STD : XII SCIENCE

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
G D GOENKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SURAT

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Dear Parents,
Holidays are a time to relax, rebound and rejuvenate, but as they say - vacation is just one letter different from
vocation. It provides a great opportunity to smoothen the edges, to affirm the skills and to turn knowing into
performing. To keep up with our motto "HIGHER, STRONGER, BRIGHTER towards Academic and Human
excellence", we have designed these assignments with a lot of care to help your ward have a meaningful,
purposeful and rewarding vacation.
Knowledge is a powerful weapon, but it requires a lot of sharpening. Retention of the learning is an essential
part of learning process. This homework is planned in order to support that. Also it has a lot of scope for
creative and critical thinking, exploration, research with just the right amount of fun.
Encourage your child to organize and plan each activity in advance just to avoid last minute hurried
completions. Your interest in his/her work will definitely make these tasks more meaningful for him/her.
Holidays are also a good time to spend quality time with your ward. So read, play, learn, explore and enjoy
together and create indelible memories for the years to come.
Happy vacations!

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 ENGLISH
Reading books is like a journey ‒ we meet other cultures and get to know ways of life we will never lead by
ourselves. When we read, we learn new words, literary language, we enrich our own vocabulary and we gain
knowledge about our surroundings, different peoples and their culture, nature, history … This kind of
knowledge helps us to better understanding of the world around us. We all get into moments when we feel our
life is grey and boring. And in those moments books can be perfect friends! They take us to another world, they
make us discover new things … So Keep Reading!
1. Read English Newspaper and Listen to the English News daily and maintain a record of all the news
headlines for the month of May 2019.
2. Read a Shakespearean Play and provide a critical analysis of it. [250-300] words
3. Sketch the characters of the following.[125-150] words each
(a)Franz
(b)Saheb
(c)Mukesh
Note: Revise the following chapters:

Flamingo
1. The Last Lesson, My Mother at Sixty-Six
2. Lost Spring, An Elementary School Classroom In a Slum
3. Deep Water
Vistas
1. The Tiger King

MATHEMATICS
GUIDELINES: The assignment is divided into two sections:-

Section- A: Explore and learn- Investigatory project.

Section- B: Practice and revise- Practice assignments (Reference book exercises)

SECTION – A (INVESTIGATORY PROJECT)

GUIDELINES FOR THE INVESTIGATORY PROJECTS IN MATHEMATICS:

1. A4 size sheets to be used for the project.

2. Home work should be submitted on 10th June.
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 3. Content can be handwritten or printed.
4. The sequence of project should be as followed:
Page 1: Cover page (Specimen copy given in soft)
Page 2: Certificate (Specimen copy given in soft)
Page 3: Acknowledgement (Specimen copy given in soft)
Page 4: Index page should contain the following information:
(a) Aim of the project
(b) Introduction
(c) Theory
(d) Calculations, graphs and Observation (If required)
(e) Conclusion
(f) Bibliography
Page 5 onwards: Content
Note:

1. Use only Blue plastic punch file ( spiral binding should not be done)
2. Students have to prepare investigatory projects only on the topic assigned to them.
3. Support your work with graphs, calculations and diagrams, wherever required.

Roll No. wise topics are mentioned below:

XII - B

Roll No. Name Topic

1. Investigate and write a report on ‘Hilbert’s grand infinity hotel
ABHIN MEENA
paradox’.
2. ASHNAD SINDHI Investigate and write a report on ‘Keprekar’s numbers’.
3. Investigate and write a report on ‘work and life of Srinivas
AVNISH MOVALIYA
Ramanujan’
4. DEVENDRA MARU Investigate and write a report on ‘work and life of Leonhard Euler’
5. DHRUV PATEL Investigate and write a report on ‘work and life of Archimedes’.
6. DHWANIL PITHVA Investigate and write a report on ‘transcendental numbers’.
7. DISHAKUMARI PATEL Investigate and write a report on ‘work and life of Shakuntala Devi’.
8. ERIC PATTAKUNNEL Investigate and write a report on ‘Fibonacci Sequence’ and the

