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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

SESSION-2015-16

ENGLISH

General Instructions:

(i) Creative writing work is to be done in the language note book.

(ii) Literature work is to be done in literature note book.

(iii) The question from Novel is also to be done in literature note book.

Creative Writing

Notice

(i) You are Sanjay/ Sneha of Rainbow High School. You have found a handbag containing some

important personal documents and some cash. Write a notice to be put up on the school notice board.

(ii) You are Reeta, Cultural Secretary of your school. Your school was planning to organize Annual Day

on 15th

Nov. Due to some unavoidable circumstances the school had to postpone it. Draft a notice to

inform the students about the same.

(iii) You have planned to organize a summer camp for the children of ages 10-14 years for developing

their creative skills in art, craft, clay-modeling, music etc., in your school during the month of May.

Draft a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board giving all details. Mention the

last date of registration of the students. You are Reena/Roshan, secretary of S. S Public School,

Chennai.

Posters

(i) Prepare a poster advising people to say 'No' to drugs, illustrating the dangers of consuming drugs.

Your illustration should be in conformity with the theme provided to you.

(ii) Design an attractive and instructive poster on behalf of the Delhi Police to caution the people against

any suspicious or unclaimed objects in public places/trains, buses to avert bomb-blasts.

(iii) Write out a poster on 'SAVE THE EARTH' on behalf of the Pollution Board, UP State.

Invites

(i) You are Mudita/Mudit of 21B, Geeta Colony. Write a reply accepting the invitation you got from

Jitin Shridhar on the occasion of his getting highest marks in his class XI Annual Exam.

(ii) On the Eve of World Environment Day, Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Mehrauli is organising a

symposium to create awareness about environmental issues. Draft a formal invitation to invite the

Director, Centre for Environment, to be the Chief Guest giving details of the venue, time and date.

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(iii) Your school, Bal Peeth Residential School, Bellary is planning to organize the Annual Sports Day in

the school premises. Draft an invitation in not more than 50 words giving all the essential details.

Article

(i) Youths form the very back bone of a nation as they are a great store house of energy and strength.

Using this input write an article in (150- 200) words on “The Role of Youth in National

Development” to be published in “The Indian Express”. You are Puneet/Purnima of Vandana

Internalatinal School Delhi.

(ii) Raj/Rajni is perturbed over reading a report in the miserable condition of children and the child

labour in India in the newspaper. She wants to express her strong feelings against the exploitation of

children through an article to be published in his/her school magazine by using the inputs from the

following picture. (word limit : 150-200)

(iii) Sumit/Sumita came across a news of rage on road by Delhites. The bikers and motorists show bad

temper and tricks upon the minor issues on the road. Perturbed by the news, he decides to write an

article to the editor of the Hindustan Times on “Road Rage”. (word limit : 150-200)

Letters

(i) Every day many innocent lives are lost because of drunken and reckless driving on city roads.

Growing number of pubs and night clubs are the root cause for this suggesting ways to curb this

menace. Write a letter to the editor of local newspaper. You are Lalita/Lalit of Sec-11, Rohini.

(ii) You are Pratibha/Pramod of Mont Fort School, Ashok Vihar. You are interested in doing a short

term course in computer programming during summer vacations. Write a letter to the Director of the

NIIT, enquiring about the duration of such a course and the terms and conditions for admission.

(iii) Sharda of 43, ABC Society, Indirapuram reads an advertisement for young school boys and girls to

market the product of a renowned company in Delhi. She decides to apply for the same. Write her

application to the Personal Manager, Harrison and Sampson Ltd., Nehru Place, New Delhi.

Literature

Keeping Quiet

Q1. Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow:

STANZA 1

“Now we will count to twelve

And we will all keep still.

For once on the face of the Earth

let’s not speak in any language,

lets stop for one second,

and not move our arms so much.

It would be an exotic moment

Heavy fines ............ suspension of driving license ......... impounding of vehicle

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without rush, without engines,

we would all be together

in a sudden strangeness,”

(i) What is the poet‟s suggestion?

(ii) What does the poet want us to realise through total peace and inactivity?

(iii)How there will be sudden strangeness?

(iv) Explain „exotic moment‟.

STANZA 2

“Fishermen in the cold sea

would not harm whales

and the man gathering salt

would look at his hurt hands.

Those who prepare green wars,

wars with gas, wars with fire,

victory with no survivors’

would put on clean clothes

and walk about with their

brothers

in the shades, doing nothing.”

(i) What is the poet‟s holy wish?

(ii) What will be the thought of salt-gatherer while looking at his hurt hands?

(iii)How will the few moments of introspection affect the mood, thought and action of the people.

(iv) Explain „Victory with no survivors‟?

STANZA 3

“What I want should not be

confused

with total inactivity.

Life is what it is about;

I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing.”

(i) What may the total inactivity be confused with?

(ii) What is our single mindedness?

(iii)Why does the poet want all the people to do nothing for a moment?

(iv) Explain: „Life is what it is about‟?

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STANZA 4

“Perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves

and of threatening ourselves with

death.

Perhaps the Earth can teach us

as when everything seems dead

and later proves to be alive.

Now I’ll count up to twelve

and you keep quiet and i will go.”

(i) How does the poet interpret sadness?

(ii) What can earth teach us?

(iii)Why does the poet recommend peace for a moment and temporary inactivity?

(iv) Explain : „never understanding ourselves.‟

Q2. Short Answer Type Questions. Answer the following in about 40-60 words each

(i) Why does the poet want everyone to stand still and count upto twelve?

(ii) What is the “Sadness” that poet refers to in the poem?

(iii)How does the poet suggest that there is life in nature under apparent stillness?

(iv) Does the poet suggest total inactivity and death? Give reasons.

(v) In what way does the poet condemn the people who prepare green wars? What is his advice to them?

Deep water

Q1. Answer the following in about 40-60 words each

(i) What made the Y.M.C.A. pool safe for learner?

(ii) What did William Douglas mother warn him about and why?

(iii) How did Douglas develop an aversion to water?

(iv) How did Douglas try to feel at ease in the Y.M.C.A. pool?

(v) What did Douglas plan while he was drowning?

(vi) Who had thrown Douglas into the pool and why?

(vii) What was the immediate effect on Douglas of the drowning incident?

(viii) Mention any two long term consequences of the drowning experience?

(ix) How did this incident (Douglas drowning) deprive him of the pleasures of water sports?

(x) What did the author do to overcome the fear of water? Did he succeed? Give reasons for your belief?

(xi) Who helped him overcome his fear of water? How did he do so?

(xii) Why did the experience of conquering his fear of water have a deeper meaning for Douglas?

(xiii) What were the two sensations Douglas had experienced?

(xiv) Which two incidents made Douglas fear water?

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(xv) Mention two qualities of Douglas that helped him conquer his fear?

(xvi) “The instructor was finished. But I was not finished. What had the instructor finished? Why did „I‟

not feel “finished”?

(xvii) How did Roosevelt prove to be an inspiration for Douglas?

Q2. Answer the following Questions in about 150 words each

(i) “Piece by piece, he built a swimmer”. How did the instructor help the author to become a swimmer

and overcome his fear of water?

(ii) What emotion did the author experience while he was drowning in the (Yakima) Y.M.C.A. pool?

How did he face the frustrating moments?

(iii) How did the „near death‟ experience in the (Yakima) Y.M.C.A. pool have a far reaching effect on

the author‟s life?

(iv) „If we surrender to our fears they overpower us, if we face them they fade away. Do you agree?

Discuss with reference to the lesson.

(v) Imagine you are a student counsellor. Prepare a speech to be delivered in the morning assembly on

the topic “Fight your fears.”

(vi) “There is terror only in fear of death”. Comment.

Tiger King

Q1. Answer the following in about 40-60 words each

(i) What did the astrologers foretell when the king was born?

(ii) Why was the chief astrologer surprised when the infant spoke?

(iii) Why was the tiger a danger for the infant?

(iv) How did the king justify the killing of the tigers?

(v) In what manner was the prince brought up?

(vi) How was the Maharajah in danger of losing his throne?

(vii) What alternative to the tiger hunt did the secretary come up with?

(viii) How did the Maharajah manage to retain his throne?

(ix) What unforeseen hurdle brought the tiger hunt to a standstill?

(x) Why and on what condition did the Maharajah want to marry?

