10% lighter than Binu. Then what can you say about the relative weights of Anu and Pinu.

(a) Pinu is heavier than Anu by 1%

(b) Pinu is lighter than Anu by 1%

(c) They are equal in weight

(d) Pinu is lighter than Anu by 99%

 

Question. A businessman sold two coolers for Rs. 9,900 each making 10% profit on one and losing 10% on the other. His gain or loss percentage on the two coolers is :

(a) no gain no loss
(b) loss of 1%

(c) gain of 1%
(d) gain of 5%

 

Question. Divide Rs. 391 into three parts which are proportional to the ratios 6 : 8 : 9

(a) 102, 136, 153
(b) 136, 102, 153

(c) 101, 140, 150
(d) 195, 120, 76

 

Question. Three items of a sample are in the ratio of 1:2:3. The mean of third and second item is 30. The third item is :

(a) 40
(b) 38

(c) 32
(d) 36

 

 

 

Question. Radius ‘r’ of the base of cylinder and sphere are equal. The volume of both are equal, the height of cylinder is :

 

 

 

(a) Rectangle
(b) Parallelogram

(c) Rhombus
(d) All of them

 

Question. The diagonals of a rhombus are 18 cm and 24 cm one of its side is :

(a) 14 cm
(b) 16 cm

(c) 17 cm
(d) 15 cm

 

Q.44 Weight of a boy on earth is 60N. What will be his weight on moon.

(a) 60 N (b) 10 N

(c) 10 kg (d) 60 kg

 

 

Question. The weight of a woman is 500N at the equator. Her weight at the poles would be :

(a) more than 500 N
(b) less than 500 N

(c) equal to 500 N
(d) O N

Question. A cuboid box has dimensions 20 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm. The surface that will exert maximum pressure on a table would be :

(a) 20 cm × 10 cm

(b) 10 cm × 5 cm

(c) 20 cm × 5 cm

(d) All the surfaces will exert the same pressure

 

Question. While going to his school, a boy starts from A, takes the path AB, BC, CD, DB and reaches B as shown in the figure. The total distance covered and the displacement of the boy would respectively be:

 

 

(a) 16 km, 5 km
(b) 5 km, 16 km

(c) 16 km, 6 km
(d) 9 km, 5 km

 

 

Question. The distance time graph for the motion of two friends Vijay and Sameer is given below which of the following statement is true?

 

 

(a) Sameer is moving faster.

(b) Both Vijay and Sameer are moving at the same speed.

(c) It is not possible to find out the relative speed of Vijay and Sameer.

(d) Vijay is moving faster.

 

Q.50 Train starts from a city A at 6.00 am and reaches the city ‘B’ at 8.30 am. If the distance between the two cities is 160 km the average speed of the train is :

(a) 70 km/h
(b) 60 km/h

(c) 74 km/h
(d) 64 km/h