Holiday Homework 2018-2019

Class – XI (Science/Commerce/Humanities)
English:
1. Write a summary of one National and one International event that have been featured in the newspapers/news
channel on television. Paste the newspaper clipping.
Write a brief summary in your own words about the issue.

2. You lost your bus pass in the school. Write a notice in not more than 50 words giving details of the pass and the
probable time of the day you lost it.

3. Research on the state of elderly in India. Based on your research discuss the following issues:
• Plight of old people in India. Support your arguments with facts.
• Reasons for their neglect.
• Measures taken by the old age homes to support the elderly.
• A case study of severed relationship between parents and children.

Maths:
Q.1. If U={ 1,2,3,4,5,6…,10 } is the universal set for the sets, A= { 2,3,4,5} and B={1,2,3,4,5,6} then
verify that .
Q.2. If, A= { 2,3,4,5},B={ 1,3,5,8} C= {2,5,7,8} ,verify that A-(B = (A - B) .
Q.3. Which type of set is the set of odd natural numbers divisible by 2.
Q.4. Out of 20 members in a family, 11 like to take tea and 14 like coffee. Assume that each one like at
least one of two drinks. How many like only tea and coffee.
Q.5. Decide among the following sets are subsets of one and another : A={x : and
x B={1,3 } C= {1,3,5} , D={ 4,5,6}.
Q.6.A market research group conducted a survey of 1000 consumers and reported that 720
consumers likes product A and 450 consumer likes product B.What is the least number that must
have like both product.
Q.7. Let A and B are two finite sets such that n(A – B )= 30 ,n( A U B)=180 ,n(A B)=60.Find B.
Q.8. Write the set A = { x :
Q.9. In a survey it was found that 21 people liked product A,26 liked product B and 29 liked product C. If
14 people like product A and B.12 liked product C and A, 14 people liked product B and C and 8
liked all the product A B C. Find how many liked (i) Product C only (ii)Product A and C but not
Product B(iii)At least one of the three product.
Q.10. Draw Appropriate Venn diagram for each of the following.
(i) (A B) ' ii) (iii) (iv)
Q.11. If A= { 2,3}, B= { 4,5}, C = { 5,6} .Find the following
(i) A x B (ii )A x ( B U C) (iii) A x (B C) (iv) A x (B -C) = (A x B) - (A x C).
Q.12. If the ordered pairs (x,-1) and (5,y) belong to the set A ={ ( a, b) :b = 2a - 3}.Find the values of x and
y.
Q13. If A and B are two sets having 3 elements common .if n(A)=5, n(B)=4.Find n(A x B) and
n{ (A x B) (B x A)}.
Q.14. How many relation are possible from set A of n elements to another set B of n elements.
Q.15. Find the domain for which the function, f(x) = and g(x)= 3+x are equal.
Q16. Let a function f defined by f(x) = .
Find (i) f ( x (ii) f( 2x) (iii) f( x-1) (iv) f f (x).
Q.17. If R = { ( x y) : x ,y , = 36},Then represent R by arrow diagram.
Q.18. Given A= { -2,-1,0,1,2} and B={ -3,-1,1,5}.
List the all elements of f { (x y): y= 2 -3, x x ,y }.
Q.19. Find the domain of the following function.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(vi) (vii) (viii)

 Q.20. Find the domain and range of the following function.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
(iii)

Computer Science:
1. Write various types of general OOPs Concept in details.
2. Prepare a presentation on NUMBER SYSTEM.
3. Prepare a comparison chart between language C and language C++ on your regular notebook.

I.P.:
Create a PowerPoint presentation on topic “Usage of JAVA in daily life”. The presentation must have at least 15
slides. The same must be submitted just after summer vacation positively in the CD.Note: Best presentation will be
published on YouTube channel with name of the student. Therefore prepare it seriously and sincerely. The work
should be original and genuine.

Physical Education :
Q1. Draw a labelled diagram of 400 M Track and Field with computation.
Q2. Write about any one game of your choice out of Badminton and Table Tennis under the following heads-
i) Labelled diagram of field. ii) Rules of the game/sport.
iii) Terminologies of the game/sport. iv) Skills of the game/sport.

