DASHMESH PUBLIC SCHOOL VASUNDHRA ENCLAVE

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS (XII-B)

(ENGLISH)

Q1. You are Personal Manager of Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. You need a lady receptionist for the

Hotel.

Write out an advertisement for publication in a newspaper. [50 words]

Q2. You have lost your pet dog. Write an advertisement for the “Lost and Found “ column of a

newspaper. [50 words]

Q3. You are the Director of your school. Your school is playing against CPM school,

Meerut, in the Zonal Volleyball Finals. Write a notice in about 50 words for your school notice board

inviting your school students to come and watch the tournament and cheer the team.

Q4. Design a poster for promoting good health through “Health Mela”. [50 words]

Q5. You are Secretary, English Literary Society of your school. Write a formal invitation inviting Mr.

R.K. Sharma, a scholar of repute, to speak on the “ Future of English in India”.

Q6. You are Aakash/Varsha. You have been invited to attend the wedding of your friend’s sister during

summer vacations. Respond to the invitation, regretting your in ability to attend it.

Q7. You are Incharge of Physical Education in your school, A.P.S. Moradabad. Write a letter to Messrs

Pioneer Sports co., Ambala, planning an order for a minium of 4 sports items with details. Ask for the

discount also. Sign as Raman.

Q8. You are Naveen/Niti of 46, Meenambakam, Chennai-40. Write a letter to the editor, Deccan

Chronicle Chennai, about the increase in road accidents, due to the people using mobile phones while

walking or driving.

[80-100 words]

Q9. You are Ganesh/ Gauri, a social worker, much concerned about the practice of keeping building

materials on roadsides and pavements. Write an article in 150-200 words on how this encroachment not

only leads to health and hygiene problems but also endangers life and property. Give suitable suggestions

for putting an end to this problem.(100-200 words)

NOVEL (The Invisible Man)

Q10 a) Name the protagonist and antagonist in the story of ‘The Invisible Man’. Write their traits.(150

words)

b) Name other important characters of the story and describe them briefly.(any six)

c) What message/theme it conveys to the readers.

LITERATURE

Q11 a) The day of the last lesson was full of regret and sadness. Describe the events of the day in the

classroom in the light of the above remark.(100 words)

b) The bangle-makers of Faridabad make beautiful bangles and make everyone happy but they live and

die in squalor. Elaborate.

c) How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge upon the Tiger king?

d) Describe how Pearl S. Buck’s story, ‘The Enemy’ shows that basic human goodness overpowers all

other factors.

BUSINESS STUDIES

SUMMER VACATION HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

VALUE BASED QUESTIONS:

Q1 XYZ Power Ltd. set up a factory for manufacturing solar lanterns in a remote village as there was no

reliable supply of electricity in rural areas. The revenue earned by the company was sufficient to cover

the costs and the risks. The demand for lanterns was increasing day by day, so the company decided to

increase production to generate higher sales. For this they decided to employ people from the nearby

villages, as very few job opportunities were available in that area. The company also decided to open

schools and crèches for the children of its employees.

i. Identify and explain the objectives of the management discussed above.

ii. State any two values which the company wanted to communicate to the society.

Q2 Mega Ltd. was manufacturing water-heaters. In the first year of its operations, the revenue earned by

the company was just sufficient to meet its costs. To increase the revenue, the company analysed the

reasons for less revenue. After an analysis, the company decided.

i. To reduce the labour cost by shifting the manufacturing unit to a backward area where labour

was available at very low rate.

ii. To start manufacturing solar water – heaters and reduce the production of electric water –

heaters slowly.

This will not only help in covering the risks, but in meeting other objectives too.

a. Identify and explain the objectives of management discussed above.

b. State any two values which the company wanted to communicate to the society.

Q3 Social – Connect Private Limited is a mobile manufacturing company. The manager of the company

observed that the market is dynamic and a lot of changes were taking place in the mobile market and

hence, the risk of the product becoming obsolete is high. The designs of the phones are governed by

requirements and preferences of the customers. He started incorporating new, and advanced features

taking cue from the consumers and with the help of his workers.

a. Identify the characteristic of management highlighted in this case.

b. Give any two benefits of making these changes in the business.

c. State any two value which the manager of Social – connect Private Limited wants to

communicate to the society.

Q4 Telco Ltd. is manufacturing files and folders from the old clothes to discourage use of plastic files

and folders. For this they employ people from nearby villages where very few job opportunities exist. An

employee, Harish, designed a plan for the cost reduction but it was not welcomed by the production

manager. Another employee gave some suggestion for improvement in design, but it was also not

appreciated by the production manager.

i. State the principle o management described in the above para.

ii. Identify any two values that the company wants to communicate to the society.