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 similar patterns found in nature.
9. Investigate and write a report on ‘Golden ratio’ and the similar
HARSHIL JUNAKIYA
patterns found in nature.
10. HARSHIT MAURYA Investigate and write a report on ‘tangrams’.
11. HRUSHAY PATEL Investigate and write a report on ‘magic squares’.
12. KHUSHAAL NANDWANI Investigate and write a report on ‘ Monty hall problem’
13. KOMAL BHAJIAWALA Investigate and write a report on ’Zeno’s paradox’
14. KUNJ BHANSALI Investigate and write a report on ‘Ramanujan’s Number’.
15. MAHIMA SRIVASTAVA Investigate and write a report on ‘Knot theory’.
16. OMKUMAR JHA Investigate and write a report on ‘ Ramanujan’s Magic square’
17. Investigate and write a report on mathematics and chemistry:
SAMARTH PATEL
structure of organic compounds.
18. SHIVANI – SINGH Investigate and write a report on mathematics in music.
19. Observe the various patterns and properties in Pascal’s triangle and
TIRTH PATEL
make a project.
20. VIVEK AHARI Investigate and write a report on fractals.
21. Investigate and write a report on ‘Birthday problem: what are the
VRAJ PATEL
chances that two people in a room have the same birthday?’
22. YASHKUMAR SADHU Investigate and write a report on ‘Hilbert curves’.

SECTION – B (PRACTICE EXERCISES)

Note: Solve Objective exercises 1 to 8 (except 3) from R. S. Aggarwal (Mathematics reference book)

SCIENCE

GUIDELINES:

1. Biology Homework is to be done in notebook

2. A4 size sheets to be used for the project.
3. Home work should be submitted by 10th June.
4. Content can be handwritten or printed.
5. The sequence of project should be as followed:
Page 1: Cover page (Specimen copy given in soft)
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 Page 2: Certificate (Specimen copy given in soft)
Page 3: Acknowledgement (Specimen copy given in soft)
Page 4: Index page should contain the following information:
(g) Aim of the project
(h) Introduction
(i) Theory
(j) Calculations, graphs and Observation (If required)
(k) Conclusion
(l) Bibliography
Page 5 onwards: Content
Note:

1. Use only following color punch files ( spiral binding should not be done) for respective subjects
a. Physics – Red
b. Chemistry - White
2. Students have to prepare investigatory projects only on the topic assigned to them.
3. Support your work with graphs, calculations and diagrams, wherever required.

PHYSICS

XII - A
Roll No. Name Topic
1. To construct a switch using a transistor and to draw the graph between
DEEP MEHTA the input and output voltage and mark the cut-off, saturation and active
regions.
2. To investigate the dependence of the angle of deviation on the angle of
DEVRAJ BENIWAL incidence using a hollow prism filled one by one, with different
transparent fluids.
3. To study the factor on which the self inductance of a coil depends by
DINESH
observing the effect of this coil, when put in series with a resistor/(bulb)
CHOUDHARY
in a circuit fed up by an A.C. source of adjustable frequency.
4. LAVANYA To estimate the charge induced on each one of the two identical
SONKUSALE styrofoam (or pith) balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use of

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 Coulomb's law.
5. To find the refractive indices of (a) water (b) oil (transparent) using a
LEESHA
plane mirror, an equi convex lens (made from a glass of known
KATHROTIYA
refractive index) and an adjustable object needle.
6. To study the variations in current flowing in a circuit containing an LDR
because of a variation in (a) the power of the incandescent lamp, used
MEGHA BIYANI to 'illuminate' the LDR (keeping all the lamps at a fixed distance). (b) the
distance of a incandescent lamp (of fixed power) used to 'illuminate' the
LDR.
7. RAJ AGRAWAL To study various factors on which the internal resistance/EMF of a cell
depends.
8. RITIK BISWAS To design an appropriate logic gate combination for a given truth table.
9. To set up a common base transistor circuit and to study its input and
RUSHALI RAMANI
output characteristic and to calculate its current gain.
10. To investigate the relation between the ratio of (i) output and input
VAIDEHI VASAVA voltage and (ii) number of turns in the secondary coil and primary coil of
a self designed transformer.

XII - B
Roll No. Name Topic
1. To construct a switch using a transistor and to draw the graph between
ABHIN MEENA the input and output voltage and mark the cut-off, saturation and active
regions.
2. To investigate the dependence of the angle of deviation on the angle of
ASHNAD SINDHI incidence using a hollow prism filled one by one, with different
transparent fluids.
3. To study the factor on which the self inductance of a coil depends by
AVNISH MOVALIYA observing the effect of this coil, when put in series with a resistor/(bulb)
in a circuit fed up by an A.C. source of adjustable frequency.
4. To estimate the charge induced on each one of the two identical
DEVENDRA MARU styrofoam (or pith) balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use of
Coulomb's law.