Physics:
1. Mention the various sources of occurrence of errors, while taking measurements.
2. Show that the maximum error in the sum of the two quantities is equal to the sum of the absolute
errors in the two individual quantities.
3. Show that the absolute error in the difference of two quantities is equal to the sum of the absolute
errors in the individual quantities.
4. Show that the maximum fractional error in the product of two quantities is equal to the sum of the
fractional errors in the individual quantities.
5. Show that the maximum error in the quotient of tow quantities is equal to the sum of their individual
fractional errors.
6. Show that the fractional error in the nth power of a quantity is equal to n time the fractional error in
the quantity itself. State the general rule for evaluating the error in a combined calculation.
7. Write the number of significant digits in 1001, 100.1, 100.10, 0.001001.
8. A meter scale is graduated at every millimeter. How many significant digits will be there in a length
measurement with this scale?
9. Round the following numbers to 2 significant digits 3472, 84.16, 2.55, 28.5.
10. The length and the radius of a cylinder measured with a slide calipers are found to be 4.54 cm and
1.75 cm respectively. Calculate the volume of the cylinder.
11. The thickness of a glass plate is measured to be 2.17 mm, 2.17 mm, and 2.18 mm at three different
places. Find the average thickness of the plate from this data.
12. The length of a string of a simple pendulum is measured with a meter scale to be 90.0 cm. The
radius plus the length of the hook is calculated to be 2.13 cm using a slide calipers. What is the
effective length of the pendulum? (The effective length is defined as the distance between the point
of suspension and the centre of the bob).
13. Evaluate (21.6002 + 234 + 2732.10) X 13.
14. Subtract 4.27153 from 6.807.
15. Each side of a cube is 7.203 m. What are the total surface area and the volume of the cube to
appropriate significant figures?
16. The mass and the radius of the earth are 5.975 X 1024 kg and 6.37 X 106 m respectively. Calculate
the average Earth’s density to correct significant figures.
17. A student measures time period for a simple pendulum in laboratory using simple pendulum setup
and a stop clock. Readings for time period are 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s, 2.80s. Calculate
absolute, mean absolute, relative, and percentage error.
18. The diameter of a wire as measured by a screw gauge was found to be 0.026 cm, 0.028 cm, 0.029
cm, 0.027 cm, 0.024 cm, and 0.027 cm. Calculate absolute, mean absolute, relative and
percentage error.
 19. Two resistances R1 = (100±3) Ω and R2 = (200±4) Ω. What will be their equivalent resistance when
connected in (i) series and (ii) parallel?
20. The percentage errors in the measurement of mass displacement and time of a moving body are
2%, 3% and 1% respectively, find the percentage error in kinetic energy and momentum of the
body.
21. A student measures length of the string L = 20 cm with a scale known to 1 mm accuracy and time
for 100 oscillations of a pendulum to be 90 s using a wrist watch of 1 s resolution. What is the
accuracy in the determination of acceleration due to gravity?
22. Find the percentage error in specific resistance of the material of a wire of length L= (78 ± 0.01) cm,
radius r = (0.26 ± 0.02) cm and resistance R = (32 ± 1) Ω.
23. A capacitor of capacitance C=( 2.0 ±0.1) µF is charged to a voltage V = (2.0 ±0.2) volts. What will
be the charge Q on the capacitor? Use Q =CV.
24. The rectangular plate has a length of (21 .3±0.2) cm and a width of (9.80± 010) cm. Calculate area
of the plate and also the percentage error.
25. The resistance R is the ratio of V and I. Here V = (100 ± 5) volt and I = (10 ± 0.2) A. the. Percentage
error in V is 5% and in I is 2%. What is the total error in R?
26. The specific heats of a gas are measured as Cp = (12.28 ± 0.2) units and Cv = (3.97 ± 0.3) units.
Find the value of gas constant R and percentage error in R. (if R = Cp - Cv ).
27. The mass of a box is measured 2.3 kg. Two gold pieces of mass 20.15 g and 20.17 g are added to
the box. What is the total mass of the box and difference of the masses of gold pieces to the correct
no of significant figure?

