Queens’ College IndoreSummer Assignment (Session– 2016-17)

Class – VIDear Parents,It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects. ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT – ENGLISH1. Paragraph writing:

Rishika enjoys a wonderful relationship with her grandfather. Do you also enjoy such a relationship with any elderly person in your family or in the neighbourhood. Write a paragraph in about 100-120 words on the relationship you enjoy with such a person. You must mention why the bond is special, , the interests that you share, what you learn from the relationship and why you treasure it.

2. Story writing:

Describe one incident in about 50 words from your childhood that had a positive effect on your personality. You may start like this:

It was a very pleasant sunny morning; I was dressed up to attend a wedding. We had to take a taxi to the venue, when……….

3. Learn the meaning of the following words and write one sentence for each word.

S.No. Words Meaning1. Ancient very old, aged, primitive2. Amass Gather, collect (over a period of time)3. In-vain without success4. Conspire plan secretly 5. Sacred holy, connected with religion6. High-pitched Shrill7. Dwell to live8. Fluke one of the tow lobes of a whale’s or dolphin’s tail9. Echolocation Process of location of food and friends by dolphins

with the help of reflection of sound waves10. Escort accompanying another as a protection or honour

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SUBJECT – MATHEMATICS*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A4 size papers in a file

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Q 1. Paste or draw 5 pictures from daily life and show all lines of symmetry in them.

Q2 Write Roman numerals for

(a) 98 (b) 587 (c) 964

Q3 Simplify the following using BODMAS rule(a) 9 ÷ 3 + 4 x 7 – 6 (b) 8 ÷ 4 -3 + 4 + 6 × 5

Q4 Find the value by suitable re arrangement (use property)

(a) 4 x 823 x 25 (b) 2962 + 453 + 38 + 547

Q5 Find HCF of ( a) 20, 28, 36 (b) 36,72,144

Q6 Find LCM of (a) 20,25,30 (b) 30,60,120

Q8 Find the difference between the number 8375 and that obtained on reversing its digits.

Q9 Starting with the greatest seven digit number, write its preceding five numbers in descending order.

Q10 Starting with the smallest six-digit number, write its five succeeding numbers in ascending order.

SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE

Students are required to read Chapter 14, WATER of their textbook thoroughly and prepare-

CCE worksheet comprising 10 questions including 3 one word type of questions, 3 reasoning type of questions, 2 HOTS questions and 2 long answer questions. The following points should be strictly followed while preparing the worksheet-

1. Worksheet should be in typed form. 2. Font size -12. 3. Font style -Times New Roman. 4. Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.5. Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in your running

notes notebook.

Extra notes (notes should be hand written and research based) The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself. The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter. The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book

SUBJECT – SOCIAL SCIENCESelect any one topic from the following:-

1. (A) Imagine yourself as the owner of a travel agency of Indore.

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Prepare a travel brochure in scrap book that is designed to attract tourists to visit some tourist sites like Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Mandav, Indore, Maheshwar, etc (Select any two tourist sites). The brochure should be:(a) Colourful, attractive and comprehensive.(b) Contain relevant information and pictures.(c) Contain clear descriptions and location map of each site.

(B) Make a project by giving information about Eco friendly Simhasth, Ujjain 2016. The synopsis of the Project should be made in the following ways:

i) Cover Pageii) Objectiveiii) Introductioniv) Contentv) Conclusionvi) Bibliography2. Make stone tools, ornaments of the stone Age by using plastic clay, beads, stones etc.3. Make a model of Solar System.

Material Required: A round piece cardboard, colours, construction papers, scissors, a tape.Procedure: Draw a line from top to bottom and left to right. The meeting point of the line will be the

position of the Sun. Draw 8 circles around the centre and these will be the orbits of the planet. Punch a series of holes in the cardboard. Cut the circles to represent the Sun and each of the planets according to their size. Take a tape of length of a string to each planet. Lace the other end of the string through the

correct holes in the cardboard. Adjust the length of the strings so that the planets and the sun all lie in the plane.

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Queens’ College IndoreSummer Assignment (Session– 2016-17)

Class – VIIDear Parents,It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects. ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT – ENGLISH1. PARAGRAPH WRITING

Write a description of yourself mentioning the positive traits of your personality and those aspects, which you feel, need improvement if you wish to be successful in your life.

