AJANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK
CLASS : XII sc.
SESSION 2014-15

ENGLISH
Q1 - Read the newspaper every day. Cut two articles from the newspaper based on religion, autobiography,
medicine etc. and write note making and summary for it.
Q2 - Draw two posters on any topic related to the current issues to aware the public about it.
Q3 - Read editorial column of the leading newspaper HT or The Times of India. Write two letters to the editor
giving your strong views about the problems faced by society or the citizen of India and how to curb it.
Q4 - Article writing (in 150-200 words) on the following topics. (You will be marked for orderly and coherent
presentation of material, use of appropriate style and general accuracy, punctuation and grammar).
Reality shows on T.V.
Money power in Election
Q5 - Write a debate on the following topics:
Young people who get moral education at school are able to cope with problems in life than those who
had no opportunity for such education.
Girl child education should be mandatory or not.
Note: Q1 to Q5 are to be done in English writing skills notebook.
Q6 - Revise Flamingo- Lesson 1, 2 and 3
Vistas- Lesson 1 and 2
Poem - My mother at Sixty six and Aunt Jennifers Tigers.
Q7 - Assignments from Full Marks book
Reading Section-Worksheet no. 6, 7 and 8.
Note: Worksheets are to be done in Full Marks book.
Suggested Guidelines for completing Assignment
Time to be spent(Hour per day) 30 min/day
Work Specification Homework assignment
Material Required Newspaper, English note book and Full
marks assignment.


Maths
1. Do assignment which will be given in class for matrices and determinants
2. Revise all the chapters done in class for revision Test.
Physics
1. Two point charges 3 C and -3 C are located 20cm apart in vacuum.What is the electric field at the midpoint
of line joining the two charges?
2. State Gauss theorem.
3. Two plane sheet of charge density and - are kept in air. What is the electric field at the center of the
sheets.
4.Calculate the electric field at a point on equatorial line of electric dipole.
5. Calculate the electric field on axial line of electric dipole.
6. Derive the expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole kept in uniform electric field.
7. Show that the electric field due to a short dipole at a distance d along its axis is twice the value of field at
the same distance along equatorial line.
8. Derive an expression for the electric field due to an infinitely long straight wire. Plot a graph showing
variation of E and r.
9.State Gauss theorem. Deduce an expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet.
10. An early model of an atom considered it to have a positively charged point nucleus of charge+Ze
surrounded by a uniform density of negative charge upto a radius R. The atom as a whole is neutral. For this
model what is the electric field at a distance r from the nucleus?
11. Describe schematically the equipotential surface corresponding to (a) a constant electric field in Z direction
(b) a single positive charge
12. In a parallel plate capacitor the potential difference of 100V is maintained between the plates. If distance
between the plates be 5mm.what will be the electric field.
13. Define potential difference between two points and find an expression for it due to a point charge.
14. Derive an expression for electric potential at any point along the axial line of an electric dipole.
15. Show that potential at a point on equatorial line of an electric dipole is zero.
16. Derive an expression for the work done in rotating an electric dipole in uniform electric field.
17. The electric field and electric potential at any point due to a point charge kept in air is 20N/C and 10J/C
respectively. Compute the magnitude of this charge
18. Can two equipotential surface intersect each other? Give reason.
19. Establish a relationship between electric field and electric potential.
20. Derive an expression for energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor.
21. Derive expression for capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with a conducting slab and a dielectric slab.
22. Find an expression for loss of electrical energy when two capacitors are allowed to share their charges.
23. State the working principle of a potentiometer with the help of circuit diagram.
24. What is meant by drift velocity of free electron? Derive ohms law on the basis of theory of electron drift.
25. Derive an expression for the resistivity of a conductor in terms of relaxation time.
26. Define current density of a conductor. Deduce relation between current density and conductivity of the
conductor.
27. Plot a graph showing variation of resistivity of copper with temperature.
28. Draw circuit diagram and write mathematically relation used to determine the value of an unknown
resistance using metrebridge.
29. Differentiate between emf and potential difference of a cell.
30. Derive expression for drift velocity of electrons in terms of relaxation time.
CHEMISTRY
Prepare the project report allotted to you as per according to your roll no.