Q5 The manager of an organization knows that one of the newly appointed workers belongs to the

reserved category and he always undermines that employee’s performance.

i. Identify the Fayol’s Principle which is violated and explain.

ii. Identify two values which are ignored when this principle is not followed.

Q6 Umesh joined the organization at a very low pay compared to other people with the same designation.

The reason given to him by the management for such discrimination was recession in the industry.

i. Which principle of management is overlooked here?

ii. What implication does this principle have on human values? Give any two.

Q7 Mudit was continuously shifted from one job to another in the organization without giving him

adequate time to settle down in any department. Identify the principle &relate it to any 2 values affecting

Mudit.

Q8 Suresh is working under his supervisor Ramesh. He always communicates useful ideas and

suggestions to his superior. Implementing his suggestions has always yielded favourable results, but

Ramesh never appreciated his contribution.

(i) Name the values which are ignored by Ramesh.

(ii) What could be its adverse effect on Suresh and the functioning of the organization?

Q9 ABC Ltd. is engaged in producing electricity from domestic garbage. There is almost equal division

of work and responsibility between workers and management. The management even takes workers into

confidence before taking important decisions. All the workers are satisfied as the behavior of the

management is very good.

(i) State the principle of management described in the above para.

(ii) Identify any three values which the company wants to communicate to the society.

Q10 Pawan is working as a ‘Production Manager’ in CFL Ltd. engaged in the manufacture of CFL bulbs.

There is no class – conflict between the management and workers. The working conditions are very

good. The company is earning huge profits. As a policy matter, management is sharing the gains with the

workers because they believe that prosperity of the company cannot exist for a long time without the

Prosperity of the employees.

(i) State the principle of management described in the above para.

(ii) Identify any three values which the company wants to communicate to the society.

Q11 An insurance company dealing with public has clearly specified and put “No Smoking” boards at all

places in the organization. Despite that some workers continue to smoke in the office premises. Identify

the type of plan. Name any two values which are being ignored by the workers.

Q12 India has the highest accident rates in the world. One of the many reasons attributed to the fact is

that the carmakers have to compromise on some safety features to keep the cost low for price conscious

buyers. To increase road safety, the government considered a numbers of alternatives. It was decided that

all the automakers would have to provide airbags, antilock braking and speed warning system in the cars

from October, 2018. The Transport Ministry will set up authority to certify cars on the basis of safety and

fuel efficiency. The cars will be given star rating on the scale from zero to five based on safety features.

a. Identify the function of management discussed in the above case.

b. Identify three features of this function from the above para, quoting only few words.

Q13 A company is manufacturing garments. The manager wants to increase profit by

Purchasing new high speed machines , or

Increasing the sale price, or

Using waste material in manufacturing stuffed toys.

He decided that ‘using waste material’ to increase the profit is the best solution for him.

i. Identify the concept of management involved.

ii. Mention the steps involved in the above process by quoting the lines from the question.

iii. To complete the process of the concept identified in (i) what further steps does the

manager have to take?

Q14 Amazon has launched an initiative of selling corrugated boxes, thermocol balls and air-filled packets

on its portal to its vendors so that the rejection rate can be reduced to a minimum due to spoiled

merchandise. Nearly 20,000 sellers are expected to buy these products, as this will save them from the

difficulty of looking for the right kind of wrapping material. Amazon will also increase its revenue

through these sales.

(i) Identify the marketing mix discussed here.

(ii) State and quote from the above para the benefit of using this tool of marking mix identified in

(i).

Q15 Ajay was appointed the marketing head of ‘Alfa Enterprise’, manufacturers of toothpastes and

toothbrushes. His target sale was 2,000 units a month. Apart from thinking about the various channel of

distribution to achieve the target, he himself started visiting schools in backward areas. He found that

even after taking various steps and counseling, some school children had not started brushing their teeth.

He investigated and found that they could not afford to buy a toothpaste. So, with due permission, he

started donating 200 toothbrushes and toothpastes every month to the school.

Q16 Crackers Ltd., a firecracker manufacturing company, launched some new products on the eve of

Diwali, which attracted many buyers. To meet the increased demand, the company employed children

from nearby villages. Although the product was in great demand, appropriate safety warning for use were

not mentioned on the packets that led to many accidents.

(i) Identify & explain the important product related decision that was not taken into consideration

by the company by the company.

(ii) Also, identify any two values which were violated by the company.

WORKSHEET ON PLANNING PROCESS

Q1 “Planning always leads to success.” Do you agree? Give reason in support of your answer.

