EMERALD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SEC-31 FARIDABAD

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
CLASS : XI (SESSION 2023-24)
Dear Parent / Student
Vacations are the most appropriate time for kids to refresh and rejuvenate themselves to be
creative, to learn new skills and performance more enthusiastically.
Summer vacations is synonymous with fun, frolic, getting up late in the morning, playing for longer
hours with friends and family, going out for picnics, exploring new places and having good time. But
teachers have planned some assignments and creative work for you so that they can make the
optimum use of their quality time and energy.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Knowledge is “Power”. Encourage your child to cultivate the “Reading habits”.

• “A healthy mind lives in a healthy body”. Encourage your child to go out and play because

sports administer discipline, generate sporting spirits, channelize energies.

• Protect yourself from the scorching heat. Keep yourself hydrate by drinking plenty of water

and eat healthy food.

• Communication skills play a vital role in grooming the overall personality of the children.

Converge with your child preferably in English.

• Holiday homework should be done as per the instructions given

• The child will be assessed for the neat and clean hand-writing, presentation and submission

of work in time post vacation.

• Home work must be labelled properly indicating very clearly the name, the class, roll no and

subject.

• Parents can be only facilitators at home but the work should be done independently by the

child in his / her own hand-writing

With Best Wishes

Principal
 ENGLISH
1- Say No to Foul Language

“The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance,

Remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.” -Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Words have a great power. And the way a person uses or misuses this power reveals the

Personality and character. Rising verbal abuse and use of foul language amongst teenagers is a

Major concern these days.

Draft a poster highlighting the issue of Verbal Abuse and its detrimental effects.

Learn all the syllabus assigned for Revision Test Series schedule.

2- Preparation and submission of project report

• The body of the project report will be of approximately 15 to 20 pages excluding additional appendices,
questionnaires etc.

• The project report will be written in the students own hand though they may include other illustrative
material that is not hand-written.

• The project report will be contain the following matter:

1. Cover page showing project title ,students information, school and session.

2. List of contents.

3. Acknowledgement and preference (acknowledging the institute libraries visited and people who have
helped)

4. Introduction.

5. Rationale ( statement of purpose the research of all the choice of the subject and its social significance).

6. Methodology/technique- mention the methodology easy questionnaire case study detailed steps and
procedures adopted must be given .

7. Presentation of evidence- dear must we are major section formally presenting the evidence gathered as a
part of the project, Collect documentary data newspaper, articles, magazines, Diaries, photographs.

8. Analyse of evidence and conclusion – project summarise its conclusions in a separate section. This section
can also include a statement describe in the limitation of the study.

9. Bibliography appendix or other supporting material – This should include the references to relevant books
and other sources used for the study. The appendix will include questionnaires, list of interviews, documents
or other material
Topics:- Pick any one from the given below:-

• The Summer of Beautiful White Horse

• Discovering Tut : The Saga Continues
• The Portrait of A Lady
• Tale of A Melon City
• Birth

Wish you all A very happy holidays

ACCOUNTANCY
• ASSIGNMENT 5 AND 6 to be solved during summer holidays for thorough revision of concepts
done till date.
• Learn and revise all the chapters done till date.
• Following projects are part of practical examination to be held at the end of session as per CBSE
guidelines so to be done carefully and neatly.

1. Collection of source documents, preparation of vouchers, recording of transactions with the

help of vouchers.
2. Preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statement with the given cash book and the pass book
with twenty to twenty-five transactions.
3. Comprehensive project of any sole proprietorship business. This may state with journal
entries and their ledgering, preparation of Trial balance. Trading and Profit and Loss
Account and Balance Sheet. Expenses, incomes and profit (loss), assets and liabilities are to
be depicted using pie chart / bar diagram.
PROJECT WORK
It is suggested to undertake this project after completing the unit on preparation of financial
statements. The student(s) will be allowed to select any business of their choice or develop the
transaction of imaginary business. The project is to run through the chapters and make the
project an interesting process. The amounts should emerge as more realistic and closer to reality.

A list of options to the students to select a business form.