You may include: - friendly, tolerant, caring, short tempered, confused, feel scared of bullies etc.

2. STORY WRITING

Your friend dares you to enter a lonely house, which is said to be haunted. The house is at the end of a secluded street and the time is 11o’clock in the night.

You entered the house and---------

3. Learn the meaning of the following words and write one sentence for each word.

S.No. Words Meaning11. Utter make a sound or words12. Pretend create a false impression 13. Gravely seriously14. Anxious troubled and uneasy in mind, eager15. Grieve cause grief to feel grief16. Endure experience and revive 17. Stubborn obstinate, head strong 18. Enchantment spell, charm, magic, sorcery 19. Astonishment amazement, startled 20. Idols icon, effigy, deity

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SUBJECT-MATHEMATICS.

*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A4 size papers in a file.

I. Cut & paste a net of cube, cuboid and cylinder.

II. Do the following questions:

1) Work out:a) 0÷2000 __________________ b) (−22−8)÷6 ______________________ c) 49.87 × 100 ________________d) 849× (−19 )+849×(19) _________________ e) How many fourths are there in 3? _____________ f) (−1)103+(−1)104=0 ;True∨False_____________g) (−6 )−2=2−(−6 );True∨False________________

2) Simplify:

a) 2 13+1 1

2 b) 5 12−3 2

3 c) 7 15×6 1

4× 1

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d) (0.05×5 )−(0.005×5) e) 49.08÷0.012 f) 100−3.067−33.0689−21.2

g) 34 (1+ 1

3 )(1+ 23 )(1−2

5 )(1+ 67 )(1−12

13 )3) The product of two numbers is −180. If one number is 12, find the other.

4) A man spends 25 of his money & has Rs. 90 left. How much did he have initially?

5)Divide the product of 3 1

2∧1 1

6 by the sum of 57∧1

9.

6) Subtract the difference of 43.875 and 53.9 from the sum of 29.358 and 2.3023

7) One Autumn morning the temperature went up from −4℃to 5℃.a) By how much degrees did the temperature rise?Also, during the afternoon the temperature then fell by seven degrees from 5℃ .b) What was the temperature at the end of the afternoon?

8) A piece of wire is 19.63 m long. If it is cut into 13 equal pieces, find the length of each piece.

9) A bucket can hold 16.35 litres of water. How much water can be stored in 12 such buckets?

10) Ayushree bought 6.5 kg of biscuits at the rate of Rs. 25.50 per kg and 0.5 kg of Plum cake at the rate of Rs. 165.60 per kg. She gives the shopkeeper a 500 rupee note. How much change will the shopkeeper return to her?

11) In a test, (+4) marks are given for every correct answer and (−2) marks for every wrong answer. Rita answered all the questions and got 68 marks. 25 questions she answered correctly. How many of the questions he attempted were incorrect?

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12) Printed letters are measured in units called points. One point is equal to 172 inch. If

you want the printed title of your project work to be 14 inch tall, what point size

should you use?

SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE The following assignment to be done in running notes copy .

1. Prepare the notes of the following chapters- Ch. 3 Fibre to Fabric

Ch 8 Winds, Storms And Cyclones

2. Prepare worksheet comprising of 8 – 8 questions (4 reasoning based questions, 2 HOTs and 2 long answer type questions) each of the following chapters.

Ch. 3 Fibre to fabric

Ch 8 Winds, Storms And Cyclones

3. The following points should be strictly followed while preparing the worksheet-a) Worksheet should be in typed form. b) Font size -12. c) Font style -Times New Roman. d) Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.e) Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in your

running notes notebook.

4. The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself.

5. The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter.

6. The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book.

SUBJECT – SOCIAL SCIENCESelect any one Project from the following and prepare a file on it , not exceeding 4-5 pages.

1) ‘India is the tourist hot spot drawing people from all over the World’. Interview any two tourists ( Indian /Foreigner ) on the basis of the following points. a) i) Name

ii) Age iii) Country iv) Profession

b) i) Places they visited in Indiaii) View of culture of India iii) Overall experience

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iv) Suggestions

2) Become a numismatist for a day.

a) Identify the given coins according to

i) The country they belong to

ii) Its value

iii) Period of minting

iv)Government which minted it

v) Its historical value after fifty years

i) ii)

iii)

b) Presently which official body of India issues the coins and Why?

