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Class 11 - Commerce Stream - Holiday Homework (Little Angles)
Class 11 - Commerce Stream - Holiday Homework (Little Angles)
Class 11 - Commerce Stream - Holiday Homework (Little Angles)
Class–XI
Commerce Stream
ENGLISH
I. POSTER MAKING
1. You are making an effort to spread the message of communal harmony. Prepare a
poster with catchy slogans to be displayed in the school premises.
2. It is unfortunate to see that people don’t wear seatbelts and helmets while driving their
cars and Motor-bikes although it has been made compulsory by law. On behalf of the
Traffic Police, Delhi, draw a poster inviting people’s attention towards the law. Also
mention the fine/punishment for the violators.
II. VOICE YOUR VIEWS
Draft speech on the following Topics (Word limit 150 words)
1. OTT Platform Vs Conventional Theatres: which one is the future of movies in the
present scenario?
2. Challenges in life bring out the best in people- Testing Times inspire to do best;
examples of people who rose above challenges to do best; Geeta Phogat, Deepa
Malik, Santosh Yadav, etc.
3. How has the proliferation of internet usage and innovative apps contributed to the rise
of cybercrime, and what measures can we implement to safeguard ourselves and our
communities from its detrimental effects? Draft a speech exploring the impact of
cybercrime stemming from excessive internet usage and the use of innovative apps,
and propose solutions to combat this growing threat.
A. Read the following sentences carefully and find out the literary devices used.
1. Books are the keys to your imagination.
2. Gah! Her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard!
3. He is a walking dictionary.
4. Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.
5. I think my grandfather is as old as these hills!
6. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
7. Bark-Bark! Bark! The dog woke me up.
8. I ate a ton of food for dinner.
9. Buzz - The bee buzzed in my ear.
10. It seems to have been raining for 40 days and 40 nights.
11. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
12. "Oh, woeful, oh woeful, woeful, woeful day!
13. That child is a bear when he is sleepy.
14. If I'm not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
15. The curtains danced in the breeze.
16. "O Thunder, Hear My Cry"
17. "But then the squawk of the truck's horn...."
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18. "The drying cotton and corn stretched tiredly skyward."
19. "And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."
20. “The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew/The furrow followed free,”
21. The flowers danced on the lawn.
22. Sing a song of faith; Sing a song of hope.
23. 'He pointed an angry finger at me.'
24. 'She looked at him through concerned eyes.'
25. Ignorance is strength.
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C. IDIOMS QUIZ
1. "Some people call the new vaccine an accident waiting to happen." The idiom, AN
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, refers to _____________________.
(a) something which is slightly crazy or strange
(b) something that has already caused serious trouble
(c) something that is very likely to cause harm
(d) something which is not as important as it seems
2. "Since you three agree too easily, I would like to play devil's advocate in this meeting."
The idiom, ACT AS/BE/ PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, means __________________.
(a) to pretend to be a lawyer so that one can scare others
(b) to pretend to disagree on an issue so that there will be a discussion about it
(c) to pretend to be a bad person
(d) to pretend to fight against God and everything good
3. "Joey has so many things to do today... He has his audition... Then he has to attend
his French class... After that, he has to take his nephew to the competition... He
doesn't know whether he's Arthur or Martha." The expression, TO NOT KNOW
WHETHER ONE'S ARTHUR OR MARTHA, means __________________.
(a) to feel confused because one has a lot of things to do
(b) to feel confident about one's abilities
(c) to underestimate oneself before a busy day
(d) to feel worried about failure
4. "Why do you worry about him? He's no babe in the woods anymore." The expression,
BABE IN THE WOODS, refers to someone _______________.
(a) who gathers wood to build a fire
(b) who is not a child any more
(c) who doesn't live in the jungle any more
(d) who doesn't have much experience, and can easily be deceived
5. "Their boss has to have someone dancing attendance on him all the time." The idiom,
DANCE ATTENDANCE ON SOMEONE, means _____________________.
(a) practise your dance moves in the office
(b) do everything to please someone by obeying every wish or whim
(c) come to your workplace every day
(d) be present by proxy
6. "My brother has a green thumb." The idiom, TO HAVE A GREEN THUMB, means__.
(a) one is able to make plants grow easily
(b) one likes green
(c) one has a green thumb
(d) one is bad at gardening
7. "He has the right stuff to be a politician." The expression, THE RIGHT STUFF, refers
to ________________.
(a) questionable substances that are illegal to own
(b) the bad habit of saying "stuff" when one can't remember a familiar word
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(c) the habit of using "right?" as a question tag
(d) the qualities required to do or be something
8. "It's within your rights to demand a full refund." The expression, WITHIN YOUR
RIGHTS, means _______________.