1. A beauty saloon 10. Men's wear 19. A coffee shop

2. Men's saloon 11. Ladies wear 20. A music shop

3. A tailoring shop 12. Kiddies wear 21. A juice shop

4. A canteen 13. A Saree shop 22. A school canteen

5. A cake shop 14. Artificial jewellery shop 23. An ice cream parlour

6. A confectionery shop 15. A small restaurant 24. A sandwich shop

7. A chocolate shop 16. A sweet shop 25. A flower shop

8. A dry cleaner 17. A grocery shop

9. A stationery shop 18. A shoe shop

 The student(s) are advised to visit a shop in the locality (this will help them to settle on a realistic
amounts different items. The student(s) would be able to see the things as they need to invest
in furniture, decor, lights, machines, computers etc.

A suggested list of different item is given below.

1. Rent 19. Wages and Salary
2.Advance rent [approximately three months] 20. Newspaper and magazines
3.Electricity deposit 21. Petty expenses
4.Electricity bill 22. Tea expenses
5.Electricity fitting 23. Packaging expenses
6.Water bill 24. Transport
7.Water connection security deposit 25. Delivery cycle or a vehicle purchased
8.Water fittings 26. Registration
9.Telephone bill 27. Insurance
10.Telephone security deposit 28. Auditors fee
11. Telephone instrument 29. Repairs & Maintenance
12.Furniture 30. Depreciations
13.Computers 31. Air conditioners
14.Internet connection 32. Fans and lights
15.Stationery 33. Interior decorations
16.Advertisements 34. Refrigerators
17.Glow sign 35. Purchase and sales
18.Rates and Taxes

At this stage, performas of bulk of originality and ledger must be prepared by the students.

In the next step the students are expected to prepare the trial balance and the financial
statements.
(BIOLOGY)

• MAKE BEAUTIFUL PORTFOLIO ON GIVEN TOPIC

1. ANIMAL KINGDOM (ROLL NUMBER 1 AND 8)
2. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND IT’S DISORDER (ROLL NUMBER 2 AND 7)
3. STRUCTURE OF HEART AND IT’S DIAORDER (ROLL NUMBER 3 AND 6)
4. MITOSIS (ROLL NUMBER 4)
5. MEIOSIS (ROLL NUMBER 5)
COMPLETE PRACTICAL 1 TO 5 IN LAB MANUAL

CHEMISTRY
1. Complete experiments in your practical file.
2. Revise CH-1(some basic concepts of chemistry)
CH-2 (Structure of atom)
For revision test series.
 MATHS

ACTIVITY 2: TO REPRESENT SET THEORETIC OPERATIONS USING VENN DIAGRAMS.

ACTIVITY 2: TO IDENTIFY RELATION AND A FUNCTION

ACTIVITY 3: TO VERIFY THE RELATIONS BETWEEN DEGREE MEASURE AND THE RADIAN

MEASURE OF ANGLE

ACTIVITY 4: TO A DRAW GRAPH OF TRIGOOMETRIC FUNTION SUCH AS SIN X, COS X,

TAN X

ACTIVITY 5: EXPLAIN TYPES OF FUNCTIONS AND DRAW THEIR GRAPHS

PHYSICS

A) Make an investigatory project on the below mentioned topics .

