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FR. AGNEL SCHOOL, NEW DELHI HOLIDAY HOME WORK –CLASS XI (2019-20)

Max. Marks: 10

Number of participants per group: 8

Time per group: 10- 15 minutes

Description of the activity:

Read the topics given below and come prepared to participate in the group discussion after the

holidays:

Topics:

1. Effect of Video Games on Well Being

2. Coaching Centres Are Destroying Education

3. Impact of Technology on Employment

4. Movies Encourage Social Evils

5. Freedom Is A Myth

6. The Menace of Trolling

The participants and topic for each GD will be selected randomly.

The students observing the GD will submit an evaluation of the participants based on the rubrics

given below after the process.

Rubrics:

The performance of the participants will be evaluated on the basis of the following:

Knowledge of the subject

Listening

Communication skills

Body language

Leadership skills

For further information:

1. https://results.amarujala.com/career-diary/5-parameters-on-which-you-are-judged-during-gd

2. https://www.wikihow.com/Conduct-a-Group-Discussion

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ATHMATICS-

Come prepared for the OTBA for the unit on environmental chemistry on 1st JULY. Bring the blue print for an

investigatory project in chemistry to be performed in laboratory.

1. MCQ

Q1. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics

a. Will decrease b. Will increase c. Remain same d. May increase or decrease

Q2. The term ‘systematics’ refers to:

a. Identification and classification of plants and animals

b. Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals

c. Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship

d. Different kinds of organisms and their classification.

Q3. Genus represents

a. An individual plant or animal b. A collection of plants or animals

c. Group of closely related species of plants or animals d. None of these

Q4. The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchical level in

classification of plants

a. Class b. Order c. Division d. Family

Q5. Botanical gardens and zoological parks have

a. Collection of endemic living species only

b. Collection of exotic living species only

c. Collection of endemic and exotic living species

d. Collection of only local plants and animals

Q6. Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the identification and classification of plants and animals. It is used

in the preparation of

a. Monographs b. Flora c. Both a & b d. None of these.

Q7. Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms?

a. Growth b. Ability to make sound c. Reproduction d. Response to external stimuli

II VSA 1 Linnaeus is considered as Father of Taxonomy. Name two other botanists known for their contribution to the field of

plant taxonomy?

2. What does ICZN stand for?

3. Couplet in taxonomic key means ________________ .

4. What is a Monograph?

5. Amoeba multiplies by mitotic cell division. Is this phenomena growth or reproduction? Explain.

6. Define metabolism.

7. In a given habitat we have 20 plant species and 20 animal species. Should we call this as ‘diversity’ or ‘biodiversity’?

Justify your answer.

BIOLOGY

PHYSICS

CHEMISTRY


CHAPTER-2

1. MCQ Q1. All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong to

a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. Bacteria

Q2. The five kingdom classification was proposed by

a. R.H. Whittaker b. C.Linnaeus c. A. Roxberg d. Virchow

Q3. Organisms living in salty areas are called as

a. Methanogens b. Halophiles c. Heliophytes d. Thermoacidophiles

Q4. Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated and saprophytic are the characteristics of

a. Monera b. Protista c. Fungi d. Slime molds.

Q5 A dikaryon is formed when

a. Meiosis is arrested. b. The two haploid cells do not fuse immediately

c. Cytoplasm does not fuse d. None of the above

Q6.. Mycobiont and Phycobiont are found in

a. Mycorrhiza b. Root c. Lichens d. BGA

Q7.. Difference between Virus and Viroid is

a. Absence of protein coat in viroid but present in virus

b. Presence of low molecular weight RNA in virus but absent in viroid

c. Both a and b d. None of the above.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1. What is the principle underlying the use of cyanobacteria in agricultural fields for crop improvement?

2. Suppose you accidentally find an old preserved permanent slide without a label. In your effort to identify it, you place

the slide under microscope and observe the following features :-

a. Unicellular b. Well defined nucleus

c. Biflagellate–one flagellum lying longitudinally and the other transversely.

