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CLASS X – REVISION QUESTION BANK

ENGLISH:
PAPER I
DO AS DIRECTED:
1. Startling discoveries have been made by the archeologists in the Indus Valley.
(Begin: Archeologists…………)
2. Although he had a bad cold, he dived into the pond.
(Begin: Inspite of ……………)
3. Unless you write neatly, your assignment will not be accepted.
(Begin: If …..)
4. He is the most powerful golfer at present.
( Begin: No other……….)
5. He changed his clothes and went for a walk.
(Begin: Having ………)
6. As soon as he saw his opponent, he ran away.
(Begin: Hardly ………..)
7. “I started the work yesterday and I will finish it tomorrow”, he said to her.
(Begin: He ……..)
8. The sun was too hot for us to sit outside.
( Use : so……that )
9. As soon as he opened the door, the Prinicipal arrived.
(Begin: No sooner …………….)
10. The older he grew, the more talkative he became.
(Begin: As he ……………………..)

PAPER II
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE ACT V
Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
Extract I
Jessica
In such a night
Did Thisbe fearfully o’ertrip the dew,
And saw the lion’s shadow ere himself,
And ran dismay’d away.

Lorenzo
In such a night
Stood Dido with a willow in her hand
Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love
To come again to Carthage.

Q1.Which topic is being discussed in the extract?

Q2. Who is Thisbe? What is meant by ‘fearfully o’ertrip the dew’?
Q3. Who is Dido? Why is she standing with a willow in her hand?
Q4. What do the ‘willow’ and the ‘wild sea-banks’ signify?
Q5. Why are the stories of Thisbe and Dido given in the context? In your answer, bring out the comparison aimed at,
between the characters in the play and the stories of Thisbe as well as of Dido.

Extract II
Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
Stephano
Stephano is my name; and I bring word
My mistress will before the break of day
Be here at Belmont: she doth stray about
By holy crosses, where she kneels and prays
For happy wedlock hours.
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Lorenzo
Who comes with her?
Q1. Where does the scene take place? Who is Stephano? What message does he bring?
Q2. According to Stephano, what has his mistress been doing during her absence from home?
Q3. In reality, what has she been doing during her absence? Who accompanied the mistress?
Q4. What role did Portia’s maid play in the company of her mistress?
Q5. Explain how the Jessica- Lorenzo romance is linked to the love story of Portia and Bassanio.

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HISTORY & CIVICS:

Ls. 1 (H) The First War of Independence
1. What is meant by Doctrine of Lapse? Who introduced it?
2. Why did the Indians resent introduction of railways and telegraphs?
3. Why was the introduction of English education not welcomed by all Indians?
4. What were steps taken by the British to cripple the Indian trade and handicrafts?
5. Mention the provision of the General Service Enlistment Act.
6. How did the introduction of Enfield Rifles act as an immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857?
7. What do you mean by the Divide and Rule Policy adopted by the British?
8. What was the impact of the War of Independence on the East India Company / mention the changes brought
about by the Act for the Better Govt. of India in the British administration.
9. What assurance was given to the Princes/ Chiefs and the people by Queen Victoria in her Proclamation?
10. How was the army reorganised after the Revolt?

Ls. 2 (H) Factors Promoting the Growth of Indian Nationalism and the foundation of the INC.
1. State the evidences to show that the British followed the policy of economic exploitation in India.
2. Give the contribution of Press in fostering nationalism.
3. Explain the role of Socio-Religious Movements in creating national sentiments.
4. What were the repressive colonial policies of Lord Lytton?
5. Give the contribution of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and JyotibaPhule in promoting nationalism.
6. When and by whom was the INC founded? Who were the Presidents of the first and second sessions?