(xi) How did the Maharajah reward and later punish the villagers who had discovered the hundredth

tiger?

(xii) What did the hunters discover about the hundredth tiger after the Maharajah had shot it?

(xiii) How and why was the 100th tiger honoured?

(xiv) Why didn‟t the shopkeeper quote the real price of the wooden tiger?

(xv) How did the wooden tiger lead to the death of the Maharajah?

(xvi) Pick out two instances to prove that Maharajah neglected everything for the sake of tiger hunting.

(xvii) Why wasn‟t the Maharajah informed about the hundredth; tiger‟s survival?

(xviii) How did the Deevan help the Maharajah achieve his mission?

(xix) Hundredth tiger was a Comic figure. Explain.

(xx) Why did the Deewan advise the Maharajah against increasing the land tax?

(xxi) How did the Maharajah exercise his exclusive right on all the tigers of his kingdom?

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(xxii) What did the astrologer promise to do if the king killed the hundredth tiger? Why did he say so?

(xxiii) Why didn‟t the Maharajah agree to the suggestion of the British officer‟s Secretary?

Q2. Answer the following Questions in about 150 words each

(i) The Diwan in the story is a very resourceful person. Discuss with reference to the lesson.

(ii) How did the Maharajah dispel the danger that loomed over his throne?

(iii) Bring out the element of humour and irony in the story “The Tiger King”.

(iv) The King was capricious, arbitrary and whimsical. Do you agree? Give a reasened answer.

(v) The hundredth tiger played a decisive role in the fate of the Maharajah of Pratibhadapuram. Explain.

Novel

Q1. Read the novel “The Invisible Man” by H G Wells and write a note on major theme underlying the

story of the novel.

CHEMISTRY TOPIC: SOLID STATE

Note: Do the assignment in the chemistry notebook.

1 MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. What is the number of atoms per unit cell in a body centered cubic structure?

Q2. A cubic solid is made of two elements X and Y. Atoms Y are at the corners of the cube and

X at the body centre. What is the formula of the compound?

Q3. What makes alkali metal halides sometimes colored which are otherwise colorless?

Q4. Name one solid in which both Frenkel and Schottky defects occur.

2 MARK QUESTIONS

Q5. What type of solids are electrical conductors, malleable and ductile?

Q6. How can you determine the atomic mass of an unknown metal if you know its density and

the dimension of its unit cell? Explain your answer.

Q7. The length of the unit cell edge of a body centered metal crystal is 352 pm. Calculate the

radius of an atom of a metal.

3 MARK QUESTIONS

Q8. Explain the following terms with one example each: Ferrimagnetism (b) Antiferromagnetism

(c) 13-15 compounds

Q9. What is a semiconductors ? Describe two main types of semiconductors , giving examples .

Q10. In terms of band theory what is the difference

(i) Between a conductor and an insulator?

(ii) Between a conductor and a semiconductor?

TOPIC: SOLUTIONS

1 MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. What do you mean by Colligative Properties?

Q2. Why is an increase in temperature observed on mixing Chloroform with Acetone?

Q4. Out of 1M solution of sugar and 1M solution of urea which will have greater boiling point?

Q5. Why do doctors advise gargles by saline water in case of sore throat?

Q6. What are maximum boiling azeotropes? Give one example.

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2 MARK QUESTIONS

Q7. For determining molar masses of macromolecular substances in solutions the osmotic

pressure measurement method is preferred over measurement method of any other

colligative property of solution.Give two reasons for it.

Q8. How is relative lowering of vapour pressure defined for a solution consisting of volatile

solvent and non volatile solute? How is this function related to the mole fraction of the

solvent and of the solute?

3 MARK QUESTIONS

Q9. Why is Ether not miscible in water?

Q10. What factors are responsible for deviations from Raoults law?

Q11. Name two factors on which the vapour pressure of the liquid depends.

5 MARKS QUESTIONS

Q12. Explain giving examples the term colligative molality. Why do we sometimes get abnormal

Molecular masses of the substances using colligative properties of the solution?

TOPIC: ELECTROCHEMISTRY

1 MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. Can you store copper sulphate solutions in a zinc pot?

Q2. Why does the conductivity of a solution decrease with dilution?

Q3. HCl does not give an acidic solution in benzene. Why?

Q4. How does cathodic protection of iron operate?

2 MARK QUESTIONS

Q5. How much copper is deposited on the cathode of an electrolytic cell if a current of 5 ampere

is passed through a solution of copper sulphate for 45 minutes?

Q6. State two advantages of H2‐O2 fuel cell over ordinary cells.

3 MARK QUESTIONS

Q7. Explain Kohlrausch Law of independent migration of ions and also mention one application

of it.

Q8. What is meant by molar conductivity of a solution? The specific conductivity of 0.4M

solution of KCl at 298 K is 4.96S/cm calculate its molar conductivity?

Q9. What are fuel cells? Write the electrode reaction of fuel cell which uses the reaction of

Hydrogen with Oxygen?

5 MARKS QUESTIONS

Q10. Explain the term electrolysis .Write the reactions at cathode and anode when following

substances are electrolysed :‐(i) Molten NaCl (ii) Aqueous solution of NaCl

Q11. What is meant by electrochemical series? How does it help in:‐ (i) comparing the relative oxidizing or reducing powers of different elements

(ii)predicting whether metal will react with the acid to give hydrogen gas or not ? How the

electrode potential can be used to predict the products of electrolysis of an aqueous

solution of an electrolyte? Explain with a suitable example?

Q12. Why is Aluminum not obtained by electrolysis of an aqueous solution of Aluminum?

Q13. What do you mean by Faraday‟s Constant?

Q14. Derive relationship between Resistance, Specific Conductivity and Cell Constant?

Q15. HCl does not give an acidic solution in Benzene and why?

Q16. (a) Explain the following : ‐ (i) Electrolysis of aqueous solution of NaCl gives H2 at cathode and Cl2 gas at anode.

(ii) Electrolysis of aqueous solution of CuBr2 gives Cu at cathode and Br2 at the anode.

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(iii)A Bromide or iodide on electrolysis give Br2 or I2 at the anode whereas of fluoride

does not give at the anode.

(b) Describe standard hydrogen electrode and give one of its applications.

TOPIC: CHEMICAL KINETICS

1 MARK QUESTIONS

Q1. What is meant by elementary step of a reaction?

Q2. What is the order of reaction if the rate of reaction is independent of concentration of all the

reactants?

Q3. Give the units for specific reaction rate constant for a zero order reaction.

Q4. Name one zero order reaction.

2 MARK QUESTIONS

Q5. What is known as activation energy ? How is the activation energy affected by :‐ (i) The use of a catalyst and (ii) A rise in temperature?

Q6. State the role of activated complex in the reaction and state its relation with activation

energy.

Q7. The conversion of molecules X to Y follows second order kinetics. If concentnration of X is

increased to three times how will it affect the rate of formation of Y.

3 MARK QUESTIONS

Q8. The half life of reaction is 50 mins. What will be the order of the reaction if reaction goes to

completion in 100 mins?

Note: Submit the first draft of your investigatory project.

BIOLOGY UNIT-2: GENETICS AND EVOLUTION CHAPTER-5: PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION Q1. One mark Questions:

1. Give any two reasons for the selection of pea plants by Mendel for his experiments.

2. Name any one plant that shows the phenomenon of incomplete dominance during the

inheritance of its flower colour.

3. Name the base change and the amino acid change, responsible for sickle cell anaemia.

4. Name the disorder with the following chromosome complement.

(i) 22 pairs of autosomes + X X Y

(ii) 22 pairs of autosomes + 21st chromosome + XY.

5. A haemophilic man marries a normal homozygous woman. What is the probability that their

daughter will be haemophilic?

6. A test is performed to know whether the given plant is homozygous dominant or heterozygous.

Name the test and phenotypic ratio of this test for a monohybrid cross.

7. In the following pedigree chart, state if the trait is autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or sex

linked. Give a reason for your answer.

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8. Which Mendel‟s law of inheritance is universally acceptable and without any exception? State

thelaw.

9. Name the disorder with the following chromosome complement.

(i) 22 pairs of autosomes + X X Y

(ii) 22 pairs of autosomes + 21st chromosome + XY.

10. Which of the following is a recessive trait of the garden pea plant?

(a) Full pod shape (b) Yellow seed colour (c) Terminal flower position (d) Green pod colour

11.What is allele?What is allelomorphic pair?