Chemistry:
1. Which law of chemical combination is followed in balanced chemical equation?
2. What is the law called which deals with the ratios of the volume of the gaseous reactants and
product under similar conditions of temperature and pressure?
3. Which law explains the formation of five oxides of nitrogen?
4. What is the mass of half a mole of oxygen atom?
5. What is the relation between molecular mass and vapour density?
6. One mole of water contains:
(i) How many grams?
(ii) How many molecules?
(iii) How many atoms of hydrogen?
(iv) How many atoms of oxygen?
(v) How many volume?
7. What are the limitations of a chemical equation? How are some of them removed?
8. What do you understand by ‘significant figure’? Describe with examples the rules for determining
the signification figure.
9. State the number of significant figures in each of the following:
(i) 307.45 (ii) 0.00683 (iii) 7.375 × 105 (iv) 0.487 (v) 5.007

10. Perform each of the following calculations, giving each answer with the correct number of
significant figures.
(i) 0.0120 + 1.6 + 8.49026 (ii) 2.100 g + 0.01 g + 21.1 g
(iii) 123.2 ft – 0.07 ft (iv) 48.463 – 16.0075

11. Calculate:
(i) Area of a rectangle whose length is 1.2 m and breadth 1.6 m
(ii) Length of a rectangle whose area is 12.95 m2 and breadth 3.5 m
12. Calculate the mass of 6.02 × 1021 molecules of nitrogen.
13. Calculate the number of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms in 18g of glucose.
14. One gram-atom of an element weights 24.092 g. What is the mass of an atom of the element?
15. Density of water at room temperature is 1.0 g cm–3. How many molecules are there in one drop of
water if its volume is 0.1 cm3?
16. How many moles are there in 1 m3 of any gas at NTP?
 17. How many moles and how many grams of sodium chloride are present in 500 cm3 of 0.25 M NaCl
solution?
18. Fe2(SO4)3 is empirical formula of a crystalline compound of iron. It is used in water and sewage
treatment to aid in the removal of suspended impurities. Calculate the mass, percentage of iron,
sulphur and oxygen in this compound.
19. A organic compound contains 12.76 % carbon, 2.13% hydrogen and 85.11% of bromine. Its
vapour density is 94. Find the molecular formula of the compound.
20. Calculate how much potassium chlorate is needed to obtain 2.4 litre oxygen at NTP?
21. What mass of AgCl will be precipitated when a solution containing 4.77g of NaCl is added to a
solution of 5.77g of AgNO3.
22. 2.00g of NaCl reacts with 5.00g of AgNO3 to form NaNO3 and AgCl. How much AgNO3 will be
formed. Also calculate the amount of excess reagent left over?

23. 20.0 grams of magnesium hydroxide, reacts with 40.0 grams of phosphoric acid, to form
magnesium phosphate, and water. Which is limiting reagent? How much magnesium phosphate
would be formed in grams?

24. Calculate the number of moles of CO2 formed in the combustion of ethane C2H6 in a process when
35.0 mol of O2 is consumed.
25. Two moles of Mg and five moles of O2 are placed in a reaction vessel, and then the Mg is ignited
according to the reaction Mg + O2 = MgO. How many moles of MgO is formed? What is the weight
of MgO formed?
26. What is the empirical formula of the substance having the following percentage composition :
Oxygen = 38.1% ; Hydrogen = 0.8%; Phosphorus = 24.6%; Sodium = 36.5% (Na = 23 ; H = 31 ; O
= 16). [Ans. Na2HPO3]
27. A substance on analysis gave the following percentage composition. Na = 29.11% ; S = 40.50% ;
O = 30.38%. Calculate the empirical formula of the substance. [Ans. Na2S2O3]
28. Potassium permanganate reacts with oxalic acid according to
2KMnO4 + 3H2SO4 + 5H2C2O4   K2SO4 + MnSO4 + 8H2O + 10CO2
20cc at 0.25N H2C2O4 (aq) reacted with 15cc of KMnO4 solution. Calculate the molarity of KMnO4
solution.
[molarity = 0.06667 M]
29. The equimolar quantities of sodium carbonate, and sodium bicarbonate weighs 1g. How many ml of
0.1N HCl would be needed to completely neutralize it?
[160.42 ml]
30. A solution of KMnO4 is reduced to MnO2. The normality of solution is 0.6. Calculate the molarity of
the solution.
31. Do the NCERT Exercise questions of Chapter 14 i.e. Environmental Chemistry.