Ls. 3 Objectives and methods of struggle of the Early Nationalists

1. State the aims / objectives and methods of struggle of the Early Nationalists.
2. Explain the role of DadabhaiNaoroji, Surendranath Banerjee and Gopal Krishna Gokhale to the freedom
movement (specific contribution)

Civics
Ls. 1 The Union Parliament
1. What is the composition of the LokSabha and RajyaSabha?
2. How are the members of the LokSabhaand Rajyasabhaelected ?
3. How are the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the LokSabha selected?
4. How can you say that RajyaSabha is a permanent body?
5. Mention the Exclusive powers of the RajyaSabha and LokSabha.
6. Explain the following :Adjounment Motion and No-Confidence Motion and Interpellation.

GEOGRAPHY:

Chapter: 4 Climate of India

1) What is the atmospheric pressure conditions during summer over the central part of India?
2) What are tropical depressions ? Name the part of India which they affect.
3) Explain the mechanism of Monsoon.
4) Which southern state in India gets winter rainfall and how?
5) What is the importance of winter rain in India?
6) What is meant by rain shadow region? Give one example.
7) Distinguish between South West and North East monsoon
8)Give reasons : a) Goa gets heavier rainfall than Pondicherry.
b) Rainfall decreases as one travels up the Ganga valley.
c) There is high annual range of temperature in the Thar desert.

Chapter:6 Natural Vegetation

1) Distinguish between Tropical Deciduous and Tropical Monsoon (2points)
2) Why Thorn and Scrub forest found in western part of India? Give two reasons.
3) Mention two characteristics of Mangrove vegetation.
4) Give reasons: a) Mountain vegetation also called as mixed vegetation.
b) Forest have been depleted at alarming rate.
c) The trees in the tropical desert forest have stunted growth.
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5) Name any two trees of Himalayan forests and their utility.

6) What are the steps taken by the government to improve the forest cover in the country.
7) What are the objectives of Agro forestry?
8) What are the objectives of Social forestry?

Chapter :9 Minerals and Energy Resources II

1) What are the advantages of non conventional sources of energy?
2) Name two Nuclear power plants of India.
3) Mention the uses of Solar energy .
4) What are the limitations of Geothermal energy?
5) State two advantages of Tidal Energy.
6) What are multipurpose projects? Name two projects.
7) Explain the need to develop the alternative sources of energy.
8) Name two states which have benefitted by Hirakud Project. Mention two power houses of this project.
9) Mention the different varieties of Coal with the percentage of carbon content in it.
10) State one onshore and offshore oil field of India.

MATHEMATICS:
Ch: 8 Remainder Theorem and Factor Theorem.
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING.
1. Show that (2
−5)is a factor of 4
 − 4
− 15.
2. If (
− 2) is a factor of 2
 −
 −
− 2, then
a. Find the value of p.
b. With the value of p, factorise the above expression completely.
3. What number must be added to the polynomial 4
³ − 8
² + 3
so that
it becomes exactly divisible by 2
+1?
4. What must be subtracted from
 − 6
 − 15
+ 80so that the result is
exactly divisible by
 +
− 12?
5. Find the value of a and b, if (
-2) and (
+3) are both factors of the polynomial
 + 
² + b
− 12.
6. Use the remainder theorem to factorise the following expression: 2
 +
 − 13
+ 6.
7. The polynomials 
³ + 4
² + 3
− 4 and
³ − 4
+ leaves the same remainder when divided by (
− 3).
Find the value of a.
8. The polynomial f
 = 2
+ 
− 11
+ bleaves the remainder 42 when divided by (
-3) and 0 when divided
by (
-2). Find the value of a and b.

Ch: 10 Arithmetic Progression.

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING.
1. Is the sequence 12,8,4, 0,……….an A.P.?
If yes; state its first term and common difference.
2. Find the A.P. whose second term is 12 and 7th term exceeds the 4th by 15.
3. How many terms are there in the series:
(i) 4, 7, 10, 13,………………, 148?
4. Which term of the A.P.1+4+7+10+……………is 52?
5. If 5th and 6th terms of an A.P. are respectively 6 and 5, find the 11th term
of the A.P.
6. How many whole numbers, each divisible by 7, lies between 200 and 500?
7. Find the sum of first ten terms of the A.P.: 8, 4, 0, -4, -8,………… .
8. The sum of three terms in A.P. is 33 and their product is 1155.Find the terms.
9. In a school , students stand in a rows. If 30 students stand in the first row, twenty-seven in the second row,
twenty four in the third row and six in the last row; find how many rows are there and what is the total
number of students.
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Ch:11 Geometric Progression.