C) Prepare a Project about the Dewas Bank Note Press on the basis of following points .

i) Location

ii)When it was started?

iii)Who governs this Press?

iv) Prepare a flowchart showing Process of Note Making.

3) Make a model of historical buildings during medieval period.

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All the Best

Queens’ College IndoreSummer Assignment (Session– 2016-17)

Class – VIII

Dear Parents,It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects. ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT – ENGLISHDear queens it’s summer time again ushering in holidays and new opportunities of learning. It is time to take out your creative kit and show your talent.

1. Fun filled activity

Write an interesting story based on the proverb Never judge a book by its cover .You can write a short story if you keep in mind its elements viz setting, characters, theme ,plot .Don’t forget to use variety of sentences , correct punctuation and tenses. (180-200 words)

2. Fun filled activity

Summer in India is very hot and we need to take precautions against the heat. Pen down your suggestions on How to beat the summer heat in a 80 to 100 words paragraph.

3. Fun filled activity

Imagine you got stranded in traffic for two hours and missed your school because of a procession. Write a diary entry in 80-100 words on your plight , giving vent to your irritation on such a wastage of time.

SUBJECT-HINDI

SUBJECT-MATHEMATICS

*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A 4 size papers in a file.1. (a) Make a net of Triangular Pyramid and Square Pyramid .

(b) Make a net of Square Prism (cube) and Pentagonal Prism.

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2. Find Square root of each by Prime Factorisation method and Long division method.

(a) √813604 (b) √131044 (c) √147.1369 (d) √361 x 1024

3. Simplify (a)√ 164

- √ 116

(b) √1+9

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(c) √ 289+√ 144√ 289−√ 144

(d)√8136.04 - √81.3604

4. Find Pythagorean triplet whose one member is (a) 10 (b) 16

5. (a) Find the least number which when added to 4529 makes it a perfect square.

(b) Subtract the smallest possible number from 19327 to make it a perfect sq.

(c) Find the smallest 6-digit number, which is a perfect square.

(d) Mudit travels 12 Km towards North and then some distance towards East. By

doing so he finds that he is at a distance of 15 Km from his initial position. Find

the distance travelled by him towards East.

(e) There are 600 plants. They need to be planted in such a manner that

number of rows and number of columns of plants are the same. How

many more plants are needed to complete this arrangement?

6. Find the missing numbers in the following patterns and write the logic used.

SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE

The following assignment to be done in running notes copy .

1. Prepare the notes of the following chapters- Ch -7 Conservation of Plants and Animals Ch-17 Stars and Solar System

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2. Prepare worksheet comprising of 8 – 8 questions (4 reasoning based questions, 2 HOTs and 2 long answer type questions) each of the following chapters - Ch -7 Conservation of Plants and Animals Ch-17 Stars and Solar System

3. The following points should be strictly followed while preparing the worksheet-f) Worksheet should be in typed form. g) Font size -12. h) Font style -Times New Roman. i) Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.j) Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in running

notes notebook.

4. The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself.

5. The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter.

6. The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book.

SUBJECT – SOCIAL SCIENCESelect any one Project from the following and prepare a file on it , not exceeding 4-5 pages.

I-A)‘India is primarily an agricultural country having different types of soil .

Choose any one type of soil and prepare a project on it on the basis of following points:a) Locationb) Nutrients foundc) Physical features (Texture)d) Crops Growne) Economy ( How the soil helps in the economy of that region)f) Map Work (Show areas where soil is found)

B) Find out the names of two organizations working for the conservation of land and soil in India and prepare a project on it.

II-A)Make a Research on –‘Ganga Action Project’and prepare a project.

B) Visit a water purifying plant. Find out the pollutants present in water and how they are removed.

III)Prepare a Project on the basis of the following points for our state -Madhya Pradesh .

a) Locationb) Types of Soilc) Crops Grownd) Occupatione) Economyf) Main Industriesg) Main Riversh)Culture (Distinctive feature)

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