4. Polluted water bodies have usually very high abundance of plants like Nostoc and Oscillitoria. Give reasons.

5. Are chemosynthetic bacteria-autotrophic or heterotrophic?

6. The common name of pea is simpler than its botanical (scientific) name Pisum satirum. Why then is the simpler

common name not used instead of the complex scientific/ botanical name in biology?

7. A virus is considered as a living organism and an obligate parasite when inside a host cell. But virus is not classified

along with bacteria or fungi. What are the characters of virus that are similar to non-living objects?

8. In the five kingdom system of Whittaker, how many kingdoms are eukaryotes?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1. Algae are known to reproduce asexually by variety of spores under different environmental conditions. Name these

spores and the conditions under which they are produced.

2. Apart from chlorophyll, algae have several other pigments in their chloroplast. What pigments are found in blue-

green, red and brown algae that are responsible for their characteristic colours?

CHAPTER-3

1. Cyanobacteria are classified under

a. Protista b. Plantae c. Monera d. Algae

2. Fusion of two gametes which are dissimilar in size is termed as

a. Oogamy b. Isogamy c. Anisogamy d. Zoogamy.

3. Plants of this group are diploid and well adapted to extreme conditions. They grow bearing sporophylls in compact

structures called cones. The group in reference is

a. Monocots b. Dicots c. Pteridophytes d. Gymnosperms

4. The embryo sac of an Angiosperm is made up of

a. 8 cells b. 7 cells and 8 nuclei c. 8 nuclei d. 7 cells and 7 nuclei.

5. If the diploid number of a flowering plant is 36. What would be the chromosome number in its endosperm

a. 36 b. 18 c. 54 d. 72

6. Protonema is a. Haploid and is found in mosses b. Diploid and is found in liverworts

c. Diploid and is found in pteridophytes d. Haploid and is found in pteridophytes

7. The giant Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) is a/an

8. Food is stored as Floridean starch in Rhodophyceae. Mannitol is the reserve food material of which group of algae?

a.Angiosperm b. Free fern c. Pteridophyte d. Gymnosperm.


MATHEMATICS


ASSIGNMENT: BOOLEAN ALGEBRA

1. What is inverted AND and inverted OR gate called? 2. What is tautology and fallacy? 3. When we pass 1001100 to NOT gate, what will be the output? 4. How many rows will be there in truth table of a logic system having 5 inputs? 5. Five inverters are cascaded one after another. What is the output, if the input is 1? 6. Represent XOR and XNOR for 4 inputs? 7. Why NAND and NOR gates are known as ‘Universal Gates’? 8. Evaluate the Boolean expression wxy’ + ( x’y)’ ) z + x’y for w = 1, x = 1, y = 0 , z = 1 9. There are 4 parallel railway tracks at a place. It is desired to design a logic circuit, which can give a signal

when 3 or more trains pass together at any given time. Draw the truth table for the above problem. 10. Construct a truth table for the following problem.

i) there are three buttons A, B, C.

ii) the output is on if any two buttons are pushed

11. Simplify the following Boolean Expressions algebraically.

a. A+ABC+A'BC+A'B Ans. (A+B)

b. (AB+C+D)(C'+D)(C'+D+E) Ans. ABC’ + D

C. AB + ABC + ABCD + ABCDE + ABCDEF Ans. AB

d. A . (A’ +A’.B)’ Ans. A

e. (a' + b')( a' + b)( a + b') Ans. a'b'

12. Prove the following algebraically (i) xy +yz +yz’=y (ii) (A’ + B’)(A + B) = A’B + A B’ (iii) ab’c’ + a’b’c’ + bc’ + c = 1 (iv) x’y’z’ + x’y’z + x’yz + x’yz’ + xy’z’ + xy’z = x’ + y’ (v) x + x’y = x + y