Q2 Define “Planning Premises”.

Q3 Distinguish between standing plan and single-use plan.

Q4 Distinguish between policy and Procedure.

Q5 Differentiate between ‘Policy’ and ‘Rule’ as types of plan.

Q6 Name the function of management which involves setting objectives and developing appropriate

course of action to achieve these objectives.

Q7 ‘Planning is goal – oriented.’ How?

Q8 What are derivative plans?

Q9 ‘Planning is futuristic.’ Why?

Q10 Define ‘Objective’.

Q11 What is a budgets?

Q12 What is rule?

Q13 Which limitation of planning suggests that the employee stop thinking and follow the plan strictly?

Q14 How does planning facilitate control?

Q15 How does planning reduce the risk of uncertainty?

Q16 Name the ‘type of plan’ which specifies the steps to carry out different activities in chronological

order.

Q17 How is planning a pervasive function? State.

Q18 Name the type of plan which provides the prescribed way in which a task has to be performed

considering the objective.

WORKSHEET ON MARKETING

Q1 What is market in the modern marketing sense?

Q2 It includes, planning, organizing, directing and controlling the activities which direct the flow of

goods and services from producers to ultimate consumers. Identify the concept.

Q3 What is ‘market offering’?

Q4 Name the three types of benefits which a customer may want to enjoy from the purchase of a product.

Q5 What is the main objective of marketing?

Q6 Identify the concept which emphasizes the need for producing inexpensive goods and making the

products widely and easily available to the consumers.

Q7 Identify the main focus of ‘Societal Marketing Concept’.

Q8 State any two pillars of ‘Marketing Concept’.

Q9 Name the concept which suggests that customers should be convinced and motivated to buy products.

Q10 Name the four P’s of marketing mix.

Q11 It is a process of assigning a distinct name or symbol to a product so as to differentiate it from other

competitive products. Name the process.

Q12 What is ‘trademark’?

Q 13 Why is packing called a silent salesman?

Q14What is “primary packaging”?

Q15What is “Secondary packaging “?

Q16What is the role of a brand name?

Q17 Who are called channels of distribution?

SUBJECT: - BUSINESS STUDIES

SUMMER VACATION HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

1. Keeping in mind the CBSE guidelines regarding Business Studies Project, you are

required to make two project reports in a creative manner and submit it after

vacations.

A. Visit the business unit related to the topic selected for the project, collect the data

information, analyse it, systematically arrange it & present it is the form of project

report.

Project report should cover Acknowledgement, Certificate, Index, Information

collected from Business unit & its analysis, Questionnaire for customers &

employees conclusion. [PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT]

B. MARKETING MANAGEMENT:-

Project report should include Acknowledgement, Certificate, Index.

Selection of Product, why a particular product is chosen, Branding, Logo,

Labelling, Tag Line, Social Massage, Competing Brands, USP of your product,

Packaging, Pricing, Transportation, Warehousing, Advertising, Sales Promotion

Techniques, etc.

Questionnaire for customers, Conclusion etc.

2. Complete all the worksheets in your notebook.

ACCOUNTANCY

SUMMER VACATION HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

PART A – Theory

Q1. A group of 40 people wants to form a partnership firm. They want your advice regarding maximum

number of persons that can be there in a partnership firm and the name of the Act under whose provisions

it is given.

Q2. What share of profits would a “Sleeping partner” who has contributed 75% of the total Capital get in

the absence of a Deed?

Q3. Give the formula of goodwill by “Capitalization of Average Profit”?

Q4. Why are “Reserves and Surplus” distributed at the time of reconstitution of the firm?

Q5. Give the name of the compensation which is paid by the new partner to sacrificing partners for

sacrificing their share of profits.

Q6.Name four items which are credited to the account of a deceased partner while calculating the amount

due to his legal heirs?

Q7. Distinguish between Fixed and Fluctuating Capital.

Q8. Differentiate between “Profit and Loss Appropriation A/c” and Profit and Loss Suspense A/c.

PART B – Practical Problems

Q1. A, B and C were partners in a firm having capitals of Rs. 60,000, 60,000 and 80,000 respectively.

Their current account balances were A: Rs 10,000, B: Rs.5000 and C: Rs. 2000(Dr).

According to the partnership Deed, the partners were entitled to interest on Capital @5% p.a. C being the

working partner was also entitled to a salary of Rs. 6000 p.a. The Profits were to be divided as

(i) The first 20,000 in proportion of their Capitals

(ii) Next 30,000 in the ratio of 5:3:2

(iii) Remaining Profit to be shared equally.

The firm made a profit of Rs. 1,56,000 before charging any of the above items.

