Prepare effectively for your CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence Board Exam 2026 with this official-style sample question paper based on AI Code 417. This paper is designed as per the latest CBSE syllabus and exam pattern, including competency-based questions, case studies, and skill-based tasks.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (SUBJECT CODE – 417)
Model / Sample Question Paper 1 for Class IX
Max. Time: 2 Hours
Max. Marks: 50
General Instructions:
- Please read the instructions carefully.
- This Question Paper consists of 21 questions in two sections: Section A & Section B.
- Section A has Objective type questions whereas Section B contains Subjective type questions.
- Out of the given (5 + 16 =) 21 questions, a candidate has to answer (5 + 10 =) 15 questions in the allotted (maximum) time of 2 hours.
- All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
- SECTION A – OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (24 MARKS):
i. This section has 05 questions.
ii. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
iii. There is no negative marking.
iv. Do as per the instructions given. - SECTION B – SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (26 MARKS):
i. This section has 16 questions.
ii. A candidate has to do 10 questions.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part
1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1×4=4 marks)
(i) _____ is the process by which a message is sent by an individual and it passes through a chain of recipients.
(ii) Realistic belief and trust of an individual in one’s own judgement, capabilities and worthiness is _____ .
(iii) _____ refers to a state of handling psychological tension and discomfort originating from unforeseen, difficult, confusing and challenging situations.
(iv) _____ are electronic devices that can hold hundreds of books in digital form.
(v) _____ is the process of identifying an opportunity and turning it into a venture.
(vi) A _____ in an economy is someone who has the ability to affect or be affected by the growth or fall of the economy.
2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1×5=5 marks)
(i) The AI ______ provides us with an appropriate framework which can lead us towards our goal.
a) Stages
b) Problem Scoping
c) Deployment
d) Project Cycle
(ii) Al systems can improve their performance over time through ______.
a) Experience
b) Machine Learning
c) Iterations
d) Project Cycle
(iii) Which of the following is not a step of Al project Cycle?
a) Data Acquisition
b) Modelling
c) Feedback
d) Evaluation
(iv) ______ is an output given by the Al model using Machine Learning algorithm.
a) Result
b) Output
c) Reality
d) Prediction
(v) What will be the outcome, if the Prediction is “No” and it does not match with the Reality? What will be the outcome, if the Prediction is “Yes” and it does not match the Reality.
a) True Negative, False Negative
b) False Negative, False Positive
c) True Negative, False Positive
d. True Positive, False Positive
(vi) Read the examples given below:
i. Using Chat GPT to write an email
ii. Face unlock technology of mobile phones using camera
iii. Turning off lights with IoT device
iv. Hand sanitiser dispenser having sensor
Choose the options that are not AI
a) i and ii
b) iii and i
c) iii and iv
d) i, iii and iv
3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1×5=5 marks)
(i) ______ refers to the ability to read, comprehend and use information effectively.
a) Literacy
b) Data
c) Algorithm
d) AI
(ii) Rearrange the following levels of a Data Pyramid, moving up from the bottom:
a) Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
b) Information, Data Knowledge, Wisdom
c) Data, Knowledge, Information, Wisdom
d) Information, Knowledge, Wisdom, Data
(iii) ______ can equip individuals with skills and knowledge to improvise in a data-driven world.
a) AI
b) Mathematics
c) Data literacy
d) Critical Thinking
(iv) ______ sets a clear roadmap and structured approach to enhance data literacy across different levels of awareness.
a) Talking
b) Discussing
c) Implementing
d) Planning
(v) ______ is the practice of protecting digital information from unauthorised access, corruption, or throughout its entire lifecycle.
a) Data Literacy
b) Data security
c) Data Authorisation
d) Data integrity
(vi) ______ refers to the process of creating copies of data to ensure that it can be restored in the event of data loss.
a) Data backup
b) Data privacy
c) Data validation
d) Access controls
4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1×5=5 marks)
(i) ______ is a way for computers to understand and recognize patterns, much like how humans do
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Probability
c) Mathematics
d) Data literacy
(ii) Which of the following is not true?
a) Al can learn to recognize patterns, like human beings.
b) Al can see patterns in different types of data numbers, images, and speech and text.
c) Al cannot think like humans
d) These patterns help Al to solve puzzles – like identifying dogs and muffins, or predicting flood, earthquakes etc.
(iii) Graph theory is used in AI representing trends using data.
a) Analysis
b) Visualization
c) Integrity
d) Privacy
(iv) The design of the ______ often uses mathematical principles and structures such as functions, matrices and graphs.
a) Program
b) Structure
c) Data
d) Algorithms
(v) Statistics can be used in numerous fields because of its ability to extract meaningful insights from data and assist in ______.
a) Algorithms
b) Decision making
c) Pattern
d) Data visualization
(vi) Which of the following is not true for certain events?
a) It will have a probability of 0.
b) These events are guaranteed to happen.
c) It will have a probability of 1.
d) There is no doubt about their occurrence.
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1×5=5 marks)
(i) Al-generated images are created by AI _____.
a) Patterns
b) information
c) Algorithms
d) Intelligence
(ii) An unsupervised learning model works on _____ dataset.
a) Labelled
b) Unlabelled
b) Training
d) Continuous
(iii) In Generative Modelling, there is no _____ dataset and the model can generate structured data from the Random Noise dataset.
a) Labelled
b) Trained
c) Random
d) Unlabelled
(iv) A _____ dataset typically refers to a collection of data points or samples where each data point is generated randomly.
a) random
b) random noise
c) disarranged
d) human generated
(v) _____ AI is trained with existing data and content.
a) Weak
b) Strong
c) Latest
d) Generative
(vi) _____ are neural networks that work to produce fresh data and is made up of two neural networks.
a) GANs
b) Gen AI
c) VAES
d) Autoencoders
SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills (2×3=6 marks) Answer each question in 20 – 30 words.
6. Mention any 2 advantages of written communication.
7. Mention any 2 benefits from self-management.
8. What is an operating system? Give 2 examples of an operating system.
9. Mention any 2 challenges of entrepreneurship development.
10. State any 2 basic components of a Green Economy.
Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20 – 30 words each (2×4=8 marks)
11. All of us use smartphones. When we install a new app, it asks us for several permissions to access our phone’s data in different ways. Why do apps collect such data?
12. If you do an image search for vacations on a popular search engine, the first few searches mostly return the picture of beaches. What is the concern here? Explain.
13. After reaching home, Ankit realised that he had left his laptop in the cab. What should have he done in order to secure his data? Explain.
14. If you randomly select a card from a standard deck, the probability of drawing an ace of spades is lower compared to drawing a card of a different suit.
Which category of the events in the above scenario falls? What shall be its probability?
15. What is Variational Autoencoders (VAEs)?
16. What are Generative AI tools? Give any two examples.
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4×3=12 marks)
17. Samarth attended a seminar on Artificial Intelligence and has now been asked to write a report on his learnings from the seminar. Being a non-technical person, he understood that the AI enabled machine uses data of different formats in many of the daily based applications but failed to sync it with the right terminologies and express the details. Help Samarth define Artificial Intelligence, list the three domains of AI and the data that is used in these domains.
18. Your grandmother watches, you use AI applications. She wants to understand more about it. Help her understand the term artificial intelligence by giving the right definition and explain to her with an example how machines become artificially intelligent.
19. How are Data Security and Data Privacy related to AI?
20. Probability has a wide range of applications across various fields, making it an essential concept in many areas of study and professional practice.
21. Amber attended a seminar on AI conducted by college representatives. She had to write a report on “AI-Integrated Learning for her school magazine. Suggest some AI tools that can help her to do the same.