(a) there is something on the right side
(b) there is something that is within your reach
(c) there is something on the left side
(d) there is something that you are legally allowed to do
ACCOUNTANCY
Basic Accounting Terms
Accounting Equation
1. X commenced business on 1st April,2013 with a capital of ₹ 6,00,000.On 31st
March,2014 his assets were worth ₹ 8,00,000 and liabilities ₹ 50,000. Find out his
closing capital and profits earned during the year.
2. Calculate the amount of total assets and capital as on 31.12.2013 in each of the
following cases:
i. Shyam started a business on 1.1.2013 with a capital of ₹ 10,000 and a loan of ₹ 5,000
borrowed from Chirag. During the year, he made a profit of ₹ 5,000.
ii. If in the above case the proprietor had introduced additional capital of ₹ 5,000 and had
withdrawn ₹ 3,000 for personal use.
iii. If in the above case, apart from the loan, Shyam owes ₹ 2,500 to a supplier of goods
on 31.12.2013.
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11) Withdrew goods for personal use (cost ₹500, sale price ₹600).
12) Purchased household goods for ₹15,000 giving ₹5,000 in cash and balance through loan.
13) Paid cash ₹500 for loan and ₹300 for interest.
14) Goods destroyed by fire (cost ₹500, sale price ₹600)
15) Paid salary ₹500 and salary outstanding ₹100.
16) Paid rent in advance ₹2,000.
17) Accrued interest ₹ 500.
18) Commission received in advance ₹ 1,000.
19) Charged depreciation of ₹ 400 on furniture.
20) Paid ₹ 9,000 towards repayment of Loan.
Journal Entries
1. Record the following transactions in the Journal of Raghu 2013
Transactions Amount(₹)
Nov.01 Commenced business with cash 4,00,000
Nov.04 Goods purchased from Ram for cash 80,000
Nov.07 Goods purchased from Mohit 25,000
Nov.08 Goods returned to Mohit 5,000
Nov.08 Sold goods to Ramesh 20,000
Nov.10 Sold goods to Raj for Cash 7,000
Nov.12 Paid Commission 1,000
2. The following balance appeared in the books of M/S Meghnath on 1st January, 2014.
Assets:- Cash ₹ 25,000; Bank ₹ 15,000; Stock ₹ 70,000; Furniture ₹ 7,800; Debtors
₹ 35,000 (Shankar: ₹ 7,000; Raj: ₹ 10,000; Ram: ₹ 18,000)
Liabilities:- Loan ₹ 15,000; Creditors ₹ 17,000 (Mohan: ₹ 9,000; Roy: ₹ 8,000)
The following transactions took place during January in year, 2014.
Jan.03 Bought goods from Monika for ₹ 19,000 at a trade discount of 10% and cash
discount of 2%. Paid 50% of amount immediately
Jan.05 Sold goods to Raj for 5,000
Jan.07 Received ₹ 14,500 from Raj in full settlement of his account
Jan.09 Cash deposited into his bank ₹ 15,000
Jan.15 Cheque received from Shankar in full settlement of his account for ₹ 6,950 and
immediately deposited into bank
Jan.17 Cheque received from Ram ₹ 7,000
Jan.19 Cheque received from Ram deposited into bank
Jan.22 Cheque received from Shankar dishonoured
Jan.25 Ram became insolvent and 70 paisa in a rupee could be received from his
estate
Jan.31 Proprietor withdrew for private use ₹ 3,000 from office and ₹ 2,000 from bank.
Pass necessary Journal entries.
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(iv) Bricks ₹ 5,00,000; Timber ₹ 2,00,000; Cement ₹ 75,000 purchased for the
construction of building. The payment was made by cheque.
(v) Proprietor withdrew for his personal use cash ₹ 25,000 and goods worth
₹ 15,000
(vi) Goods worth ₹ 2,00,000 were destroyed by fire. Insurance Company admitted
and paid a claim for 60% amount.
(vii) Purchased a ‘horse’ for business for ₹ 7,000
(viii) Paid landlord ₹ 15,000 for rent. One third of the building is occupied by
proprietor for residential use.
4. Journalise the following transactions in the books of Karan.
(i) Bought goods for ₹ 22,000.
(ii) Purchased goods from Rahul of the list price ₹ 32,000 with a trade discount of
10%.
(iii) Bought goods of the list price of ₹ 60,000 from Jagat less 25 % trade discount
and 5% cash discount and paid 40% by the cheque.
