CLASS-IX- SUMMER HOLIDAY HOME WORK-2017

ENGLISH

TASK –I GRAMMAR

Q1. Write the Past tense and Past participle forms of the following verbs.

Arise Build Feed Light Pay

Awake Buy Forgive Lose Spin

Bet Bind Forbid Meet Sleep

Blow Drink Let Send Teach

Lead Drive Lie Shake think

Give get fly sing throw

Q2. Define Figures of Speech. Give two examples.

Q3. Compare Simile and Metaphor .

Q4. Differentiate between Oxymoron and Irony.

Q5. What is Imagery? Explain with suitable examples.

Task- II Novel-Three Men in a Boat (Read the chapters - 1to 5 and answer the

following questions.)

Q6. What was Harris‟ view about sea trips? (Ch-1)

Q7. Describe how the doctor examined the narrator and bring out the humour in it?

(ch-1)

Q8. How did rain water play spoil sport in the camping trip? (ch-2)

Q9. What according to the narrator should be packed in the boat of life? (ch-3)

Q10. Uncle Podger was a very particular kind of a person. What are his chief

characteristics? (ch-3)

Q11. Discuss Montmorency‟s role in packing. (Ch-4)

Q12. Who had been instructed by the narrator to wake them up at 6:30 in the

morning?(ch-5)

Q13. Who was Bigg‟s boy? (ch-5)

Q14. Describe the confusion related to Waterloo station. (ch-5)

Task –III (Related to Main Course Book)

Q15. Complete the „PERSONAL INVENTORY SHEET‟ given in your M.C.B book on

page no.2 in Unit –I PEOPLE.

Q16. Read the news paper daily and cut out minimum 10 news items that are

positive in nature which involve people who are working towards the betterment of

the world and paste them on an A4 size sheet.

Q17. Write a poem on any one of the given topics- My Garden, My Mother or The

soldiers on the Border. Use apt figures of speech with min 4 stanzas or 16 lines.

Q18. Make a diary entry on how you spent your summer vacations 2017 and paste

suitable pictures.

Q19. Described you favourite adventure sport in about 10 to 100 words.

Q20. Learn the synonyms of the words given in class for the alphabets A to D and

make one sentence each.

(NOTE: the above mentioned English Holiday home work has to be done in A4 size

sheets with front and back page of the same paper. Don‟t use plastic files.)

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नोट – सभी प्रश्ननं के उत्तर विद्यार्थी हिन्दी की फेयर कॉपी मंे अननिायय रूप से लऱखंेगे और याद भी करंगे।

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iz’u2 gal dgk¡ dzhM+k dj jgs gSa\ os dgha vksj tkuk D;ksa ugha pkgrs

gSa\

iz’u3 Kku ds vkxeu dh rqyuk fdlls dh xbZ gS vkSj D;ksa\

iz’u4 yksx bZ’oj dks dgk¡&dgk¡ [kkstrs&fQjrs gSa\

iz’u5 dchj us lPps izseh dh D;k dlkSVh crkbZ gS\

iz’u6 >wjh vius nksuksa cSyksa ds lkFk dSlk O;ogkj djrk Fkk\

iz’u7 ghjk vkSj eksRkh ds LoHkko esa D;k varj Fkk\

iz’u8 ^nks cSyksa dh dFkk* dks /;ku esa j[krs gq, fln~/k dhft;s fd

,drk esa ‘’kfDr gksrh gSA

iz’u9 Lora=rk vklkuh ls ugha feyrh]blds fy;s la?k"k Z djuk iM+rk

gS& ikB ds vk/kkj ij Li"V dhft;sA

iz’u10 fdu ?kVukvksa ls irk pyrk gS fd ghjk vkSj eksrh esa xgjh

nksLrh Fkh\

iz’u11 nwljh ckj viuh frCcr ;k=k esa ys[kd dks dgk¡ Bgjuk iM+k

vkSj D;ksa\

iz’u12 frCcrh lekt dh D;k fo’ks"krk,¡ Fkha\

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iz’u15 Mk¡M+s ds nsork dk LFkku dgk¡ Fkk\ mls fdl izdkj ltk;k

x;k Fkk\

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2 nhid vtesj ugha tk,xkA

3 ;fn rqe esgur djrs rks ijh{kk esa lQy gksrsA

4 laHkor% vkt ckfj’k gksA

5 okg! fdruk lqUnj n`’; gSA

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fyf[k;sA

iz’u19 milxZ vkSj izR;; vyx dhft;s&

vekuoh;rk vlkekftd xSj ft+Eesnkjh csbZekuh LokfHkekuh

iz’u20 nks fe=ksa ds chp xzh"ekodk’k ds fy;s feys xg̀dk;Z dks djus

dh ;kstuk ds ckjs eaasa laokn fyf[k;sA

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MATHEMATICS

Q1.Find the sum of 0.0333..... and 0.444.... .