Biology:
(A) Answer the following questions
1. Name the branches of Biology that deals with the study of the following.
(i)Behavior of organism (ii) Ageing of plants (iii)Snail
(iv)Ageing of animals (v)Fossils (vi)Fruit
(vii)Flower (viii)Seed (ix)Grass
(x) Human beauty (xi)Frog (xii)Snakes
2. Write the scientific name of the following plants.
(i)Mango (ii)Rice (iii)Wheat
(iv)Banana (v)Neem (vi)Mustard
(vii)Apple (viii)Potato (ix)Bamboo
(x)Sugarcane
3. Write the scientific name of the following animals.
(i)Cow (ii)Dog (iii)Cat
(iv)Crow (v)Pigeon (vi)Horse
(vii)Frog (viii) Crocodile (ix)Peacock
(x)Elephant (xi)Cobra (xii)Sparrow
 (xiii)Tiger (xiv)Donkey (xv)Lion
4. Prepare a chart of different parasitic fungus and the type of the disease they cause. Mention the class to
which they belong.
5. Name the connecting link between
(i)Living and non-living. (ii)Plant and Animal (iii)Protozoa and Porifera
(iv)Annelida and Arthropoda (v) Aves and Reptiles (vi)Annelida and Mollusca
6. Give comparative account of
(i)Algae and Fungi (ii)Bryophyta and Pteridophyta (iii)Gymnosperm and Angiosperm
(iv)Parasite and Saprophyte (v)Eugenics and Euthenics (vi)Symbiosis and Mutualism
7. Draw neat labeled diagram of
(i)Amoeba (ii)Euglena (iii)Paramecium
(iv)Agaricus (v)Bacteriophage (vi) TMV
(B) Prepare a file containing the herbarium sheet of 15medicinal plants . Mention the
(i)Scientific name (ii)Local name (iii)Family name (iv)Medicinal value

Accountancy:
Prepare a project work on ‘Principles of Accounting & Accounting Standards’. Prepare proper Certificate,
Acknowledgement, Index and Conclusion sheets. Content, presentation, relevance and clarity would be the basis for
awarding marks.

Business Studies:
Study and collect facts and pictures related to history of commerce. Marks may be suitably distributed over the different parts of
the Project report, objectives, methodology, conclusions, findings and suggestion.

Economics
Prepare a project work on any one of the following topics:
Principles of Management, Business Environment, Marketing Management, Consumer Protection
Follow the guidelines prescribed by the CBSE and as illustrated by the respective teacher.
Prepare a project report on any of the suggested topics discussed in the class room and present the work in the project file…
You may work upon any one of the following topics : Demonetisation
Make in India -Reviewing India’s Manufacturing capabilities.
Goods and Services Tax Act.
Production Possibility Curve.
Demand and it’s determinants.
Pol. Science
Read Chapters Four and Five and answer the following question on your note book .
Q.1 Make a table which shows the different articles related to the fundamental Rights.
Q.2 Draw a chart which shows the different Types of Executives.
Q.3 what are the differences between Parliamentary and Presidential form of Govt.?
Q.4 What are the discretionary Powers of the President of India?
Q.5 In the Political Map of India mark the states which have Bi cameral Legislatures?
Q.6 How does Parliament control Executive? Explain.

Geography
1-Prepare a power point presentation on the given topics (15 t0 20 slides)
Roll No-1 to 5-types of volcanoes
Roll NO-6 TO 10-Different land forms created by wind
Roll No-11 to 15-Different erosional and depositional work of river
Roll No-16 to 20- Different erosional and depositional work of Glacier
Roll No-21to 25- Different erosional and depositional work of Sea waves.
Roll No-26to 30- Different types ofclouds.
Roll No-36to 41- Different layers of atmosphere and their significance.

History
Prepare a project on European Renaissance
1- Causes of Renaissance.
2- Reading and printing
3- Money and politics
4- List of Important events
5- Development of architecture.
6- Changes in Religion
7- Impact