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Holiday Homework (2013-14) NOTE:

Do not get the Holidays’ homework done by anyone else. It must be the effort of the child. Parents must act as guides and facilitators but not substitutes to do the work.

The Homework must be done systematically as per the given instructions.

Holidays’ Home work should be seen as an interesting way of utilizing time and energy.

The last date of submission of holiday homework is 20th June, 2013. No homework will be accepted after the last date.

All file, scrap books, project models should be neatly labelled and the name, class, section and admission number of the child should be mentioned clearly.

The holiday homework will be graded as part of Formative assessment of students.

HOLIDAYS ASSIGNMENT (2013-14) CLASS X (ENGLISH Communicative)

Ques 1:- Prepare a personality card about any poet/ writer from your literature reader. Find out his works and add photographs to make it more attractive. . You must use the following points. a) Name b) Place of birth c) Names of some books written by him d) Types of stories or poems written e) Any awards won f) Some other information that you want to share Use coloured A3 size cartridge sheet to make the personality card. It should be decorated beautifully to reflect your creativity. Use only black coloured sketch pens to write on the card. Ques 2:- Read the newspaper everyday, clip and paste articles (two each) related to the following topics-

a) Solar Efficiency d) Sustaining Himalayas b) How to keep yourself fit e) Tiger in Trouble c)Save the environment

Paste the newspaper clippings in the coloured scrap file. It should be decorated beautifully to reflect your creativity. Use only coloured pens to write in the file. Articles should be pasted properly under each category with proper heading mentioned at the top. Write these articles in your own words sharing your opinion about the topics. Ques 3:- It has been rightly said that books are our friends for life. They give us knowledge and experience. Read the long reading text “The story of my life by Hellen Keller” (Lesson 1-10) Thereafter, Do the following work, related to the book read by You:

i) Make a book cover based on the book read. ii) Select the character you liked the most and write a paragraph on him/her. iii) Plot of the story (in about 200 words). iv) Write the values you learnt from the life of Helen Keller in about 100 words. v) Answer the following questions in about 150 words each.

a) How did Helen Keller lose her faculties of seeing and hearing? (Chapter 1) b) Helen was naughty and she indulged in pranks unmindful of their consequences. Describe the incidents to prove this. (Chapter 2) c) A deaf and blind person pines for a life without disability. Why? (Chapter 3) d) A teacher can play a very significant role in the life of her pupils. Justify the statement with special reference to Helen Keller. (Chapter 4) e) why did Helen start fearing of Nature? What lesson did she draw? (Chapter 5) f) How can an abstract idea be made comprehensive to a challenged person?(Chapter6) g) Which subject Helen did not like? Why? (Chapter 7)

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h) What happened to the canary presented to Helen? (Chapter 8) i) What made Helen call Boston ‘The City of Kind Hearts’ how the journey to Boston was different from Helen’s earlier visit to Baltimore in 1886? (Chapter 9) j) The episode of horseshoe crab taught Helen a great lesson. Explain. (Chapter 10)

You should be creative and original in preparing the book cover and your answers .Use your thinking and understanding abilities to express your self clearly and coherently. You can add pictures to make it impressive. Put suitable headings on each sheet. (wherever required) . Use A4 size coloured sheets to write your answers. Don’t forget to put all your answers in the self made folder. Prepare your skit based on any of the instances from the life of Hellen Keller and get ready for the Role play. Hard Copy of the same should be presented in the folder. Ques 4:- A poem always begins in delight and ends in wisdom. It helps us to understand the wonders of nature so let us turn to a famous poet this summer. You can choose any poem written by any of the following poets: a) William Wordsworth b) Robert Frost c) William Blake d) P.B Shelly e) You can use any self composed poem. Poem recitation activity will be conducted after the holidays. Also write the poem on A3 size white cartridge sheet. Draw related picture and make it more impressive and presentable.Make audio recording of your poem in a CD with proper annotations. The Poem must be of 3-4 minutes. Ques 5:- Movies are one of the most important sources of entertainment for our teenagers . Watch any English movies and write the review of any one English movie that you enjoyed the three most. Do your work on A4 size coloured sheets. You can add pictures, photographs or drawings to make it more impressive. Each review should include the following details about the film a) Its title b) The name of the director c) The names of the script writers d) Some of the important dialogues e) Genre - What kind of a film it is? whether it is a cartoon film /an adventurous story/ a comedy/a tragedy/a historical drama f) The best thing about the film g) The thing it that you did not like . h) Recommendation – Why people should see it? Ques 6 Read the extra reading text i.e “The hounds of Baskerville”. Prepare its central idea , list of important events , character sketches of main characters and get ready for your listening and speaking skills test to be conducted in the month of July. Ques 7:-You are Sahil Madan , a Student Perfect of class X of SRSM School. You are highly upset with the rise in crime against women specially the sexual assault women is facing now a days . You personally feel that these types of crimes are big shame for any cultured society and it is the male section of the society that is responsible for the same So it is important to counsel men to improve their attitude towards women. Moreover sex education and gender sensitization is required at every level to reduce this shameful act. Prepare a speech in about 400-450 words to be delivered in the morning assembly of your school. Write it on A4 size sheet. Make audio recording of the same in the CD with proper voice modulations and expressions. Your speech should be of at least 4-5 minutes. You can use the same CD that is used in Ques 4. Ques 9:- Prepare “A Word Book” based on the reading text “The hounds of Baskerville” including:

a) 20 idioms, their meanings and sentence based on them. b) 20 phrases, their meanings and sentence based on them.

Ques 10:- Revise all the syllabus done so far and get ready for the surprise test after the vacation.

Holiday Homework (2013-14)

Class X Mathematics 1 )Represent the following graphically & find the value of x & y. (a) 3x+7y=5; 5x-3y=1 (b) 3x-7y=4; 6x-14y=4 (c) 4x+6y=8; 7x+5y=2 (d) 3x-4y=1; 4x-8y=4



2 )Present age of a father is nine times the age of his son. After five years ,the age of father will be five times the age of his son. Represent the situation algebraically & graphically. 3 )Determine the value of k for which the system has unique solution. (a)(k+1) x+5y=4; 3x+5y=7; (b)(k+1)x+2y=7; (4+k)x-y=7 (c) 6x-2y=7; 3x+ (k-3) y=4 4 )Determine the value of k for which the system has no solution. (2k+1)x+(k+1)y=7; (2k-1)x+(k+2)y=5 5 )Determine the value of k for which the system has infinitely many solution. (a) x+3y=1;3x+9y=k-2 (b) (k-3)x+3y=k; kx+ky=12 6 )Use graph paper to draw the graph for following lines. Also obtain the vertices of the triangle so formed. (a) X+2y=0; 2x-y=0; &3x+y-5=0 (b) 4x+3y=12; 4x-3y=0& 4x+9y=0 7 )Find the value of x&y 3x+2y=2xy; 9x-4y=xy 8 )Solve the following for x & y (a) 9/x+y +5/x-y =4; 15/x+y -3/x-y =1 (b) 22/3x+4y + 7/3x-4y; 33/3x+4 y + 14/3x-4y=1 9 )Sum of ages of father& son is 62 years. Present age of father is 26 years more than son. Find the present age of father and son. 10 )At present a father is three times as old as his son. After 12 years, his age will be twice the age of his son. Find their present age. 11 )If the numerator & denominator of a fraction are both increased by 1, it becomes equal to 2/3.also, the denominator is 4 more than the numerator. Find the reciprocal of the fraction. 12)A fraction becomes 4/5 if 1 is added to both numerator and denominator If however 5 is subtracted to both, the fraction becomes ½. Find the fraction. 13) 2 audio & 3 three video cassettes together cost Rs 425, where as 3 audio & 3 video cassettes cost Rs 350. What are the prices of an audio &video cassette? 14) 2 belts & 3 ties cost Rs 400.Also,3 belts&2 ties cost Rs 350. Find the cost of a belt &a tie. 15) In a two digit number, the unit digit is twice the tens digit .If 36 is added to the number, the digits interchange places. Find the number. 16) The area of a rectangle is increased by 38 sq units if its length & breadth both are increased by 2 units each. If however length is increased by3 units and breadth decreased by3 units the area reduced by 18 sq units. Find the original dimension of the rectangle. 17) A boat goes 16 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 hours.It can go 12 km upstream and 36 km downstream in same time.Find speed of boat in still water and speed of stream. 18) A boat goes 12 km upstream and 40 km downstream in 8 hours. It can go 16 km upstream and 32 km downstream in same time. Find speed of boat in still water and speed of stream. 19) Check if 2x3 +1 is a factor of2x5+10x4+6x3+2x2+5x+1. 20) Divide 3x3-x2-3x+5 by x2-x-1 & verify the division algorithm. 21)Find all the zeroes of the polynomial 2x4-x3-7x2+2x+6 if two of its zeroes are √2 & -√2. 22) If two zeroes of the polynomial x4-6x3-26x2+138x-35 are 2±√3 23) Find the missing frequency in the following frequency distribution if it is known that the mean of the distribution is 1.46. Number of accident(x):