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING.
1. Find the 12th term of a G.P. whose 5th term is 64 and common ratio is2.
2. Which term of the sequence 3,6,12……is 1536?
3. If the 4th and 8th terms of a G.P,are 24 and 384 respectively, find the first term and common ratio.
 
4. For what values of
, the numbers -,
,  are in G.P.?
5. Find the first term of a G.P. in which s =510 and r=2.
6. Find the sum of the following geometric series:
1+2+4…….+512.
7. The sum of three number of a G.P. is 26. Their product is 216. Find the numbers.
8. Find the 8th term from end of the G.P.3,6,12,24……,6144?
9. How many terms of the series 2+4+8+…make the sum 1022?

PHYSICS:

Chapter 1: Force
1. Choose the correct option(s) from the following:
The centrifugal force is: a) real force b) the force of reaction of centripetal force
c) directed away from the centre of circular path d) None of the above
2.a)Name the type of motion in which body travels with uniform speed but with variable velocity.
b) Is the above identified motion accelerated? Give reason.
c) Name the force responsible to cause this acceleration. What is the direction of force at any instant?
3.Explain the motion of a planet around the sun in a circular path.
4. State the factors on which the moment of a force about a given axis depends.
5. A body fixed at a point is acted upon by two equal forces in opposite directions, but not in same line.
a) State the effect that it will produce? D D F
b) If the perpendicular distance from the axis is the same and
the two forces were acting in the same direction ,state the effect
that it will produce? F
6.The diagram shows two forces F1= 10N and F2 = 6N acting at points A and B of a rod pivoted at a point
O such that OA = 4m and OB = 8m A O B
Calculate:
(a) the moment of force F1 about O. 4m 8m
(b) the moment of force F2 about O. 10N 6N
(c) total moment of the two forces about O.
Chapter 2: Work, Energy and Power
1. Can work be zero even when force is acting on the body? If yes, state the condition for it to happen , if no
give reason.
2.a) Represent graphically the variation of kinetic energy ,potential energy and total energy of a body
falling freely from a height h .
b) At what height is U =K?
3.A skier starts from rest at the top of a slope and skis downhill. Find the skiers speed after elevation
decreases by 10m assuming no work is done by friction or resistance of air .( g = 9.8 m s -2 ).
4. a) Under what condition is energy conserved?
b) At which point is the swing of an ideal pendulum is the gravitational potential energy maximum?
c) State the energy change taking place when hands are rubbed against each other.
5. For how long must an electric motor pump oh 2HP operate so that 5 m 3 of water is pumped from a depth
of 15m. (1m 3 of water = 103 kg)(1HP = 750W)
Chapter 5: Refraction through lens
1. For a person with normal vision the least distance of distinct vision is _________cm_.
2. The power of a lens is + 4 D . Suggest the type of lens used and also determine its focal length.
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3. An object is placed at 50cm from a converging lens of focal length 30cm.

a) State the characteristic of the image
b) Determine the position of the image from the lens.
c) Magnification produced.
4. object Image Image

(i) Object (ii)

The figures above shows the position of object and image formed in lens. Complete the ray diagram and
locate the focus.
5.An object 7 cm in length is held 27 cm away from concave lens of focal length 18cm. Find the
position, size and nature of image.