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 5. To find the refractive indices of (a) water (b) oil (transparent) using a
DHRUV PATEL plane mirror, an equi convex lens (made from a glass of known
refractive index) and an adjustable object needle.
6. To study the variations in current flowing in a circuit containing an LDR
because of a variation in (a) the power of the incandescent lamp, used
DHWANIL PITHVA to 'illuminate' the LDR (keeping all the lamps at a fixed distance). (b) the
distance of a incandescent lamp (of fixed power) used to 'illuminate' the
LDR.
7. DISHAKUMARI To study various factors on which the internal resistance/EMF of a cell
PATEL depends.
8. ERIC PATTAKUNNEL To design an appropriate logic gate combination for a given truth table.
9. To set up a common base transistor circuit and to study its input and
HARSHIL JUNAKIYA
output characteristic and to calculate its current gain.
10. To investigate the relation between the ratio of (i) output and input
HARSHIT MAURYA voltage and (ii) number of turns in the secondary coil and primary coil of
a self designed transformer.
11. HRUSHAY PATEL To study the earth's magnetic field using a tangent galvanometer.
12. KHUSHAAL To construct a switch using a transistor and to draw the graph between
NANDWANI the input and output voltage and mark the cut-off, saturation and active
regions.
13. To investigate the dependence of the angle of deviation on the angle of
KOMAL BHAJIAWALA
incidence using a hollow prism filled one by one, with different
transparent fluids.
14. To study the factor on which the self inductance of a coil depends by
KUNJ BHANSALI
observing the effect of this coil, when put in series with a resistor/(bulb)
in a circuit fed up by an A.C. source of adjustable frequency.
15. MAHIMA To estimate the charge induced on each one of the two identical
SRIVASTAVA styrofoam (or pith) balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use of
Coulomb's law.
16. To find the refractive indices of (a) water (b) oil (transparent) using a
OMKUMAR JHA plane mirror, an equi convex lens (made from a glass of known
refractive index) and an adjustable object needle.

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 17. To study the variations in current flowing in a circuit containing an LDR
because of a variation in (a) the power of the incandescent lamp, used
SAMARTH PATEL to 'illuminate' the LDR (keeping all the lamps at a fixed distance). (b)
thedistance of a incandescent lamp (of fixed power) used to 'illuminate'
the LDR.
18. SHIVANI - SINGH To study various factors on which the internal resistance/EMF of a cell
depends.
19. TIRTH PATEL To design an appropriate logic gate combination for a given truth table.
20. To set up a common base transistor circuit and to study its input and
VIVEK AHARI
output characteristic and to calculate its current gain.
21. To investigate the relation between the ratio of (i) output and input
VRAJ PATEL voltage and (ii) number of turns in the secondary coil and primary coil of
a self designed transformer.
22. YASHKUMAR SADHU To study the earth's magnetic field using a tangent galvanometer.

Note: Revise the following chapters: 1,2,3 and 4

CHEMISTRY

XII - A
Roll No. Name Topic
1. DEEP MEHTA Chocolate analysis
2. DEVRAJ BENIWAL The Neutralizing Ability of Antacid Tablets
3. DINESH Effect of dye on different fabrics
CHOUDHARY
4. LAVANYA Acid vs. Teeth
SONKUSALE
5. LEESHA Acidity in Tea
KATHROTIYA
6. MEGHA BIYANI Study of common food adulterants in fat , oil , butter, sugar, turmeric

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 powder,chilli powder and pepper.
7. To test the presence of carbohydrates,oil or fat and proteins in the given
RAJ AGRAWAL
food sample.
8. RITIK BISWAS To compare the rates of evaporation of different liquids.
9. RUSHALI RAMANI To compare foaming capacity of different soaps.
10. Study of effect of potassium Bisulphate as food preservative under
VAIDEHI VASAVA
various conditions.