Prepare Profit & Loss Appropriation A/c and pass necessary journal entry for apportionment of Profit.

Q2. A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio 3:1. They admit C for 1

4 th share

on 31st March2014 when their Balance Sheet was as follows:

The following adjustments were agreed upon

a) C brings in 16000 as goodwill and proportionate capital

b) Bad debts amounted to Rs 3000

c) Market value of investments is Rs 4500

d) Liability on account of workmen compensation reserve amounted to Rs 2000

Prepare Revaluation A/C and partner’s capital A/C

Q. Following is the Balance sheet of A B and C as at 31 March 2011. They shared profits in the ratio

of 2:2:1

B retires on 1st April 2011 on the following terms:-

Prepare revaluation A/C, capital A/C and the New Balance Sheet

LIABILITIES Amount ASSETS Amount

Sundry Creditors

General Reserve

Partner’s loan A/C’s

B 180000

C 120000

Capital A/Cs

A 5,00,000

B 3,00,000

C 1,50,000

5,00,000

2,50,000

3,00,000

9,50,000

Cash at bank

Debtors 6,00,000

Less provision 25,000

Stock

Land & building

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Profit and loss A/C

10,000

5,75,000

3,40,000

10,00,00

60,000

15,000

20,00,000 20,00,000

i. Stock is overvalued by Rs 20,000 and land and building are undervalued by 100,000

ii. Provision for doubtful debts is to be increased to 30,000

Liabilities Amt. Assets Amt.

Employee Provident Fund 17,000 Stock 15,000

Workmen Compensation Reserve 6,000 Debtors 50,000

Less Provision 2,000 48,000

Investment Fluctuation Reserve 4,100 Investments 7,000

Cash 6,100

Capitals A 54,000 Goodwill 40,000

B 35,000 89,000

1,16,100 1,16,100

iii. Old credit balances of sundry creditors Rs 40000 be written off

iv. A computer purchased on 1st Oct 2010 for 50000 debited to office expenses account is to be

bought into account charging depreciation @ 20% P.A

v. Goodwill of the firm is valued at Rs 150000 and the amount due to B be adjusted in the capital

A/C of A and C.

COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT Students will work on a comprehensive problem of accounts. Students are expected to pass journal

entries, prepare ledger accounts, trail balance and prepare the financial statements.

These accounts may pertain to sole proprietorship or partnership firms or that of a joint stock

company. The data provided will represent real life situation in a condensed form. These financial

statements should be analysed using ratios to derive meaningful information for taking decisions for

the purpose of investment, expansion, financing etc.

Students will prepare a project file to record their work

1) First page of the file should describe

• Title of work

• Identity of student

• School and teacher concerned

2) Acknowledgment

3) Certificate

4) Index to indicate columns for title of work, page number, date, teacher’s remarks and signature.

5) The format of project work will be

• Problem Details

• Facts of the problem

• Required information

• Steps to solve the problem

• Solution and presentation of information

• Analysis and interpretation of information

Project file should be neatly hand written and presentable with page number marked. Each step of the

solution needs to be highlighted.

Conclusion drawn is placed in boxes.

SUBJECT:-ECONOMICS

I. Choose the correct answer:-

1. The problem of choice arises due to the fact that:

a) Resource are scare c) Resource have alternative use

b) Resources are in abundance d) both (a) and (c)

2. Scarcity is a situation when demand for good is:

a) Equal to supply c) more than supply

b) Less than supply d) none of these

3. In case resources of an economy are reduced, the PPC into

a) Shift rightwards c) rotate dong x-axis

b) Shift leftwards d) rotate along Y-axis

4. Utility derived from an additional unit of a commodity is called

a) Marginal utility c) diminishing marginal utility

b) Total utility d) none of these

5. Marginal utility can be:

a) Positive c) zero

b) Negative d) all of these

6. At the point of saturation, total utility becomes:

a) Minimum c) Maximum

b) Constant d) negative

7. Downward slope of IC indicator its:

a) Positive slope c) constant slope

b) Negative slope d) none of these

8. Distribution of income is a determinant of:

a) individual demand function c) both (a) and (b)

b) Market demand function d) none of these

9. Given that MRS tends to decline, IC is:

a) Convex to the origin c) a straight line

b) Concave to the origin d) none of these

10. 𝑃𝑋

𝑃𝑌 indicates the slope of :

a) Budget line c) price line

b) Budget set d) both (a) and (c)

II. Define the following:-

a. Goods

b. Wants

c. Point of saturation

d. Factors of Production

e. Budget line

f. Complementary goods and substitution goods

g. Indifference map

h. Opportunity cost

i. Marginal utility and total utility

j. Microeconomics

III. Write the answer of the following questions:-

1. What will be the impact of “education for all campaign” (Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan) on

the production possibilities curve of the Indian economy and why?