CHEMISTRY:
CH.4: MOLE CONCEPT AND STOICHIOMETRY
Solve the following problems:
1. CH4 + 2O2
CO2 + 2H2O(l)
160CC of Methane is mixed with 200CC of pure Oxygen at room temperature and
pressure. The mixture is ignited when it reacts as illustrated by the equation above.
Calculate the composition of the resulting mixture on cooling.
2.(a) 1000CC of Hydrogen at STP contain N molecules. How many Molecules are present in
25CC of Oxygen at STP.
(b) 5000 molecules are present in a sample of dry Hydrogen gas having a volume V at
STP. Calculate the volume of Nitrogen gas which has 2.5 x 108 molecules at STP.
[Molar volume-22.4l at STP , Av.No.-6x1023]
3. (a) Calculate (i) weight in grams (ii) number of moles and (iii) number of molecules in 1120cm3 of
Nitrogen gas at STP.[N-14]
(b) Calculate (i) number of molecules (ii) number of moles and (iii) volume occupied at STP by 11grams
of Carbon dioxide (C=12, O=16, N=6x1023, GMV/SPT=22.4l)
(c) Calculate (i) number of moles and (ii) number of atoms present in 5 g of Neon.[Ne-20] [N=6x1023]
4. A gas cylinder can hold 1.12 g of Hydrogen gas or 24.64 g of a gas G, under similar conditions of
temperature and pressure. Calculate the relative molecular mass of gas G.
5. (a) Calculate the percentage of water of crystallization in FeSO4 . 7H2O [Fe-56 , S-32 , O-16 , H-1]
(b) The usefulness of a fertilizer depends upon the percentage of Nitrogen present in it. Find which of the
following is a better fertilizer:
(i) NH4NO3 (ii) (NH4)3PO4 [N-14 , H-1 , O-16 , P-31]
6. An Organic compound contains Carbon , Hydrogen and Oxygen having mass percentage of 57.78% ,
3.58% and 38.64% respectively. If molecular mass of the compound is 166, calculate its molecular
formula. [C-12 , H-1 , O-16]
7. A hydrocarbon contains 92.31% of Carbon. If the molecular weight of the hydrocarbon is 78, determine
its molecular formula.[C-12 , H-1]
8. A compound X consists of 4.48% of Carbon and 95.7% of Bromine by mass. Calculate the molecular
formula of compound X if its vapour density is 252.[C-12 , Br-80]
9. 2Pb(NO3)2
2PbO + 4NO2 + O2 [Pb-207 , O-16 , N-14, Molar volume-22.4l at STP , Av.No.-6x1023]
When 9.93 g of Lead nitrate is heated, calculate the:
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(i) number of moles of Lead nitrate consumed.

(ii) number of moles of Lead oxide formed.
(iii) mass of Lead oxide formed.
(iv) number of moles of Nitrogen dioxide produced.
(v) mass of Nitrogen dioxide produced.
(vi) number of molecules of Nitrogen dioxide formed.
(vii) Volume of Nitrogen dioxide produced at STP.
(viii) volume of Oxygen produced at STP.
10.2KMnO4+10FeSO4+H2SO4
K2SO4+2MnSO4+5Fe2(SO4)3+8H2O [K-39 ,
Mn-55 , Fe-56 , S-32 , O-16 , H-1]
If 15.8 g of Potassium permanganate is used in the reaction, calculate the
(i) mass of ferrous sulphate consumed. (ii) mass of Ferric sulphate formed.

Chemical bonding
1) Draw the electron dot diagrams showing the formation of the following and state the type of bonding
i) Methane
ii)Carbon tetra chloride
iii) Oxygen
iv)Nitrogen
v) Ammonium ion
vi) Hydronium ion
vii) Water
viii) Hydrogen chloride
ix) Sodium chloride
x) Calcium oxide
xi) Magnesium chloride
2) Differentiate between
i) Ionic compounds and covalent compounds with reference to state, solubility in water, composition ,
electrical conductivity and melting and boiling point
ii) Polar covalent compounds and Non polar covalent compounds
3) State the term defined
i) A pair of electrons that donot take part in the formation of covalent bonding
ii) A bond formed by transfer of electrons from a metal to a non metal.
iii) A bond formed by mutual sharing of electrons. between two non metals.
iv) A bond formed when both the shared pair of electrons are contributed by the same atom
v) The process of formation of ions from molecules.
vi) The process of splitting of an ionic compound into ions.
vii) The process of gain of electrons.
viii) The process of loss of electrons
4) Give reasons
i) Sodium chloride has high melting and boiling point.
ii) Lead bromide does not conduct electricity in solid state whereas conducts in molten state.
iii) Sodium chloride is soluble in water.
iv) Carbon tetra chloride does not electricity.
v) Polar covalent compounds are soluble in water.
vi) Inert gases do not form ions.
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5) Convert the following