COMPUTER SCIENCE


ASSIGNMENT: Data Conversions

1. Convert The following decimal numbers into binary numbers-

a) 43 b) 145.35

2. Convert The following decimal numbers into octal numbers-

a) 87 b) 734

3. Convert The following decimal numbers into hexadecimal numbers-

a) 161 b) 8763

4. Convert The following octal numbers into decimal numbers-

a) 763 b) 4061

5. Convert The following hexadecimal numbers into decimal numbers-

a)BC9 b) 89FC

6. Convert The following binary numbers into decimal numbers-

a) 111010.101 b) 111010111.011

7. Convert The following hexadecimal numbers into binary numbers-

a) A6 b) 7AB4

8. Convert The following binary numbers into hexadecimal numbers-

a) 10011011101 b) 1111011101011011

9. Convert The following octal numbers into binary numbers-

a) 123 b) 3527

10. Convert The following binary numbers into octal numbers-

a) 1110101 b) 1101100001

11. Convert The following hexadecimal numbers into octal numbers-

a) 38AC b) 7FD

12. Convert The following octal numbers into hexadecimal numbers-

a) 7015 b)576

Revise the topics done in Class.

Do the given assignments.

INFORMATICS PRACTICES


There are three questions in all:

The following home work is to be done in a separate (thin) register and is to be hand written. No print outs are allowed. The same register will be used for second semester project work also. 1. (Bank Account and its related documents)

Open a bank account and make a list of documents required for the same.

Enter into at least 7-10 transactions of depositing / withdrawing cash and cheques.

Make a list of above transactions date wise in the following format:

S.No Date Opening Balance (in case of existing bank A/c)

Deposit Amount

Withdrawal Amount

Latest Balance in Bank

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Paste the counterfoils of pay- in -slips for above transactions.

In case opening of bank account is not possible, you can use your parent’s existing account for the above project.

2. Meaning and Importance of Vouchers

Collect and paste at least 8 -10 business vouchers (possibly related to the above business).

Vouchers could include receipts, bills, counter foils of banks, school fee receipts, etc.

Define the following : (paste samples wherever possible) (a) Credit note (b) Debit Note (c) Cash Memo (d) Receipt (e) Accounting Voucher (f) Transfer Voucher 3 . General Awareness

Answer the following questions : I. Which is the central bank of India? Who is its governor? What are the functions of a

central bank? II. Write the full forms and brief explanation for the following:

IDBI, ICICI, IFRS, SIDBI III. What do you understand by Blue Chip companies? Write names of five blue chip Indian

companies. IV. What are debit and credit cards? List out the differences between them in a tabular

form. V. Cut and paste articles from newspapers and business magazines related to above

mentioned questions.

ACCOUNTANCY


1) Do the assignments uploaded on campus care. 2) Prepare a project file as discussed in the class. Guidelines for Project Work in Economics (Class XI and XII) The project should be prepared in the following sequence:

1) Cover page should include the title of the project and students information(name, class & roll no.) 2) List of contents (Index) 3) Acknowledgement and Preface 4) introduction 5) Objective of the project. 6) Content 7) Case Study (if any) or Articles from newspaper. 8) Bibliography

Suggestive List of Projects:

Micro and Small Scale Industries Food Supply Channel in India

Contemporary Employment situation in India Disinvestment policy of the government

Goods and Services Tax Act and its Impact on GDP

Health Expenditure (of any state)

Human Development Index Inclusive Growth Strategy

Self-help group Trends in Credit availability in India

Monetary policy committee and its functions Role of RBI in Control of Credit

Government Budget & its Components Trends in budgetary condition of India

Exchange Rate determination – Methods and Techniques

Currency War – reasons and repercussions

Livestock – Backbone of Rural India Alternate fuel – types and importance

Sarwa Siksha Abhiyan – Cost Ratio Benefits Golden Quadrilateral- Cost ratio benefit

Minimum Support Prices Relation between Stock Price Index and Economics Health of Nation

Waste Management in India – Need of the hour Minimum Wage Rate – approach and Application

