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TOPICS - EDITING & WRITING SKILLS (WORKSHEET)

A. The passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line . Write the correct word and the
incorrect word in the space provided.
Exercise 1
Incorrect word Correct word
England has been long famous for her dramatist, a)------------ ------------------
the greatest of who was William Shakespeare. b)------------ ------------------
It is hard to find the educated man in c)------------ ------------------
the English speaking world whom has not heard d)------------ ------------------
for his name .The actor and playwright e)------------ ------------------
born more than 400years ago have f)------------ ------------------
become popular not only for Englishman but for g)------------ ------------------
the whole world as a chief symbol for h)------------ ------------------
British culture . He is a dramatist and a poet.
Exercise 2
Incorrect word Correct word
About an year 1900,a small ,dark haired boy a)------------ ------------------
name Charley Chaplin was often seen b)------------ ------------------
waiting outside in back entrance c)------------ ------------------
of London theaters . He looks thin and d)------------ ------------------
hungry but his blue eyes was determined . e)------------ ------------------
He could sing or dance .His parents f)------------ ------------------
were music hall performers but g)------------ ------------------
he has been born into the life of h)------------ ------------------
the theater.
Exercise 3
Incorrect word Correct word
At April 12, 1961 ,major Yuri Gagarin a)------------ ------------------
become the first man ever to venture b)------------ ------------------
in space .He did not knew for certain c)------------ ------------------
beforehand that he is to be chosen . d)------------ ------------------
The Russian had three possible candidates e)------------ ------------------
ready but although Gagarin was first f)------------ ------------------
in the list , the choice was not definitely g)------------ ------------------
made until an early morning of April 12. h)------------ ------------------

WRITING SKILLS
1. You are extremely disturbed by the growing crimes against the elderly people in your city .Write an
article in about 100-120 words ,commenting on the reasons for such crimes and how one can prevent
them . Sign as Santosh / Shubhi.
2. You are Asha Awasthi . You have been asked by your teacher to write an article on 'Why is tourism
not flourishing in India ?'
3.You are Amit/Anita of Mumbai. You are upset to find that the only public garden of your locality has
been encroached by the RW Business Associates .Write a letter to the editor of 'The Hindu ' drawing the
attention of the government towards this undesirable practice in about 100-120 words.
4. 'Entrance Test a true test of ability ' .Do you agree or disagree ? Write a speech in 150-200 words to be
delivered in the morning assembly expressing your view point . Give examples to support your argument
.
 ACCOUNTANCY
The Holiday Homework is divided in two sections:
SECTION I - Project
SECTION II - Assignment Questions
SECTION I - Project
I) PREPARE A PROJECT ON NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE COVERING THE
FOLLOWING FACTS OF THE INSTITUTION:
A. SUMMARY ABOUT NSE.
B. IT’S ESTABLISHMENT
C. PROCEDURE OF TRADING ON NSE
D. VARIOUS SECURITIES THAT CAN BE TRADED ON NSE
E. CONDITIONS TO BE MET BY THE COMPANIES TO GET THEIR SECURITIES
LISTED ON NSE.
F. STUDY OF PRICES OF SHARES OF ANY FIVE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
FOR CONSECUTIVE 15 DAYS.
G. PROCEDURE TO BECOME A BROKER IN NSE .

