HOLIDAY HOME WORK 2019-20

CLASS- XII SUBJECT-ENGLISH

CHAPTER NO-1
THE LAST LESSON
Short Answer Questions:
1. What did the narrator observe as he passed the town hall? Why did the sight trouble him?
2. What was the implication of the blacksmith’s remark? How did Franz respond to his remark?
3. What does M. Hamel mean when he says, ‘We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with”?

CHAPTER NO-2
LOST SPRING
Short Answer Questions:
1. How is Saheb’s name full of irony?
2. What instances in the chapter reveal that infrastructurally, Firozabad is a neglected city?
3. “Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds…” In the context of Mukesh, the bangle maker’s
son, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to?

CHAPTER NO-3
DEEP WATER
Short Answer Questions:
1. What impact did the incident at California beach have on little Douglas?
2. ‘I jumped with everything I had’. Why did Douglas jump? Did the jump make any difference?
3. What intensified Douglas’ will to live?
Long Answer Question
Fear is something that we must learn to overcome if we want to succeed in life. How did
Douglas get over his fear of water?

POETRY
POEM -1
MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX
Short Answer Questions:
1. How did the face of Kamala’s mother betray her thoughts?
2. What is the significance of the images, ‘sprinting trees’ and ‘merry children spilling out of
their homes’ in the poem “My Mother at Sixty-six”?
3. What childhood fear do you think Kamala speaks of?
4. What does the poet’s smile in the poem “My Mother at Sixty-six” show?
5. Do you think the poem reflects on the escapist tendency of the poet?

POEM-2
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM
Short Answer Questions:
1. How does the young and sweet boy unnoticed in the class differ from the most of other slum
children?
2. In what ways are the slum children unsung fighters?
3. What modern imagery has been used in the poem?
4. How does the poet visualize the present status of the slum children?
5. What does the poet mean by saying, ‘let their tongues run naked into books’?

VISTAS
CHAPTER NO-1
THE TIGER KING
Short Answer Questions:
1. How did the ‘Duraisani’ behave on receiving the gifts? What idea do you form about her from
her behavior?
2. What considerations influenced the Tiger King to get married?
3. What is the significance of child’s utterance “Let tigers beware”? Do you find some oddity
here?
Long Answer Question
The title of the Maharaja reflected grandeur but his death was an anticlimax. Justify.

WRITING SECTION
Read the following passage and answer the following questions:
Maybe you exercise to build your biceps, or flatten your belly. Or maybe you work out to ward
off the big killers like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. But how about sweating to improve
your mind? "Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood,
memory, and learning," says Harvard Medical School psychiatrist John Ratey, author of the
book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. "Even 10 minutes of
activity changes your brain.

" If you need a little extra incentive to lace up those sneakers, here are ways that exercise can
boost your brainpower. Jumping on the treadmill or cross trainer for 30 minutes can blow off
tension by increasing levels of "soothing" brain chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and
norepinephrine. What's fascinating, though, is that exercise may actually work on a cellular level
to reverse stress' toll on our aging process, according to a 2010 study from the University of
California—San Francisco. The researchers found that stressed-out women who exercised
vigorously for an average of 45 minutes over a three-day period had cells that showed fewer
signs of aging compared to women who were stressed and inactive. Working out also helps keep
us from ruminating "by altering blood flow to those areas in the brain involved in triggering us to
relive these stressful thoughts again and again," says study coauthor Elissa Epel, an associate
professor of psychiatry at UCSF.

Research also suggests that burning off 350 calories three times a week through sustained,
sweat-inducing activity can reduce symptoms of depression about as effectively as
antidepressants. That may be because exercise appears to stimulate the growth of neurons in
certain brain regions damaged by depression. What's more, animal studies have found that
getting active boosts the production of brain molecules that improve connections between nerve
cells, thereby acting as a natural antidepressant. And a 2010 study found that three sessions of
yoga per week boosted participants' levels of the brain chemical GABA, which typically
translates into improved mood and decreased anxiety. Yoga can be used to complement—not
substitute—drug treatment for depression, the researchers said.

a) Based on your reading of the passage above create a set of notes. Use appropriate
abbreviations. Give the notes a suitable title.
b) Write a summary based on the notes in not more than 80 words.

