DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

RUDRAPUR

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS – XI
SESSION: 2023 – 2024
 nothing is more
powerful for
your future than
being a gatherer
of good ideas and
information. that’s
called doing your
homework.
jim rohn
ENGLISH

session 2023 – 24
 class – xi

This document outlines the expectations from your project in detail. Please go through this document
very thoroughly and do not skim over the surface. Disregard of any guideline mentioned below will
invite Negative marking.

1. Prepare a spiral file for English Project comprising minimum 25-30 pages.
2. The very first page must have the school Logo and Header as mentioned above in the
mauve colored circle along with the student’s name, class and section as well.
3. Strictly adhere to the following for the content inside the file:
a) Use only A-4 Formal paper inside the Project file like the one given in the image
below:

b) Content must be typed.

c) Font: Times New Roman
d) Font Size: For Headings: 14, For Normal Content: 12
4. Index must be on the page 2.
5. Acknowledgement must be on page 3. Use the template given here.
6. Certificate of completion must be on the fourth page. (NOTE: Acknowledgement and
Certificate of Completion MUST be done on separate pages). Use the template given
here.
 7. Actual Content of the Project starts from the next page no. 5.
8. Pictorial evidence/photos/images/data charts/bar graphs supporting or countering
the topic must be included.
9. Mention 5 to 10 learning objectives or outcomes that were achieved from this project.
10. Report must be supported by evidence in the form of links from the Youtube or Podcast,
i.e. list of resources/bibliography must be mentioned on the last page.

TOPIC OF THE PROJECT

Students are required to listen to podcasts/interviews/radio or TV documentary on any two of

the following topics and prepare a report countering or agreeing with the speakers:
1. Health and Lifestyle
2. Climate
3. Business and Entrepreneurship
4. Foreign Affairs
5. Any Social Issue
ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT REPORT:
1. Speaker’s opening remarks
2. Student’s understanding of the topic
3. Additional views about the concerned topic whether in agreement or in disagreement
4. Personal learning outcomes achieved from the project while completing it

For Parameters of Assessment please refer below and the English_Core Curriculum 2023-24
document on cbseacademic.nic.in.
Quality of content of the project:
1. Accuracy of information
2. Adherence to the specified timeline and guidelines
3. Content in respect of spellings, grammar, punctuation
4. Clarity of thoughts and ideas
5. Creativity
6. Knowledge and experience gained
7. Neatness and presentation of the Project
8. Final Viva may be based on project. *
 Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that the content of this project entitled. “…..…(Name of the Project)……………”
by (Name of the Student…………..) is the bona fide work of her/him submitted to (School
Name…………….) for consideration in partial fulfillment of the requirement of CBSE, Delhi for
the award of Senior School Certificate in English.

The original research work was carried out by her/him under my supervision in the academic
year (mention your academic year, for example, 2023-24………….). She/He has taken proper
care and shown utmost sincerity in completing this project. On the basis of the declaration
made by her/him, I recommend this project report for evaluation.

Certified By:

Teacher’s name:
 Acknowledgement
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher (………Name of the
teacher) as well as our principal (Name of the principal……..)who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic (………….Write the topic name), which
also helped me in doing a lot of research and I came to know about so many new things
(…………..mention your learning acquired here…..). I am really thankful to them.

Secondly, I would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in finalizing
this project within the limited time frame.

Student’s Name:

Class & Section:

Date of Submission of the Project:

 BIOLOGY

TOPICS FOR THE PROJECT:

Diversity in the living world: To Study of the Classification within kingdom Plantae

1. To Study of the Classification of the Biodiversity

2. To Study the Angiosperm: Classifications and its Features
3. To Study the Biology Project on Five Kingdom of Clarification
4. To Study the Characteristics and Classification of the Monera
5. To Study the Kingdom Protista: Characteristics and Classification
6. To Study the basic Classification of the Animal Kingdom

PROJECT DETAILS:
 Select any one topic.
 Do the research.
 Prepare a documentation based on your research. (It should be hand written and supplement
your write-up with images, tables, graphs wherever needed.)
 Details of documentation:
1. Cover Page
2. Acknowledgement
3. Certificate
4. Index
5. Content
6. Bibliography
 ECONOMICS
Prepare a project on any one of the topics given below
Guidelines for Project Work

1.Steps involved in the conduct of the project:

Students may work upon the following lines as a suggested flow chart

Choose a topic

Collect the research material/data

Organize material/data

Present material/data

Analyse the material/data for conclusion

Draw the relevant conclusion Presentation of the Project Work

2. The project work should be handwritten.

3. Expected Checklist for the Project Work:

 Cover page, with the title of the project, school details/details of students.
 Statement of purpose/objectives/goals
 Certificate of completion under the guidance of the teacher.
 Action plan for the completion of assigned tasks .
 Content
 List of resources/bibliography.
4.The following points should be kept in mind while making the project:-
 Quality of content of the project
 Accuracy of information Adherence to the specified timeline Content in respect of
(spellings, grammar, punctuation)
 Clarity of thoughts and ideas Creativity Contributions .
 project should be of 3,500-4,000 words (excluding diagrams & graphs), preferably hand-written
 it will be an independent, self-directed piece of study

 Validity, reliability, appropriateness and relevance of data used for research work and

for presentation in the project file

 Presentation and writing that is succinct and coherent in project file

 Citation of the materials referred to, in the file in footnotes, resource section, bibliography

Topics for the Project work

SUBJECT:_ ECONOMICS (030)

* Micro and Small Scale Industries

* Food Supply Channel in India

* Contemporary Employment situation in India

* Disinvestment policy of the government

* Goods and Services Tax Act and its Impact on GDP

* Health Expenditure (of any state)

*Human Development Index

*Inclusive Growth Strategy

*Self-help group

*Trends in Credit availability in India

*Monetary Policy Committee and its functions

*Role of RBI in Control of Credit

*Government Budget & its Components

*Trends in budgetary condition of India

*Exchange Rate determination – Methods and Techniques

* Currency War – reasons and repercussions

* Livestock – Backbone of Rural India

*Alternate fuel – types and importance

* Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Cost Ratio Benefits Golden Quadrilateral- Cost ratio benefit

*Minimum Support Prices

*Relation between Stock Price Index and Economic Health of a Nation

*Waste Management in India – Need of the hour

*Minimum Wage Rate – Approach and Application

* Digital India- Step towards the future

*Rain Water Harvesting – A solution to water crisis

* Vertical Farming – An alternate way

* Silk Route- Revival of the past

*Make in India – The way ahead

*Bumper Production- Boon or Bane for the farmer

* Rise of Concrete Jungle- Trend Analysis

*Organic Farming – Back to the Nature

*Aatmanirbhar Bharat

*e-Rupee (e- ₹)

*Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis

*Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

*Environmental Crisis

*Comparative Study of Economies (Maximum three economies)

*New Education Policy (NEP) 2020: A Promise for a New Education System

*G-20: Inclusive and Action Oriented

*Amrit Kaal: Empowered and Inclusive Economy

*Cashless Economy

*Any other newspaper article and its evaluation on basis of economic principles

*Any other topic

 MATHEMATICS

ACTIVITY NO. 1

Represent the SET THEORETIC operations using VENN DIAGRAMS.

ACTIVITY N0. 2

To verify that for two sets A and B, 𝑛(𝐴 × 𝐵) = 𝑝𝑞 and total number of
RELATIONS from A to B is 2𝑝𝑞 , 𝑛(𝐴) = 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛(𝐵) = 𝑞.

3. Complete all the EXAMPLES from CHAPTER -1 and 2 from NCERT TEXT
BOOK in your Mathematics notebook.
 ACCOUNTANCY

In File Pages do the following:-

 Comprehensive Problem based on Class XI. (Question will be shared

separately)
 BUSINESS STUDIES

In File Pages do the following:-

 Prepare Project File on Different forms of Business Organizations.