Q2. If a = 6+ 2√ , find the value of

.

Q3.Rationalise the denominator of

√ √

Q4. Find the value of

√ √ ,if √ = 1.732 and √ = 2.236 .

Q5. Express ⃐ ̅ in the form of

, where p , q are integers and q≠0.

Q6. Find the values of a and b , if √

√ -

√

√ = a + √ b .

Q7. If a =

√ and b =

√ , find the values of the following .

(i) a2 + b2

(ii) a3 + b3

Q8.Evaluate

Q9.Find the value of x , if 27x 22x = √

Q10. Simplify

√ √ -

√

√ √ +

√

√ √

Q11. By remainder theorem , find the remainder when p(x) is divided by g(x)

(i) p(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 2x – 4 , g(x) = 1 -

x

Q12. Factorise 2x2 -

x +

Q13. Factorise √ – √

Q14. If (x+4) is a factor of the polynomial x3 - x2 – 14x + 24 , find its other factors

Q15. Factorise the following

(i)16x2 + 4y2 + 9z2 - 16xy – 12yz + 24xz

Q16. Factorise the following

(i)

Q17. If x –y = 5 and xy = 84 , find the value of x3 - y3

Q18. If

= 14 , find

.

Q19. One – fourth of a herd of camel was seen in the forest . Twice the square root of

the herd had gone to mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen on the bank

of a river . Find the total number of camels

Q20. Two friends start a business together .They decided to share their capitals

depending upon a variable expenditure . The capital of the two partners together is

given by polynomial 6x2 +11x -35 , which is the product of their individual share

factors .

(i) Find their factors .

(ii) Are their capital shares same ?

SCIENCE (CHEMISTRY)

1) Why do naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any residue?

2 ) You are provided with mixture of naphthalene and clay .Suggest an activity to separate them with well labelled diagram.

3) A sample of water under study was found to boil at 1020C at normal temperature and pressure.Is the water pure? Will this water freeze at 00C? Comment. 4) Alka was making tea in a kettle. Suddenly, she felt intense heat from the puff of steam gushing out of the spout of the kettle. She wondered whether the temperature of the steam was higher than that of water boiling in the kettle .Comment

5) An inflated air balloon deflates when pricked with a pin .Which property of the gaseous state is shown by this?

6) Convert the following in Kelvin scale: (a)350C (b) 4730C (c) 5120C (d) 1870C (e) 7650C

7) Steam causes severe burn as compared to boiling water.Why? Define the term relevant to it.

BIOLOGY

1.Draw and label plant cell and animal cell.

2.Name two structures found only in animal cells and not in plant cells.

3.Why lysosomes are called suicidal bags of a cell?

4.Name two structures found only in plant cells and not in animal cells.

5. Identify and name the organelle-

a.)Transporting channels.

b.)Power house of the cell.

c.)Packaging and despatching units.

d.)Digestive bags.

e.)Storage sacs.

f.)Kitchen of the cell.

g.)Control room.

Q6. Write a detailed account on (i) Mitochondria (ii) Chloroplast .

Q7. Describe in detail and draw (i) Golgi body (ii) Endoplasmic reticulum.

PHYSICS

Q1.Define average speed, write any one point of difference between average speed

and average velocity?

Q2.A body moves in a circular path of radius 20cm. If it completes two and a half

revolution along the circular path , then find distance and displacement of the body?

Q3.Differentiate between:

(i) Distance and displacement.

(ii) Scalar and vector quantities.

(iii) Speed and velocity.

(iv) Uniform motion and non uniform motion.

Q4.Give one example each of teh type of motion when,

(i) Acceleration is in direction of motion.

(ii) Acceleration is against the direction of motion.

(iii) Acceleration is uniform.

Q5.A car moves with a speed of 30km/hr for half an hour , 25km/hr for one hour

and 40km/hr for two hours. Calculate the average speed of the car.

Q6.Can an object be accelerated , if it is moving with constant speed? Justify your

answer with an example?

SOCIAL SCIENCE Find out about one of the revolutionary figure from Indian freedom struggle.

1. Locate on physical map the following:

All the physical divisions

Major rivers (any 10)

Major plateaus of India

Longitudinal and latitudinal extent.

Neighbouring countries of India

Palk Strait

Largest salt water lake of India.

Important ports.

