MOTHER TERESA CONVENT SCHOOL

HANDIA, PRAYAGRAJ.
LALA BAZAR, NEAR POWER HOUSE

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS- 10TH
SUBJECT-ENGLISH
1. Pay a visit to a hospital, an orphanage home, a blind school and an old age home and
write and prepare a report
2. Read a novel of Tom Sawyer and write a summary
3. Project home : make a project on the poet Robert Frost his life and his life
Also find work (poem and stories) which make his famous world wide

SUBJECT- HINDI
1-अभिव्यक्ति एवं मध्यम पाठ्य पुस्तक से : भवभिन्न माध्यम ं के भिए िेखन: पाठ के प्रश्न उत्तर
क याद कीभिए तथा (20- 25) बहुभवकल्पी प्रश्न ं के उत्तर पाठ से ख ि कर स्वतः भिक्तखए।
2-हररवंश राय बच्चन के व्यक्तित्व एवं कृभतत्व पर 10 पेि का एक प्र िेक्ट फाइि बनाइए।
3-आर हपाठ्य पुस्तक आत्म- पररचय एवं ‘एक गीत’ पाठ के प्रश्न उत्तर याद कीभिए एवं
संबंभित पाठ से 10 बहुभवकल्पी प्रश्न ं के उत्तर भिक्तखए।
4- ‘ भसल्वर वेभ ं ग‘ पाठ क पढ़कर (15) बहुभवकल्पीय प्रश्न तर भिक्तखए।

SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS
1. A bag contains 9 black and 12 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is
the probability that the ball drawn is black?
2. Find the probability that a number selected from the numbers 1 to 25 which is
not a prime number when each of the given number is equally likely to be selected.
3. A bag contains 10 red, 5 blue and 7 green balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find
the probability of this ball being not a blue ball.
4. Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of numbers appearing on
them is noted. Find the probability that the product is less than 9.
5. Cards, marked with numbers 5 to 50, are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. A
card is drawn from the box at random. Find the probability that the number on the
taken out card is:
(i) a prime number less than 10.
(ii) a number which is a perfect square.
6. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that
(i) 5 will not come up on either of them?
(ii) 5 will come up on at least one?
(iii) 5 will come up at both dice?
7. From a well shuffled pack of playing cards, black jacks, black kings and black aces
are removed. A card is then drawn from the pack. Find the probability of getting.
(i) a red card (ii) not a diamond card.
8. A bag contains cards which are numbered from 2 to 90. A card is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that it bears.
(i) a two-digit number (ii) a number which is a perfect square.
9. Cards numbered 1 to 30 are put in a bag. A card is drawn at random from this
bag. Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is:
(i) not divisible by 3. (ii) a prime number greater than 7.
(iii) not a perfect square number.
10. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability:
(i) That the numbers on either die is even.
(ii) That the sum of numbers appearing on the two dice is 5.

11. If one zero of the polynomial 5z 2 + 13z – p is reciprocal of the other than find p.
.
12. Is polynomial y 4 + 4y 2 + 5 have zeroes or not?
13. Write a quadratic polynomial, sum of whose zeroes is and product is 5.
2
14. Write the zeroes of the polynomial x + 2x + 1.
15. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + 5x + 6 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
16. If x + a is a factor of the polynomial x 2 + px + q and x 2 + mx + n prove

that
17. Prove that is an irrational number.
18. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 9 and 360 respectively. If one number is
45, write the other number.
19. What is the HCF of 52 and 130?
20. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 240 and 12 respectively. If one of the
numbers is 60, then find the other number.

SUBJECT- SCIENCE
Physics
1. Name the type of mirror used in following situations
a. Headlights of the car
b. Side/rear view mirror of a vehicle
c. Solar furnace
2. Draw a labelled diagram of human eye on the chart paper.
3. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a screen placed at a
distance of 50 cm from the mirror.
(a) Write the type of mirror.
(b) Find the distance of the image from the object.
(c) What is the focal length of the mirror?
(d) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.
4. Draw the diagram of path of light when it travels through a glass slab.
5. What are the properties of the image formed by plane mirror?
6. Which type of mirror is used to give erect and enlarged image of an object?
7. Draw and explain the ray diagram formed by a convex mirror when
a. Object is at infinity
b. Object is at finite distance from the mirror
8. Name the mirror which can show the size of the object to be double of its original.
9. If the speed of light in water is 2.25X108m/s and the speed in vacuum is 3X108 m/s
Calculate the refractive index of water.
10. Find the focal length of a lens of power -2.0 D. what type of lens is this?
Chemistry
A - 1. Prepare a detailed report on Types of Chemical reactions (20 each),
2. Using a pH strip categories the naturally occurring substances as acids, bases &
neutral compounds (water, coffee, onion peel, milk, mustard oil, lemon juice,
carbonated drink etc) OR Prepare a detailed report on natural & man made acids.
B -Read chapter 1st and prepare 20 Questions from each chapter of your own and
answer those questions.
Biology
Make an investigatory project report on "Diabetes mellitus" emphasizing the following
points
(i) Diabetes mellitus and its cause, (ii) Symptoms of the disorder, iii) Precautionary
measures, (iv)Treatment of the disorder, (v) A case study
Instructions: (i) Write the project report on A4 size plain paper in your own hand
writing, ii) Paste concerned colourful pictures, cuttings from magazines and
newspapers, data etc., iii) The project
B -Read chapter Life. Processes and prepare 20 Questions from each Life process of your
own and answer those questions.

SUBJECT- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Unit: Digital Documentation, Spreadsheet & Web Applications
1. Assignment: Create a document in LibreOffice Writer with:
Table of Contents
Headers and Footers
Inserting Images and Tables
2. Project: Prepare an Excel spreadsheet showing:
Monthly Expenses with Charts
Use of Formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, IF)
3. Theory Work: Write short notes on:
Advantages of Open Source Software
Features of Presentation Software
4. Activity: Prepare a report (handwritten or typed) on "Career Options in IT Sector."

SUBJECT- SOCIAL STUDIES

Write a short note on:
1. NATIONALISM
2. SATYAGRAHA
3. ROWLATT ACT
4. NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT
5. CIVIL DISOBIDIENCE MOVEMENT
CIVICS
Write a short note on:
1. POWER SHARING
2. FORMS OF POWER SHARING
3. MAJORITIANISM
4. WHAT IS FEDERALISM