0 1 2 3 4 5 total

Frequency (f)

46 ? ? 25 10 5 200

24)Apply step-deviation method to find the AM of the following frequency distribution. Variate(x) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Frequency(f) 20 43 75 67 72 45 39 9 8 6

25) If the mean of the following frequency table 50.But the frequencies f1 &f2 are missing .find the missing term. Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total



Frequency 17 F1 32 F2 19 120

Project Works Q1. Prepare a P.P.T (at least 15 slides) Topic: Strange / interesting facts of mathematics Q2. Prepare a project file Topic: IPL matches. (Source: net, newspapers, magazines)

Content: Teams match played, win, lost, highest score, lowest score (ascending/descending) bat graph.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2013-2014)

SUBJECT- SCIENCE CLASS-X

Project/Research work:-

1.Board Project: Research on ‘ Air Pollution, Nicotine smoking and lung diseases in India’. Suggest some possible remedial measures. Click some real pictures and take the print out to show the deadly effects(on spiral binding project file only. Paste pictures on plain page with suitable captions. Remarks and bibliography at last. Total 6-7 pages).

2.Prepare the power point presentation on any one topic:

(a) Herbal medicinal garden in school:- mention dimension of the garden, list of compatible herbs and their uses, pixs, sources to procure them, care, life span etc. approx. 10 slides.

(b)Chemistry in everyday life:-mention what is chemistry?, branches of chemistry, importance of chemistry, pictures and photographs, choosing chemistry as career option and email to [email protected]/ not to school ID.

3. Why parents are advised to discourage their children to eat chips and junk food?

4. Brushing our teeth twice a day is a well known saying. Justify this statement.

5. Farmers are using a large number of Pesticides and fertilizers in their fields to increase the crop production and to enhance their profits. But by doing so they are causing damage to the soil as well as to the environment. Do you agree with this statement? Why should we avoid eating fruits and vegetables without washing them properly?

6. Suddenly your friend has fallen down in the assembly ground. You are standing next to him/her. What will you do? What could be the probable causes? His/her parents should be informed or not?

7. Reena is an unhappy girl because he loves her father very much. But her father is a chain smoker. Often he comes home late at night. Those days Reena gets some fruity smells from his cloths. That time he behaves unusually, abuses his wife and talks loudly. Her mother sobs quietly. What is the problem? What are the consequences of these addictions? Suggest some ways so that Reena can get back a doting father?

Learn and practice all the work done so far in loose sheets, (Named and stapled properly).

Read science based news from English news paper daily and write a brief about the same on daily basis. Present the information in a folder with illustrations, pictures and photograph.



mailto:[email protected]/

Holiday Homework – (2013-14) Science (Biology) Class – X

Content based questions (to be written in ruled loose sheets)

Q1. Draw a flow chart of Blood Circulation through Human Heart.

Q2. Write short notes on the following (5points each):-

a) ECG b) Hill Reaction c) Osmoregulation d) Pace Maker e) Ivory Q3.Distinguish between : a) Xylem / Phloem b) RBC / WBC c) Blood / Lymph d) Artery / Vein / Capillary e) Left Lung / Right Lung f) Pulmonary Circulation / Systemic Circulation g) Photosynthesis / Respiration h) Light Reaction / Dark Reaction i) Bicuspid Valves / Tricuspid Valves

Development of life skills and moral values: (in spiral bind project file)

a)Suddenly your friend has collapsed in the assembly ground. Suppose you are standing next to him/her. What will you do? What could be the probable reasons behind this? His/her parents should be informed or not? Who will inform them? B)Ritik’s grandmother is suffering from acute abdominal pain for the last 10-12 days .She has not visited any doctor so far. But daily she taking Devi Mata’s “charnamrit” supplied by the panditji of a local temple. Yesterday she found blood in her faeces. She is really scared now .How can Ritwik (a 10th standard boy) provide her comfort? What are the probable causes? Do you support him for going against the religious faith? Why or why not?

Research works and creativity:(A documentary film on CD) a) Board project : Research on "

Air Pollution ,Nicotine smoking and lung diseases in India". Suggest some possible remedial measures. Click some real life pictures and take the print out to show the deadly effects. Also visit and counsel 10 smokers. Show them those pictures and request them not make their life miserable in future. Submit a report on it(4-5 pages both on CD and in spiral project file).

b)Prepare a PPT on the following topics (20 slides for each topic/student to be presented on a CD): a)Herbal medicines ;The plants ,rearing and extraction ,uses (for Roll no 1-8) b)Heart diseases ,diagnosis, its care, treatment and research in India .Renowned heart specialists in India and abroad ( for roll no.09-18) c)Challenges of AIDS :How does it spread ,Diagnosis, treatment Prevention ,conclusion: but not the end of the story (for roll no 19-27) d)Camouflage and mimicry in the living world- Explore their hide outs.(for roll no. 28- last)

download pix & videos, clip/paste them for an interesting presentation(PPT).