1. To Study and Determine the Density of the Solids

2. To Study of the Parallelogram Law of the Vectors

3. To Study of Pascal’s Law and its Applications

4. To Study of the Zeroth Law of the Thermodynamic

5. To Study and Investigate the Motion of the Pendulum

6. To Study of the Equilibrium of the Concurrent Forces

7. To Study and Construct a Circuit of the Clap Switch

8. To Study the Hooke’s Law, Stress-Strain Relationship

9. To Study the Physics Concept of Self Inductance of a Coil

10. To Study the Phenomenon of the Tangent Galvanometer

11. To Study of the Transformation Energy from the Deep

12. To Study the Principle of Superposition of the Waves

13. To Study and Measure the Temperature by using the Sound

14. To Study and Determine the Time Constant for an RC Circuit

15. To Study of the Physics Project on Ac To Dc Converter

16. To Study the Physics Project Report on Photoelectric Effect

17. To Study the Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) of a Spring

18. To Study the Concept of Law of Equipartition of Energy

19. To Study and Analysis of the Black Hole Thermodynamics

20. To Study and Demonstrate the Rotational Moment of Inertia

21. To Study the Newton’s Universal Law of the Gravitation

22. To Study the Energy Conservation in the Two Dimensions

23. To Study of the Various Constituents Present in the Alloys

24. To Study the Various Effects of the Curvature of Spacetime

25. To Study of the Qualitative Ideas of the Blackbody Radiation

26. To Study of the Solar Power Grill from the Recycled Carton Box

27. To Study the Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Physics Projects

28. To Study the Wave Motion: Transverse and longitudinal waves

29. To Study the Spectrum and its Relationship to the Temperature

30. To Study and Determine the Specific Heat Capacity of the Water

B) Complete the practical’s in your practical files.

POLITICAL SCIENCE
A. Political Science Project-

Prepare a project according to CBSE guidelines.

Some suggested topics are:

1 Constitution 2 Election System in India 3 Executive

4 Legislature 5 Judiciary OR

Any other topic based on the syllabus.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Project should be hand written on a A4 size sheet.

2. Project should be summed up in 18-20 pages.

3. It should be well researched based on facts and figures and pictorial.

4. The project must have a Table of contents, Title/Cover page, Acknowledgement, Bibliography,
Analyse with headings and sub-headings.

5. It must include relevant news clippings, facts and figures, pictures.

6. Read and revise the chapters taught in the class. Answer the questions sent through the work

sheet.

7. Read the newspaper daily.

BUSINESS STUDIES
A. PROJECT WORK
• Students must take any one topic from the following topics given below.
• The project work for should be in the form of Power Point Presentation or written form in
your files.
I. Project One: Field Visit
The students should select a place of field visit from the following: – (Add more as per local area
availability.)
1. Visit to a Handicraft unit.
2. Visit to an Industry.
3. Visit to a Whole sale market (vegetables, fruits, flowers, grains, garments, etc.)
4. Visit to a Departmental store.
5. Visit to a Mall.
1. Visit to a Handicraft Unit
The purpose of visiting a Handicraft unit is to understand nature and scope of its business, stake
holders involved and other aspects as outlined below
a) The raw material and the processes used in the business: People /parties/firms from which they
obtain their raw material.
b) The market, the buyers, the middlemen, and the areas covered.
c) The countries to which exports are made.
d) Mode of payment to workers, suppliers etc.
e) Working conditions.
f) Modernization of the process over a period of time.
g) Facilities, security and training for the staff and workers.
h) Subsidies available/ availed,etc.
2. Visit to an Industry.
The students are required to observe the following:
a) Nature of the business organisation.
b) Determinants for location of business unit.
c) Form of business enterprise: Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Undivided Hindu Family, Joint
Stock Company (a Multinational Company).
d) Different stages of production/process
e) Auxiliaries involved in the process.
f) Workers employed, method of wage payment, training programmes and facilities available.
g) Social responsibilities discharged towards workers, investors, society, environment and
government.
h) Levels of management, etc.
3. Visit to a whole sale market: vegetables/fruits/flowers/grains/garments etc.
The students are required to observe the following:
a) Sources of merchandise.
b) Local market practices.
c) Any linked up businesses like transporters, packagers, money lenders, agents, etc.
d) Nature of the goods dealt in.
e) Types of buyers and sellers.
f) Mode of the goods dispersed, minimum quantity sold, types of packaging employed.
g) Factors determining the price fluctuations.
4. Visit to a Departmental store
The students are required to observe the following:
a) Different departments and their lay out.
b) Nature of products offered for sale.
c) Display of fresh arrivals.
d) Promotional campaigns.
e) Spaces and advertisements.
f) Assistance by Sales Personnel.
g) Billing counter at store – Cash, Credit Card/ Debit Card, swipe facility.
Added attractions and facilities at the counter.
h) Additional facilities offered to customers
i) Any other relevant aspect.
5. Visit to a Mall.
The students are required to observe the following:
a) Number of floors, shops occupied and unoccupied.
b) Nature of shops, their ownership status
c) Nature of goods dealt in: local brands, international brands,
d) Service business shops- Spas, gym, saloons etc.
e) Rented spaces, owned spaces,
f) Different types of promotional schemes.
g) Most visited shops.
II. Project Two: Case Study on a Product
a) Take a product having seasonal growth and regular demand with which students can relate. For
example, Apples from Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir.
• Oranges from Nagpur,
• Mangoes from Maharashtra/U.P./Bihar/Andhra Pradesh etc.
• Strawberries from Panchgani,
• Aloe vera from Rajasthan
Students may develop a Case Study on the following lines:
(i) Research for change in price of the product. For example, apples in Himachal Pradesh during
plucking and non plucking season.
(ii) Effect on prices in the absence of effective transport system.
(iii) Effect on prices in the absence of suitable warehouse facilities.
(iv) Duties performed by the warehouses.
(v) Demand and supply situation of the product during harvesting season, prices near the place of
origin and away.
III. Project Three: Aids to Trade Taking any one AID TO TRADE, for example Insurance
and gathering information on following aspects
1. History of Insurance Lloyd’s contribution.
2. Development of regulatory Mechanism.
3. Insurance Companies in India
4. Principles of Insurance.
5. Types of Insurance. Importance of insurance to the businessmen.
6. Benefits of crop, orchards, animal and poultry insurance to the farmers.
7. Terminologies used (premium, face value, market value, maturity value, surrender value) and
their meanings.
8. Anecdotes and interesting cases of insurance.
Reference of films depicting people committing fraudulent acts with insurance companies.
9. Careers in Insurance
Presentation and Submission of Project Report
Following essentials are required to be fulfilled for its preparation and submission.
1. Nature of the business organisation (emporium)
2. Determinants for location of the concerned emporium
3. Is the space rented or owned
4. Nature of the goods dealt in
5. Sources of merchandise of the emporium
6. Role of co-operative societies in the manufacturing and/or marketing of the merchandise
7. Role of gifts of nature or natural produce in the development of goods/merchandise
8. Types of buyers and sellers
9. Modes of goods dispersed, minimum quantity sold and type of carrying bag or package used for
delivery of the products sold
10. Factors determining the pricing at the emporium.
B. ASSIGNMENT
Solve the assignment in your fair notebook and learn it also.
C. learn the full syllabus done in class till date.