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

It is surprising that sometimes we don’t listen to what people say to us. We hear them, but we
don’t listen to them. I was curious to know how hearing is different from listening. I had thought
both were synonyms, but gradually, I realised there is a big difference between the two words.

Hearing is a physical phenomenon. Whenever somebody speaks, the sound waves generated
reach you, and you definitely hear whatever is said to you. However, even if you hear something,
it doesn’t always mean that you actually understand whatever is being said. Paying attention to
whatever you hear means you are really listening. Consciously using your mind to understand
whatever is being said is listening.

Diving deeper, I found that listening is not only hearing with attention, but is much more than
that. Listening is hearing with full attention, and applying our mind. Most of the time, we listen
to someone, but our minds are full of needless chatter and there doesn’t seem to be enough space
to accommodate what is being spoken.

We come with a lot of prejudices and preconceived notions about the speaker or the subject on
which he is talking. We pretend to listen to the speaker, but deep inside, we sit in judgement and
are dying to pronounce right or wrong, true or false, yes or no. Sometimes, we even come
prepared with a negative mindset of proving the speaker wrong. Even if the speaker says nothing
harmful, we are ready to pounce on him with our own version of things.

What we should ideally do is listen first with full awareness. Once, we have done that, we can
decide whether we want to make a judgement or not. Once we do that, communication will be
perfect and our interpersonal relationship will become so much better. Listening well doesn’t
mean one has to say the right thing at the right moment. In fact, sometimes if words are left
unspoken, there is a feeling of tension and negativity. Therefore, it is better to speak out your
mind, but do so with awareness after listening to the speaker with full concentration.

Let’s look at this in another way. When you really listen, you imbibe not only what is being
spoken, but you also understand what is not spoken as well. Most of the time we don’t really
listen even to people who really matter to us. That’s how misunderstandings grow among
families, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters.

(A) On the basis of your reading of the above passage make notes on it, using headings and
sub-headings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary – minimum four) and a
format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.

(B) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words.

Draft Advertisements for the following (2 each):

A. Household item for sale
B. To-let C. Required/Vacancy
D. Matrimony
E. Services (Showroom/Gym/Coaching etc.)

Write articles on the following topics:

a) Women Empowerment/How safe are women?
b) Deteriorating Values amongst the youth.
c) Importance of Time Management.
d) Road Rage and Violence
e) Inflation
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SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2019-20)
CLASS: - XII SUBJECT: PHYSICS
SECTION-A
* PROJECTS TO BE PREPARED:

Below are some ideas; To be prepared Roll number wise:

Roll No. Topic
1. On Semiconductors
2. On Logic Gates
3. On AC Generator
4. On Light Dependent Resistance
5. On Rectifier
6. On Capacitor
7. On Cyclotron
8. On Photoelectric Effects
9. On Transformer
10. On Energy Bands in Solids
11. On Torque on a Current Carrying Coil Placed in a Uniform Magnetic Field
12. On Frictional Electricity
13. On Transistor
14. On Telescope, Astronomical Telescope, Working of telescope, optical telescope, binoculars,
astronomical binoculars, online telescope, Physics Project Report on Astronomical Telescope
SECTION-B
Q1. Draw an equipotential surface:
(a) In a uniform electric field (b) For a point charge <0.
Q2.How will the capacitance of a capacitor change when a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates of a
capacitor?
Q3. How does the resistivity of a conductor depend upon the number density of free electrons and temperature?
Q4. Show mathematically that the potential at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole is zero.
Q5. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 10V. What is the potential at
the center of the sphere?
Q6. A charge of 12 C is given to hollow metallic sphere of radius 0.1m. Find the potential at
(i) the surface of the sphere (ii) center of the sphere.
Q7. Calculate the Coulomb force between a proton and an electron separated by 0.8 x 10-15 m.
Q8 Calculate the Value of electric field exactly balancing the weight of an electron.
Q9.Two capacitors 3 farad & 6 farad are connected in series with a 6 V battery. Which one will have higher potential?
Q10. Calculate the net capacitance of the given network, if
each capacitor is 5 microfarad.
Q11. If the plates of a charged capacitor are further separated while the capacitor is still connected to the charging
battery, what will happen to the energy?
Q12. The V-I graph for two metals is shown below. Which one will have higher resistivity?

Q13. How does a torque affect the dipole in an electric field?

