DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL PARADIP REFINERY

SUMMER HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENTS (2022 – 23)

CLASS – XII (SCIENCE)

SUBJECT : ENGLISH
1. You are Secretary of the History Club of Vidya Mandir School. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words
informing students of a proposed visit to some important historical sites in your city.

2.You are Secretary of J.P. Narain Housing Society, R.W.A., Meerut. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words
stating that the second instalment of maintenance charges falls due on 30th June 2022, and requesting the
members to pay before the due date. Sign as Anil/Anita.

Comprehension passage

Question 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. Today’s woman is a highly self-directed person, alive to the sense of her dignity and the importance of her
functions in the private domestic domain and the public domain of the world of work. Women are rational in
approach, careful in handling situations and want to do things as best as possible. The Fourth World Conference
of Women held in Beijing in September 1995 had emphasized that no enduring solution of society’s most
threatening social, economic and political problems could be found without the participation and empowerment
of the women. The 1995 World Summit for Social Development had also emphasised the pivotal role of women
in eradicating poverty and mending the social fabric.

2. The Constitution of India had conferred on women equal rights and opportunities political, social,
educational and of employment with men. Because of oppressive traditions, superstitions, exploitation and
corruption, a majority of women are not allowed to enjoy the rights and opportunities, bestowed on them. One
of the major reasons for this state of affairs is the lack of literacy and awareness among women. Education is
the main instrument through which we can narrow down the prevailing inequality and accelerate the process of
economic and political change in the status of women.

3. The role of women in a society is very important. Women’s education is the key to a better life in the future.
A recent World Bank study says that educating girls is not a charity, it is good economics and if developing
nations are to eradicate poverty, they must educate the girls. The report says that the economic and social
returns on investment in education of the girls considerably affect the human development index of the nation.
Society would progress only if the status of women is respected and the presence of an educated woman in the
family would ensure education of the family itself. Education and empowerment of women are closely related.

4. Women’s education has not received due care and attention from the planners and policymakers. The
National Commission for Women has rightly pointed out that even after 50 years of independence, women
continue to be treated as the single largest group of backward citizens of India. The role of women in overall
development has not been fully understood nor has it been given its full weight in the struggle to eliminate
poverty, hunger, injustice and inequality at the national level. Even when we are at the threshold of the 21st
century, our society still discriminates against women in matters of their rights and privileges and prevents them
from participating in the process of national and societal progress. Various Committees and Commissions have
been constituted before and after the independence to evaluate the progress in women’s education and to
suggest ways and means to enhance the status of women. The female literacy rate has gone up in the 20th
century from 0.6 per cent in 1901 to 39.29 per cent in 1991 but India still possesses the largest number of
illiterate women in the world. The female literacy index for the year 1991 shows that there are eight States
which fall below the national average. The most populous States of the country, UP, MP, Bihar and Rajasthan
fall in the category of most backward States as far as female literacy is concerned.

5. The prevailing cultural norms of gender behaviour and the perceived domestic and reproductive roles of
women tend to affect the education of girls. Negative attitude towards sending girls to schools, restrictions on
their mobility, early marriage, poverty and illiteracy of parents affect the girl’s participation in education.

6. Women’s political empowerment got a big boost with the Panchayati Raj Act of 1993 which gave them 30
per cent reservation in Village Panchayats, Block Samities and Zila Parishads throughout the country. The
National Commission for Women was also set up in 1992 to act as a lobby for women’s issues.

7. The educational system is the only institution which can counteract the deep foundations of inequality of
sexes that are built in the minds of people through the socialization process. Education is the most important
instrument of human resource development. Educational system should be used to revolutionize the traditional
attitudes and inculcate new values of equality.

(a)Answer the following questions:

(i) Mention any two attributes of a modern woman. 2

(ii) Why are women’s participation and empowerment considered necessary? 2

(iii) Which factors adversely affect the education of girls? 2

(iv) What benefits did the women get with the enactment of the Panchayati Raj Act of 1993? 2

(v) By what process can we remove the sense of inequality of sexes from the minds of the people? 1

b) Pick out words from the passage which mean the same as each of the following: 1×3=3

(i) cruel and unfair (para 2)

(ii) remove (para 3)

(iii) full of people (para 4)

SUBJECT : PHYSICS
1. Complete the practical record.
2. Plan for investigatory project for the session-22-23

Electric Charges and Fields:

 1. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric flux passing through two
opposite faces of the cube?
2. Two charges of magnitudes -3Q and + 2Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0) respectively. What is
the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius ‘5a’ with its centre at the origin?
3. Derive an expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole kept in a uniform electric field.
4. Define electric flux. Write its S.I. unit.
5. A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric sphere S2 of radius r2 (r2 >
r,) enclosing charge 2Q, find the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2. How will the electric flux
through sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant K is introduced in the space inside S2 in
place of air?
6. What is the flux due to electric field E→=3×103i^ N/C through a square of side 10 cm, when it is held
normal to if?
7. State Gauss’ law in electrostatics. Using this law derive an expression for the electric field due to a
uniformly changed infinite plane sheet.
8. A thin straight infinitely long conducting wire of linear charge density ‘X’ is enclosed by a cylindrical
surface of radius V and length ‘l’—its axis coinciding with the length of the wire. Obtain the expression
for the electric field, indicating its direction, at a point on the surface of the cylinder.
9. Complete Chapter-1 NCERT exercise questions
RAY OPTICS:
1. A convex lens is placed in contact with a plane mirror. A point object at a distance of 20 cm on the axis
of this combination has its image coinciding with itself. What is the focal length of the lens?
2. Draw a ray diagram of a reflecting type telescope. State two advantages of this telescope over a refracting
telescope.
3. Draw a ray diagram of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment position. Derive expression
for its magnifying power. State two drawbacks of this type of telescope.
4. Draw a ray diagram for a concave minor showing the image formation of an object placed anywhere in
front of a minor.
(b) Using the ray diagram, obtain the expression for its linear magnification.
5. Draw a ray diagram showing the image formation by a compound microscope. Hence obtain the
expression for total magnification when the image is formed at infinity.
6. You are given two converging lenses of focal lengths 1.25 cm and 5 cm to design a compound
microscope. If it is desired to have a magnification of 30, find out the separation between the objective
and the eyepiece.
7. Explain the refraction of light through a prism and derive expression for refractive index of prism.

Complete Chapter-1 NCERT exercise questions.

SUBJECT : CHEMISTRY
Complete NCERT exercise Q/Ans of ‘Electrochemistry’ in your homework copy.
 SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS

Q. Find the matrix A if :[ ] A =[ ]

Q.If A = ( ) find A-1

Q. If y = √ √ √ prove that =

Q. Differentiate ( ) with respect to

Q. Differentiate (√ ) with respect to ( √ )

Q. If x = a ,y=a ,Prove that = at =

Q. If x = Sin ( log y) ,Show that (1- )y2 – x y1 – a2y = 0

Q. If y = ( ( √ )) then show that (1+ ) +x =2

Q. If x= 2 Cos t – Cos 2t , y = 2 Sint – Sin 2t ,find at t =

Q. If y = x log ( ) Prove that x3 =( )

Q. If x = Tan ( log y) Prove that (1 + ) + (2x- a) =0

Q.If y = xx Prove that - ( ) - =0

Q. If + = find

Q. If y = ( ) find

Q. If y = log10 x + log x 10 + log x x + log 10 10 find

Q. If + =t- and then prove that =

Q.If f(x) = { x + a √ Sin x if 0 x

2xCot x + b if x
 aCos 2x – bSin x if x

Find the value of a & b if f(x) is continues on [0, ]

Q. If f(x) = { if x 0
√ √

K if x = 0

Find the value of k if f(x) is Continues at x = 0

Q. If f(x) = { if x 0

K if x = 0

And f(x) is continuous at x= 0, find the value of k.

Q. If f(x) = { if x < 0

C if x= 0

√ √
if x > 0
√

Is Continues at x = 0 ,find the value of a, b, c

Q. For what value of K is the following function continuous at x = -

√
F(x) = { if x -

K if x = -

Q. f(x) = { if x <

A if x =

if x >

If f(x) is continuous at x = , find the value of A ,B.

Q. Discuss the Continuity and Differentiability of the function f(x) = | x -1| + | x - 2|

Q. If f(x) = { if x 0

12 if x = 0

Is Continuous at x = 0, find the value of a.

Q. If ( ) = a , prove that =

√ √
Q. If f(x) = { if -1 x<0

if 0 x 1

Is Continuous in the interval [-1,1] ,find the value of p

Q. If f(x) = { if x < 0

A if x = 0

√
if x > 0 is Continuous at x = 0 ,find the value of A & B.
√ √

Q. Solve for x : =

SUBJECT : BIOLOGY
1. Explain the process of gametogenesis in angiosperms.

2. How pituitary and ovarian hormone regulate menstrual cycle? Explain

3.Describe any three assisted reproductive techniques practised to treat infertility.

4.Why should sex education be introduced to school-going children? List any five reasons.

5.Explain in detail the difference between the meiotic division of oogenesis and spermatogenesis.

6.Explain the organization of the mammary gland with the help of a diagram.

7.What are the characteristics of wind, water and insect-pollinated flowers?

8.What is self-incompatibility? Why does self-pollination not lead to seed formation in self-incompatible
species?

9.Differentiate between Graafian follicle and Corpus luteum.

10.1 Marks Questions:

a. In a young anther, a group of compactly arranged homogenous cells were observed in the centre of each
microsporangium. What is the name given to these cells?

b. Give the scientific name of a plant which came to India as a contaminant with imported wheat and causes
pollen allergy.

c. .Pollen grains of water pollinated species have a special characteristics for protection from water. What is
that?
d. Why are pollen grains produced in enormous quantity in Maize?

e. In same species of Asteraceae and grasses, seed are formed without fusion of gametes. Mention the scientific
term for such form of reproduction.

f. Why are pollen grains produced in enormous quantity in Maize?

g. In same species of Asteraceae and grasses, seed are formed without fusion of gametes. Mention the scientific
term for such form of reproduction.

SUBJECT : HMV
Practice raag Bihag and Bageshri Chota khayal. Revise kan, meend, gamak, khatka and murki. Writes the notes
of all the Gram and Moorchana.

SUBJECT : IT
(PART A- CHAPTER COMMUNICATION SKILLS)
1. What do you mean by communication and explain the different elements of communication cycle.
2. Write any two importance of feedback in communication.
3. What are the different types of communication?
4. Explain the different factors of non -verbal communication.