(iv) Sold goods to Vansh costing ₹ 20,000 at a profit of 30% on sales, less 20%
trade discount and also paid cartage of ₹ 150(payable by customer)
(v) Sold goods to Sandeep for ₹ 32,000 against a current dated cheque.
(vi) Rejected 10% of the goods supplied by Rahul.
(vii) Paid Jagat ₹ 25,500 on account in full settlement.
(viii) Vansh got bankrupt, only 40 paisa in rupee was recovered from his official
receiver.
5. Journalise the following transactions in the books of Rohtash.
(i) Purchased Machinery from Ravi of ₹ 10,000 and paid him by a bank draft
obtained from a bank of ₹ 10,080
(ii) Purchased 200 bonds @ ₹ 90 each and paid through cheque.
(iii) Received ₹ 4,000 for a Bill of exchange from Harish and deposited into the
bank.
(iv) Purchased a typewriter for ₹ 3,000 and spent ₹ 250 on its repair.
(v) Sunil owes ₹ 1,000, his Account was settled by a cheque and ₹ 200 were
charged as interest.
(vi) Received money order of ₹ 125 from Ravinder.
(vii) Paid fire insurance of office building in advance ₹ 1,200.
(viii) Provide Interest on Capital (₹ 1,00,000) at 12% p.a. for 6 months.
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BUSINESS STUDIES
1. “Commerce is the sum total of activities that remove the hindrances in the free flow of
goods from producers to consumers.” Explain.
2. Define auxiliaries to trade. Explain any five activities that are auxiliaries to trade.
5. Why does business need multiple objectives? Explain any five such objectives.
6. “Profit can no more be the objective of business than eating is the objective of living.”
Explain.
7. Explain the concept of business risk and its causes.
10. Mr. Sanjay starts a business in which one useful product is produced by the
separation process, whereas Mr. Sagar starts a business in which various ingredients
are combined together to form a new product. (a) Identify the type of industry in which
both are engaged. (b) State the category of industries identified in (a) above.
11. Bhoomika moves from one place to another selling vegetables. She earns from the
work and meets her daily requirements. She saved money and opened a shop where
she sold vegetables and also provided home delivery services. (a) Identify the type of
activity she is involved in. (b) State two features of the activity identified in (a) above
12. Anil, Sunil and Payal are friends. They are pursuing their MBA from IIMT, Banaras.
While having a coffee during break time, they were discussing their future plans. Anil
said he is planning to help his father by joining his printing press after completing his
MBA, Sunil on the other hand, wanted to get a job in some big company through
institution placement cell. Since Payal loves children, she shared her willingness to
join an NGO and use her knowledge and skill to help the under privileged children. (a)
Identify and give two points of difference on any two basis between Anil’s and Sunil’s
plan. (b) How would you classify the activity which Payal is willing to pursue after
college?
13. What do you understand by a sole proprietorship business? Explain its suitability and
features.
14. Despite limitations of size and resources, many people continue to prefer sole
proprietorship over other forms of organization. Why? Give any six reasons.
17. What is partnership deed? What is its role in partnership firm? Discuss its main
contents.
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18. Explain the procedure of registration of a partnership firm. What are the
consequences of non-registration of partnership firm?
19. Shenoy, Gurpreet, Lakshay and Payal are partners in a firm performing different roles.
Shenoy has contributed capital and participates in the management of the firm. He
shares profits and losses and is liable to an unlimited extent to the creditors of the
firm. Gurpreet has contributed capital and shares profits and losses. But he does not
take part in day to day activities of the business. Association of Lakshay with the firm
is not known to general public but in all other aspects he is like an active partner.
Payal has allowed the firm to use her name as she enjoys good reputation, but she
does not either contribute capital or take part in the management. Identify the four
types of partners identified above.
20. “One man control is the best in the world if that one man is big enough to manage
everything.” Explain this statement.
21. The business assets of an organization amount to Rs. 50,000 but the debts remain
unpaid are Rs. 80,000. What course of action can the creditors take if (a) The
organization is a sole proprietorship firm. (b) The organization is a partnership firm
with Anthony and Akbar as partners, who share profits and losses equally. Which of
the two partners can the creditors approach for repayment of debt? Explain by giving
reasons.
22. Explain briefly different kind of cooperative societies.
25. There are eight members in a private company, all of them are sailing in a boat in sea
and are on sightseeing trip. All of a sudden, a storm starts blowing and all of them die.
Will their company become non-existent with their death? Which feature of company
is highlighted here in the above case? Discuss.