XII - B

Roll No. Name Topic

1. ABHIN MEENA To analyse different tooth paste for the analysis of ions.
2. To do a comparative study of the effectiveness of different commercially
ASHNAD SINDHI
available antacids.
3. To dye cotton and woollen clothes with malachite green.
AVNISH MOVALIYA

4. DEVENDRA MARU To study the effects of impurities on the freezing and boiling points.
5. DHRUV PATEL Estimation of Vitamin C in fruits and vegetables.
6. DHWANIL PITHVA Chocolate analysis
7. DISHAKUMARI The Neutralizing Ability of Antacid Tablets
PATEL
8. ERIC PATTAKUNNEL Effect of dye on different fabrics
9. HARSHIL JUNAKIYA Acid vs. Teeth
10. HARSHIT MAURYA Acidity in Tea
11. Study of common food adulterants in fat , oil , butter, sugar, turmeric
HRUSHAY PATEL
powder,chilli powder and pepper.
12. KHUSHAAL To test the presence of carbohydrates,oil or fat and proteins in the given
NANDWANI food sample.
13. KOMAL BHAJIAWALA To compare the rates of evaporation of different liquids.
14. KUNJ BHANSALI To compare foaming capacity of different soaps.
15. MAHIMA Study of effect of potassium Bisulphate as food preservative under

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 SRIVASTAVA various conditions.
16. OMKUMAR JHA To analyse different tooth paste for the analysis of ions.
17. To do a comparative study of the effectiveness of different commercially
SAMARTH PATEL
available antacids.
18. SHIVANI – SINGH To dye cotton and woollen clothes with malachite green.
19. TIRTH PATEL To study the effects of impurities on the freezing and boiling points.
20. VIVEK AHARI Estimation of Vitamin C in fruits and vegetables.
21. VRAJ PATEL Chocolate analysis
22. YASHKUMAR SADHU The Neutralizing Ability of Antacid Tablets
Note: Revise the following chapters: 7, 8, 9,10 and 16

BIOLOGY
1. What do you mean by the term uniparental?
2. A moss plant produces a large no. of antherozoids but a few egg cells. Why?
3. What is parthenogenesis? Give few examples from animals.
4. Amoeba is immortal. Explain.
5. What is a fruit, seed and embryo?
6. The number of chromosomes in the shoot tip cells of maize plant is 20. What will be the number of
chromosomes in the gametes and microspore mother cells of the same plant?
7. Explain the events of sexual reproduction.
8. What do you mean by seasonal breeders.
9. Name 2 plant groups with diploid plant body.
10. Mention a characteristic feature and a function of Zoospores in some algae.
11. Mention the site where syngamy takes place in amphibians and reptiles respectively.
12. List 2 main pre-fertilisation events.
13. Technical term to denote unisexual condition
14. Differentiate parthenogenesis and parthenocarpy.
15. Name two plant groups having haploid body.
16. In a young anther, a group of compactly arranged homogenous cells were observed in the centre of each
microsporangium. What is the name given to these cells?
17. Give the scientific name of a plant which came to India as a contaminant with imported wheat and
causes pollen allergy.
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18. Pollen grains of water pollinated species have a special characteristics for protection from water. What is
that?
19. Why are pollen grains produced in enormous quantity in Maize?
20. In same species of Asteraceae and grasses, seed are formed without fusion of gametes. Mention the
scientific term for such form of reproduction.
21. Arrange the following in correct developmental sequence: Male gamete, Potential pollen mother cell,
sporogenous tissue, Pollen grains, Microspore tetrad.
22. If the diploid number of chromosomes in an angiospermic plant is 16. Mention number of chromosomes
in the endosperm and antipodal cell.
23. In angiospermic plant before formation of microspore sporogenous tissue undergo cell division
a) Name the type of cell division.
b) What would be the ploidy of the cells of tetrad?
24. Fruits generally develops from ovary, but in few species thalamus contributes to fruit formation.
a) Name the two categories of fruits.
b) Give one example of each.
25. Among the animal, insects particularly bees are the dominant pollinating agents. List any four
characteristic features of the insect pollinated flower.
26. Define spermiogenesis and spermiation.
27. Draw a labeled diagram of sperm.
28. What are the major components of seminal plasma?
29. What are the major functions of male accessory ducts and glands?
30. What is oogenesis ? Give a brief accout of oogenesis ?
Note: Revise the following chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 14 and 16

COMPUTER SCIENCE
GUIDELINES:-
Do the following assignment in the Computer Science notebook.
Q-1. Answer the following questions.
1. Python is an interpreter language. ( True / False ) Give reason
2. python is case-insensitive language. ( True / False )
3. Which character is used for comments in python program?
4. A string is a sequence of character. ( True / False ) Give reason.

