Class – X Holidays Homework (Session 2018-19)

English
I. Prepare the following syllabus for Pre-Mid Term Exams.
 Fiction - L.1 - Two Gentlemen of Verona L.2 - Mrs. Packletide‟s Tiger
 Poetry - P.1 - The Frog and the Nightingale
P.2 – Not Marble nor the gilded monuments
 Drama - D.1 - The Dear Departed
 Comprehension, Letter Writing, Story Writing
 Grammar – Tenses, Voice, Determiners, Modals, Subject-verb agreement, Prepositions,
Conjunction.
II. Make an attractive project on „Care for the Old‟.
III. Read the poems „Ozymandias‟ and „Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments‟ and collect proverbs on
Importance of Time.
IV. Make a project on „The Art of Movie Making‟.
V. Make an attractive poster on „Save Animals‟
VI. Read the newspaper every day. Take down the headlines and say the news in loud, clear voice facing
the mirror. You can take the help of T.V. news.
VII. Meditate for 5 minutes and write what good did you do and what bad did you do (Past Tense) [for 5
days]. What changes will you make in yourself (Future Tense)
VIII. Watch the movie „Black‟ starring Rani Mukherjee and Amitabh Bachchan.

Mathematics
 Prepare for Pre-mid Exam (Term July, 2018) for the following chapters:
Arithmetic Progression Polynomials Statistics Construction
 Do assignment of Arithmetic Progression, Polynomials, Statistics
 Mathematical designs and patterns using Arithmetic Progression.
 History of Mathematics. This project is meant to develop the student‟s awareness about the History of
Mathematics.
Topic can be about an Indian Mathematician or the concept of ZERO in various ancient civilizations.
 Find the Mean, Mode and Median of the age group of teachers of your school in class limits starting
from 20-25.
Also draw less than and more than type ogive. Also find the Median from the Graph.

(Project Sheet)
 (Science)
I. Prepare for Pre-mid term exam
Syllabus :
L – 1 Chemical equations & reactions L – 2 Acid, Bases and Salts
L – 6 Life processes L – 12 Electricity
II. Prepare PPT or Project each student on the topics given –
1. Human Brain & Reflex action Roll Nos. 1 to 5
2. Food Chain & Food web Roll Nos. 6 to 10
3. Working of motor, generator Roll Nos. 11 to 15
4. Structure & working of human eye Roll Nos. 16 to 20
5. Mendel‟s experiment Roll Nos. 21 to 30
III. Prepare a working model and demonstrate it in the class. Topic – Conservation of Energy
IV. Question Bank for the above mentioned chapter given. Write answers of Question Bank in Science
notebook and submit it after vacations.

Question Bank –
Q1. Write balanced chemical equations –
a) Calcium hydroxide + carbon dioxide  Calcium carbonate + water
b) Barium chloride + sodium sulphate  Aluminium chloride + Barium sulphate
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c) Ferrous sulphate   Ferric oxide + Sulphur dioxide + sulphure trioxide
Q2. Why aluminium sheets do not corrode easily? Why does a copper vessel get covered with a green coating
in rainy season?
Q3. When a green iron salt is heated strongly, its colour finally changes to black and odour of burning sulphur
is coming out.
a) Name the iron salt b) Name the type of reaction c) Write the balanced chemical for the reaction
Q4. A brown substance X on heating in air forms a substance Y, when hydrogen gas is passed over heated Y,
it again changes back to X. Name the substance X and Y. Name the type of chemical reactions occurring
during both the changes.
Q5. Explain why respiration is considered as an exothermic reaction.
Q6. Bile does not contain any enzyme but it is essential for digestion. Explain.
Q7. State the functions of each a) Blood b) Lymph
Q8. Draw flow chart for oxidation of glucose in body of various organisms.
Q9. Describe double circulation in human beings. Why is it necessary?
Q10. Why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals & birds?
Q11. Give reasons – a) plants look green b) the respiratory surface of earthworm is its skin.
c) Nutrition is necessary for an organism
d) We boil the leaf in alcohol when we are testing it for starch.
Q12. Give reasons – a) veins have thin walls as compared to arteries
b) Rate of breathing is faster in aquatic organisms than in terrestrial organisms.
c) Mucus is not secreted in stomach then what happens.
Q13. What are the major nitrogenous waste products in human beings? How is it removed from the body?
Q14. What would be the reading of ammeter and voltmeter in the given circuit?

Q15. State Joule‟s law of heating. An electric motor takes 5A from a 220 V line. Determine the power of the
motor and the energy consumed in 2 hours.
Q16. Why is an ammeter likely to be burnt out if connected in parallel in a circuit?
Q17. a) Why are coils of electric toaster and electric irons made of alloy rather than pure metal?
b) On what factors resistance of a conductor depends?
c) Why is the series arrangement not used for domestic purpose?
Q18. State the type of combination of the two resistors in the circuit. How much current is flowing through (a)
10 (b) 15 resistor. What is ammeter reading?