 CHEMISTRY

GENERAL INSTRUCTION
 Students homework is designed on the basis CBSE curriculum and previous
year questions of chapters that are completed
 It also contain a investigatory project that carry 10 marks
 Project is evaluated by external examiner in board exam it should be neat clean
and presentable
 Answer of question bank ie given should be write in seprate file or a small copy
 Before attempting any chapter revise the chapter thoroughly and answer should
be written in your own language DON’T try to copy from google or any one
PROJECT WORK
Instructions
Each students is Assigned to make a investigatory project roll no wise
You can not make project by your own choice
Project should contain at least 20-40 pages excluding cover page ,index and comment page
Cover page should made up of hand made sheet
Internal pages should be white A4 lined pages and handwritten and photostate matter is not
accepted
1.To study the effect of metal coupling on rate of corrosion Roll no(1,14,27)
, 2.To study the presence of oxalate ions in guava fruits Roll no(2,15,28)
3.To study the chemistry of Dry cell and lead storage cell with their merits and demerits Roll
no(3,16,29,)
4.To Study of the effect of potassium bisulphate as a food preservative under various
condition(temperature , concentration , time ) Roll no(4,17,30)
5.To determine the molecular mass and vanthoff’s factor of sugar and sodium chloride with the
help of any 3 colligative properties . Roll no(5,18,31,)
6.Study of common food adulterants in fat , oil , butter , sugar ,turmeric powder chillipowder and
peeper Roll no(6,19,32,)
7. To Study the effect of concentration and temperature on Rate of reaction Roll no(7,20,33, )
8..Analyse Different tooth paste for the analysis for ions present in it Roll no(8,21 ,34)
9. To study the chemistry of mercury cell and nickel cadmium battery Roll no(9,22,35)
10.A comparative study of effectiveness of different commercial antacids Roll no(10,23,36)
11. Calculation of Vant hoff’s factor or Determination of molecular mass of urea Roll
no(11,24,,37,)
12.To Study the Chemistry Project on electrolysis and the law of electrolysis( 12, 25,38)
13.To Measure the EMF of Electrochemical Cell: Chemistry Investigatory Project (13,26,39)
 GEOGRAPHY

A). Make a Geography Practical File and write about Introduction to maps and their
types. Paste pictures of types of maps also.

B] Collect information about the Origin of the solar System OR ‘Stardust ‘along
the following lines.

i) Which is the agency that has launched this project?

ii) Why are scientists interested in collecting Stardust?
iii) Where from has the Stardust been collected?

Make a PPT OR do this in Geography Notebook Book -1.