13.Define linked gene & linkage.

14. AaBb was crossed with aabb. What would be the phenotypic ratio of the progeny? Mention the

term to denote this kind of cross.

15.The gene I that controls the ABO blood grouping in human beings has three alleles IA, IB and i .

(a) How many different genotypes are likely to be present in the human population?

(b) Also, how many phenotypes are possibly present?

16.Discuss the genetic basis of wrinkled phenotype of pea seed.

17.How does a mutagen induce mutation? Explain with example.

Q2. Two mark Question:

1. Identify the sex of organism as male or female in which the sex chromosome are found as

(i) ZW in bird (ii) XY in Drosophila (iii) ZZ in birds. (iv) XO in grasshopper.

2. Mention two differences between Turner.s syndrome and Klinefelter.s syndome.

3. The human male never passes on the gene for haemophilia to his son. Why is it so?

4. Mention four reasons why Drosophila was chosen by Morgan for his experiments in genetics.

5. Differentiate between point mutation and frameshift mutations.

6. Name the type of inheritance in which genotypic ratio is the same as the phenotypic ratio. Also

give the ratio.

7. What is crossing over? In which stage of cell division does it takes place?

8. The human male & female bird are heterogametic, while the human female & male bird are

homogametic. Why they are called so?

9.When a red flowerd Antirrhinum plant was crossed with a white flowered Antirrhinum plant, the

F1offspring had pink flowers. Mention (a) the genotype of F1 plant and (b) the reason why it did

not bear the parental red or white flower colours?

Q3. Three mark Questions:

1. A woman with O blood group marries a man with AB blood group

(i) work out all the possible phenotypes and genotypes of the progeny.

(ii) Discuss the kind of dominance in the parents and the progeny in this case.

2. Explain the cause of Klinefelter.s syndrome. Give any four symptoms shown by sufferer of this

syndrome.

3. In Mendel.s breeding experiment on garden pea, the offspring of F2 generation are obtained in the

ratio of 25% pure yellow pod, 50% hybrid green pods and 25% green pods State

(i) which pod colour is dominant

(ii) The Phenotypes of the individuals of F1 generation. (iii) Workout the cross.

4. A man with blood group O married a man with AB group. Show the possible blood groups of

progeny. List the alleles involved in this inheritance.

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5. Why Mendel select pea plant for genetic research?

6. (a) Why is haemophilia is generally observed in human males? Explain the conditions under

which a human female can be haemophilic.

(b) Apregnant human female was advised to undergo M.T.P. It was diagnosed by her doctor that

the foetus she is carrying has developed from a zygote formed by an XX-egg fertilized by Y-

carrying sperm. Why was she advised to undergo M.T.P.

7. Explain Mendel‟s law of segregation with help of a monohybrid cross.

9. Explain the sex determination methods in humans. How is it different from birds?

10.If a true breeding homonzygous pea plant with green pod and axial flower as dominant characters

Is crossed with a recessive homonzygous pea plant with yellow seeds and terminal flowers, then

What would be the:

(a) genotypes of the two parents;

(b) phenotype and genotype of the F1 offspring;

(c) phenotypic distribution ratio in F2 population?

11.Haemophilia is a sex-linked inheritance conditions in humans where a simple cut causes non stop

bleeding. Study the pedigree chart showing the inheritance of haemophilia in a family. Answer

the questions that follow.

Give reasons which explain that haemophilia is:

(i) Sex – linked

(ii) Caused by „x‟ linked gene

12.(a) List two essential roles of ribosome during translation.

(b) Differentiate between exons and introns.

13. Why is the frequency of red green colour blindness is many times higher in males then in

females?

14.What is artificial selection? Do you think it affect the process of natural selection? How?

15.Discuss why Drosophila has been used extensively for genetical studies.

16.With the help of example differentiate between incomplete dominance & co- dominance.

17.How was it concluded that genes are located on chromosomes.

4.Five mark Question:

1. A dihybrid heterozygous round, yellow seeded garden pea (Pisum sativum)was crossed with a

double recessive plant.

(i) What type of cross is this?

(ii) Work out the genotype and phenotype of the progeny.

(iii) What principle of Mendel is illustrated through the result of this cross?

2.(a) Show diagrammatically the results of dihybrid cross carried out by T.H.Morgan to show

linkage.

(b) What is pedigree analysis and its use? What will be the genotype ofeach of the individuals in

the following pedigree chart :

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3. (a) Explain the technique in which VNTRs can be used in ascertaining the genetic diversities.

(b) What are the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription?

4. Explain & state the Mendel‟s law of independent assortment.

5. Inheritance pattern of ABO blood groups in humans shows dominance, codominance & multiple

allesism. Explain each concept with the help of blood group genotypes.

6. Explain „Mutation‟ with one example.

7. Explain Mendel test cross by figure.

8. A homozygous tall tea plant with green seeds is crossed with a dwarf plant with yellow seeds.

(a) What would be the phenotype & genotype of F1.

(b) Work out the phenotypic ratio of F2generation with the help of a Punnett sequare.

9.(a)A true breeding homozygous pea plant with green pods and axial flowers as dominant

characters is crossed with a homozygous recessive pea plant with yellow pods and terminal

flowers. Work out the cross upto F2 generation. Give the phenotypic ratio of the F2.

(b) Name the law that can be deduced from this cross and not from a monohybrid cross.

2. To prepare a detailed investigatory project in a file on any one of the following topics:

List of projects

1. Study of coaguable and non-coaguable milk proteins.

2. DNA finger printing.

3. AIDS/MALARIA

4. Molecular diagnostic tests

5. Genetically modified organisms/Crops

6. Bioplastics

7. Single cell proteins

8. Biofortification in plants

9. Genetic code/ Human genome project

10. Gene therapy

Sequence of presentation

1. Title / Aim – Name of the project.

2. Introduction – Information collected from various sources related to the topic.

3. Requirements – Materials required for experimental work.

4. Procedure – Write details of the experiment/work you have performed.

5. Observations – Record your observations / data in the form of tables, histograms, graphs,

photographs, etc.

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6. Results / Conclusion – Give analysis of the data and compare your results with those available in

the literature and draw conclusions.

7. References – Give the list of books, internet websites, magazines or journals you have consulted, for

the project work.

ECONOMICS

PRACTICE PAPER 1

Q 1. Define Micro Economics with examples. [1]

Q2. Define positive economics with examples. [1]

Q3. Why do economic problems arise? [1]

Q4. Define consumer‟s equilibrium. [1]

Q5. Define opportunity cost. [1]

Q6. What causes a downward movement along the supply curve of a commodity? [1]

Q7. Explain central problem of how to produce. [3]

Q8. Why is PP frontier concave? [3]

Q9. State three causes of rightward shift of a demand curve. [3]

Q10. What will be the effect of the following on the price elasticity of demand:

(i) nature of commodity

(ii) availability of substitutes [3]

Q11. What is the relationship between marginal cost and average cost?Explain it with the help

of cost schedule? [3]

Q12. Explain the effect of technological changes on the supply of a product. [3]

Q13. The elasticity of supply of a commodity is 3.An increase in its price from Rs. 20 to Rs.

21 per unit results in a rise in its quantity supplies by 150 Units .Calculate quantity

supplied at the increased price. [4]

Q14. Distinguish between monopoly and monopolistic competition. [4]

Q15. Complete the following: [4]

OUTPUT AR MR TR

1 15

2 26

3 11

4 3

Q16. Explain with the help of diagram the effect of following changes on demand of a

commodity [4]

(i) A fall in the price of substitute goods

(ii) A fall in the income of buyer

Q17. What is meant by return to a factor? What leads to increasing return to factor? [6]

Q18. Given the market price of a good, how does a consumer decide as to how many units of

goods to buy? Explain [6]

Q19. What do you mean by producer‟s equilibrium. Explain MR – MC approach. [6]

Q20. How is the equilibrium price of a good determined? Explain with the help of a diagram

a situation when both demand and supply curves shift to the right but equilibrium price

remains the same. [6]

PRACTICE PAPER 2

Q1. Define Micro economics with example. [1]

Q2. Define Macro economics with example. [1]

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Q3. Define market economies. [1]

Q4. Define P.P frontier. [1]

Q5. State law of supply. [1]

Q6. Draw the curves of a firm under perfect competition and monopoly. [1]

Q7. Explain the central problem of „for whom to produce‟. [3]

Q8. State the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. [3]

Q9. Distinguish between fixed cost and variable cost. [3]

Q10. What happens to AR when

(i) MR=AR

(ii) MR<AR

(iii) MR>AR [3]

Q11. State any four features of oligopoly. [4]

Q12. Price elasticity of a good is (-2) The consumer buys a certain quantity of this good at a

price of Rs. 8 per unit. When the price falls he buys 50% more quantity. What is the new

price. [4]

Q13. Explain briefly the following determinates of supply:

(i) Increase in the price of input.

