DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL, PORT HARCOURT

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT FOR BASIC 9

A. BUSINESS STUDIES
1. List two agencies of consumer protection in Nigeria.
2. State two consumer protection laws in Nigeria.
3. Explain the meaning of complaints.
4. Define consumer rights.
B. CIVIC EDUCATION
Write out the names of all the Nigerian presidents/leaders from 1960 till date
noting the year they ruled and stating at least ONE of their achievement.

C. IGBO L2

1.Dee onuogugu bido n’otu ruo n’ iri (Write numerals from one to ten in Igbo)

2.Deputa okwu ajuju abuo n’Igbo(Write out two interrogative words in Igbo)

3.Ruputa onuogugu ndi a:

i.Asato + asaa=

ii.Iri ato agbakwunyere iri abuo =

4.Deputa onuogugu ndi a n’Igbo:

i.1oo

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D. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

1. List three each of the operations under the following agricultural activities:
a. Planting operations
b. Pre-planting operations
c. Post-planting operations
1b. State three forms of agricultural activities in your localities
1c. State five characteristics of weeds
1d. Copy and complete the table below with two examples each:

Production Processing Protective Storage structures Permanent farm

structures structures structures buildings
I I i I i
Ii Ii Ii ii Ii

2a i. Copy and complete the table below:

S/N Name of disease One animal Symptom (one) Prevention and

species infected control
1 New castle disease ………. ………………… …………..
2 Brucellosis …………… …………….. ……………
2a ii. What are herbicides?
2b. Mention two examples each of the following:
I. Biting and chewing insects
II. Piercing and sucking insects
III. Annual crops
IV. Perennial crops
V. Biennial crops
2c. i. State three human activities which affect forest negatively.
E. BASIC TECHNOLOGY
1. (a) Mention the four stages of processing wood before becoming useful
(b) mention any three advantages of seasoning in woodwork processing
2. (a) mention three examples of ferrous metals
(b) state three properties of RUBBER
3. (a) state four uses of plastics
(b) state three uses of ceramics.
4. (a) define motion
(b) mention any three types of motion.
F. PHE
1. Differentiate between Physical Education and Physical Fitness.
2. List 5 each of field and track events.
3. Define body conditioning.
4. Differentiate between recreation, leisure, dance and rest.

G. HOME ECONOMICS
1. Differentiate between growth and development.
2. State four guidelines for breast feeding a baby.
3. Enumerate two disadvantages of artificial feeding.
4. Mention the two animal fibres.
H. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1. Write out the cast in the story STIGMA by Samson Shobayo.
2. Summarize in one page the text STIGMA by Samson Shobayo.
3. List and discuss four major characters in the text.
3. Discuss three themes in the text.

I. CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES

TOPIC: The promise and coming of the Holy Spirit. Reference: Acts 2 (RSV)
1. What was the effect of the Holy Spirit on those present on the day of Pentecost?
2. What did Joel say concerning the coming of the Holy Spirit?
TOPIC: Fellowship in the Early Church. Reference: Acts 2, 3 and 4 (RSV)
1. State out ten characteristics of the Early Church?
2. Who arrested Peter and John and why were they arrested?
3. Why could not the Sanhedrin punish Peter and John?
J. FRENCH
1) Write and conjugate each of the following verbs: Any three (3) 1 st group, 2 nd
group and
third group verbs.
2) Name at least 5 sicknesses or diseases in French.
3) In not less than 10 sentences, describe yourself.
4) Write an essay on the topic: mon meillure ami (describe your best friend) (not
less than
10 sentences).
K. SOCIAL STUDIES
1. What is human trafficking.
2. List and explain Five causes of Human Trafficking

L. MATHEMATICS
1. Convert 482sixteen to base ten
2. Find the value of (11012)2.
 3. 8 men plough a farmland in 15 days. How many days will it take 5 men
working at the same rate?
4. Convert 10.01two to base ten
(𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 )
5. Simplify:
(𝑥 2 + x y)
6. The time of oscillation T, of a simple pendulum is given by the formula 𝑇 =
L
2𝜋√ .Find 𝑇, if L = 490, g = 10 and 𝜋 = 22/7.
g
7. . Indicate the first three integers of x that satisfy the inequality: 2x + 1 > -
10.
8. . In three years’ time, a father will be three times as old as his son. If the
present age of the father is 42 years, find the present age of the son.
9. Z is partly constant and partly varies as y. Z = 15 when y =7, and z = 10
when y =2. Find y when z =25.
10.. Expand (2y – 5) (y – 3 )
11.. If tanϴ= 5/12, find the value of sinϴ-cosϴ
12. A trader incurred a loss of 20% by selling an article for N480.How much
should he have sold it to make a profit of 20%?
The table below shows the ages of students in a class. Use the table to
answer Questions 13,14 and 15

Age ( years ) 11 12 13 14 15
Number of 3 12 15 8 2
students

13.What is the median age?

14.What percentage of the students are 14 years old?
15.Find the mean age.
16.An equilateral triangle of side 16cm has the same perimeter as a square. Find
the area of the square, in cm2
17.Find the compound interest on N30 000 for 2 years at 7% per annum.
18.What is the length of a diagonal of a rectangle 24cm by 10cm?
19.Calculate the volume of a cone with base diameter 14cm and height 18cm.
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20. If A = (a+b) h, express ‘h ‘in terms of A , a, and b
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M. BASIC SCIENCE

1. Define the following:

2. Genetics b. Family traits c. Dominant Recessive traits
3. Explain four effects of flooding
4. State three causes of bush burning
List three agencies responsible for the control of bush burning in Nigeria

N. ICT

1. Using a graphic package (CorelDraw) design a business card for your

organization. (Include a summary of what your business offers, and other
contact information)
2. One of the ways to close up the digital divide is to acquire a digital skill
during this holiday. Write a report on any digital skill you acquired. Tips on
the different digital skills includes: Video editing, coding, graphic design
e.t.c.

O. HISTORY

1. a. What is Trans Saharan trade?

b. Identify the areas of African that participated in the trans-Saharan trade.
c. Why was camel so important to Nigeria in trans- Saharan trade.
d. Identify any three commodities involved in the trans-Saharan trade.
2. Mention the importance of Mungo Park among the European explorers.
b. Mention two Christian missionaries established in Nigeria in the 19 th
century.
c. What role did Sir George Taubman Goldie play in the emergence and
activities of the Royal Niger company
3. What do you understand by trans-Atlantic slave trade?
b. How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade emerge.
4. What were the reasons for the abolition of the slavery and slave trade?

Have a blissful and fruitful holiday!