ENGLISH DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BATHINDA HOLIDYS HOMEWORK (2015-16) CLASS: IX Part-1 (Worksheet) NOVEL Q1. Answer the following questions in your own words. (Word limit 80-100) i) What conclusion did the friends arrive at about their ailments? ii) What did the friends agree to do at last? (Chapter-2) iii) How did Uncle Podger complete the task he assigned to himself? iv) Why didn t they take cheese with them? v) What did the crowd say about them and their luggage? vi) How was Harris lost in the maze at Hampton Court? vii) Describe the narrator s visit to a village church. viii) Who brought the German singer to sing a song? How did the narrator react to the song? ix) What did narrator find awkward to manage? Why? (Chapter-9) x) Describe some humorous situations in the novel. Q2. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. Any children were hurt (a). in the road accident (b). When his school bus collided (c). with the truck while trying (d). to save an elderly man. (e)... There was any doctor (f)... nearby but there were much (g)... nurses passing in the van. (h)... They stopped our vehicle to (i). given first aid to some children. (j). In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. I have met people in my life but person who has influenced me most is Mother Teresa. To me she has been symbol of the true religion. Person can do what she has done. If we adopt ideology, world would become ideal place to live in. (a) (b) (e) (d)... (e) (f)... (g) (h)
SENTENCE RE-ORDERING Q3. Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences. (I) i) but/in the past/i used to/not now/ see ii) you / Avtaar / had seen / only / you told me / last week iii) Kapil insisted / so / but / I went / accompany him, / I should (II) i) the hills / the best place / is in / the rain / probably / to watch ii) recently washed flowers / the air / of wet earth / is cool / and the / and there / is a smell / warm perfume / of the iii) tries to / of clouds / a weak sun / from its / come out / cover (III) i) today / tutor / coming / is ii) since / suffering / Wednesday / she / has been / from Malaria iii) phone / you / has / informed / she / on the ARTICLE Q4. More and more people choose to eat out. Write an article in about 150-200 words for school magazine discussing this trend. In your article you should: highlight the growing trend of eating out explain its causes discuss its advantages and disadvantages DIARY ENTRY Q5. You travelled for the first time in a train and that too alone. Write a diary entry in about 120 words describing your experience. STORY WRITING Q6. Complete the following story on the basis of the beginning given below. Once there was a poor blind beggar. He begged in the streets of Vienna. Every evening he played on his violin and sang there. His dog... Part-2 (FA Activity) II. Do note making of the Novel Three Men in a Boat in a separate notebook as a part of FA Activity- 2. III. Part-3 (Model/Chart) Make a model/chart/a video (on a role play) any from English for exhibition. (as discussed in the class) HINDI 1 jpukred dk;z& fev~vh rsjs :Ik vusd ¼dksykt jpuk½ bl jpukred dk;z esa Nk=ksa n~okjk fev~vh ls cuh fofhkuu pht+ksa ds fp=ksa dk dksykt cuk;k tk,xka dksykt cukrs le; fueufyf[kr ckrksa dk /;ku j[kk tk,xk& d½ fp= p;u
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15. Prove that : = 0. 16. If x= then find the value of 17. If a =, then find the value of a 2 +. 18. Show that: (x a-b ) a+b.(x b-c ) b+c.(x c-a ) c+a =1. 19. Prove that: =1. 20. Draw a quadrilateral whose vertices are (3,2),(2,3),(-4,5) and (5,-3). 21. Simplify: (i) 22. Which is greater? 23. Give an example of two Irrational numbers whose : (i) Difference is a rational number. (ii) sum is a rational number. (iii) quotient is an irrational number. 24. Find seven rational numbers between and. 25. A field in the form of parallelogram has sides 60m and 40m and one of its diagonal is 80m long. Find the area of the parallelogram. 26. Find the area of a triangle with perimeter 22cm, one side 9cm and difference of other two sides is 7 cm. 27. Write the history of Heron s formula. PROJECT WORK: For Even Roll Numbers: History of : (i) Knowledge about in various ancient civilizations. (ii) Approximation for approximation. and name of mathematician who did work to find the (iii) Circle and (iv) Famous mathematical problems featuring For Odd Roll Numbers: Life history of Heron and Aryabhatta: (i) Early Life. (ii) Works. (iii) Other Major Breakthrough in the field of mathematics. (iv) Picture. Note: Project work should consist of 6-8 hand written pages and it should be neat and clean. Also mention the source from where you took the information.
SCIENCE 1. Read chapter The fundamental unit of life, Matter around us and Motion, thoroughly from N.C.E.R.T. 2. Make a model on any of the following topic: (a) Plant cell / animal cell (b) Osmotic solutions (c) Classification of plant tissues (d) Classification of animal tissue (e) Five kingdom classification (f) Classification of Plant Kingdom (g) Classification of Animal Kingdom OR Make a model on the following topic accordingly:- i. Model of bio gas plant ii. Models showing use of solar energy. iii. Wind energy farm. iv. Galileo's working model. v. Cooling caused by evaporation. vi. Air distillation plant. vii. Rutherford model. viii. Say no to polythene bags. ix. Waste treatment plant. x. Energy transfer. xi. Interview with farmers (video) 3 Visit: Visit a farm and study the basic practices of agriculture. Also collect at least one photograph (5x7) on each of the following topics: i. Cattle farming ii. Poultry farming iii. Bee keeping iv. Diversity (one plant and one animal) OR Project - Study the following topics in detail and prepare a research project on any of these: i. problems faced by farmers of Punjab
ii. iii. iv. malpractices by farmers of Punjab and their solutions How to appropriately manage a cattle farm. Green / white Revolution. SOCIAL SCIENCE 1. Make a report on the reasons for occurrence of disasters and the ways to tackle them. Your report should be for not less than 20 pages. It should provide examples of recently occurred disasters It should have pictures to give a visual effect to the report 2. Write a story on any village of India and cover the following information. What are the main productive activities carried out in the village? Which are the factors of production being used? What is the percentage of people engaged in these main productive activities? What is the role played by fixed and working capital in this? What can be the alternative factors of production that can be promoted? 3. Depict the different relief features of India on an A 3 size chart paper. The chart should be neat, well-presented and compact.