(ii) Decrease in tax on total product

(iii) Technological Change [6]

Q14. Explain briefly the effect of following on the demand of a commodity with the help of a

diagram.

(i) An unfavorable change in the taste of buyers of the commodity

(ii)A fall in the income of its buyer if the commodity is inferior [6]

Q15 .If at a given price of a commodity, there is excess supply, how will the equilibrium

price be reached? Explain with the help of a diagram. [6]

Q16.Explain the properties of indifference curve. [6]

PRACTICE PAPER 3

Q1.Give reason and identify which of the following are the subject matter of micro economics or

macro economics [1]

(i) National Income

(ii) Supply by a firm

Q2. When is the supply of a commodity called elastic? [1]

Q3. Define production function. [1]

Q4. Define marginal rate of transformation. [1]

Q5. “ An economy always produces on, but not inside a PPC”. Defend or refute [1]

Q6. If the price of good X rises and this leads to decrease in demand for good Y, how are

the two goods related? [1]

Q7. A rise in the income of the consumer leads to a fall in demand for the good X by the

consumer. What is good X called? [1]

Q8. Explain central problem of choice of technique. [3]

Q9. Explain law of supply with the help of a demand schedule [3]

Q10. Distinguish between expansion and increase in demand. [3]

Q11.Explain the expenditure method of measuring price elasticity of demand of a

commodity. When is the demand said to be „Inelastic‟. [3]

Q12. Explain producer equilibrium using a schedule. Use MR-MC approach [4]

Q13. Draw supply curves with price elasticity throughout equal to

(i) Zero (ii) One (iii) Infinity

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Q14. The TFC of a firm is Rs.12.Given below is its MC schedule Calculate TC & AVC for

each given level of output.

OUTPUT 1 2 3 4 5 6

MC 9 7 2 4 8 12 [4]

Q15. Explain the conditions of consumer equilibrium in the Indifference curve Analysis. [6]

Q16. Explain the following features [6]

(i) Free entry and exit feature of perfect competition

(ii)Differentiated product of monopolistic competition

Q17. Explain the effect of a leftward shift of demand curve of a commodity on its equilibrium

price and quantity with the help of diagram. [6]

TOPIC : PRODUCTION FUNCTION

Q1.Define production function. [1]

Q2. What is meant by law of variable proportion? [1]

Q3. When TPP is maximum, what can you say about MPP? [1]

Q4. Can there be fixed cost of a firm in long run? [1]

Q5. Out of the three stages , which stage of production will the producer stop at? Explain. [3]

OR

Till which point should a producer keep increasing the variable factor to get maximum profit?

Q6. Identify the different output levels , which mark the three phases of the operation of the law

of variable proportion , from the following table: [3]

Units of variable

factor

0 1 2 3 4 5

TP 0 8 20 28 28 20

Q7. Giving reasons state whether the following statements are true or false: [4]

(i )When there are diminishing returns to a factor , TP always decreases

(ii) Total product will increase only when marginal product increases.

(iii) Increase in total product always indicates that there are increasing returns to a factor.

(iv) When there are diminishing returns to a factor , marginal and total product both always fall.

Q8. Explain the causes of increasing return to a factor. [4]

LEVEL 2

Application and value based questions:

Q9. A farmer in Punjab transports wheat from the farm to a flour mill.Is this activity considered as

production? Why?

Q10.The area of cultivable land is more or less fixed in the country. Under such conditions

Suggest two ways to increase the productivity of land.

TOPIC : CONCEPTS OF COST

LEVEL 1

Q1.Define cost in economics. [1]

Q2.Give examples of supplementary cost. [1]

Q3. Distinguish between explicit and Implicit cost with the help of example. [3]

Q4. What is the difference between fixed cost and variable cost? [3]

Q5. Explain AVC, AFC & ATC and explain the relationship between these costs. [3]

Q6. Explain the relationship between TC,TFC,&TVC. [3]

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Q7. Explain the relationship between AC and MC. [4]

Q8. Given below is the cost schedule of a firm. Its total fixed cost is Rs. 120. Calculate the marginal cost

and average variable cost at each level of output. [3]

Q9. What do you mean opportunity cost? Explain. [3]

LEVEL 2

Application and value based questions:

Q10. Why is average total cost greater than average variable cost? [1]

Q11. Complete the following table: [4]

Output AVC TC MC

1 60 20

2 18

3 18

4 20 120

5 22

Q12.State whether the following statements are true false:

(i)Can average fixed cost be more than the average variable cost at any level of output?

(ii)Can average variable cost be more than average cost at any level of output?

Q13.Giving reasons for the following:

(i)AFC curve is a rectangular hyperbola.

(ii)MC curve is a U-shaped curve.

(iii)While MC rises, AC can be falling for some range.

TOPIC :CONCEPT OF REVENUE ,THEORY OF SUPPLY PRODUCER‟S EQUILIBRIUM

LEVEL 1

Q1.Which concept of revenue is called price?

Q2. Total revenue is Rs.400 when the price of the commodity is Rs. 2 per unit. When price rises

to Rs.3per unit, the quantity supplied is 300 units. Calculate the price elasticity of supply.

Q3. Explain the effect of imposition of tax on a good, on the supply of that good.

Q4. Define Price elasticity of supply. Explain geometric method of measuring price elasticity of

supply.

Q5.From the following schedule find out the level of output at which the producer is in

equilibrium ,using marginal cost and marginal revenue approach. Give reasons for your

answer.

Q6. Explain the law of returns to a factor with the help of total product and marginal product schedule.

LEVEL 2

OUTPUT(Units) 1 2 3

AVERAGE TOTAL COST 160 96 80

Price per unit(Rs.) Output(Units) Total Cost (Rs.)

8 1 6

7 2 11

6 3 15

5 4 18

4 5 23

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Q7.State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer:

(i)When marginal revenue is constant and not equal to zero, then total revenue will also be constant.

(ii)Total product always increases whether there is increasing returns or diminishing returns to a factor.

Q8. A firm can sell as many units of a good as its wants to sell at a given price. Draw

(i) TR curve and

(ii) AR and MR curves of the firm. State the relation between AR and MR curves in this case.

Q9.At a price of Rs.8 per unit, the quantity supplied of a commodity is 200 units. Its price

elasticity of supply is 1.5.If price rises to Rs.10 per unit, calculate the quantity supplied at

new price.

Q11. What causes downward movement along a supply curve?

Q12.Why is it that the price elasticity coefficient of demand is always negative and price elasticity

coefficient of supply is positive?

Q13.Because of cyclone in a coastal area, the sea level covers a lot of rice fields. This reduces

the productivity of land. How will it affect the supply curve of that region?

Q14.State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer:

(i)AP will increase only when MP increases.

(ii)With increases in the level of output, average fixed cost goes on falling till it reaches zero.

(iii)Under diminishing returns to a factor, total product continues to increase till MP reaches

zero.

Q15.Average revenue is also called price. Why?

Q16.Complete the following table:

OUTPUT PRICE TOTAL REVENUE

MARGINAL REVENUE

4 9 36

5 4

6 42

7 6

8 40

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Cold War Era

Q1. Give meaning of cold war.

Q2. Define the term deterrence.

Q3. Who are the founder member of NAM?

Q4. Name –Allied force and Axis powers

Q5. Explain the concept of arms control?

Q6. Give full forms of: (i) NAM

(ii) NIEO

(iii) USSR

(iv) NATO

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(v) SEATO

(vi) CENTO

(vii) LDCs

(viii) UNCTAD

(ix) LTBT

(x) NPT

Q7. Give meaning of non-alliance?

Q8. What do you understand by eastern & western alliance?

Q9. Write two objects of non-alliance?

Q10. Who was the President who decided to turn Cuba into a base for Russia?

Q11. Explain equi-distance theory.

Q12. Why the superpowers needed any alliance at all?

