MCQ Questions for Class 9 Science Chapter 1 Matter in our Surroundings with Answers
MCQs from Class 9 Science Chapter 1 – Matter in Our Surroundings are provided here to help students prepare for their upcoming Science exam.
MCQs from CBSE Class 9 Science Chapter 1: Matter in Our Surroundings
1. In which of the following conditions, the distance between the molecules of hydrogen gas would increase?
(i) Increasing pressure on hydrogen contained in a closed container
(ii) Some hydrogen gas leaking out of the container
(iii) Increasing the volume of the container of hydrogen gas
(iv) Adding more hydrogen gas to the container without increasing the volume of the container
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (i) and (iv)
(c) (ii) and (iii)
(d) (ii) and (iv)
Answer/ Explanation
(c) (ii) and (iii)
2. When a gas jar full of air is placed upside down on a gas jar full of bromine vapours, the red-brown vapours of bromine from the lower jar go upward into the jar containing air. In this experiment:
(a) Air is heavier than bromine
(b) Both air and bromine have the same density
(c) Bromine is heavier than air
(d) Bromine cannot be heavier than air because it is going upwards against gravity
Answer/ Explanation
(c) Bromine is heavier than air
3. A form of matter has no fixed shape but it has a fixed volume. An example of this form of matter is
(a) Krypton
(b) Kerosene
(c) Carbon steel
(d) Carbon dioxide
Answer/ Explanation
(b) Kerosene
4. Which one of the following statements is not true?
(a) The molecules in a solid vibrate about a fixed position
(b) The molecules in a liquid are arranged in a regular pattern
(c) The molecules in a gas exert negligibly small forces on each other, except during collisions
(d) The molecules of a gas occupy all the space available
Answer/ Explanation
(b) The molecules in a liquid are arranged in a regular pattern
5. The correct procedure of heating iron-sulphur mixture to prepare iron sulphide is: :
(a) Heat the powder mixture at the base of the test tube using a blue flame throughout.
(b) Heat the iron filings and sulphur mixture in the middle of the test tube using yellow flame throughout.
(c) Heat the powder mixture at the top of the test tube using an orange flame throughout.
(d) Heat the iron filings-sulphur mixture at 3/4 quarters of the test tube using a red flame throughout.
Answer/ Explanation
(a) Heat the powder mixture at the base of the test tube using a blue flame throughout.
6. When water at 0°C freezes to form ice at the same temperature of 0°C, then it:
(a) Absorbs some heat
(b) Releases some heat
(c) Neither absorbs nor releases heat
(d) Absorbs exactly 3.34 x 105J/kg of heat
Answer/ Explanation
(b) Releases some heat
7. When heat is constantly supplied by a burner to boiling water, then the temperature of water during vaporisation :
(a) Rises very slowly
(b) Rises rapidly until steam is produced
(c) First rises and then becomes constant
(d) Does not rise at all
Answer/ Explanation
(d) Does not rise at all
8. Which one of the following set of phenomena would increase on raising the temperature?
(a) Diffusion, evaporation, compression of gases
(b) Evaporation, compression of gases, solubility
(c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases
(d) Evaporation, solubility, diffusion, compression of gases
Answer/ Explanation
(c) Evaporation, diffusion, expansion of gases
9. On converting 308 K, 329 K and 391 K to Celsius scale, the correct sequence of temperatures will be:
(a) 33°C, 56°C and 118°C
(b) 35°C, 56°C and 119°C
(c) 35°C, 56°C and 118°C
(d) 56°, 119°C and 35° C
Answer/ Explanation
(c) 35°C, 56°C and 118°C
10. Four students took separately the mixture of sand, common salt and ammonium chloride in beakers, added water, stirred the mixture well and then filtered. They reported their observations as shown below
| Student | As residue | In the filtrate |
| I II III IV |
Ammonium chloride Common salt, Sand Sand, Ammonium chloride Sand |
Sand, Common salt Ammonium chloride Common salt Ammonium chloride, Common salt |
Who reported the observations in the correct order of the components as residue and in the filtrate?
(a) I
(b) IV
(c) III
(d) II
Answer/ Explanation
(b) IV
11. Which of the following phenomena always results in the cooling effect?
(a) Condensation
(b) Evaporation
(c) Sublimation
(d) None of these
Answer/ Explanation
(b) Evaporation
12. Which of the following cannot be considered a form of matter?
(a) Atom
(b) Water
(c) Humidity
(d) Electron
Answer/ Explanation
(c) Humidity
13. Which of the following causes the temperature of a substance to remain constant while it is undergoing a change in its state?
(a) Latent heat
(b) Lattice energy
(c) Loss of heat
(d) None of these
Answer/ Explanation
(a) Latent heat
14. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) Materials existing as liquids at room temperature have their melting and boiling points lower than that of room temperature.
(b) The phenomenon involving the transition of a substance from solid to liquid state is called sublimation.
(c) To convert a temperature on the Celsius scale to Kelvin scale, subtract 273 from the given temperature
(d) The density of ice is less than that of water.
Answer/ Explanation
(d) The density of ice is less than that of water.
15. Which of the following statement is not true regarding the characteristic of matter?
(a) Particles of a matter are randomly moving in all directions.
(b) Kinetic energy of the particles increases with a rise in temperature
(c) Kinetic energy of the particles of all maters remains the same at a particular temperature.
(d) Particles of matter diffuse into each other on their own.
Answer/ Explanation
(c) Kinetic energy of the particles of all maters remains the same at a particular temperature.
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[NCERT; Delhi 2013 (C), 2011]