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 5. Write two usage of '+' operator.
6. List is a sequence of _________.
7. define one dictionary with three members.
8. Who developed by Python?
9. What is the difference between script mode and interactive mode in pythom?
10. What is the output of statement : print (id(5))
11. What is the difference between '/' and '//' operator.
12. Find the output :
word='green vegetables'
print(word.find('g',2))
print(word.find('veg',2))
print(word.find('tab',4,15))
Q-2. Answer the following questions.
1. Convert the following loop into while loop:
for k in range(10,20,5):
print k
2. Underline the error in given program and write the correct code:
x=int('Enter x :")
for in range[0,100]:
if x=y
printx+y
else
print x-y
3. Write the output of the following code :
Text='gmail@com'
l=len(Text)
ntext=""
for i in range(0,1):
if Text[i].isupper():
ntext=ntext+Text[i].lower()
elif Text[i].isalpha():
ntext=ntext+Text[i].upper()

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else:
ntext=ntext+'bb'
print (ntext)
4. How many times the word 'hello' printed in the following code :
s='python rocks'
forch in s[3:8]:
print('hello')
5. Suppose L=['abc',[6,7,8],3,'mouse']
consider the above list and answer the following :
a) L[3:] b) L[::2] c) L[1:2] d) L[3:]
6. What is tuple ? Explain with example.
7. Differentiate between lists and tuples.
8. What is dictionary ?
9. Find errors, underline them and rewrite the same after correcting the following code :
d1=dict[]
i=1
n=input("Enter number of entries ?")
while i<=n:
a=input("Enter name ?")
b=input("Enter age ?")
d1(a) =b
i=i+1
i=d1.key[]
for i in l:
print(i,'\t','d1[i]')
10. Write a python program to count the number of characters in a string : sample string is :
'google.com'
Expected Result :{'g':2, 'o':3, 'i':1, 'e':1, '.':1, 'c':1, 'm':1}
Q-3. Answer the following questions.
1. Write a python program to get a string from a given string where all occurrences of its first character
have been changed to '$', except the first char itself.
Sample string : 'restart'

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Expected Result : 'resta$t'
2. Write python program to count and display the vowels of a given text.
3. Write python program to remove duplicates from a list. a=[10,20,30,10,40,60,50,30,60]
Expected Result : [10,20,30,40,50,60]
4. Write python program to replace the last element in a list with another list.
Sample Data : a=[1,3,5,7,9,10], b=[2,4,6,8]
Expected Result : c= [1,3,5,7,9,2,4,6,8]
5. Write python program to print dictionary's key and value for each member.
Sample Data : a={ 'g':2, 'o':3, 'i':1, 'e':1, '.':1, 'c':1, 'm':1}
Expected Result :
g=>2
o=>3
i=>1
e=>1
.=>1
c=>1
m=1
6. Write the output of the following :
a) for i in '123':
print('guru99',i,)
b) for i in [100,200,300]:
print(i*3%1)
c) for i in range(10,6,-2):
print(i*2)
d) for i in range(1,6):
for j in range(1,x+1):
print(i, '= ', j)
e) for i in range(10,20):
if(i==15):
break
print(i)
f) for i in range(10,20):

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if (i % 2 ==0) :
continue
print(i)
7. Write a program to input name,city,fee from user and store in 'student.txt' on N records. Ask to stop
enter the records. after stop read file and display on screen. ( Data should not loss while run again)
8. Write rules to declare variable declaration.
9. What is mutable and immutable data types? Give example.
10. Write a program to input 4 elements in a list and shift first elements with second element, second
with third, third with forth and forth with first.
Suppose the list is : [ 10,20,30,40]
After shifting list is : [ 20,30,40,10]

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Guidelines:
The project must contain
 Labelled diagram of field
 Sports kits and equipments
 All Rules and regulations of the game
 Terminologies & Skills of the game
 Top 10 Indian sports persons of the same game
 Top 10 International sports persons from the same field
 National and international awardees details

Prepare a project on any one game of your choice out of the list below:
1) Basketball
2) Football
3) Volleyball
4) Cricket
Note: Revise the following chapters: 2,3, 4 and 7

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