2. Explain the concept of opportunity cost with the help of a numerical example.

3. Explain the relationship between:

i. Prices of other goods and demand for the given good.

ii. Income of the buyers and demand for a good.

4. Explain the concept of ‘Marginal rate of subsitution’ with the help of a numerical

example.

5. What is likely to be the impact of “Make in India” appeal to the foreign investors

by the prime minister of India, On the production possibilities frontier of India?

Explain.

6. “A good is inferior for one and at the same time normal good is for another

consumer” do you agree? Explain with the help of an example?

7. How is the law of diminishing marginal utility applied with regard to

education/Knowledge?

8. Give reasons for the following statements:

a. If the income of a consumer changes and prices of the two goods remains unchanged, a

new budget line will be formed which will be parallel to the original line.

b. If the income of the consumer remains unchanged and if the price of good X rises,

intercept of the budget line of Y axis will remain the same, but on X-axis it will shift to

the left.

9. Give reasons, comment on the following statements:

a. A consumer’s equilibrium is always formed at a point on the given budget line.

b. A consumer’s equilibrium will shift to a high indifference curve with an increase in

consumer’s income.

10. A consumer consumes only few goods. Explain the conditions of the consumer’s

equilibrium with the help of utility analysis.

MATHS

CLASS XII-A, B

INFORMATICS PRACTICES

SUMMER VACATION HOLIDAY HOME WORK

I - Project Work : Project screen shot is to be mailed to the e-mail id i.u.mitr2009@gmail.com

latest by 30th May 2017.

Example –Student information system, banking, payroll system, ATM ,Shopping Mall ,NDPL

billing ,Hotel Reservation,

• Create the tables in database with appropriate data types of field (Minimum two tables).

• Design form (at least five) for the screens

Your Project should cover the following specifications :

• Project Title(name of project, roll no, class)

• Acknowledgement

• Certificate

• Introduction to project

• Project coding

• Project screens(output)

• Bibliography

II- Design ,Develop following GUI applications with the help of book and compile it in Record File

with code.

FRAME-1 FRAME-2 FRAME-3

FRAME-4 FRAME-5 FRAME-6

FRAME-7

III- Design an application for the following (only design ) compile it in Record File with code.:

1. Create a GUI application to accept a string and display it in reverse order using the

substring() method.

2. Create a GUI application to create random whole numbers between 2 float numbers

input by the user.

3. Create a GUI application to accept 3 numbers in separate text fields and display

their sum, average, maximum or minimum after rounding the results on the click of

appropriate buttons (There are four separate buttons - one for sum, one for

average, one for maximum and one for minimum). The result should be displayed in

the fourth text field.

4. Create a GUI application to accept the date (as 1), month (as a number like 3 for

March) and year (as 2010) in separate text fields and display the date in the format:

dd/mm/yy. Take care of the following points while creating the application:

• Verify the date input before displaying it in the suggested format and display

error messages wherever applicable

• The date is accepted as 1 (for the first of any month) but should be displayed as

01 in the final format.

• The year is accepted as 2010 but displayed as 10 in the final format.

5. Create an application to accept two strings - First Name and Last name from the user

and display the message Welcome with the complete name of the user.

6. Create an application to accept the radius of a circle, calculate the area and

circumference and display the results in a message box after rounding off the area

and circumference to an integer number.

7. Modify application to make sure that the user has not input the complete name in

the first name text field.

8. Modify the Case Changer application developed in the lesson to display the input

text in Title case using the substring(), toLowerCase() and toUpperCase() methods.

9. Create a GUI application that allows a user to change his password according to the following

guidelines:

a. The form should accept the name and password from the user

b. Only if the password matches with the pre-input password, the user should be

allowed to proceed. (Hint - need to check the length and the contents and also

convert the string to a particular case)

c. Hide the initial text fields and now create form elements to accept input of

first name, middle name and last name along with the age.

SUBJECT-PHY.EDU

CLASS-XII

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

➢ All the work should be done in practical file.(Record File)

1. Draw a neat diagram of the field/court of any one game of choice. Write its history, rule, and regulations,

terminologies and important Tournaments.(Athletics, Basketball, Football, Handball, Hockey, kho-Kho and

volleyball)

2. Write benefits of Asana, Swiss ball and plyo-metric exercises.

3. Measuring resting heart rate and Respiratory rate of the member from family or neighourhood for three

weeks and show graphical representation of the data.

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