SECTION II - Assignment Questions

Q1) Define Accounting as per AICPA.
Q2) Define Book Keeping. What is its function?
Q3) Differentiate between Book Keeping and Accounting.
Q4) Explain the advantages of Accounting.
Q5) Discuss the limitations of Accounting.
Q6) State the different users of Accounting information and their informational needs.
Q7) Highlight the qualitative characteristics of accounting information.
Q8) Giving examples, explain each of the following:
a) Capital b) Liability c) Purchase d) Sales e) Debtor
f) Creditor g) Drawings h) Discount i) Stock
Q9) Distinguish between:
a) Loss and expense
b) Revenue and income
c) Fixed asset and current asset
d) Long term liability and short term liability
Q10). “The basic measurement in accounting is money.” Identify and explain the assumption.
Q11) “Revenue earned and cost of earning that revenue should be properly identified for a period.”
Explain this statement.
Q12) Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?
Q13) What is meant by GAAPs?
Q14) Why do accounting principles emphasize the use of historical cost as a basis for measuring
assets?
Q15) Name and explain the principles of Accounting in the following cases:
a) Balance sheet is not a valuation statement.
b) Caliber or quality of management team is not directly disclosed in the Balance Sheet.
Q16) State which accounting convention/ principle is followed/ violated in the following cases:
a) A company incurs a heavy amount of Rs. 15,00,000 on publicity through T.V. and radio. It
wishes to spread the expenditure over a period of 5 years.
i) Assuming benefits are expected in that year only.
ii) Benefits are expected over a period of 5 years.
b) A company wishes to decrease the rate of depreciation from 15% to 10% in view of the inadequate
profits In the current year.
Q17) What do you mean by Accounting Standards? Explain its nature?
Q18) Distinguish between Cash basis and Accrual basis of Accounting.
 BUSINESS STUDIES

The Holiday Homework is divided in two sections:

SECTION I - Project
SECTION II - Assignment Questions
SECTION I - PROJECT
Prepare a Project on Women Entrepreneurs covering the following topics:
A. Reason for starting the business
B. Problems faced in setting up and running the business
C. Their comments on Women Entrepreneurship
SECTION II - ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

CHAPTER - 1 NATURE AND PURPOSE OF BUSINESS

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

⦁ Give an example of activity which is economic in one sense and non economic in other
sense.
⦁ Why business is considered an economic activity?
⦁ A housewife sells old newspapers every month. Is it a business activity?
⦁ What is the Modern concept of Business?
⦁ Why is profit earning essential for business?
⦁ Why does a businessman willingly undertake business risk?
⦁ Name any two professional bodies which have laid down guidelines or code of conduct
to be followed by professionals.
⦁ Mention any two economic objectives of business?
⦁ Why should a business pursue social objectives?
⦁ ABC Ltd. is planting trees on the road side. Which objective it is trying to achieve?
⦁ Enumerate any two social objectives of business.
⦁ Mention two types of business risks. Explain them with examples.
⦁ Why do we insure goods?
⦁ Mention any two types of Primary industries.
⦁ Name the industry which provides support services to primary & secondary industries.
⦁ Mention the various hindrances removed by commerce.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

⦁ Name & explain two characteristics of business which involve possibility of loss.
⦁ Business is an institution organized & operated to provide goods and services under the
incentive of private gain. Discuss.
⦁ Profit can no more be the objective of business than eating is the objective of living.
Explain.
⦁ Explain the concept of business risk & its causes.
⦁ Explain with example various types of industries.
⦁ Explain various factors to be considered before starting a business.
 MATHEMATICS

Do the following assignments in your fair notebook:

Assignment 1: Topic: SETS
Type:1 Mark questions
Choose the correct option for the following M.C.Q’s:
Q1. Let A={x: x is a multiple of 3}& B={x: x is a multiple of 5}.Then A∩B is given by
(a) {3,6,9,……….} (b) {5,10,15,……} (c) {15,30,45,…..} (d) None of these
Q2. Let n( U }=700, n(A)=200 (B)=300, n( A  B)  100 .Then n( A /  B / ) 
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 600 (d) None of these
Q3. .If X and Y are two sets,then X  (Y  X ) / equals
(a) X (b) Y (c) None of these (d) 
Q4.Let A & B be two disjoint subsets of a universal set U.Then  A  B   B / 
(a) A (b) B (c) None of these (d) 
Q5.In a joint family of 15 persons,9 take tea,8 take milk & 2 take neither of the two. How many
members take both tea and milk?
(a)1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q6.If A  x : x  4n  1,2  n  5, n  N,then the number of subsets of A is
(a)16 (b) 15 (c) 4 (d) none of these
Q7. If n(A)= 115 , n(B)= 326, n(A-B)= 47,then n( A  B ) is equal to
(a) 373 (b) 165 (c) 370 (d) none of these
Q8.If A   , ,then the power set of A is
(a) A (b) None of these (c)  , , A (d)  , , A, 
Q9.Two finite sets have m & n elements. The number of elements in the power set of the first set is 48
more than the number of elements in the power set of the second set. Then values of m & n are
(a) 7,6 (b) 6,3 (c) 6,4 (d) 3,7
Q10.Out of 1020 boys in a school,406 play cricket,324 play hockey & 250 play football,80 boys play
cricket and hockey,64 play hockey & football,92 play football and cricket while 30 play all the three
games. How many boys play none of the game?
(a) 774 (b) 264 (c) 462 (d) 246

TypeII:4 Mark Questions

Q11.A and B are two sets such that: n(A-B)=14+x,n(B-A)=3x and n(A B)=x,draw a venn diagram to
illustrate information and if n(A)=n(B),then find the value of x.
Q12.In an examination,80% students passed in Mathematics,72% passed in Science and 13% failed in
both the subjects if 312 students passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of students who
appeared in the examination.
Q13.Are equal sets equivalent sets? What about the converse?
Q14.The report of one survey of 100 students studying languages Hindi, Bengali and Tamil are as
follows:
All the three languages 5 students, Hindi and Bengali 10 students, Bengali and Tamil 8 students,
Tamil and Hindi 20 students, Bengali 30 students, Hindi 23 students, Tamil 50 students. The surveyor
who prepared the report was shown the door. Why?
Q15.Two finite sets have m and n elements.The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more than the
total number of subsets of the second set. Find the values of m and n.
Q16.If A,B,C are three sets and U is the universal set such that n(U)=800,n(A)=200,n(B)=300 and n(A
B)=100.Find n(A’∩ 𝐵’)
Q17.A and B are two sets such that n(A)=3 and n(B)=6.Find minimum and maximum value of n(A B)
Q18.Let U={𝑥𝜖𝑁: 𝑥 ≤ 8}, A={𝑥𝜖𝑁: 5 < 𝑥 2 < 50} and B={𝑥 ∈
𝑁: 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 10}.Draw a venn diagram to show the relationship between the given
sets. Hence list the elements of the following sets.
(i) A’ (ii) B’ (iii)A-B (iv) A∩ 𝐵 ’ (v)Is A-B=A∩ 𝐵 ’
Q19.Let U be the set of all boys and girls in a school, G be the set of all girls in a school and S be the set
of all students in the school who take swimming. Some,but not all, students in the school take swimming.
Draw a venn diagram showing one of the possible interrelationship among sets U,G,B & S.
Q20.From 50 students taking examination in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, each of the has passed
in atleast one of the subject,37 passed Mathematics,24 Physics and 43 Chemistry. Atmost 19 passed
Mathematics and Physics, atmost 29 Mathematics and Chemistry and atmost20 Physics and Chemistry.
What is the largest possible number that could have passed all three examinations?

Type III:Value Based Questions

Q21.In a group of 65 people,40 like nutritious Indian food,10 like both Indian nutritious food and fast
food. How many like only fast food?What is your opinion about this set of people?
Q22.Let set A represent the people strictly following the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and set B
represents the people following the path of violence.Can you say set A and set B are mutually
exclusive?Which is your favourite set out of the two?Why?
Q23.In a survey of 60 students,it was found that 25 students stick to the internet,26 students remain busy
with their mobile and 26 students prefer to read extra books.9 students prefer to sort internet and remain
busy with their mobile,11 students prefer to sort internet and read extra books,8 students prefer to remain
busy with their mobile and read extra books and 3 students are engaged in all the three activities.
i)In which activity in your opinion should a student pay more attention?
ii)How many students sort internet only?Do you think they are wasting their time?
iii)Suggest time limit for each activity.