SOLUTIONS
1. Give an example of liquid in solid solution. 1
2. Give an example of solid in gas solution 1
3. Which method of expressing concentration is used to express:-
(a) concentration of pollutants in air or water 1
(b) concentration of medicines in pharmacy. 1
4. Out of M and m, which is a better method of expressing concentration and why? 1
5. Out of 1M and 1m, which solution is more concentrated and why? 1
6. Presence of glucose in water decreases the vapour pressure of glucose solution. Why? 1
7. Draw a plot of vapour pressure Vs mole fraction for a solvent in solution containing nonvolatile
solution. 1.
8. Raoults Law is a special case of Henrys Law, Justify. 1
9. What type of equilibrium exists in a solution of solid solute in liquid solvent at saturation point? 1
10. What is the effect of increase in temperature on solubility of NaCl in water given sol H = +ve? 1
11. What is the sign of enthalpy change for dissolution of a gas in liquid? 1
12. What type of deviation from Raoults Law is expected in a binary solution containing:-
(a) H2O and HCl (b) Acetone and CS2
Explain on the basis of interactions 2
13. On what factor does the value of Kb and Kf depend? How can the values of Kb and Kf be calculated
using thermodynamic quantities? 3
14. A 0.004 M solution of Na2SO4 is isotonic with 0.01 M solution of glucose at same temperature.
Calculate degree of dissociation of Na2SO4. 2
15. A solution of urea in water boils at 100.180c at atmospheric pressure. If Kf and Kb for water are 1.86
and 0.52 Kkgmol-1, what will be the freezing point of this solution? 2
16. Solution A contains 6 g of urea in 100 ml solution at 270C while solution B contains 6 g of acetic acid
in 100 ml at the same temp. Are the two solutions equimolar as well as isotonic? Justify. 2
17. What are the characteristics of an azeotropic mixture? What type of azeotropic mixture will be formed
by:- (a) Alcohol and water (b) Acetone and aniline 3
18. Give reasons for the following: - 1
x 6
(a) Fishes do not grow well in warm water.
(b) Calcium chloride is used to clear snow in cold countries.
(c) RBC burst when placed in contact with 0.1% NaCl solution.
(d) Out of all colligative properties, osmotic pressure is used to determine MB of macromolecules.
(e) Climbers usually develop symptoms of ANOXIA
(f) People eating lot of salty food suffer from EDEMA
19. Complete the following: - 1x 5
(a) Depression in freezing point for 1M urea, 1M glucose and 1M NaCl are in ratio _____________
(b) In a dilute solution i for K4 [ Fe (CN)6] is _________________
(c) Vant Hoff factor for Ba (NO3)2 solution is 2.74, its degree of dissociation is _________________
(d) Value of i for 0.1 m of NaCl is _______________ than that for 0.001 m NaCl solution.
(e) KH for He > KH for Ar solubility of ________________ is higher
CHEMICAL KINETICS
Q1) Define a) rate of a reaction b) activation energy
Q2) The decomposition of PH3 follows the following reaction
4PH3 P4 + 6H2
Rate equation is Rate = k *PH3+. The Half life of PH3 is 37.9 sec at 120C
a) How much time is required for 3/4th of PH3 to decompose? Ans[75.82 sec]
b) What fraction of the original sample of PH3 remains behind after one minute? Ans[2.995]
Q3) Define a) order of reaction b) molecularity of a reaction
Q4) the rate of a reaction increases four times when the temperature changes from 300K to 320K. Find
the activation energy. (R=8.314 J/K/mol) Ans [35.34 KJ/mol]
Q5) A reaction is of first order in reactant A and of second order in reactant B. How is the rate of this
reaction affected when a) conc. Of B alone is increased to 3 times? b) the conc. A as well as B are
doubled? Ans [9 times, 8 times]
Q6) The rate constant for a reaction of zero order in A is 0.0030 mol/L/s. How long will it take for the
initial conc. Of A to fall from 0.1 0M to 0.75M? Ans *8.3sec+
Q7) Identify the order from units L/mol/s
Q8) What are elementary reactions? Give examples.
Q9) A first order reaction has a rate constant of 0.0051 min-1. If we begin with 0.10M conc. Of reactant,
what conc. of reactant will remain in the solution after 3 hours? Ans [0.04M]
Q10) H2O2 (aq) decomposes to H2 O (l) and O2 (g) in a reaction that is of first order in H2O2 and has a rate
constant k=1.06 10-3 min-1. a) How long will it take 15% of a sample of H2O2 to decompose? Ans
[153.4 min]
b) How long will it take 85% of sample of H2O2 to decompose? Ans [1790 min]
Q11) Why does the rate of a reaction not remain constant throughout the reaction process?
Q12) Show that for first order reaction half life is independent of initial conc.?
Q13) A first order decomposition reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition. Calculate t1/2.
Q14) The decomposition of NH3 on Pt surface is zero order reaction. What are the rates of production of