i) O-2 into Oxygen molecule
ii) Chloride into chlorine molecule
iii) Nitride into Nitrogen molecule
iv) Calcium ions into calcium atom
v) Magnesium ions into magnesium atoms

PERIODIC TABLE AND PERIODIC PROPERTIES

a. Complete the sentence choosing the correct word/s from those given in brackets.
1. The element at the bottom of a group would be expected to show ________ metallic
character than the element at the top. [less/more]
2. The similarities in the properties of a group of elements is because they have the
same _________ [electronic configuration, number of valence electrons , atomic numbers.]

b. Answer the following;

1. What is meant by a Group in the Periodic Table. Within a Group where would you expect
to find the element with the greatest metallic character,
2. State whether the ionization potential increases or decreases as we go down a Group.
3. How many elements are there in Period 2?
4. Name the gas which is the most electronegative among all the elements.

c. With reference to the first three periods of the modern periodic table answer the following
questions:
1. Write the formula of the sulphate of an element with atomic number 13.
2. What type of bonding will be present in the oxide of an element with atomic number 1.
3. Which feature of the atomic structure accounts for the similarities in the chemical properties of the
elements in group 17 of the periodic table.
4. Name the element which has the highest Ionisation potential.
5. How many electrons are present in the valence shell of an element with the atomic number 18?
6. What is the electronic configuration of the element in the third period which gains one electron to
change into an anion.
7. Energy released when an atom in its isolated gaseous state accepts an electron to form an anion. State
the term.

d. Fill in the blanks:

1. The atomic size _________ as we move from left to right across the period, because the _________
increases .

e. Predict the group and period of an element X if its atomic number is 16.

f. The elctronegativities of the element in period 3 of the Periodic Table are as follows :
Al [1.5] Cl [3.0] Mg [1.2] Na [0.9] P [2.1] S [2.5] Si [1.8] Arrange in increasing order of their
electronegativities.
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g. Choose the word/phrase from the brackets which correctly completes each of the following
statements :
1.The element below sodium in the same group would be expected to have a ______ [lower/higher]
electronegativity than sodium and the element above chlorine would be expected to have a _________
[lower/higher] Ionisation potential than chlorine.
2. From the left to right in a given period, the number of shells [remains the same /increases/ decreases].
3.Down a group, the number of valence electrons_________[remains the same/Increases/ decreases]

h. Following refer to changes in properties of elements on moving left to right across a period of the
Periodic Table. For each property, write whether increases or decreases:
1. Non-metallic character of elements _____
2. The electronegativity ________
3. The ionization potential ________
4. Atomic size _________
5. The electron affinity of the elements in group 1 to17 ________

i. The element of one short period of the Periodic Table are given below in order from left to right :-
Li, Be, B, C, O, F, Ne.
1. To which period do these elements belong. Which is the missing element and where should it be
placed.
2. Which element exhibits catenation. Place the element F, Be & N in order of increasing
electronegativity.
3. Which one of the above elements belongs to the halogen series.

j. Consider the section of periodic table given below:

Group numbers 1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18
Period-2 Li D O J Ne
Period-3 A Mg E Si H K
Period-4 B C F G L

