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CLASS: VI

SECTION A
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND MATHEMATICAL APTITUDE
ENGLISH

Q1. Write one page of beautiful handwriting twice a week and when you are back to
school after the holidays your handwriting will be the envy of your classmates.
We would love to see your practice notebook when you come back.

Q2. Choose any two proverbs from the list given below and explain in the form of a
paragraph.

(i) All that glitters is not gold (iii) A stitch in time saves nine

(ii) Look before you leap (iv) A friend in need is a friend indeed

Q3. Write a dialogue in which a journalist interviews someone in any of the news
stories you have seen.

Q4. Make a list of wishes that you have, now divide them into the ones that are easy
to get and those which are not so easy to get. Share the wishes you want the
most and tell the class what steps you will take to achieve them.

Q5. Read any one book from the series of Enid Blyton books and write down a
character sketch of any one person whom you found very interesting.

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MATHEMATICS
Q1. Fill in the blanks

I. Raghu is 21 years old and Kavita is 22 years old. The sum of their ages in Roman
system is _________________.

ii. Round off 126243 to the nearest thousand __________________.

iii. The first February of a leap year falls on a Friday. On what day of the week would
the first April of the year fall ____________________.
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iv. The least number that must be subtracted from 13601 to get a number exactly
divisible by 87 is __________________.

v. The reciprocal of the smallest prime is ______________________.

vi. The least number which when decreased by 9 is exactly divisible by 12, 16, 24
and 48 is ___________________.

vii. Raghav ranked 9th from the top and 38th from the bottom in class. The total
number of students in the class is _________________.

viii. A ship sailing in river Jhelum moves towards east. If ship suddenly turns two
rounds at the same position then through what angle does it turn ___________.

ix. The equivalent fraction of 10/11 having numerator 40 is _________________.

x. 0.006 is equivalent to ___________________.

Q2. Find the Perimeter of the figure

3.8 cm
2.6 cm 4.2 cm

4.4 cm 6.3 cm
4.6 cm
3.8 cm
7.2 cm
4.2 cm
4.3 cm
3.6 cm
4.5 cm 8.2 cm
1.4 cm 1.7 cm
3.5 cm

Q3. A woman introduced a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the
man related to the woman?

Q4. Jyoti was roasting a cake. It has been out of the oven for 20 minutes. The cake
was roasted for 4 hours and 15 minutes. The oven was pre-heated for 10
minutes. If it is 5:00 now, at what time did Jyoti put the cake in the oven?

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Q5. Among five boys Vineet is taller than Manick, but not as tall as Ravi. Jacob is
taller than Dilip but shorter than Manick. Who is the tallest in their group?

Q6. Given that

2
1+3= 2
2
1+3+5 = 3

1+3+5+7= 42 and so on, then the value of

1+3+5+7+------------------+21 is_________________.

Q7. There are 222 red balls in a basket. A boy takes out 6 red balls from it and
replaces them with 12 white balls. He continues to do so till all red balls are
replaced by white balls. Find the number of white balls put in the basket.

Q8. How many triangles can be seen in this drawing?

Q9. If MONDAY is coded as 123456 and BELT is coded as 0789, how would you
encode the word TOMBAY?

Q10. Sonia went to the market nine days ago. She goes to the market only on
Thursday. What day of the week is today?

Q11. Jyoti and Sarita are playing a game called “Guess my Number” Jyoti gave
Sarita the following clues
ŸThe number has four digits
ŸThe thousands digit is twice the hundreds digit.
ŸThe ones digit is divisible by 5
ŸThe sum of the digits is 13
What could be Jyoti's number?

Q12.Write a few lines on “How maths can be used in sports”.

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Q13. A man walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres.
He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further he moves 20 metres after
turning to the right. How far is he from his original position?

Q14. The total weight of a bag containing 13 kg 750 grams of apples and 8 kg 200
grams of oranges is 22 kg 250 grams. How much is the weight of the empty
bag?

Q15.Meena bought 5 metres of ribbon from the market. She cut off 2 ¾ metres and
gave to her sister. How much ribbon is left with her?

SECTION B
SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Q1. Remember to make requests, pay compliments and to show gratitude.

Accepting 'No', apologizing and accepting apologies are few social graces that
would make you a 'Smart kid'.

Q2. Go for long walks with your family. You will realize you have two of God's
greatest gifts……….. Nature and your family. Write a few lines on how you felt.

Q3. Computer games are good. They sharpen your intellect but what about the rest
of your body? Go cycling, jogging, playing badminton, cricket, kho-kho ------
anything that will make you run and help you build up your stamina.

Q5. Redesign the décor of your bedroom. Change the location of your bed and other
furniture. Click a picture and bring it to share with your friends.

READING FOR PLEASURE

Read 'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens. Gear up for a critical appreciation of the
book after the vacation.

SECTION C
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TRAVELOGUE

Q1. It is rightly said, “You are what you eat”. Observe the eating habits of your family
for a week. Find out the sources of food used in at least five dishes. Also
mention the ingredients used for cooking each dish.

Q2. Watch Discovery Channel every day and collect latest information on space
(Any 5).

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Q3. Conduct a survey of your car, open its bonnet with the help of an elder and
observe the components of car. Also find tools present in car's tool kit. Name
them and give their usage.

Q4. Collect old and discarded objects and material like glass bottles, plastic bottles,
coconut husk, wool, greeting cards and any other thing. Can you make
something useful out of these for decoration purposes?

Q5. During the vacation you must be visiting some places in India or abroad. For
going there you need some preparations. Make a project report on your visit
which should include:
a) Preparations you made for your journey (ticketing, visa, clothes according to the
weather)
b) Route from Delhi to that place on a map of India/ World.
c) Longitude and Latitude degree of that place. Average maximum and minimum
temperature of that place.
d) Pictures of monuments and worth seeing places. Make a video recording of the
same.

e) Also paste a picture of the place that you visited with your family.

SECTION D

AWARENESS AND INFOTAINMENT

Q1. Make a chart on the topic “Say no to poly bags”. You can use MS-Paint or TUX
paint to draw, paint and then paste it on the chart.

Q2. Shoot any live, funny scene of one minute and store it in a CD.

Q3. You must be watching IPL matches. Make a scrap book with –
1. Logos and captains of all the teams.
2. Highest scorer of each team.
3. One famous cricketer of each team.
4. Picture of winner team with the trophy.

Q4. Read Newspaper everyday. There is weather forecast every day. Read it and
see if the predictions are correct. Make a record of number of hot and humid
days, cloudy days, number of days with dusty weather and rainy days from 1st
to 15th June.

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Q5. Following terms are associated with 'Wi- Fi'. Write their full forms and find out
what is:
Ÿ Wi- Fi:
Ÿ WLAN
Ÿ WPS
Ÿ PAN
Ÿ LAN
Ÿ WAN
Ÿ WPA

Also write a few gadgets that come equipped with built in internal adapters.