Q13. How non alliance countries ,play a role in reduce cold war conflicts & adverting some

grave crisis?

Q14. Why small countries want to join superpowers?

Q15. What led to the end of second world war?

Q16. Why was India‟s policy of non alignment critisied on a number of counts?

Q17. Bring out the difference between non-alignment & neutrality?

Q18. What is arena of Cold War? Name two such arenas .

Q19. What is India‟s response to the cold war? What interest did non alignment have with

reference to Indian foreign policy.

The End Of Bipolarity

Q1. Who was Gorbachev?

Q2. What was the Soviet system?

Q3. Mention the year and the relevance of the breaking of the Berlin wall .

Q4. What is the CIS? What is collective security?

Q5. Mention some changes that took place East European countries after the second world war?

Q6. Mention some positive changes that took place in soviet union after the second world war.

Q7. Mention some reforms introduced by Gorbachev.

Q8. State some changes introduced by Boris Yeltsin.

Q9. What led to the disintegration of USSR?

Q10.Why did USSR system become weak & why did their economy stagnate?

Q11. Explain consequences of disintegration of soviet union.

Q12. Why did soviet union collapse inspite of Gorbachev‟s accurate Diagnosis of the problem

& his attempt to implement reforms?

Q13. Define shock therapy & mention its features.

Q14. List in the consequences of shock therapy.

Q15. Discuss India‟s relation‟s with Russia.

Q16. Explain “largest garage sale in history”.

Q17. On a map mark and name two Eastern European states, and one central Asian state.

Q18. Mention any three features that distinguish the Soviet economy from that of a capitalist

country like the US.

Q19. Mention some tensions that were seen in the post soviet states?

CHALLENGES TO NATION BUILDING

Q1. Who was Potti Sriramulu?

Q2. What were the two goals set to be achieved by independent India?

Q3. Which party gave the „two nation‟ theory? What was it?

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Q4. What principle was followed while partitioning India?

Q5. What were the challenges before India at the time of independence?

Q6. On the map mark 1.Junagadh 2. Manipur 3. Hyderabad 4. Mysore

Q7. What were the main concerns/ challenges of partition?

Q8. Discuss Sardar Patel‟s role in the integration of Princely states into the Indian Union.

Q9. Name the parent states and year of formation for 1. Nagaland 2. Gujarat 3. Arunachal

Pradesh 4. Jharkhand

Q10. What was the vishal Andhra movement how did language evolve into a political

controversy?

Q11. Discuss Nehru‟s approach to nation building? Do you think his reasons were prudential or

Sentimental.

Q12. How were the Princely states integrated? Were they willing to join India or were they

coerced?

Q13. It is said that a nation is an “imagined community” held together by shared political beliefs

aspirations, and imagination. Identify the features that make India a nation.

Q14. Discuss the government‟s approach to the integration of Hyderabad and Manipur.

Q15.What kind of difficulties were involved in the process of partition?

Q16. What were the consequences of partition? Why did the idea of a secular nation emerge

in India?

Q17. How was the British India divided before independence?

Q18. How many princely states were there before independence?

Q19. What was the response of the following three princely states to the question

of joining India after independence:

(i) Travancore

(ii) Hyderabad

(iii) Bhopal

ACCOUNTANCY GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Do the work in assignment notebook.

ACCOUNTING RATIOS

Q1. What is meant by Accounting Ratios?

Q2. Name two Liquidity Ratios.

Q3. What is Current Ratio?

Q4. Define Current Assets with example

Q5. Define Current Liabilities with example.

Q6. What is Working Capital?

Q7. What is the standard ratio for Current and Liquid Ratio?

Q8. Explain the significance and meaning of Debt Equity Ratio and Debtors Turnover Ratio.

Q9. How is Capital Employed computed?

Q10. Operating Ratio + _______________________= 100

Q11. The Current Ratio of the firm was 2:1 and its Current Liabilities were Rs.100000. Thereafter it paid

Rs.30000 to Creditors. Calculate Current Ratio after making payment to creditor.

Q12. Compute Current Ratio and Quick Ratio from the following information:

Current Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalent

Inventories

Trade Receivables

Other Current Assets

Amount

35000

80000

65000

15000

195000

Current Liabilities

Short term Borrowings

Trade Payables

Other Current

Liabilities

Short term Provisions

Amount

20000

35000

20000

15000

90000

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Additional Information:

(i) Inventories include Loose Tools Rs.5000

(ii) Other Current Assets include: Prepaid Expenses Rs.15000

(iii)Short-term provisions include Provision for Doubtful Debts. Rs.1000

Q13. Assuming Debt Equity ratio is 2:1 state giving reasons whether the ratio will increase, decrease or

will remain unchanged in the following cases:

(i) Sales of Fixed assets for Rs.30000 (Book Value Rs.40000)

(ii) Issue of shares for Cash

(iii) Conversion of Debentures into Equity shares

(iv) Purchase of Fixed Assets on Long-term payment basis

(v) Redemption of Debentures

(vi) Purchase of Fixed assets on a credit of 3 Months

Q14. From the following detail compute :

(i) Debt Equity ratio (ii) Total Asset to Debt Ratio and (iii) Proprietary Ratio

Total Assets Rs.970000

Total Debts Rs.600000

Current Liabilities Rs.250000

Q15.Calculate Inventory Turnover Ratio from the following information:

Cost of Revenue from Operations (i.e. cost of goods sold) Rs.500000

Purchase of Stock in Trade Rs.520000

Opening Inventory Rs. 70000

Q16. Calculate Stock Turnover Ratio:

Revenue from operations i.e. Sales Rs.300000; Gross Profit 25% on Cost. Opening Stock was 1/3rd

of the value of closing Stock. Closing Stock was 30% of Sales.

Q17. Calculate Gross Profit Ratio from the following information:

Revenue from Operation (Sales) Rs.600000 and Gross Profit 25% on cost.

Q18. From the following information calculate:

(i) Operating Ratio (ii) Stock Turnover Ratio and (iii) Gross Profit Ratio:

Rs.

Opening Stock 500000

Fixed Assets 525000

Cost of Revenue from Operation 1800000

Net Revenue from Operation 3000000

Operating Expenses 480000

Interest Charges 180000

Current Liabilities 600000

Current Assets 975000

Closing Stock 700000

Q.19 Net Profit after Interest but before Tax is Rs.150000; 12% Long Term Debts Rs.450000, share Capital

Rs.200000; Reserves & Surplus Rs.60000. Calculate Return on Investment if Tax Rate is 50%.

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

Q1. What is meant by Cash Flow Statement?

Q2. Under which Accounting Standard Cash Flow Statement is prepared?

Q3. How are various activities classified as per AS-3(Revised) while preparing Cash Flow

Statement?

Q4. What is meant by Operating Activity? Give its two examples.

Q5. What is meant by Investing Activity? Give its two examples

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Q6. What is meant by Financing Activity? Give its two examples

Q7. What is cash and cash equivalent? Give three examples.

Q8. Calculate Cash Flow from Operating Activity from the following information.

STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS

For the year ended 31.03.13

Particulars I. Revenue from Operations

II.Other Incomes

III.Total Revenue(I + II)

IV.Expenses

Cost of Material Consumed

Changes in inventories of Finished Goods

Employees Benefit Expenses

Finance Cost

Depreciation and Amortisation Expenses

Other Expenses

TOTAL EXPENSES

V.Profit before Tax (III – IV)

Less: Provision for Tax @ 30%

VI.Profit after Tax

Note No

1

2

3

Amount

1000000

25000

1025000

510000

(10000)

100000

30000

40000

120000

790000

235000

70500

164500

Notes to Accounts

Particulars

1. Other Income

Profit on Sales of Investment

Interest Received

2. Finance Cost

Interest on Debentures

3. Other Expenses

Trade Mark Written Off

Administrative Expenses

Selling and Distribution Expenses

Loss on Sales of Plant

TOTAL

Amount

15000

10000

25000

30000

15000

43000

50000

12000

120000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Particulars

Trade Receivables

Inventories

Trade Payables

Expenses Outstanding

2012

70000

50000

45000

6000

2013

55000

60000

52000

9000

Q9. Seema Ltd. has a profit of Rs.2000000 for the year ended 31.03.13 after considering the following:

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Particulars Amount

Depreciation on Building

Depreciation on Plant &

Machinery

Goodwill Written Off

Loss on Sales of Plant &

Machinery

55000

37000

14000

8000

Following was the position of Current Assets and Current Liabilities of the company as at 31.03.12 and

31.03.13

Particulars 31.03.12 31.03.13

Stock

Debtors

Cash

Creditors

Outstanding Expenses

Bills Payable

65000

40000

47000

94000

5000

49000

69000

25000

74000

103000

3000

58000

Calculate Cash Flow from Operating Activity

Q10. From the following information, prepare Cash Flow Statement:

Particulars

1.EQUITY & LIABILITIES

1.Shareholder’s Fund

(A) Share Capital

(B) Reserves & Surplus

2.Non-Current Liabilities

(A) Long Term Borrowings (10% Debentures)

3. Current Liabilities

(A) Trade Payables

(B) Short Term Provisions-Provision for Doubtful

Debts

Total

2.ASSETS

1.Non-Current Assets

(A) Fixed Assets-Tangible – Machinery A/c.