Note : In this table B does not represent Boron

C does not represent Carbon
F does not represent Fluorine
H does not represent Hydrogen
K does not represent Potassium
Some elements are given in their own symbol and position in the periodic table, while others are shown
with a letter. With reference to the table answer the following:
1. Which is the most electronegative element?
2. How many valence electrons are present in G?
3. Write the formula of the compound between A and H.
4. In the compound between C and J, what type of bond will be formed?
5. Draw the electron dot structure for the formation of compound between A and K.

k. A group of elements in the periodic table are given below( Boron is the first member of the group
and Thallium is the last member of the group)
Boron
Aluminium
Gallium
Indium
Thallium
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Answer the following questions in relation to the above group elements:

1. Which element has the most metallic character?
2. If the electronic configuration of Aluminium is 2, 8, 3 how many electrons will be there in valence
shell of Thallium/
3. Will the elements in the group to the right of this Boron group be more metallic or less metallic in
character? Justify your answer.
l. Arrange the following elements as per the instructions given in th brackets:
1. Br, Cl, F (increasing order of electron affinity0
2. He, Li, Ne ,O ( increasing order of ionization energy)

BIOLOGY:
LS 2 – STRUCTURE OF CHROMOSOMES, CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION

1.Study the following phase of mitosis and answer the questions:

i. Identify the phase of the mitosis and reason to support your answer.
ii. Is it a plant cell or animal cell? Why?
iii. Draw a neat labelled diagrams to represent prior and next stages of the above identified stage.
iv. Differentiate karyokinesis and cytokinesis.
2. Name the four nitrogenous bases in DNA molecule.
3.Give exact location of the following: i. centrosome ii. Centromere
4. Rearrange the following terms in a logical sequence as directed in brackets:
i. Karyokinesis, Cytokinesis, G1 phase, G2 phase, S phase.( cell cycle)
ii. Metaphase, Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase, Cytokinesis, Interphase ( Mitosis stages)
5. Study the following diagram and answer the questions:
i.Identify the phenomenon and name the cell division in which it occurs.
ii. Draw a neat labelled diagram to show the next stage in the phenomenon.
iii. Give the importance of the above phenomenon.
LS 3 GENETICS – SOME BASIC FUNDAMENTALS
1.Differentiate the following pair of terms:
i. Homozygous condition and Heterozygous condition ( Types of alleles carrying)
ii. Pure breed and Hybrid breed ( For height of the plant)
iii. Phenotype and Genotype ( explain)
iv. Monohybrid cross and Dihybrid cross ( phenotypical ratio)
2. What is a dihybrid ratio?
3. Give the scientific name of the Garden pea.
4. A homozygous tall plant (T) bearing red coloured (R) flowers is crossed with homozygous dwarf(t) bearing white
flowers.
i. Give the genotype and phenotype of the plants of F1 generation with the help of Punnette square.
ii.Mention the possible combinations of the gamates that can be obtained from the F1 hybrid plants.
iii.Mention the phenotypes of the offsprings obtained in F2 generation.
iv. What is the phenotypical ratio obtained in F2 generation.
5.A homozygous plant having dominant round seeds is crossed with homozygous plant having wrinkled seeds.
i.Draw a Punnette square to show F1 and F2 generations.
ii.Give the phenotype and genotype of the offsprings in F1 generation.
iii. Give the phenotypical and genotypical ratio obtained I F2.
iv. State the ‘ Law of Dominance’ and ‘Law of Independent Assortment’
6. State the biological explanation for the following:
i. Haemophilia is more common in males rather than in females.
ii. Selection of Pea plant by Mendel.
iii. Lion, Tiger and Domestic cat has 38 chromosomes all, but they differ in their appearences.
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LS4 ABSORPTION BY ROOTS

1. Study the following diagram showing the longitudinal section of a dicot root and answer the questions:

i.Is the root is unicellular and multicellular?

