G. D.

GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK - 2010
Class X
ENGLISH

Get Activated! Change your life. Change your World. ‘Our choices shift and change the course of
our lives’.

Create a Notebook of about 12, A4 size sheets. This should be a spiral Notebook, titled ‘Change
is in the air!’ Include the following:

a) The text for a class assembly, using 3 speakers titled ‘How to be more productive, effective
and organized’ Using tips on a change of attitude, effective planning and identifying top 5 Time
Wasters, your organizational speech should be interesting and useful.

b) A character sketch of about 250 words in the form of an essay on any one of the following:

a) Brutus (JC) b) Antony (JC)

c) Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) d) The Mothers (Night of the Scorpion)

c) An article (250 words) and a pictorial collage (A4 size) on any one of the following:

i. The Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi as a dream city or a Nightmarish Mess?

ii. Advertisements should be informative and educational; but most of them are misleading
and incorrect. Provide a title: ‘Are we being taken for a ride?’

iii. Relate how the reading and study of literature has enriched and refined you. Choose 2 or
3 books that have left an impact on your life.

Kindly ensure that the written material in you ‘Notebook’ is original. Any references that are
used should be mentioned clearly. Let the English assignment be the most creative and
interesting work that you do this summer.

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 MATHEMATICS

Topics:

1. History of Mathematics – Include the following sub topics:

a) Story of digits 0-9
b) Story of π
c) History of Pythagoras Theorem
2. Geometry in real life: In this project, the students should try to find situations in daily
life where mathematical concepts can be effectively used.
3. Contributions of the following Mathematicians:
a) Aryabhatta
b) Euclid
c) Pythagoras

Guidelines for the project: Each student will prepare and submit one project from the above
mentioned topics. Following essentials are required to be fulfilled for its preparations:

a) Total length of the project report will be 10-12 pages (atleast)

b) The project will be hand-written and credit will be awarded to original drawings,
illustrations and creative use of materials.
c) The project will be developed in this sequence:
i. Cover page showing project title and student information.
ii. List of contents
iii. Acknowledgement
iv. Introduction
v. Description
vi. Bibliography

R.D. Sharma – Mathematics Class X

Exercise 3.2 Page 3.26

Q. 19 i, ii

Exercise 3.3 Page 3.40

Q. 13, 05, 28, 35

Exercise 3.5 Page 3.68

Q. 12, 13, 22, 23

Exercise 3.7 Page 3.79

Q. 5, 11

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 Exercise 3.9 Page 3.85

Q. 8

Exercise 3.10 Page 3.95

Q. 6, 10

Exercise 3.11 Page 3.104

Q. 6, 7

Exercise 2.3 Page 2.52

Q. 3, 8, 11

SOCIAL STUDIES
Any one of the following projects from Disaster Management.

1. Pocket Guide on First Aid.

2. Generating Awareness on Disaster Management.

3. Role of Government / Non-Government functionaries in you locality in Disaster

Management.

4. Models of Disaster Resilient Structures.

5. Communication facilities for Disaster Management.

6. Preparation of Disaster Contingency Plan.

Following guidelines should be followed while preparing the projects.

• The total length of the project should be around 15 written pages of A-4 size.

• The project report should be neatly presented in a folder / file.

• The project should be presented in the following order: Cover page, list of contents,
Acknowledgements, project aim, chapters, bibliography.

• Pictures in your project should be labeled and acknowledged.

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 SCIENCE
PHYSICS

I. PowerPoint presentation / Working model (with Project Report) based on : (any one)
(a) Electromagnets
(b) Equivalent Resistance in a series and parallel combination.
(c) Demonstration of magnetic field lines (straight conductor) using iron fillings.
(d) Chemical effect of electric current

II. Answer the following questions: (To be done in Yellow Notebook)

(a) Draw a circuit diagram consisting of a battery having 3 cells, a bulb, a closed
(tapping) switch, an ammeter to measure current & a voltmeter to find the
potential difference across the bulb.
(b) State Ohm’s law. Analyzing the graph calculate the Resistance. What are the
factors on which Resistance of a conductor depends?
V (Volts) I (Amps)

0.4 0.2

0.6 0.3

0.8 0.4

1.0 0.5

1.2 0.6

(c) A wire is doubled over itself. What will be the new resistance if the original
resistance is 4Ω?
III. Chapter “Electricity” Text-Exercise (all 18 questions) NCERT – Page No. 221 -222.

CHEMISTRY

I. Make a PowerPoint presentation on any one of the following:

1. Electrolysis
2. Combination reaction
3. Decomposition reaction
4. Precipitation reaction
Also submit a coloured print out of your presentation.

Do the following question in the Yellow notebook – (Chemistry)

II. Q1. Write one balanced chemical equation for the following:

(a) A decomposition reaction brought about by light.

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 (b) A redox reaction in which CuO is the oxidizing agent.
(c) A reaction in which a precipitate is formed.
(d) A redox reaction in which hydrogen in the reducing agent.
Q2. Translate the following statements into chemical equations and balance them.

(a) Aluminium reacts with iron (III) oxide.

(b) Calcium carbonate decomposes on heating.
(c) Carbon dioxide is passed through lime water.
(d) Hydrogen combines with chlorine in the presence of sunlight.

Q3. What are olfactory indicators? Give 4 examples

Q4. List four limitations of a chemical equation.

Q5. Why should a chemical equation be balanced?

BIOLOGY

1. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of 15 slides on any one of the given topic:

a) Global warming - causes and effects.
b) Forests are biodiversity hot spots.
c) Types of nutrition in animals – explain their physiology.
2. Do questions 1 to 10 given on page no. 113 of NCERT book in homework notebook
3. Answer the following questions in your H.W. notebooks
(i) Define emulsification.
(ii) Write 2 function of HCl in stomach.
(iii) Bring out the differences between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.
(iv) Draw a labelled diagram to show the duodenum and the duct system of the associated
digestive glands pouring into it.
(v) a) Give two overall chemical equations representing aerobic and anaerobic
respiration.
b) Draw a labelled diagram of human respiratory system.

FRENCH
Collage making: Paste the pictures of typical French elements to make a file cover and a
bookmark.

GERMAN
Collage making: Paste the pictures of typical German elements to make a file cover and a
bookmark.

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 HINDI

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