(B) 10% Investments

2.Current Assets

(A) Trade Receivables

(B) Inventory

(C ) Cash and Cash Equivalents

Total

Note

No.

1

Amount

400000

100000

100000

160000

10000

770000

400000

140000

100000

100000

30000

770000

Amount

450000

255000

200000

150000

15000

1070000

530000

170000

200000

90000

80000

1070000

Notes to Accounts

Particulars

1. Share Capital

Equity Share Capital

12% Preference Share Capital

TOTAL

31.3.12

300000

100000

400000

31.3.13

350000

100000

450000

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. A Machine costing Rs.20000 on which depreciation charged Rs.5000 was sold for Rs.10000.

Depreciation on Machines charged during the year was Rs.30000.

2. New Debentures were issued on 01.10.12

BUSINESS STUDIES 1. Prepare the Project file -2 as per the synopsis approved by me.

2. Do the questions on the sheet and paste them in the notebook.

CHAPTER-1

NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT

Q1. “Management is uniformly needed at all places”. Explain.

Q2. „In order to be successful an organization must change its goals accordingly‟. Which feature of

management is highlighted here?

Q3. „Management is a soft science‟. How?

Q4. Which function does a representative professional association perform?

Q5. At what level of Management, are workers included?

Q6. At what level of management, are foremen included?

Q7. Marketing management of Delco Ltd had to hire 2000 more sales person for a target of 20,000 units per

month. Suggest what is lacking in the manager‟s approach?

Q8. Clarify that Coordination is not established spontaneously.

Q9. ”Coordination is the essence of management.” Do you agree?

Q10. “Is management a science”? Give 3 reasons in support of your answer. Q11. Why is it said that the management principles are universal?

Q12. There are different objectives of business and economics objectives are one among them. Explain

these economic objectives.

Q13. Management is a Profession like Accounting, Medicine and Law as it also has a well defined body of

knowledge. Yet management does not qualify to be a full fledged profession. Why?

CHAPTER-2 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Q1. Name the principle of scientific management suggested by Taylor which aims at “Equal division of

work and

responsibility between workers and management”.

Q2. Which technique of scientific management violates the following principles by Fayol and why?

(i)Equity (ii)Unity of command

Q3. Which Principles of Management results in the following in an organization-

(i)Specialisation

(ii)Honouring of commitment by both workers and management without any prejudice towards one

another.

(iii)Absence of dual sub ordination and confusion among employees.

(iv)Coordination and no overlapping of work between divisions in an organization.

(v)A place for everything and everyone in an organization.

Q4. Rohan was appointed as an engineer trainee in Tech India Ltd. Within a span of 2 years he was

transferred 5

times to various branch offices. Which principle suggested by Fayol has been violated here? What are

the

adverse effects?

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Q5.Name the technique which provide manager with useful insights into reality and help in optimum

utilization of

resources.

Q6. ”Principles of management aim at influencing human Behaviour”. State which feature of management

principles are highlighted here.

Q7. Management should provide team spirit and harmony among employees. Which management principle

suggest

this?

Q8. A Company manufacturing computers and mobiles must have separate divisions with separate plans

and

resources for each division. State which principle of management would bring out effect of such

division.

Q9. Ravi is the sales manager of excel Ltd. He exerts his salesman to begin work with out by giving them

time to

understand the organization and working conditions. Which principle of management is violated here?

Q10. What would be the effects of violation of “Principle of Order” in an organization?

Q11. Name the principle of management which suggest the flow of authority from higher to lower ranks.

Q12. Observing and recording time required to do each detailed element of industrial operation is an art.

Name the

technique of scientific management mentioned here.

Q13. Identify the following techniques:

(i) It is an extension of division of work and specialization to the shop hour.

(ii)It aims at eliminating unnecessary diversity of products.

(iii)This technique tries to find out best way of doing the job.

(iv)It involves change in the attitude of workers and management towards one another from

competition to co-operation.

Q14. Taylor advocated separation of planning and execution function. Which technique of scientific

management is

suggested to achieve it? Also name any two specialists who would help achieve this function.

Q15. “The Principles of Management are different from those used in pure science”. Write any one

difference.

CHAPTER-3

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Q1. Name the feature of business environment highlighted by the following:

(i)It is very difficult to predict future happenings especially when environment changes are taking place

Frequently.

(ii)Business environment keeps on changing with technological improvements, shifts in consumer

preferences .

(iii)Business environment consists of numerous interrelated and dynamic conditions and it is difficult to

comprehend its constituents and their impact.

(iv)Business environment is a phenomenon that is relatively easier to understand in parts and difficult to

grasp in totality.

Q2. Explain the importance of understanding (a) Warning signals (b) Getting first mover advantage with

reference to business environment.

Q3. Explain how understanding of environment assists in planning and policy formation.

Q4. State any three objectives of India‟s Development Plans.

Q5. Name some service sectors where competition for Indian firms has increased as a result of LPG.

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Q6. “New firms have to study and to analyse the market first and produce goods accordingly.” Which

impact of govt policy is being suggested here?

Q7. Explain any five ways in which managers have responded to changes in Environment.

Q8. Which definition of business environment would suggest the following?

(i)Improvement and innovation which provide new technique of producing goods and services.

(ii)Prohibition of advertisement of alcoholic beverages.

(iii)Demand for reservation in job for minorities and disabled people.

Q9. Mahima, the brand manager of‟ Baldiet‟ a health drink wants that the advertisement campaign must

target mothers of growing children. She believes that the advertisement must make claim that the drink

improve memory , health and eyesight drastically. Such claim is not supported by scientific research.

The company warns her against making such exaggerated claims. She however argues that most

manufacturer make such claims and hence she is not wrong.

(i)Do you agree with Mahima‟s brand management strategy? Give reasons.

(ii)Suggest any other socially acceptable strategy through which sales can be pushed up.

Q10.Pooja is a garment manufacturer. She opens her factory in a tribal area and employs girls between ages

of 12 to 16 years in her factory and provides them with reasonable wages. She applies to the govt., for

incentive as she has opened her unit in a backward area. Should the Govt. provide Her incentives?

What should be the approach of the Govt.?

Q11. ‘ABC and Co‟ a company manufacturing steel has to import machines from Japan for such import

permission has to be sought from several Govt. officers. Also huge customs duty has to be paid for

import of this machine.

Ramesh, their marketing manager is a bright MBA. He bribes Govt. Officials and obtains permission

quickly. Also by giving expensive gifts to customs officials he succeeds in bringing down the custom

duty payable to a significant extent.

(i)The management believes that Ramesh is an asset to the company and should be promoted. Do you

agree?

(ii)Do you agree with the strategy adopted by Ramesh? Give reasons.

Q12.Shobhi is the production manager of Brite Plastic ware, a firm manufacturing plastic products such as

plates, lunch boxes etc. He suggests to the management that they open another unit in an interior tribal

area for two reasons:

(i) Abundant cheap labour will be available.

(ii) Environmental laws are not very strictly enforced in these areas, hence firms can cut cost also and

need not spend any amount on pollution control measures.

(a) Should the management reward Shobhit for his suggestions? Give two arguments in support of your

answer.

(b) Do you think such expansion and growth is beneficial to the firm?

CHAPTER-10

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Q1. Omega Iron works earned a profit of 100 crores during the period ending 2009-10.The finance manager

Mr.Ahmed decided to appropriate these profits.

(i)State what financial decision will help in deciding the same?

(ii)State the other two major financial decisions he has to take to run the business.