ii.Draw a neat labelled diagram of a fully grown root hair cell.
iii.Name the pressure that develops in the root by inward movement of water and how the pressure is built up?
iv. State the three characteristics of root hair cell that helps in absorption of water.
2. Define the following terms:
i. Turgor pressure ii. Active transport iii. Osmosis iv.Imbibition
3.Give reasons for the following:
i. If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn it is killed at that spot.
ii.It is better to transplant seedlings in a flower bed in the evening and not in the morning.
Iii Potato cubes when placed in water become firm and increase in size.
4 Draw a neat labelled diagram of a flaccid cell.
5. Differentiate the following pairs:
i. Turgidity and Flaccidity
ii. Guttation and Bleeding
iii Plasmolysis and Deplasmolysis

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS:
Functions
1. what do you mean by function/method?
2. Name the types of function.Explain them.
3. What is function prototype?
4. What is function definition?
5. What do you mean by access specifier.Name the access specifier.
6. Name the modifiers that can be used with a function?
7. What is the feature of static keyword in connection with function?
8. Write the types of parameters used in function.Explain them.
9. What is the difference between Call by value and Call by reference.
10. How many values a function returns?
11. What do mean by function overloading?
Conditional control structures
12. What are selection statements? Explain them with syntax.
13. Difference between i).if else if and switch construct. ii).Ternary and if else.
14. Characteristics of switch case constructor.
15. What are jump statements?
16. what do you mean by Dangling if Dangling else .
17. What is the significance of default clause in switch case statement.
18. Define fall through with an example.
19. What do you mean by block?Give an example.
20. What is ternary operator ?Explain with syntax and example.
Iterations
21. What is the function of loop? What are the basic types of loops.
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22. Difference between i) Entry control loop and Exit control loop.ii) for loop and while loop.iii)while and do
while. Iii)break and continue.
23. What are the iteration statements in java? Explain with syntax and example.
24. What do you mean by Infinite loop and Empty loop Give examples.
25. What is nested loop? Give an example.
26. Define a counter variable.
Using Library Classes and Strings
27. What is a class library? Name the most commonly used library classes.
28. What is the difference between i)charAt() substring() ii).indexOf() and lastIndexOf()
iii) concat() and trim() iv)equals() and equalsIgnoreCase() v)equals() and compareTo() vi)length and
length() vi) replace() and replaceAll() vii) read() and readLine()
29. What are the types of stream? Explain them.
30. What are the stream variables?
31. What is package? Name the packages which will invoke by default.
32. How to create a package ?Give the syntax and an example.
33. What are the advantages of storing a class in a package?
34. Explain the various types of errors with example.
35. Explain features of switch case .
36. Explain Binary search technique.
37. Explain isUpperCase(char) and toUpperCase(char).
38. What is the difference between Linear search and Binary search.
39. Explain Math functions with one example each.
40. What is the purpose of the function toString()? Give one example.
41. Define an array? How to declare and create an array?
42. Advantages of using arrays?
43. What is sorting? Name the different techniques used for sorting.
44. What is Searching? Name the different techniques used for searching.
45. Difference between
i) Bubble sort and Selection sort.
ii) Linear search and Binary search
iii) Subscript and Subscripted variable.

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS:
Topic: Chapter 8. Fundamental Concepts of cost
1. Define the term Cost.
2. Explain cost on the basis activity.
3. Define: a) Cost unit b) Cost Centre c) Cost Sheet.
4. Explain cost on the basis of Managerial Decision-Making.
5. Explain cost on the basis of Nature.
6. Distinguish between fixed cost and variable Cost.

HOME SCIENCE:
LNO :6 FUNDAMENTALS OF BANKING
1) Make a chart of different accounts which can be opened in a bank, various documents and their advantages.
2) What is a cheque and state any two characteristics of it?
3) Explain about any two important functions of bank.
4) Expand the abbreviation :I)A.T.M,II)P.P.FIII)O.T.P
5) Differentiate between pass book and pay in slip book
6) Explain the process of operating a bank account.
7) Explain the term, ‘overdraft’.
8) How are you going to open saving bank account bank account and mention two advantages of opening a saving
bank account.