Q14. 27 drops of same size are charged at 220V each. They collapse to form a bigger drop. Calculate the potential of the
bigger drop.
Q15. Draw a plot showing the variation of electric field & potential with distance due to a point charge.
Q16.A wire of resistance 5 ohm is drawn out so that its length is increased to twice its original length. Calculate its
original resistance.
Q17. A lamp of 100 W works at 220 volt calculate its resistance & current capacity?
Q18. Why are thick copper wires used as connecting wire?
Q19. Why is the use of a potentiometer preferred over that of a voltmeter for measurement of E.M.F of a cell?
Q20. Define resistivity of the material of a wire. State its S.I. unit.
Q21. The storage battery of a car has an E.M.F. of 12 V. If the internal resistance of the battery is 0.4 ohm, what is the
maximum current that can be drawn from the battery?
Q22. Two small Iron particles, each of mass 280 mg, are placed at a distance 10 cm apart. If 0.01% of the electrons of
one particle are transferred to the other, find the electric force between them. Atomic weight of Iron is 56 g mol-1 and
there are 26 electrons in each atom of Iron.

Q23. Two particles, each having a mass of 5g and charge 1.0 X 10-7 C, stay in limiting equilibrium on a horizontal table
with a separation of 10 cm between them. The coefficient of friction between each particle and the table is the same.
Find the value of the coefficient.

Q24. A vertical electric field of magnitude 4.00 X 105 NC-1 just prevents a water droplet of mass 1.00 X 10-4 Kg from
falling. Find the charge on the droplet.

Q25. A charged particle of mass 1.0 g is suspended through a silk thread of length 40 cm in a horizontal electric field of
4.0 X 104 NC-1. If the particle stays at a distance of 24 cm from the wall in equilibrium, find the charge on the particle.
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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS-XII SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY

SECTION-A
PROJECT WORK:
Chocolate analysis

Green Chemistry: Bio-Diesel and Bio-Petrol

Rate of Evaporation of Different Liquids

Effect of Potassium Bisulphite as a Food Preservative

Determination of tannic acid in tea leave.

Determination of nicotine in different sample of tea.

Analysis of oxalate ion in different ripen stage of guava.

Identification of cations and anions present in tooth paste.

Dying of fabric.

Preparation of potash alum from scrap aluminium

Metal coupling on rusting of iron.

SECTION-B

1. Account for the following

a) tert-Butyl chloride reacts with aqueous NaOH by SN1 mechanism while n-butyl
chloride reacts by SN2 mechanism.

b) Chlorobenzene is extremely less reactive towards nucleophillic substitutionreaction.

c) Why chloroform is kept in dark coloured bottles completely filled?

2. Write the mechanism for : t-BuBr + KCN  t-BuCN + KBr.

3. Write the structures of the following organic compounds

 (i) 2-Chloro-3-methylpentane
(ii) 2-(2-Chlorophenyl)-1-iodo octane

4. Which one of the following reacts faster in an SN1 reaction and why?

CH3CH(Cl)CH2CH3 or (CH3 )3CCl

5. Describe the following reaction:

a) Fittig reaction
b) Sandmeyer’s reaction
c) Swartz reaction

6. Carry out the following conversions:

i) 1-bromopropane to 2-bromopropane.
ii) Toluene to benzyl alcohol
iii) Butene-2 to butene-1

7. How does phenol react with the following?

(i) Bromine in CS2.
(ii) CCl4 in presence of NaOH
8. Convert
(1) Phenol to picric acid
(2) ) Cumene to phenol.
(3) Phenol to Salicylaldehyde

9. Explain giving reasons:-

a) Phenols has a smaller dipole moment than methanol.

b) 2,3- dimethylbutanol has got lower boiling point than hexanol .

c) 2-Nitrophenol is more volatile than 4-Nitrophenol.

10. Write the mechanism for dehydration of alcohol.

11. Complete the following:

a) C6H5CH=CH2 + HBr 

b) CH3CH2CH(OH)CH3 + SOCl2 

c) CH3CH2OCH(CH3)2 + HI 

12. Arrange the following as

(i) Decreasing order of boiling points:

2-methyl-2-propanol, 1-butanol,2-methyl –1-propanol and 2-butanol.