Assignment 2 : Topic :Relations and Functions

TypeI: 1 Mark Questions

Choose the correct option for the following M.C.Q’s
 2 x, x  3

Q1. Let f : R  R be defined by f(x) =  x 2 ,1  x  3 then f (1)  f (2)  f (4) 
 3 x, x  1

(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 14 (d) None of these
Q2. The domain of the function f(x)  2 x  x 2 is
(a) [0,  ) (b) (-  ,2] (c) [0,2] (d) (0,2)
Q3. If R is a relation on set A,then
(a) R=A  A (b) R  A  A (c) R  P( A) (d) None of these
ax  b
Q4. If y = f(x) = , then f(y) is equal to
bx  a
(a) x (b) y (c) 2y (d) None of these
Q5. A relation R is defined from 2,3,4,5 to 3,6,7,10 by x R y if and only if x is relatively prime to y.
Then the domain of R is:
(a) 3,5 (b) 2,3,5 (c) 2,3,4 (d) 2,3,4,5
Q6. If A= 1,2,3,4,then which of the following are functions from A to itself
(a) f1  ( x, y) : y  x  1 (b) f 2  ( x, y) : x  y  4 (c) f 3  ( x, y) : y  x
(d) f 4  ( x, y) : x  y  5
x
Q7. The range of f ( x)  when x  0 is
x
(a) [-1,1] (b) (-1,1) (c)  1,1 (d) (-1,0)  (0,1)
Q8. R = (a, b) : a  2bwhere R is defined on the set of natural numbers.Then R 1 is given by
(a) None of these (b) (1,2), (2,4), (3,6),........ (c) (2,1), (4,2), (6,3),.......
(d) R 1 is not defined
2x
Q9. The range of the function f(x)  , x  R is
x 1 2

(a) (-1,1) (b) [-1,1] (c) (-  ,-1)  (1,  ) (d) (-  ,1)

Type II:4 Mark Questions.

Q10.Let R be a relation in N, defined as R={(𝑥, 𝑦)𝜖𝑁 × 𝑁: 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 39}.Find the domain and range of
R.
Q11.Let R:A→ 𝐵 where A={3,5} & B={7,11} and Z{(𝑎, 𝑏) ∈ 𝐴 × 𝐵, 𝑎 − 𝑏 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟}.Write the
relation of R.
1 1
Q12.For a non-zero x, pf(x) + qf(𝑥)= 𝑥 − 5 where p≠ 𝑞.Find f(x)
𝑥 2 −1
Q13.Given function f:R−{1} → 𝑅 defined as f(x) = and a function g:R→ 𝑅defined as g(x) =
𝑥−1
x+1.Find whether function f is equal to g or not.
Q14.Given f:R→ 𝑅 as f(x)=3x+4.If ordered pairs (a,8) and(2,b) belong to f.Find a and b.
Q15.Let set A has 3 elements and set B has 2 elements. How many relations are possible from set A to set
B?
Q16. Hardwork and success of a student are interrelated i.e. one is a function of the other. A survey in
particular school in class XI is conducted and 80% of the students are found to be hard working and 70%
successful. What advice you would like to give to the students who are hardworking?
Q17.Given set A={ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦, 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒}, set B={𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛}.Write the set
A× 𝐵.Choose one element of A×B which you would like to have as your value in life
Q18.A car is travelling in a straight line. If distance`s’km travelled in time `t’ hours is represented by the
relation s=at+b.Find the relation if 200 km distance is covered in two hours and 100 km in 1 hour 30
minutes.Also find the distance covered in 3 Hours.Analyse the result and comment whether this speed is
safe for driving? If not suggest safe speed.