2. Locate on political map the following:

States and their capitals

Union territories

Standard meridian

Tropic of cancer

Hill stations of North and South India

Prominent hills/peaks 3. Locate India on world map. Mark trade routes with various continents. 4. Give brief account on “Third World”. Explain the major problems of the

countries in third world. 5. Prepare a Power point presentation on disaster prone areas of our country.

COMPUTER General Instructions :

Please write answers with complete questions in your Computer Copy (Theory Part)

Paste pictures / screenshots wherever necessary

Pictures/screenshots can be monochrome/coloured

You can also paste cut-outs from magazines/journals/newspapers

All questions should be attempted in proper sequence with the correct question

number

1. What is GUI?

2. What is the function of mouse? How many types of mice are available in the

market?

3. What is RAM? Explain the following types of RAM in brief. Also paste the

picture of each type.

(i) SRAM (ii) DRAM (iii) SDRAM

(iv) DDR,DDR2,DDR3 and DDR4

4. Mention the name and paste pictures(screenshots) of the following

distributions of Linux Operating System:

(i) Red Hat

(ii) Fedora

(iii) Ubuntu

(iv) Mandrake

(v) Knoppix

(vi) Debian

(vii) Arch

(viii) Mandriva

(ix) BOSS

(x) Bodhi

(xi) CrunchBang

5. Explain the working of Disk Defragmentator in detail. Also paste screenshot.

6. Perform a detailed research on Open Source softwares and mention 5 such

softwares. Explain each one in brief and paste their screenshots.

7. What is ROM? Explain the following types in brief:

(i) PROM

(ii) EPROM

(iii) EEPROM

(iv) SSD (Solid State Drive)

(v) HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

(vi) ODD (Optical Disk Drive)

(vii) Blu-Ray Disk Drive

8. Ankita wishes to make a copy of her English coursework which is stored in

the school computer system. She wants to take it home to finish it for

homework. She can borrow a CD RW from school but she has a 128 Mb

memory stick of her own. a) Give atleast two advantages of using CD RW.

b) Give atleast three advantages of using the memory stick. 9. Write the following passage using the Hindi font – „Mangal‟ and paste the

screenshot of the window (with the typed matter) in your notebook.

Instructions : (i) Open Google search and type Google Input Tools

(ii) In the Google Input Tools webpage, click on “On Windows”

(iii) Select the Language and check the box against “I agree...”

(iv) Configure Google Hindi Input tools in your computer

(v) Use Google Hindi Input to type hindi words in English and transliterate them

in Hindi

10. Mobile Phone Planet sells mobile phones and accessories. The manager has

produced the leaflet below using word processing software. The leaflet will

be given out to people shopping in the main markets or malls.

Give 5 additional features of a word processing package that could be used to improve the presentation of the leaflet. Also design the following leaflet in MS Word using the features of MS Word and paste the screenshot in your notebook.

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To reserve your phone or to get more details, call Shweta on 07521711700

11. Rama wants to design the poster as shown below :

Identify any 5 features which should be used to design the poster.

12. Enlist 10 input and 10 output devices and paste their pictures in your copy.

13. At one place in a document, Siddharth wants to type H2O, but he is not able to

get 2 at its proper place, which option should he use for this purpose?

14. Draw the Input-Process-Output cycle for withdrawing 5000 INR from the ATM.

15. State whether the following statements are true or false and also rewrite the

corrected false statements :

(a) The input device receives data in machine readable form

(b) The Arithmetic and Logic Unit and the Central Processing Unit are part of the

Control Unit

(c) The plotter is an input device

(d) RAM and the ROM storage is effected by the presence of electricity.

16. Tanya is working on a project in her school. For the same, she wants to store

multimedia information in a portable storage device. Her information is subject to

change as per her needs. Which storage device would you recommend? Why?

17. Prem Das is an editor and is currently working in a popular News House group.

His job includes writing stories and articles for his newspaper. For writing his

documents, he uses WordPad and Notepad, but is facing problems with the

formatting of the document. He is also not able to check the grammatical errors.

Which type of software should he be using and why?

18. Mr. Shivank works in a multinational company. He often has to travel in and out

of the country in order to complete his tasks. He wants to buy a computer that is

portable and can be easily carried overseas. Which kind of computer should he buy

to store his important information and data?

19. A new software has been launched very recently known as “Grammarly”.

Identify:

(a) Its purpose

(b) How it works?

(c) How it can make document creation and proofing easy?

(d) How can you configure it on your system?

20. „Without prior knowledge, a user cannot interact with the computer‟. Do you

agree with this statement? Justify your answer.

21. Why there is a need of Auxiliary Memory?

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