N2 and H2 if K= 2.5 10-4 mol/L/s.
Q15) For a first order reaction, it takes for the initial conc. Of 0.6 mol/L to become 0.4 mol/L. How long
will it take for the initial conc. To become 0.3 mol/L? Ans [8.55 min]
Q16) A first order reaction takes 100 min for completion of 60% of the reaction. Find the time when 90%
of the reaction will be completed? Ans [251.3 min]
Q17) The slope of the line for the graph of LogK v/s 1/T for the reaction N2O52NO2 + O2 is -5000.
Find activation energy. Ans [95.7 KJ/mol]
Q18) For a reaction, activation energy is zero. What is the value of the rate constant at 300K if
K= 1.6 106 sec-1 at 280K.
Q19) Find t2/3 of a first order reaction in which K=5.4 10-14 sec-1? Ans [0.2005 1014 sec]
Q20) The decomposition of phosphine: 4PH3 P4 + 6H2 has the rate law expression, Rate=K *PH3+. The
rate constant is 6.0 10-4 sec-1 at 300K and activation energy = 3.05 105 J/mol. Find rate constant at
310K. R= 8.314 J/K/mol. Ans [3.1 10-2 sec-1]
Q21) Show that the time required for the completion of of first order reaction is twice the time
required for the completion of half of the reaction.
Q22) The reaction SO2Cl2 SO2 + Cl2 is a first order reaction with K=2.2 10-5 sec-1 at 320C. Find the
percentage of SO2Cl2 that is decomposed on heating this gas for 30 minutes. Ans [3.84%]
Physical Education : Make a Project File covering these topics:
1- Draw a neat diagram of field/court/table of the game/sport of your choice with all its measurements and
specifications / achievements of any five important sports personalities(Awardy) / any five national and
international tournaments of the game / Terminology / fundamental skill/ Soft tissue injuries /AAPHER
test/BMI/ Equipments and Awards.
Note : The Project must contain Index , Acknowledgement , Certificate and Bibliography.
Pasting Relevant Pictures is must.
Informatic Practices
1. Create a practical file based on Java Programs and MySql Queries .
(Atleast 25 Java Programs and 50 Mysql queries should be there. Do not spiral the file. Submit in a folder only.
Last date of submitting the folder is 2
nd
July,2014.)
2. Revise all the chapters done in class for revision Test.

