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Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala
Science and Technology
9th Class
COURSE STRUCTURE
CLASS IX
(Annual Examination) Marks: 100
Unit No. Unit Marks
I Matter - Its Nature and Behaviour 17
II Organization in the Living World & Health 20
III Motion, Force and Work 15
IV Natural Resources & Food Production 8
Total 60
Practical 20
Internal assessment 20
Grand Total 100
Theme: Materials
Unit I: Matter-Nature and Behaviour
Definition of matter; solid, liquid and gas; characteristics - shape, volume, density; change of state-
melting (absorption of heat), freezing, evaporation (cooling by evaporation), condensation,
sublimation.
Nature of matter:
Elements, compounds and mixtures. Heterogeneous and homogenous mixtures,
colloids and suspensions. Physical and chemical changes (excluding separating the components of
a mixture).
Particle nature and their basic units:
Atoms and molecules, Law of Chemical Combination,
Chemical formula of common compounds, Atomic and molecular masses.
Structure of atoms:
Electrons, protons and neutrons, Valency, Atomic Number and Mass Number,
Isotopes and Isobars.
Theme: The World of the Living & Health
Unit II: Organization in the Living World
Cell - Basic Unit of life : Cell as a basic unit of life; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, multicellular
organisms; cell membrane and cell wall, cell organelles and cell inclusions; chloroplast,
mitochondria, vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus; nucleus, chromosomes - basic
structure, number.
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Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organism:
Structure and functions of animal and plant tissues
Meristematic and Permanent tissues in plants and Animal Tissue,Diversity in Living Organisms & Classification
Health ,Hygiene & Sanitation
Health , Diseases, Vector , Treatments and prevention,Immunity.
Theme: Moving Things, People and Ideas
Unit III: Motion, Force and Work
Structure of atoms: Distance and displacement, velocity; uniform and non-uniform motion along a straight line;
acceleration, distance-time and velocity-time graphs for uniform motion and uniformly accelerated
motion, elementary idea of uniform circular motion.
Force and Newton’s laws : Force and Motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Action and Reaction
forces, Inertia of a body, Inertia and mass, Momentum, Force and Acceleration.
Gravitation: Gravitation; Universal Law of Gravitation, Force of Gravitation of the earth (gravity),
Acceleration due to Gravity; Mass and Weight; Free fall.
Floatation: Thrust and Pressure. Archimedes’ Principle; Buoyancy.
Work, Energy and Power: Work done by a Force, Energy, power; Kinetic and Potential energy;
Law of conservation of energy (excluding commercial unit of Energy) .
Sound:
Nature of sound and its propagation in various media, speed of sound, range of hearing in
humans; ultrasound; reflection of sound; echo.
Theme: Natural Resources & Food Production
Unit IV: Natural Resources & Food Production
Air, Water, Soil ,Pollution ,Biochemical Cycles & Green House Effect.
Plant and animal breeding and selection for quality improvement and management; Use of
fertilizers and manures; Protection from pests and diseases; Organic farming.
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थीम: सामगी
यनू िट I: मामला-प्रनृ और वययवार
पदाथ् ्ी पररभाषा; ठोस, ृरल और गैस; नयशेषृाएं - आ्ार, माता, घितय; राजय ्ा
ृतय, यौनग् और नमश्र नयषम और समरप नमश्,
्ोलाइड और निलंबिर भौनृ् और रासायनि् पररयृ्ि .