(iii)Explain how decision regarding appropriation of profits are affected by

(a) Growth opportunities available to the company

(b) Cash flow position

Q2.Rajesh the finance manager of Omega Ltd has been ordered by the management to analyse and suggest

out of the 3 proposals put forward by him, which proposal should the company must spend money on,

so that it may better its profit earning capacity in the future.

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(i)State the decision which Rajesh has been asked to make.

(ii)What would be the two major factors which Rajesh would take into consideration for making his

decision?

(iii)What would be the implications of taking a wrong decision in this regard?

Q3. Meeta the finance manger of ABC Ltd has to advice the management on type of capital structure it

should maintain and how it should raise the capital.

(i) State what type of decisions Meeta should take?

(ii)Explain any 3 factors which affect such decisions.

Q4. (i)Name the branch of FM concerned with estimating future financial requirements of a business and

Identify the source of finance.

(ii)What are the twin objectives this branch strives to achieve?

Q5.State why the fixed capital requirements of industries which require technological upgradation like

computer and electronic goods industries are higher than those in other sectors like furniture or steel?

Q6.What do you understand by the term „Production Cycle‟? How does length of production cycle affect

working capital requirements of a business?

Q7.Why are the working capital requirements of service industry different from manufacturing industry?

Q8. The directors of Gamma Ltd have decided to modernise its plant and machinery at an estimated cost of

Rs 1 crore but are in a fix whether to issue equity shares or debentures for this purpose. As a finance

manager, advise directors whether to issue shares or debentures in the interest of the company and why?

Q9.(i) Name the concept which increases return on Equity shares with the change in the capital structure of

a company.

(ii)Is the above stated concept advisable when use of debt reduces EPS?

Q10.Name the process required to tackle uncertainty in respect to availability and timing of funds? What are

the twin objectives it seeks to achieve?

Q11.Name the process which helps in determining the objectives, policies, procedures, programmes and

budgets to deal with financial activities of an enterprise. Explain any 3 points of its importance.

CHAPTER-10

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Q1.Explain the demand and supply side of Financial Market.

Q2. Give two examples of Floatation Cost.

Q3. Name the two buyers of Commercial Paper.

Q4. Define Near Money.

Q5. Name any one sub market of Money Market.

Q6. What type of trade off function is performed by Money Market?

Q7. Define Zero Coupon Bonds

Q8. Name the Index of Bombay Stock Exchange.

Q9. Name the Index of National Stock Exchange.

Q10. Give one function of Stock Exchange.

Q11. Define Depository Services and its participants.

Q12. Define Demit account and its benefits.

Q13. How is the Depository system parallel to banking system.

Q14. Name the form of shares in which they are stored under Depository System.

Q15. Explain the following terms

(i)Price Rigging

(ii)Insider trading

(iii)Financial intermediation

(iv)Bridge Financing

(v)Penny stocks

(vi)Badla

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(vii)T+2

(viii)Stock Market Index

(ix)Cornering

(x)Futures and Options.

(xi)Derivatives Market

(xii)Beneficial Owners.

Q16. Name the two competing intermediaries in Banks and Financial system.

Q17. Give any two forms of Financial Transactions.

Q18. Name the major participant in Money Market.

Q19. Name any two suppliers of Short term funds.

Q20. Which money is doing the trading in close substitutes of money?

Q21. Name the other name of Treasury Bills.

Q22. Name a bearer document issued by a bank against deposits kept by the companies and

Institutions for a short period of time.

Q23. Which method of short term finance do the Banks adopt to maintain their CRR?

Q24. On what lines was OTCEI started?

Q25. If the Locative function is performed well, what are the consequences that will follow?

Q26. FM exists whenever a financial transaction occurs. In what forms does financial transaction occur.

Q27. Which market is considered as an ideal capital market?

Q28. When is a trade bill known as commercial bill?

Q29. Who comprises the board of directors of NSE?

Q30. Name the OTC Exchange in USA.

Q31. List two depositories registered with SEBI.

Q32. List some examples of the malpractices in capital market which necessitated the government to set

up a separate regulatory body SEBI

LEGAL STUDIES

This assignment is to be done in the notebook.

Q1. Discuss the capacity to contract in reference to section 10 ICA.

Q2. What do you understand by discharge of contract? What are the ways of discharging a contract?

Q3. What are the various stages of a crime? Discuss the stage of attempt in detail with illustrations.

Q4. Make a summary of the illustrations in the Unit 1 and 2. Refer to the topics they are related to.

Q5. Discuss the case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke ball Company.

Q6. Discuss the case of Donoghue v Stevenson at length.

INFORMATICS PRACTICES

HARDWARE CONCEPTS, OPEN SOURCE CONCEPTS, GUI PROGRAMMING-A REVIEW

General Instructions:

This assignment is to be done in the assignment notebook.

Q1. Given the following terms/components in random order, identify which of these quality to

be a LAN component and why?

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Mouse, networking manual, computer, NIC, printer, fax-machine, scanner, optical fibre cable, coaxial

cable, NIC, radio-link, satellite link, twisted pair cable, network operating system, hub, switch, modem,

protocol, infrared link

Q2. The great brain organization has setup its new branch at Srinagar for its office and web

based activities. It has 4 wings of buildings as shown in the diagram:

Center to center distances between various blocks

Wing X to Wing Z 50 m

Wing Z to Wing Y 70 m

Wing Y to Wing X 125 m

Wing Y to Wing U 80 m

Wing X to Wing U 175 m

Wing Z to Wing U 90 m

Number of computers

Wing X 50

Wing Z 30

Wing Y 150

Wing U 15

(i) Suggest the most suitable cable layout of connections between the Wings, and topology.

(ii) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:

a. Repeater b. Hub/Switch

(iii) The organization is planning to link its head office situated in Delhi with the offices at Srinagar.

Suggest an economic way to connect it; the company is ready to compromise on the speed of

connectivity. Justify your answer.

Q3. When can a standard be considered as open standard?

Q4. How ordinary compilation process is different from Java compilation?

Q5. What is the relationship of properties, methods and events?

Q6. Write java code that takes value for side of a square in jTextField1 and calculate area of it

to be displayed in jTextField2.

Q7. Write java code that takes the price of a pencil from jTextField1 and quantity of pencils

from jTextField2 and calculates total amount as price quantity to be displayed in

jTextField3 and also find 10% tax amount to be displayed in jTextField4.

Q8. Compare and contrast:

i. TTF and OTF ii. Static and dynamic fonts

Q9. How phonetic text entry is different from keymap text based entry?

Wing U Wing Y Wing Z Wing X

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Q10. What is Unicode? What is ISCII?

Q11. What are following software used for?

i. Linux iii. Tomcat

ii. PHP iv. MySQL

Q12. What are container controls?

Q13. How if….else if combination is more general than a switch statement?

Q14. What do you understand by visual programming?

Q15. What do you understand by an event and a message?

Q16. What does a break statement do?

Q17. Write a java program to find out whether a year (4 digit number stored in a variable year) is a leap

year.

Q18. How many times the following while loop get executed?

int k=5;

int l=36;

while(k<=l)

{

k+=6;

}

Q19. What is wrong with the following loop?

int ctr=1;

while(ctr<100)

{

System.out.println(ctr);

ctr--;

}

Q20. Is java case sensitive? What is meant by the term case sensitive?

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PSYCHOLOGY

MEETING LIFE CHALLENGES

Note: All the holiday home work has to be done in Psychology notebook. General Instructions:

(a) Questions in PART- A are learning check questions carrying 1 mark each. Answer to each question

should not exceed 15-20 words.

(b) Questions in PART- B are very short answer type questions carrying 2 marks each. Answer to each

question should not exceed 30 words.

(c) Questions in PART- C are learning check questions carrying 3 marks each. Answer to each question

should not exceed 60 words.

(d) Questions in PART- D are learning check questions carrying 4 marks each. Answer to each question

should not exceed 100 words.

(e) Questions in PART- E are learning check questions carrying 6 marks each. Answer to each question

should not exceed 200 words.

PART-A

Q1. Define stress.

Q2. What is strain?

Q3. Who is the father of modern stress research? How had he defined stress?

Q4. What are the different factors of appraisal?

Q5. What is Burnout Condition of Stress?

Q6. Which branch of psychology focus on effect of stress on immune system.

Q7. According to Lazarus & Folkman, what is coping with stress?