Do all the questions in home work register.
Chapter- Genetic basis of inheritance

QUESTIONS VSA (1 MARK)
1. Give any two reasons for the selection of pea plants by Mendel for his experiments.
2. Name any one plant that shows the phenomenon of incomplete dominance during the inheritance of its
flower colour.
3. Name the base change and the amino acid change, responsible for sickle cell anaemia.
4. Name the disorder with the following chromosome complement. (i) 22 pairs of autosomes + X X Y (ii) 22
pairs of autosomes + 21st chromosome + XY.
5. A haemophilic man marries a normal homozygous woman. What is the probability that their daughter will
be haemophilic?
6. A test is performed to know whether the given plant is homozygous dominant or heterozygous. Name the
test and phenotypic ratio of this test for a monohybrid cross.
SA-II (2 MARKS)
7. Identify the sex of organism as male or female in which the sex chromosome are found as (i) ZW in bird (ii)
XY in Drosophila (iii) ZZ in birds. (iv) XO in grasshopper.
8. Mention two differences between Turners syndrome and Klinefelterssyndome.
9. The human male never passes on the gene for haemophilia to his son. Why is it so?
10. Mention four reasons why Drosophila was chosen by Morgan for his experiments in genetics. 11.
Differentiate between point mutation and frameshift mutations.
SA-I (3 MARKS)
12. A woman with O blood group marries a man with AB blood group (i) work out all the possible phenotypes
and genotypes of the progeny. (ii) Discuss the kind of dominance in the parents and the progeny in this case.

13. Explain the cause of Klinefelters syndrome. Give any four symptoms shown by sufferer of this syndrome.
14. In Mendels breeding experiment on garden pea, the offspring of F2 generation are obtained in the ratio
of 25% pure yellow pod, 50% hybrid green pods and 25% green pods State (i) which pod colour is dominant (ii)
The Phenotypes of the individuals of F1 generation. (iii) Workout the cross.
LA (5 MARKS)
15. A dihybrid heterozygous round, yellow seeded garden pea (Pisumsativum) was crossed with a double
recessive plant. (i) What type of cross is this? (ii) Work out the genotype and phenotype of the progeny. (iii)
What principle of Mendel is illustrated through the result of this cross?
BIOLOGY:
Chapter Molecular basis of inheritance
1. Name the factors for RNA polymerase enzyme which recognises the start and termination signals on DNA
for transcription process in Bacteria.
2. Mention the function of non-histone protein.
3. During translation what role is performed by tRNA
4. RNA viruses mutate and evolve faster than other viruses. Why?
5. Name the parts X and Y of the transcription unit given below.
6. Mention the dual functions of AUG.
7. Write the segment of RNA transcribed from the given DNA 3 A T G C A G T A C G T C G T A 5
Template Strand 5 T A C G T C A T G C A G C A T 3 Coding Strand.
SA-II (2 MARKS
8. The process of termination during transcription in a prokaryotic cell is being represented here. Name the
label a, b, c and d.
(a)
9. Complete the blanks a, b, c and d on the basis of Frederick Griffith Experiment. S Strain inject into mice
(a) R strain inject into mice (b) S strain (heat killed) inject into mice (c) S strain (heat killed) + R
strain (live) inject into mice (d
) 10. Give two reasons why both the strands of DNA are not copied during transcription.
11. Mention any two applications of DNA fingerprinting.
12. State the 4 criteria which a molecule must fulfill to act as a genetic material.13. Give six points of
difference between DNA and RNA in their structure/ chemistry and function.
14. Explain how does the hnRNA becomes the mRNA. OR Explain the process of splicing, capping and tailing
which occur during transcription in Eukaryotes.
15. Name the three major types of RNAs, specifying the function of each in the synthesis of polypeptide. 16.
Enlist the goals of Human genome project.
17. A tRNA is charged with the amino acid methionine. (i) Give the anti-codon of this tRNA. (ii) Write the
Codon for methionine. (iii) Name the enzyme responsible for binding of amino acid to tRNA.
18. Illustrate schematically the process of initiation, elongation and termination during transcription of a gene
in a bacterium.
19. What is meant by semi conservative replication? How did Meselson and Stahl prove it experimentally?
20. What does the lac operon consist of? How is the operator switch turned on and off in the expression of
genes in this operon? Explain
. 21. State salient features of genetic code
. 22. Describe the process of transcription of mRNA is an eukaryotic cell.
23. Describe the various steps involved in the techniq of DNA fingerprinting.
Q.2Make a project report on the topic assigned to you.