Q19. A wire of length L and Resistance R is stretched so that its length is doubled and the area of cross
section is halved. How will its (i) resistance changes ii) resistivity change
Q20. While diluting an acid, why is it recommended that acid should be added to water and not water to the
acid?
Q21. “Plants and animals are pH sensitive”. Justify by giving two examples.
Q22. What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to the following and write balanced chemical
equations.
i) Bleaching powder ii) Zinc granules iii) Baking soda
Q23. What is meant by water of crystallization? Explain that the crystalline salts contain water of
crystallization.
Q24. Salt A commonly used in bakery product on heating gets converted into another salt B, which itself is
used for removal of hardness of water and gas C is evolved. The gas C when passed through lime water, turns
it milky. Identify A, B & C.
Q25. A gas X reacts with lime water and forms a compound Y which is used as a bleaching agent in chemical
industry. Identify X & Y. Give the chemical equation of the reaction involved.
 (S.St.)
Learn and revise the topic as mentioned below for pre-mid examination –
History – National movement in Indo-China
Geography –
1) Resources and development 2) Water Resources 3) Agriculture
Political Science –
1) Power sharing 2) Federalism
Economics – Development
Prepare a project using ideas, creativity. Co-relate all aspects (in a Scrap file)
Distribution of marks –
1) Content, accuracy and originality (5 marks)
2) Presentation and creativity (5 marks)
3) Process of project completion (5 marks)
4) Viva (5 marks)
Total – 20 marks
Note – Total length of project report should not be more than 10 written pages (A-4 size) sheets.
Roll No. 1 to 5 Role of government in disaster management
Roll No. 6 to 12 Carry out a survey (atleast 5 people) from different walks of life on hazard preventive
measures they have taken or would take to reduce the impact of disaster.
Roll No. 13 to 17 Roll of NSS, NCC, Indian armed forces before, during and after disaster.
Roll No. 18 to 22 Design a beautiful brochure for your bank to attract people to take loan from your bank.
Use following heads–
1) Give name to your bank
2) Who can apply?
3) Criteria to be followed
4) Procedure to pay off the loan
Roll No. 23 onwards
Making a list of various banks working in your areas
Give a detailed description of what do people do with extra cash? Why do they need banks (students can make
a power point presentation)
Note – Project should include the following heads –
1) preface 2) index
3) acknowledgement 4) detailed report of the topic
5) bibliography 6) teacher‟s evaluation sheet
Map work – On India‟s political map mark all states with capital and Union Territories

Mathematics Assignment
Polynomials
Q1. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship of zeroes with the
coefficients in each case:
(a) x2 + x 2
2
(b) 3x + 2 x 5 (c) 4 x2 2 x 2
(d) 2x2 – 9 – 3x (e) 4x2 – 4x – 3
Q2. Form a quadratic polynomial, one of whose zeroes is 2 + and sum of zeroes is 4.
Q3. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes is and , respectively. Also, find
its zeroes.
Q4. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 6x + a, find the value of „a‟ if 3α + 2β = 20.
Q5. If α , β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p(x) = x2 – (k – 6) x + 2(k +1), find the value of „k‟, if
α+β= αβ

Q6. If α , β are the zeroes of 25p2 – 15p + 2, find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are &

Q7. If one of the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x2 – 8x – m is , find „m‟ and the other zero.
 2 2
Q8. Find the value of „p‟ if the zeroes of the polynomial (p + 4) x + 63x + 4m are reciprocal of each
other.
Q9. Form a cubic polynomial whose zeroes are 3, 2 and -1. Hence, find –
i) sum of its zeroes, ii) sum of the product of zeroes taken two at a time, iii) product of its zeros
Q10. On dividing the polynomial f ( x)  x  5x  6 x  4 by a polynomial g ( x) , the quotient q( x) and
3 2

remainder r ( x) are ( x  3) and (3x  5) respectively. Find the polynomial g ( x) .