Q8. Define the term life skill.

Q9. What are the different resources of resilience?

PART- B

Q10. „Stress increases the probability of one‟s survival‟ Comment.

Q11. Differentiate between Eustress and distress.

Q12. What are stressors? Give few examples.

Q13. Describe the two types of appraisals by Lazarus.

Q14. On what factors do stress vary among people?

Q15. What changes need to be brought in one‟s life style for enhancing health and longitivity?

PART-C

Q16. What is the nature and characteristic of stress?

Q17. Draw the schematic sketch of the general model of stress process.

Q18. How does stress affect health?

Q19. How does the immune system work in human body?

Q20. Describe the three coping strategies given by Endler and Parker.

Q21. How did Lazarus and Folkman conceptualise coping?

Q22. What is stress resistant personality as specified by Kobasa?

PART- D

Q23. Describe the different stress reactions found in the people.

Q24. What are the different sources of stress?

Q25. Evaluate the four major effects of stress associated with stressed state.

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Q26. What is resilience? How does it help in development of health?

PART- E Q27. Describe the three types of stresses.

Q28. What is General Adaptation Syndrome? Describe the three stages of GAS. Why was

this model criticised?

Q29. Describe the different stress management techniques.

Q30. Describe the different life skills that help to meet the challenges of life.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Work in the practical manual:

i) AAPHER, Sit and Reach physical test

ii) Five yoga asanas with their benefits.

iii) Draw a table of BMI test of ten students with remarks.

2. Prepare a project on our main game:

i) History of the game

ii) Fundamental skills of games

iii) Terminologies of the games

iv) Five players with their achievements

FINE ARTS

1. Still life on paper ( pencil shading )- 6 sheet size half imperial

2. Landscape on water colour -6 sheet size half imperial

3. Draw any Portrait - 6 sheet size half imperial

MATHS TOPIC: RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS, INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTION,

MATRICES, DETERMINANTS & CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY

(1).Relations And Functions

Group A (1 Mark)

Q1. Prove that the function 𝑓 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 2x is one one.

Q2. Prove that the function 𝑓 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 3x is onto.

Q3. Let 𝑓 ∶ { (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 4), (5, 6) .Find 𝑓-1.

Q4. Let 𝑓 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 where 𝑓(𝑥) = 3x + 2. Find 𝑓-1.

Q5. Let 𝑓 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 be defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = x + 2 and 𝑔 ∶ 𝑅 → 𝑅 be defined by 𝑔(𝑥) = 2x2 + 5,

find𝑓𝑜𝑔.

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Group B (4 Marks)

Determine whether each of the following relations is reflexive, symmetric and transitive

Q6. Let R be the relation {(a, a), (a, b), (a, c), (b, b), (b, c), (c, a), (c, b), (c, c)} be defined on set

A = {a, b, c}.

Q7. Let R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} be a relation defined in the set A = {1, 2, 3}.

Q8. a R b if and only if b is divisible by a, a, b ∈ N.

Q9. Relation R in A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …………..13, 14}, defined as R = {(x, y) : 3x – y = 0}.

Q10. Relation R in the set Z of all integers defined as R = {(x, y): x – y is an integer}.

(2) Inverse Trigonometric Function

Group A (1 Mark)

Find the positive values of 𝜽 less than 2𝝅 for each of the following:

Q11.𝜃 = sin-1

(1

√2)

Q12.𝜃 = tan-1

(√3)

Q13.𝜃 = cos-1

( 1

2)

Q14.𝜃 = cot-1

(1)

Q15.𝜃 = cos-1

(−√3

2)

Group B (4 Marks)

Q16.Prove that:

tan−1 1

5 + tan−1 1

5 + tan−1 1

5 + tan−1 1

5 =

𝜋

4

Q17. Prove that:

cot−1 √1+sin 𝑥+ √1−sin 𝑥

√1+sin 𝑥−√1−sin 𝑥 =

𝑥

2 , x 𝜖 ( 0,

𝜋

4 )

Q18. Solve : .tan−1 1−𝑥

1+𝑥 =

1

2tan−1𝑥, 𝑥 > 0.

Q19. Solve:tan−1 2𝑥 + tan−1 3𝑥 = 𝜋

4

Q20. Prove that:

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cos−1 12

13+ sin−1 3

5 = sin−1 56

65

(3) MATRICES

Group B (4 Marks)

Q21. If A = 3 1

−1 2 , show that A

2 -5A + 7 I = O.

Q22. If A = cos 𝛼 sin 𝛼

− sin 𝛼 cos 𝛼 , then verify that A'. A = I

Q23. If A = 1 0

−1 7 and I =

1 00 1

, then find k so that A2 = 8A + k I.

Q24.If A = [0 −1 56 3 −4

]andB = [4 31 07 −6

]then show that (AB)′ = B'A'.

Q25. Find a 2 × 2 matrix B such that B 1 −21 4

= 6 00 6

.

Q26. Define a symmetric matrix. Prove that for A = 1 23 4

, A + A' is a symmetric matrix where

A' is a transpose of A.

Group C (6 Marks)

Q27. If A =[1 2 22 1 22 2 1

]find A-1

and hence prove that A2

– 4A -5I = O.

Q28. Find A-1

if A =[0 1 11 0 11 1 0

]. Also show that A-1

= 𝐴2 −3 𝐼

2.

Using matrix method solve the following system of equations

Q29. x + 2y – 3z = 6.

3x + 2y – 2z = 3

2x – y + z = 2

Q30.2

𝑥 +

3

𝑦 +

10

𝑧 = 4.

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4

𝑥-

6

𝑦 +

5

𝑧 = 1.

6

𝑥 +

9

𝑦-

20

𝑧 = 2.

(4). Determinants

Group A (1 Mark)

Evaluate each of the following determinants:

Q31. 7 −23 4

Q32. 𝑖 −𝑖𝑖 𝑖

, where i = √−1

Q33. √6 √5

√20 √24

Q34. cos 𝜃 −𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

Q35.

3 2 34 7 45 1 5

Group B (4 Marks)

Using the properties of determinants, prove each of the following:

Q36.

1 𝑥 𝑥3

1 𝑦 𝑦3

1 𝑧 𝑧3

= (x - y) (y – z ) (z – x ) (x + y + z )

Q37 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 −𝑐 −𝑏

−𝑐 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 −𝑎−𝑏 −𝑎 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐

= 2(a + b) (b + c) (c + a)

Q38 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑐 𝑎 𝑏

𝑐 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 2𝑎 𝑏𝑐 𝑎 𝑐 + 𝑎 + 2𝑏

= 2 (a + b + c)3

Q39. 𝑏 + 𝑐 𝑐 + 𝑎 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎 𝑎 + 𝑏 𝑏 + 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑏 𝑏 + 𝑐 𝑐 + 𝑎

=2 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐𝑏 𝑐 𝑎𝑐 𝑎 𝑏

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Q40. 𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 2𝑎 2𝑎

2𝑏 𝑏 − 𝑐 − 𝑎 2𝑏2𝑐 2𝑐 𝑐 − 𝑎 − 𝑏

= (a + b + c)3.

[5]. Continuity And Differentiability

Group A (1 Mark)

Q41.Check the continuity of the function 𝑓, given by 𝑓 𝑥 = 3x + 5 at x = 2

Q42. Examine whether the function 𝑓 given by 𝑓 𝑥 = | x | is continuous at x = 0.

Q43. Discuss the continuity of the function 𝑓 𝑥 = x3 + 2x

2 – 1.

Q44. Show that every polynomial function is continuous.

Group B (4 Marks)

Q45.Find the discontinuity of f, where f is defined by

𝑓 𝑥 = 2𝑥 + 3, 𝑖𝑓𝑥 ≤ 2

2𝑥 − 3, 𝑖𝑓𝑥 > 2

Q46. Find the values of a and b such that the function defined by

𝑓 𝑥 =

5 𝑖𝑓𝑥 ≤ 2𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑖𝑓 2 < 𝑥 < 10

21 𝑖𝑓𝑥 ≥ 10

is a continuous function.

Find 𝒅𝒚

𝒅𝒙 in the following functions

Q47. x2 + xy + y

2 = 100

Q48. y = tan−1 3𝑥−𝑥3

1−3𝑥2 ; -1

√3< x <

1

√3

Q49. y = √(𝑒√𝑥)

Q50. y = (log x ) cos x