ECONOMICS
• ASSIGNMENT 5 AND 6 to be solved during summer holidays for thorough revision
of concepts done till date.
• Learn and revise all the chapters done till date.
• Following projects are part of practical examination to be held at the end of session
as per CBSE guidelines so to be done carefully and neatly.
Guidelines for Project Work in Economics (Class XI and XII)
The objectives of the project work are to enable learners to:
• probe deeper into theoretical concepts learnt in classes XI and XII
• analyse and evaluate real world economic scenarios using theoretical constructs
and arguments
• demonstrate the learning of economic theory
• follow up aspects of economics in which learners have interest
• develop the communication skills to argue logically
The expectations of the project work are that:
• learners will complete only ONE project in each academic session
• project should be of 3,500-4,000 words (excluding diagrams & graphs), preferably

hand-written

• it will be an independent, self-directed piece of study

• each learner will select the topic based on recently published extracts from the news media,
government policies, RBI bulletin, NITI Aayog reports, IMF/World Bank reports etc., after
detailed deliberations of the topic
• prepare for the presentation of the project work
• arrange a presentation of the project file

Scope of the project:

Learners may work upon the following lines as a suggested flow chart:
Choose a title/topic Collection of

the research material/data

Organization of material/data

Present material/data

Analysing the material/data for conclusion

Draw the relevant conclusion

Presentation of the Project Work

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.

Mode of presentation/submission of the Project:

At the end of the stipulated term, each learner will present the research work in the
Project File to the External and Internal examiner. The questions should be asked from
the Research Work/ Project File of the learner. The Internal Examiner should ensure
that the study submitted by the learner is his/her own original work. In case of any
doubt, authenticity should be checked and verified.