Digital India- Step towards the future Rain Water Harvesting – a solution to water crises

Vertical Farming – an alternate way Silk Route- Revival of the past

ECONOMICS


Make in India – The way ahead Bumper Production- Boon or Bane for the farmer

Rise of Concrete Jungle- Trend Analysis Organic Farming – Back to the Nature

Any other newspaper article and its evaluation on basis of economic principles

Any other topic

Expected Checklist:

Introduction of topic/title Identifying the causes, consequences and/or remedies Various stakeholders and effect on each of them Advantages and disadvantages of situations or issues identified. Short-term and long-term implications of economic strategies suggested in the course of research Validity, reliability, appropriateness and relevance of data used for research work and for presentation in

the project file Presentation and writing that is succinct and coherent in project file Citation of the materials referred to, in the file in footnotes, resources section, bibliography etc.

Prepare a PPT on Social Responsibilities for various companies as discussed in the class. I. Students will review movie "Hindi Medium" from sociological perspective. They will incorporate the views and ideas presented to them in chapter 1,2, 3 of book 1. WORD Limit-1500 words, project should be handwritten and marks will be deducted for plagiarism. II- Based on the topic discussed in class students will be conducting research in Society. They will Interview/Use Questionnaire method for their Research.

Revise the topics done in Class. And practice questions given in class for chapters 1 to 3.

BUSINESS STUDIES

SOCIOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY


1. PROJECT WORK

The project can be individual/pair/group of 4-5 each. The Project can be made on any of the topics given

in the syllabus.

The suggestive list of activities for project work is as follows:-

-- Role Play, Skit, Presentation, Model, Field Survey, Mock Drills/Mock Event etc.

Project file has to be made as discussed in the class. Evidence in form of file, skit script and alike has to be

kept for record.

2. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Complete Assignment 1, 2 & 3 in notebook.

3. READING TASK

Read newspapers especially the Editorial page every day.

Read More about Indian Constitution.

4. ACTIVITY

a) Do an election result analyses through newspaper reports and articulate a report in your own words.

b) Compare and contrast the election manifestos of BJP and Congress for general elections 2019.

c) Find about the articles, parts and schedules of Indian constitution.

d) Collect newspaper reports related to Indian diversity.

COMMON INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROJECT:

1. Acknowledgement: People who have helped and inspired you in the making of the project.

2. Cover Page

3. Index

4. Introduction: on for choosing the topic

5. Content: 20 pages (minimum)

6. The project should be handwritten.

7. Pictures (to support your content): To be pasted or drawn neatly.

8. Conclusion and Synopses: Your deductions and suggestions.

9. Bibliography: Mention the sources of reference.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING THE PROJECT

1. Use A4 size sheets.

2. It should be a hand written project (blue or black pen should be used).

3. You can use newspaper clippings, maps, diagrams and material from the web.

4. Each illustration should be supported with a write up/relevance to the topic.

5. The cover page should be written in bold letters with the topic, name and roll number.

6. Use hard bound cover pocket file.

POLITICAL SCIENCE


Instructions

Use Pencil or Black Pen for labeling on the map.

Geography: Map items for identification only on outline map of the world.

1. Continents and largest country in each continent and oceans.

2. Major mountain ranges in each continent, major rivers in each continent.

3. Ocean currents (cold and Warm)

Maps for identification only on outline map of India.

1. Indian states and their capitals

2. Major Himalayan and peninsular Rivers.

3. Mountain ranges of peninsular India, North Eastern India

Instructions

Use Pencil or Black Pen for labeling

1. Do 15 minutes of jogging or 30 minutes of walking every day.

2. Do stretching exercises daily for the flexibility of joints. 3. Do practice of jumping and hopping. 4. Eat healthy food like green vegetables and salads. 5. Drink milk every day. 6. Don’t play video games or mobile games for more than 30 minutes a day. 7. Keep your back straight while walking and sitting to maintain a smart posture.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

GEOGRAPHY

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