Q11. i) Can  x  1 be the remainders on division of a polynomial p( x) by (2 x  1) ? Justify your answer.
ii) Can ( x 2  1) be the quotient on division of ( x6  2 x3  x  1) by a polynomial in x of degree 5? Justify
your answer.
iii) If on division of a non-zero polynomial p( x) by a polynomial g ( x) , the remainder is zero. What is the
relation between the degrees of p( x) and g ( x) ?
Q12. Divide 6  19 x  x2  6 x3 by 2  5x  3x2 and verify the division algorithm.
Q13. If f ( x)  2 x3  x 2  kx  6 is divided by ( x  3) and the remainder is 36, then find the value of „k‟.
Q14. What must be added to the polynomial f ( x)  4 x4  2 x3  2 x2  x  1 so that the resulting polynomial is
exactly divisible by ( x 2  2 x  3) ?
Q15. i) Find all the zeroes of polynomial f ( x)  x3  13x 2  32 x  20 , if one of its zeroes is -2.
ii) Given that 2 is a zero of the polynomial 6 x3  2 x2  10 x  4 2 , find its other two zeroes.
iii) Obtain all other zeroes of the polynomial x4  3x3  x2  9 x  6 , if two of its zeroes are  3 and 3 .
iv) Given that ( x  5) is a factor of the polynomial x3  3 5x 2  13x  3 5 , find all the zeroes of the
polynomial.
v) Find all the zeroes of x3  11x2  23x  35 , if two of its zeroes are 1 and -5.

Statistics
Q1. If the mean of the following distributions is 54, find the value of P
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency 7 P 10 9 13
Q2. The mean of the following frequency table 50. But the frequencies f1 and f 2 in class 20-40 & 60-80 are
missing. Find the missing frequencies.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
Frequency 17 f1 32 f2 19 120
Q3. Find the mean marks of the students from the following cumulative frequency distribution.
Marks Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
No. of 5 9 17 29 45 60 70 78 83 85
Students
Q4. Calculate the median from the following data:
Rent (in Rs.) 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
No. of houses 8 10 15 25 40 20 15 7
Q5. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 28.5, find the missing frequencies:
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Total
Frequency 5 f1 20 15 f2 5 60
Q6. Complete the median for each of the following data:
i)
Marks Less than 10 < 30 < 50 < 70 < 90 < 110 < 130 < 150
No. of students 0 10 25 43 65 87 96 100
ii)
Marks more than 150 > 140 > 130 > 120 > 110 > 100 > 90 > 80
No. of students 0 12 27 60 105 124 141 150
Q7. The following is the distribution of height of students of a certain class in a certain city.
Height (in cms) 160-162 163-165 166-168 169-171 172-174
No. of students 15 118 142 127 18
Find the median
Q8. The following table shows the age distribution of cases of a certain disease admitted during a year in a
particularly hospital.
Age (in years) 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
No. of cases 6 11 21 23 14 5
Find the average age for which maximum cases occurred.
Q9. The following data gives the information on the observed lifetimes (in hours) of 225 electrical
components:
Lifetime 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120
Frequency 10 35 52 61 38 29
Determine the modal lifetimes of the components.
Q10. The following table gives the height of trees:
Height No. of trees
Less than 7 26
Less than 14 57
Less than 21 92
Less than 28 134
Less than 35 216
Less than 42 287
Less than 49 341
Less than 56 360
Draw „less than‟ ogive and „more than‟ ogive.
Q11. Draw the „less than type‟ ogive for the following data and hence find the median from it.
Class 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Frequency 6 5 9 12 6
Q12. Change the following distribution to a „more than type‟ distribution and then draw its ogive.
Class 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
Frequency 2 8 12 24 38 16
Also, find the median from the ogive.
Q13. Find the mean, mode and median for the following data:
Classes 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 4 8 10 12 10 4 2

Q14. An incomplete distribution is given below:

Variable 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 12 30 ? 65 ? 25 18
You are given that the median value is 46 and N-229
a) Using the median formula fill up the missing frequencies.
b) Calculate the arithmetic mean of the complete table.

Arithmetic Expression
2n  3
Q1. Write the first four terms of the given sequence whose nth term is an  .
6
Q2. The general term of a sequence is given by an  4n  15 is the sequence an A.P. if 50, find its 15th term
and the common difference.
Q3. Find the 14th, 28th and nth term of the A.P given by 13, 17, 21, 25, _ _ _ _
Q4. If the 8th term of an A.P is 31 and the 15th term is 16 more than the 11th term. Find the A.P.
5 2 1 10
Q5. How many terms are there on the A.P 1,  ,  ,  , _ _ _ _
6 3 2 3
Q6. If (m  1) term of an A.P is twice the (n  1) term. Prove that (3m  1)th term is twice the (m  n  1)th
th th

term.
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Q7. Which term of the sequence is 20,19 ,18 ,17 _ _ _ is the first negative tem.
4 2 4
th
Q8. Determine the 10 term from the end of the A.P 4, 9, 14, _ _ _ 254.
Q9. For what value of p are 2p+1, 13, 5p-3 are three consecutive terms of an A.P.
Q10. If the sum of P terms of an A.P. is Q and the sum of Q term is P. find the sum of (P+Q)th term.
Q11. The sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2  5n . Find then 164 is its ______ term.
Q12. How many terms of an A.P. 63, 60, 57, _ _ _ must be taken so that their sum is 693?
Q13. Find the sum of all integers between 50 and 500 which are divisible by 7.