(ii) Decreasing order of their acidic character:

(a) (b) (c)
13. Describe the following reaction:

a) Reimer Tiemann reaction

b) Kolbe’s reaction

c) Hydroboration oxidation reaction

d) Williamson synthesis

114. Account for the following:

a) Formaldehyde gives Cannizzaro’s reaction whereas acetaldehyde does not
b) Carboxylic acids do not give the characteristic reactions of carbonyl group.
c) Aldehydes are more reactive than ketones towards nucleophilic addition reactions.
d) Chloroacetic acid has lower pKa value than acetic acid.
e) The aldehydes an ketones undergo a number of addition reactions.
f) Ethanoic acid is a weaker acid than benzoic acid.

15. How will you convert the following?

i) Acetophenone to Ethyl benzene
ii) Acetone to tert-butyl alcohol
iii) Benzyl alcohol to phenyl ethanoic acid
iv) Bromobenzene to benzoic acid
v) p-methyl acetophenone to benzene 1,4 –dicarboxylic acid
vi) Benzoic acid to benzyl amine
vii) p-nitrobenzamide to p-nitroaniline
viii) primary alcohol to an aldehyde
ix) Ethanol to acetone
x) Benzene to acetophenone
xi ) Benzoic acid to benzaldehyde

16. An organic compound with molecular formula C9H10O forms 2,4-DNP derivative,
reduces Tollen’s reagent and undergoes Cannizzaro’s reaction. On vigorous oxidation it
gives 1,2- benzenedicarboxylic acid. Identify the compound.
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Holiday Homework (2019 – 20)
Class: XII
Subject : Mathematics
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SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK-2019
CLASS XII
SECTION A
 Suggested Biology Project
1. Indian traditional medicine in treatment of cancer(Harshita)
2. Diabetes mellitus (Sakshi)
3. Role of nutrition to maintain healthy body and mind(Tripti)
4. Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia(Shivani)
5. Kidney disorder(Nandni)
 Write the following activities in practical file:
1. To study the pollen germination on a slide
2. Physical properties of soil-pH, moisture content, water holding capacity
3. Spotting of pollen germination through a permanent slide.

SECTION B
Questions from Chapter 2:
1. In a young anther, a group of compactly arranged homogeneous cells were observed in the centre of
each microsporangium, what is the name given to these cells?
2. Give the scientific name of the plant which came to India as a contaminant with imported wheat and
causes pollen allergy.
3. Pollen grains of water pollinated species have a special characteristic for protection from water.
What is that?
4. Why are pollen grains produced in enormous quantity in Maize?
5. If the diploid number of chromosomes in an angiosperm plant is 16, mention number of
chromosomes in the endosperm and antipodal cells.
6. What is funiculus?
7. Define parthennocarpy.
8. Why is emasculation done in the process of hybridization?
9. What do you understand by double fertilization?
10. What is sporopollenin?
11. Name one plant each where pollination occurs with the help of water and bats.
12. Why do most zygotes develop after certain amount of embryo formed?
13. What is polyembryony?
14. Name the scientific term of pollination which ensures genetic recombination?
15. Which are the nuclei that fuse to form endosperm?
16. Why apple is called false fruit? Which part of plant forms the fruit?
17. Among the animal, insects particularly bees are the dominant pollinating agents. List any four
characteristics of the insect pollinated flower.
18. In the given figure of a dicot plant, label the parts (a) and (b) and mention their functions
19. Name the part of flower which the tassels of corn cob represent.
20. Draw a diagram of matured microspore of an angiosperm. Label its cellular components only.
21. State the function of filliform apparatus found in mature embryo sac of an angiosperm.
22. Differentiate between the two cells enclosed in a mature male gametophyte of an angiosperm.
23. Name all haploid cells present in an unfertilized mature embryo sac of a flowering plant. Write the
total number of cells in it.
24. Draw a schematic diagram of TS of a mature anther. Label the only the layers that help in dehiscence
of the anther to release pollen grains.
25. Why is exine of the pollen grain not a continuous layer?
26. Why angiosperm anthers are called dithecous? Describe the structure of its microsporangium?
27. Draw a labelled diagram of atypical anatropous ovule.
28. Draw a labelled diagram of sectional view of a mature embryo sac of an angiosperm.
29. Describe the formation of mature female gametophyte within an ovule in angiosperm. Describe the
structure of cell that guides the pollen tube to enter the embryo sac.
30. How does the pollen mother cell develop into a mature pollen grain? Illustrate the stages with
labelled diagram.