 PHYSICS

Assignment-01:
(Equations Of Motion)
Type-01 : Basic Applications
1. A racing car accelerates on a straight road from rest to a speed of 180 km/hr in 25 s.
Assuming uniform acceleration of the car throughout, find the distance covered in this
time.
2. An object accelerates uniformly along a straight track with acceleration of 10 m/s 2. At t = 0,
it is at x = -8 m and moving with a velocity of 3 m/s.
(i) What is the position of the object at t = 3 s?
(ii) What is the velocity of the object at t = 3 s?
3. A particle moving with uniform acceleration has a velocity of 12 cm/s in the positive x
direction when its x-coordinate is 3 cm. If its x-coordinate 2 seconds later is -5 cm, what is
its acceleration?
4. A particle moving with uniform acceleration from A to B along a straight line has velocities
v1 and v2 at A and B respectively. If C is the mid-point between A and B, then determine the
velocity of the particle at C.
Type-02 : Reaction Time / Stopping Distance
5. A car was moving at the rate of 36 km/hr. When brakes were applied, it came to rest in a
distance of 200 m. Calculate the retardation produced in the car.
6. A bullet travelling with a velocity of 16 m/s penetrates a tree trunk and comes to rest in 0.4
m. Find the time taken during the retardation.
7. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed of 72 km/hr is brought to a stop within
a distance of 100 m. What is the retardation of the car and how long does it take for the car
to stop?
8. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 km/hr is brought to a stop within a
distance of 200 m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform) and how long does
it take for the car to stop?
9. A truck is travelling at a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When the driver sees a child 50 m in
front of him on the road, he hits the brakes to stop the truck. The truck decelerates at a
rate of 1.25 m/s2. His reaction time to hit the brakes is 0.5 s. Will the truck hit the child?
Show with proper calculations.
10. The reaction time for an automobile driver is 0.6 s. If the automobile can be decelerated at
5 m/s2, calculate the total distance travelled in coming to stop from an initial velocity of 30
km/hr after a signal is observed.
11. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. How much
further will it penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constant resistance to
motion? (AIEEE 2005 ; Delhi 2018)
Type-03 : Meeting / Collision / Overtaking
12. Two trains- one travelling at 72 km/hr and other at 90 km/hr are heading towards one
another along a straight level track. When they are 1 km apart, both the drivers
simultaneously see the other’s train and apply brakes which retard each train at the rate of
1 m/s2. Determine whether the trains would collide or not.
13. Two trains A and B of length 400 m each are moving on two parallel tracks with a uniform
speed of 72 km/hr in the same direction, with A ahead of B. The driver of B decides to
overtake A and accelerates by 1 m/s2. If after 50 s, the guard of B just brushes past the driver
of A, what was the original distance between them? (NCERT)
14. A bus starts moving with an acceleration 2 m/s2. A cyclist 96 m behind the bus starts
simultaneously towards the bus at a constant speed of 20 m/s.
(i) After what time, will the cyclist be able to overtake the bus?
(ii) After sometime, the bus will be left behind. If the bus continues moving with the
same acceleration, after what time from the beginning, the bus will overtake the
cyclist?
15. A bus starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s2. At the same time, a car
travelling with a constant velocity of 50 m/s overtakes and passes the bus.
(i) Find at what distance will the bus overtake the car?
(ii) How fast will the bus be travelling then?
16. A burglar’s car had a start with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. A police vigilant party came after
5 seconds and continued to chase the burglar’s car with a uniform velocity of 20 m/s. Find
the time in which the police van overtakes the burglar’s car.
Type-04 : Miscellaneous Problems
17. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 10 s to a velocity of 8 m/s. It then runs
at a constant velocity and is finally brought to rest in 64 m with a constant retardation. The
total distance covered by the car is 584 m. Find the values of acceleration, retardation and
total time taken.
18. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at the rate ‘f’ through a distance ‘s’, then continues at
constant speed for some time ‘t’ and then decelerates at the rate ‘f/2’ to come to rest. If the
total distance is ‘5s’, then prove that s = (1/2)ft2.(AIEEE 2005)
19. A hundred meter sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 m/s 2 up
to three-quarters of the total run and covers the last quarter with uniform speed. How
much time does she take to cover the first half and the second half of the run?
20. At a distance 400 m from the traffic light, brakes are applied to a locomotive moving with a
velocity of 54 km/hr. Determine the position of the locomotive relative to the traffic light 1
minute after the application of the brakes if its acceleration is -0.3 m/s2.
21. The greatest acceleration or deceleration that a train may have is ‘a’. Calculate the
minimum time in which the train may reach from one station to the other separated by a
distance ‘d’.
22. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time and then decelerates at a
constant rate β to come to rest. The total time elapsed is ‘t’. Find-
(i) the maximum velocity attained by the car
(ii) total distance travelled by the car
23. A particle starts from rest and travels a distance ‘s’ with uniform acceleration, then it
travels a distance ‘2s’ with uniform speed, finally it travels a distance ‘3s’ with uniform
retardation and comes to rest. If the complete motion of the particle is a straight line, then
calculate the ratio of its average velocity to maximum velocity.
24. A body starting from rest accelerates uniformly at the rate of 10 cm/s2 and retards
uniformly at the rate of 20 cm/s2. Find the least time in which it can complete the journey
of 5 km if the maximum velocity attained by the body is 72 km/hr.
25. A car moving with a speed of 50 km/hr can be stopped by brakes after at least 6 m. What
will be the minimum stopping distance if the same car is moving at a speed of 100 km/hr?
Assignment-02:
(Motion Under Gravity)
Type-01 : Theory & Conceptual Problems
26. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upward
with same initial speed. Which one will rise to a greater height?(IIT)

27. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upwards
with the same speed. Which one will pass through the point of projection in their downward
direction with the greater speed?(IIT)
Type-02 : Numerical Problems
(Take g = 10 m/s2 unless stated)
28. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. Calculate-
(i) the maximum height reached
(ii) the time taken to reach the maximum height
(iii) the velocity with which it returns to the ground
(iv) the time taken to reach the ground
29. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4 m/s.
(i) What is the direction of acceleration during the upward motion of the ball?
(ii) What are the velocity and acceleration of the ball at the highest point of its motion?
(iii) To what height does the ball rise and after how long does the ball return to the
player’s hands? (Take g = 9.8 m/s2) (NCERT)
30. A stone is dropped from a tower of height 20 m. Find-
(i) time taken by the stone to reach the ground
(ii) speed just before hitting the ground
31. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m/s from the top of a tower returns to
the ground in 6 s. Find the height of the tower.
32. A ball is projected vertically upwards from a tower of height 20 m at a speed of 5 m/s. Find-
(i) the maximum height reached from the ground
(ii) time when it passes from its mean position
(iii) speed of the ball just before hitting the ground
(iv) time taken by the ball to reach the ground
33. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a multistoried
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25 m from the ground.
(i) How high will the ball rise from the point of projection?
(ii) How long will it take be air before the ball hits the ground?
(iii) Trace the trajectory of this ball.(NCERT ; Central Schools 2008 ; Delhi 2017)
34. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 28 m/s. Find the speed of ball 1 s before
reaching the maximum height.
35. A stone dropped from the top of a tree covers 6 m height in last 0.2 s of fall. Find the height
of tree.
36. A ball is dropped from a height of 5 m onto a sandy floor and penetrates the sand up to 10
cm before coming to rest. Find the retardation of the ball in sand assuming it to be uniform.
37. A balloon is at a height of 81 m and ascending upwards with a velocity of 12 m/s. A body of
mass 2 kg is dropped from it. Find the time taken by it to hit the ground.
38. A hot air balloon rises upwards with a constant speed of 10 m/s. When the balloon is at a
height of 100 m above the ground, a stone is dropped from it. Find-
(i) time taken by the stone to reach the ground
(ii) maximum height attained by the stone from the ground
(iii) distance between stone and balloon after 3 seconds
39. A food packet is released from a helicopter which is rising steadily at 2 m/s. After two
seconds,
(i) What is the velocity of the packet?
(ii) How far is it below the helicopter?
40. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the parachute opens out.
Then, he descends with a net retardation of 2.5 m/s2. If he bails out of the plane at height
2495 m. What will be his velocity on reaching the ground?
41. A parachutist bails out from an aeroplane and after dropping through a distance of 40 m,
he opens the parachute and decelerates at 2 m/s2. If he reaches the ground with a speed of
2 m/s,
Take g = 9.8 m/s2.
(i) How long is he in the air?
(ii) At what height did he bail out from the plane?(AIEEE 2005)
42. Two balls are thrown simultaneously, A vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m/s from the
ground, and B vertically downwards from a height of 40 m with the same speed and along
the same line of action. When and where do the balls collide?
43. From the top of a tower 100 m in height a ball is dropped and at the same time another ball
is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 25 m/s. Find when and
where the two balls will meet.(Delhi 2005 ; Central Schools 2020)
44. A rocket is fired vertically from the ground with a resultant vertical acceleration of 10 m/s 2.
The fuel is finished in 1 minute and it continues to move up. What is the maximum height
reached?
45. An NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of 6 km/hr through a place under a berry tree on
which a bird is sitting at a height of 12.1 m. At a particular instant, the bird drops a berry.
Which cadet (give the distance from the tree at that instant) will receive the berry on his
uniform?(HC Verma)
46. A person sitting on the top of a tall building is dropping balls at regular intervals of one
second. Find the positions of the 3rd, 4th and 5th ball when the 6th ball is being dropped.
47. A water tap ejects water drops at one second intervals. Find the distance between 3rd and
5th drop when 6th drop is just coming out from the tap.
48. Balls are thrown vertically upward in such a way that the next ball is thrown when the
previous one is at the maximum height. If the maximum height is 5 m, find the number of
balls thrown per minute.
49. A particle is projected vertically upwards from a point A on the ground. It takes t 1 time to
reach a point B but it still continues to move up. If it takes further t 2 time to reach the
ground from point B, then calculate the height of point B from the ground.
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PRACTICAL WORK

Record File

1.Physical Fitness Test - Two Test (SAI Khelo India Fitness Test)

2.Games and Sports - Major Game Any Two IOA recognised of games and sports of
choice. Labelled diagram of field and equipment. Also mention it’s rules , terminology
and skills.

3.Yogic Asanas – Two Asanas with Procedure,Benefits,Contraindications and

diagrams.
 PAINTING

1. Draw a vegetable composition in pencil with light and shade(any three vegitable of
your choice)
2.Draw an Object in pencil with light and shade (any object from house hold )
3.Draw and paint of shapes(any 3 shapes you can compose with any colour medium)
PAPER SIZE IS A3
 HINDUSTANI MUSIC

1. Learn Raag Bhairav with two Taan.

2. Write the biography of Bade Ghulam Ali and contribution towards Hindustani music.
3. Draw a structure of Tanpura and learn its tuning.
 PSYCHOLOGY

Make a sketch, painting, poster or chart of human face

depicting one emotion in one face.

 COMPUTER SCIENCE

Prepare a Project Report on any one of the following topics:

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2. Machine Learning
3. Robotic Process Automation or RPA
4. Edge Computing
5. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
6. Cyber security
7. Block chain
8. Internet of Things (IoT)
9. BIG DATA

The Project may be typed or hand Written. With following pages:

 Cover Page
 Introduction
 Main Contents (Minimum 4 Pages, may include images also)
 Conclusion
 References
ENJOY AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF………………….