N.B. Learn and practice all the chapters done so far(in PC)

* Read English newspaper daily

Submission of HW on June 20,2013(Thursday). It will carry marks for FA I and SA I . No HW to be collected after that date. HW to be submitted in a self made file/folder (reuse an old file).

Holidays Homework

Class; X (2013-14) Subject: Science [Physics]

Chapter-1. Energy 1. A solar water heater cannot be used to get hot water on

(a) a sunny day. (b) a cloudy day. (c) a hot day. (d) a windy day.

2. Compare and contrast fossil fuels and the Sun as direct sources of energy.

3. Compare and contrast bio-mass and hydro electricity as sources of energy.



4. What are the limitations of extracting energy from—

(a) the wind? (b) waves? (c) tides?

5. On what basis would you classify energy sources as

(a) renewable and non-renewable?

(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?

Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?

6. What are the qualities of an ideal source of energy?

7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a solar cooker? Are there places where solar cookers

would have limited utility?

8. What are the environmental consequences of the increasing demand for energy?

9. What are the disadvantages of fossil fuels?

10. Why are we looking at alternate sources of energy?

11. How has the traditional use of wind and water energy been modified for our convenience?

12. What kind of mirror – concave, convex or plain – would be best suited for use in a solar cooker? Why?

13. What is geothermal energy?

14. What are the advantages of nuclear energy?

15. Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or why not?

Project:- Energy and different forms of energy

1. It’s should be at least of fifteen pages 2. All sheets should be in A4 size and white in colour. 3. Objective should be written with green pen. 4. Theory should be written with black pen. 5. All diagrams should be drawn with the help of pencil. 6. Bibliography should be written with red pen.

Holiday Homework (2013-14)

CLASS - X - SOCIAL SCIENCE Q-1 Prepare a project on Disaster management.

Roll No. Topic

1-10 Tsunami

11-20 First-Aid

21-30 Communication Facilities

31-40 Diaster Resilient Structures

Collect information from the following sources: (A) Text Book- (a) Together Towards the safer India (b) Newspaper (c) Magazines (d) Internet Project must include page of content, acknowledgement, introduction, sub –topics with explanation. It must be supported by pictures and diagrams, table work, graphs, collage work, maps etc. (B) Cover page- it must show the topic, related pictures and particulars of the child, project must

be hand-written, number of pages 15. (C) Do it in a Project file.

Q-2 Make a PPT on PROJECT RHINO.



Q-3 Visit Parliament Museum, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi. Write a report on the “Story of Indian Democratic Heritage”. Write report on A4 size sheet. Use blue or black gel pen.

Worksheet (Life Skill Development) DO THIS WORKSHEET IN YOUR SOCIAL SCIENCE NOTE BOOK Q-1 “Resources are regarded as free gifts of nature”. Discuss. Q-2 Write a short note on PROJECT TIGER. Q-3 Give advantages of Himalayan Yew Tree. Q-4 What is Bio-diversity? Why bio-diversity important for human life? Q-5 How is urban development directly related to the cost of ecology and environment? PART – B

5th JUNE is Environment Day. Collect information and pictures from the newspaper and paste it in your register.

Prepare a project on “Global Warming”, its causes and impacts. Read newspaper regularly during summer vacations. You will have to collect newspaper

clippings of the current issues happening, events in the spiral file with A4 colored sheets etc. Make some cartoon on Indian Politics or Leaders and explain them in few

Holiday Homework (2013-14) SUBJECT: - COMPUTERS

CLASS: - X

1. Write an article on “Impact of Internet on young generations”. 2. Revise ch-1 and ch-2. 3. Prepare a project file on the working of on internet. It should include the detailed study of web browsers, DNS, various types of protocols and other aspects required for the working and transmission of network signals. You can take the help of internet and refer other books if required and bring it in a soft copy or mail to “mailto ([email protected]) ([email protected]) with name and class.



mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Holiday Homework Session (2013-14)

Arts & Craft

Class 10th Craft (i) Glass painting (ii) Your city made with boxes & use in any material. Draw & colour on full sized ivory sheet

(i) Village scene (ii) My Delhi on poster (iii) 2 Abstract paintings.



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