परमा्ु और अ्,ु रासायनि् संयोजि ्ा ्ािूि,
सामानय यौनग्ो, परमा्ु और आ्नय् दवयमाि ्ा रासायनि् सूतर
े ी, परमा्ु संखया और दवयमाि संखया,
इलेक्टिो, पोटटि और नयू्टि, यैलस
आइसोटोप और आइसोबारर
थीम: द यरड् ऑफ द नलनयंग एं ड वेरथ
यनू िट II: जीनयृ दनु िया मे संगठि
सेल - जीयि ्ी मूल इ्ाई: जीयि ्ी ए् मूल इ्ाई ्े रप मे सेल; पो्ैररयोनट् और
यू्ेररयोनट् ्ोनश्ाएं , बवु्ोनश्ीय
े और सेल समायेशि; कलोरोोलालट,
जीय; सेल निरली और सेल ्ी दीयार, सेल ऑग्िल
माइटो्टननडया, ररन््ाएं , एं डोोलानजम् रे नट्ुलम, गोरगी उप्र्; िानभ्, ग्
ु सूत -
बनु ियादी
संरचिा, संखयार
ऊृ्, अंग, अंग प्ाली, जीय:
पशु और पौधे ्े ऊृ्ो ्ी संरचिा और ्ाय्
पौधो और पशु ऊृ् मे मेररलटेमने ट् और लथायी ऊृ्, जीनयृ जीयो और यग््र् मे
नयनयधृा
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लयालसय, लयवचृा और लयवचृा
लयालसय, रोग, येकटर, उपचार और रो्थाम, पनृरिार
थीम: चलृी चीजे, लोग और नयचार
यूनिट III: गनृ, बल और ्ाम
ु ं ्ी संरचिा: दूरी और नयलथापि, येग; ए् सीधी रे खा ्े साथ समाि और गैर-समाि
परमा्ओ
गनृ;
यद् गनृ और समाि रप से तयररृ ्े नलए तयर्, दूरी-समय और येग-समय रे खां्ि
गनृ, यद् पररपत गनृ ्ा पाथनम् नयचारर
फोस् एं ड नयूटि ्े ्ािूि: फोस् एं ड मोशि, नयूटि ्े मोशि, एकशि एं ड ररएकशि ्े नियम
बलो, ए् शरीर ्ी जडृा, जडृा और दवयमाि, गनृ, बल और तयर्र
गर
ु तया्ष््: गर ु तया्ष्् ्ा साय्भौनम् नियम, पसर यी ्े गर
ु तया्ष््; गर ु तया्ष्् बल
(गरु तया्ष््),
ु तया्ष्् ्े ्ार् तयर्; दवयमाि और यजि; निबा्ध नगरायटर
गर
फलोटेशि: जोर और दबायर आन््नमडीज नसदांृ; उचालर
्ाम, ऊजा् और शन्: ए् बल, ऊजा्, शन् दारा न्या गया ्ाय्; ्ाइिेनट् और संभानयृ
ऊजा्;
ऊजा् ्े संरि् ्ा नियम (ऊजा् ्ी यान्नजय् इ्ाई ्ो चोड्र)र
धयनि:
धयनि ्ी प्रनृ और नयनभनि मीनडया मे इस्ा पसार, धयनि ्ी गनृ, सि
ु िे ्ी सीमा
मिषु य; अर्ासाउं ड; धयनि ्ा परायृ्ि; गूंजर
थीम: पा्रनृ् संसाधि और खाद उतपादि
यूनिट IV: पा्रनृ् संसाधि और खाद उतपादि
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याय,ु पािी, नमटी, पदूष्, जैय रासायनि् चक और गीि वाउस पभायर
पौधे और पशु पजिि और ग् ु यता सधु ार और पबंधि ्े नलए चयि; ्ा उपयोग
उय्र् और खाद; ्ीटो और रोगो से सरु िा; जैनय् खेृीर
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Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala
Subject : Science & Technology Class: IX ( Regular )
Annual (Theory) Session : 2022-23
Time: 3 hours Max marks: 60
Marks distribution
Unit No. Particulars Marks
assigned
1 Matter-Nature and Behaviour 17
Definition of matter, Nature of matter,Atom and Molecules.
Law of Chemical Combination, Atomic and Molecular Mass
Structure of Atom
2 Organization in the Living World & Health 20
Cell-Basic Unit of Life ,Tissues ,Organs ,Organ
System,Diversity in Living Organisms & Classification
organisms, Health ,Hygiene & Sanitation
3 Motion, Force and Work 15
Motion , Force and Newton's Law, Gravitation ,Flotation
Work , Energy and Power ,Sound.
4 Natural Resources & Food Production 8
Air, Water, Soil ,Pollution ,Biochemical Cycles & Green
House Effect.
Plant and animal breeding, improvement and management
Use of fertilizers and manures, diseases and organic
farming
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Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education,
Subject : Science & Technology Class: IX ( Regular )
Annual (Theory) Session : 2022-23
Time: 3 hours Max marks: 60
Blue Print Design of Question Paper
Name of the 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 5 marks Total
unit questions questions questions questions marks
(MCQ)
Matter-Nature 3 3 1 1 17
and Behaviour
(Internal (Internal (Internal
Choice in Choice in Choice)
any one any one
question) question)
Organization in 3 3 2 1 20
the Living World
(Internal (Internal
& Health
Choice in Choice)
any one
question)
Motion, Force 3 2 1 1 15
and Work
(Internal
Choice in
any one
question)
Natural 3 1 1 8
Resources &
Food Production
Break up of 12 9 5 3
total 31
questions
Total marks 1x12 =12 2x9 = 18 3x5 = 15 5 x 3 =15 60
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Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala
Subject : Science & Technology Class: IX ( Regular )
Annual (Theory) Session : 2022-23
Blue Print of MCQ
Sr No Type of question No. Of questions
1 Concept based/ direct 3
2 Numerical based 2
(Application and skill based)
3 Case study/ Comprehensions 2
4 Assertion and Reasoning 2
5 Diagram / graph/interpretation 1
6 Miscellaneous 2
(Understanding and knowledge based)
Total no. Of questions 12
Each MCQ carries 1 mark only
No internal choice be given in the MCQ section
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