TOPIC FOR PROJECT- Aids to Trade (Take any one aid to trade and gather
information about it )
ECONOMICS
1. What is meant by Economics?
2. Who is a consumer and a producer?
3. What is the main objective of a consumer?
4. What is the main objective of a producer?
5. What is consumption?
6. What is production?
7. What is meant by Economic activity?
8. What is meant by Non-Economic activity?
9. Who is known as father of Economics?
10. What is Economy?
11. What are the sectors of an economy?
12. Who is known as father of Statistics?
13. Define Statistics in plural form.
14. Briefly explain the meaning of statistics in singular sense.
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15. What is Descriptive statistics?
16. What is inferential statistics?
17. Give two examples of quantitative data.
18. Mention two examples of qualitative data.
19. What are the two senses in which the word Statistics is used?
20. Explain the limitations of statistics.
21. Discuss the importance of statistics in Economics.
22. Explain the stages of statistics.
23. Write the difference between primary data and secondary data.
24. Write six features of a good questionnaire.
25. Explain any two methods to collect primary data.
26. Explain any four sources of secondary data.
27. Define the followings:
a) Investigator b) Respondent c) Enumerator
28. Classify the following activities into economic and non- economic activities.
a) Smita cooking food for her family.
b) A person selling cold drinks on the station.
c) Doctor attending patient at his clinic.
d) A person teaching his daughter for her board exams.
e) Kids are lighting candles and diyas on Diwali.
f) Production process carried out by a firm.
g) Social services rendered by an NGO to flood victims.
h) Chef cooking food at a restaurant.
30. Mean value of the weekly income of 40 families is 265. But in the calculation
Income of one family was read as 150 instead of 115. Find out the correct mean.
(correct mean=264.12)
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MATHS
2𝑖
15. Find the least positive integer n for which ( )𝑛 is a positive integer?
1+𝑖
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16. Prove : (x+1+i)(x+1-i)(x-1+i)(x-1-i)= x4 + 4
|𝑥−2|−1
17. Solve: |𝑥−2|−2
≤0
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
a) Display the name of companies whose vehicles are sold in the showroom
b) Display the type of vehicle which has Vehicle number beginning with M.
c) Display the details of all vehicles in descending order of their quantity.
d) Display the detail of Mini Van which has quantity 15.
e) Display the detail of all vehicles except of Jeep.
f) Remove the record of that vehicle which has quantity below 19.
g) Display all Vehicle Types from the table.
h) Display details of vehicles.
i) Increase quantity of all vehicles by 5.
j) Delete records of Maruti Company.
4. Write down the difference between DDL and DML.
5. Write down the command to delete table VEHICLE.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Project on IPL 2024 (as per instructions given in class) Project should be prepared on
coloured interleaf pages (One side ruled & One side plain) pages and minimum 20
pages should be there. On the left side of the page (plain) paste the pictures and on
the right side of the page (ruled) write the content. Project should be presentable &
informative.
PSYCHOLOGY
1. A psychologist studies family dynamics and their effect on the behaviour of individuals
in different regions. Their area of research would be: a) Developmental psychology b)
Cultural and cross-cultural psychology c) Cognitive psychology d) Environmental
psychology
2. ______ is a branch of psychology that can help a golfer deal with severe performance
anxiety.
3. What branch of psychology will be the best to help a school principal develop
instructional methods for her teachers? Why?
7. Embroidery is a Fine Motor Skill or a Gross Motor Skill? Why can’t a child in the
infancy stage be taught embroidery?
8. What are the challenges faced by individuals in old age?
PROJECT WORK:
Prepare a project file on the given topic by using suitable method of investigation.
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Skill- Building & Values- Driven Projects for Young Minds
1. "Teen Mental Health Survey": Conduct a survey on mental health awareness, stress,
and anxiety among teenagers, and create a multimedia presentation (video, podcast,
or infographic) sharing the findings and promoting empathy and support.
4. "Making Memories with Grandparents" Spend a few days with your grandparents, talk
to them about various things (cues given below) and prepare a project on what you
learnt by interacting with them on varied things.
Cues
Listen to the stories of their past
Discuss about their favourites - movies...songs...actors...leaders...food... lifestyle etc.
Prepare a list of life lessons you learnt after spending special time with them.
Instructions
You may use A-4 size coloured ruled sheets
Arrange the sheets neatly in a folder (Do Not use a plastic folder but you can make a
folder with cardboard or handmade sheets).
Make your Project interesting & meaningful
You may use an interesting punch line for your chosen Topic and also give catchy
headings to different sub topics of your chosen Topic.
Ensure your Project has:
a) Cover Page (with Topic & your Name, Class & Section)
b) Content
c) Pictures/ Graphics/ Photographs/ Assessment Questionnaire Sheets etc.
d) Learning Outcomes / Reflection
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