Marking Scheme:

Marks are suggested to be given as –

SNo. Heading Marks Allotted

1. Relevance of the topic 3

2. Knowledge Content/Research Work 6

3. Presentation Technique 3

4. Viva-voce 8

Total 20 Marks

Suggestive List of Projects:

• Effect on PPC due to various government • Invisible Hand (Adam Smith)

policies
• Opportunity Cost as an Economic Tool • Effect of Price Change on a Substitute
(taking real life situations) Good
(taking prices from real life
visiting local market)
• Effect on Equilibrium Prices in Local • Effect of Price Change on a
Market (taking real life situation or recent Complementary Good (taking prices
news) from real life visiting
local market)
• Solar Energy, a Cost-Effective • Bumper Production- Boon or Bane
Comparison with Conventional Energy Sources for the Farmer
• Any other newspaper article and its • Any other topic
evaluation on basis of economic principles
 SOCIOLOGY

Project work in Sociology is introduced with an intention to expose students to the excitement and
challenges of practical side and to provide them with first hand experience and of the methods and
techniques involved in systematic social inquiry .
Preparation and submission of project report
¤ The body of the project report will be of approximately 15 to 20 pages excluding additional
appendices, questionaires etc.
¤ The project report will be written in the students own hand though they may include other
illustrative material that is not hand-written.
¤ The project report will be contain the following matter:
1. Cover page showing project title, students information, school and session.
2. List of contents.
3. Acknowledgement and preference (acknowledging the institute libraries visited and people
who have helped)
4. Introduction.
5. Rationale ( statement of purpose the research of all the choice of the subject and its social
significance).
6. Methodology/technique- mention the methodology easy questionnaire case study detailed
steps and procedures adopted must be given .
7. Presentation of evidence- dear must we are major section formally presenting the evidence
gathered as a part of the project ,Collect documentary data newspaper ,articles ,magazines
,Diaries ,photographs.
8. Analyse of evidence and conclusion - project summarise its conclusions in a separate
section. This section can also include a statement describe in the limitation of the study.
9. Bibliography appendix or other supporting material - This should include the references to
relevant books and other sources used for the study. The appendix will include
questionnaires, list of interviews, documents or other material .
Project work Topics - choose any one topic for project work
1. Social Media.
2. Youth cultures
3. Class conflict and inequalities.
4. Gender bias.
a. Solve assignment 4 and 5 and paste in your notebook.
b. Learn chapter 1 and 2.
c. Find out 50 mcqs from explained chapters .
 COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Talk....
Classic ANAGRAMS date back over a hundred years.
They are a REARRANGEMENT of the letters of a word or phrase
to make a different but RELATED word or phrase.
When asked to describe its job,
the computer stated that it was
“To scan visible star or moon”
• Rearrange the letters to find out what the computer did
• Check yourself by finding the value of the binary number.
• Fill in the letter above its corresponding value as a standard numeral.

Q1. Convert each of the following decimal (base 10) number representations to a binary (base
2) representation.
a) 5 b) 15 c) 32 d) 65
e) 127 f) 1024 g) 2047 h) 129
Q2. Convert each of the following binary (base 2) number representations to a decimal (base
10) representation.
a) 1001 b) 1101 c) 100001 d) 111111
e) 100100 f) 101010 g) 1000000 h) 11101110

Q3. Convert each of the following decimal (base 10) number representations to an octal (base
8) representation.
a) 5 b) 15 c) 32 d) 65
e) 127 f) 1024 g) 2047 h) 129
Q4. Convert each of the following octal (base 8) number representations to a decimal (base
10) representation.
a) 102235 b) 16 c) 47 d) 70452 e) 177776

Q5. Convert each of the following hexadecimal (base 16) number representations to a decimal
(base 10) representation.
a) 1F b) E2 c) F1 d) ABCD e) 1FFE

Q6. Convert each of the following binary (base 2) number representations to an octal (base 8)
representation.
a) 1001 b) 1101 c) 100001 d) 111111
e) 100100 f) 101010 g) 1000000 h) 11101110

Q7. Convert each of the following octal (base 8) number representations to a hexadecimal
(base 16) representation:
a) 747 b) 228