PREFACE

Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and
information. That’s called doing your homework. – Jim Rohn
Dear Scholar
Summer break is a planned break in the academic calendar that gives you time to
rejuvenate, educate self, de-stress, relax, improve physical health, acquire a new hobby,
visit interesting and fun workshops, learn new skills besides reinforcement as it helps
you to retain better and recall concepts by providing opportunities for repetition and
practice thus honing your learning skill. Reinforcement is an integral part of learning, it
supports you in developing independent learning, critical thinking, time management,
self-reflection that you need to improve and develop a growth mind-set for academic
success beyond books. It benefits you to prepare for upcoming tests and assignments.
Also out-of-class activity/assignment allotted to you are as an extension or
revision of classwork, permitting you to explore subjects and develop essential
life skills wherein you find a solution to every problem and thus enhance your
problem-solving skill.
This year’s Vacation Enrichment Reinforcement (VER) is based on 8C’s of 21st century
skills. These are critical thinking and problem solving; creativity and innovation; cross–
cultural understanding; collaboration, teamwork and Leadership; communications,
information and media literacy; computing and ICT literacy; career and learning skills
and compassion. Vacation Enrichment Reinforcement (VER) has been planned to aid
you to work on your own terms, drive you to get things done with the approaching
deadline and at the same time retain the important information you may otherwise
forget due to break from school.

A Few Pointers…….
 Vacation Enrichment Reinforcement (VER) will help you combat academic
regression.
 Also note that independent, creative and original ideas of the work will be highly
appreciated. Projects/Assignments must be submitted as per the instructions
mentioned with the assigned tasks.
 VER is a part of SEA (Subject Enrichment Activity) so its submission is
mandatory.
 Work to be submitted to the respective Subject Teacher latest by 5th July 2023.
So adherence to the given timeline is important.
 As PAs will be conducted after the school re-opens, so prepare yourself
thoroughly.
 Ensure to keep a balance between leisure and academics.
Besides enjoying your holidays by spending quality time with your family and friends,
hone/ develop a skill, eat healthy food, drink lots of water, exercise daily, take a good
night sleep, keep good health and stay safe.
Ignite the spark of your imagination to spend time qualitatively and purposely.

Happy Holidays!!

ASPAM Scottish School

 GRADE XII
ENGLISH
I. Find 15 poetic devices in the given grid.

A S S O T I T I O N S P U R T
S H A S C B H U O P I C M H F
S Y M B O L I S M I M A N A P
Z P E A W O C I O O I I S A J
X E T C F B O P N E L I E L A
C R A S S O N A N C E E A L M
V B P B A P S S O E N V Y I B
B O H Y N A O A A P J N S T M
N L O V T S N M N H A O P E E
M E R I O S A I C O M P T R N
L S R M N O N L E R B Y W A T
K E A R I N C E G S M D N T A
J P B S C A E N R I E S M I U
H E S C E N N W I M N E A O T
G R Y I R E P E T I T I O N I
F S M Y E P U D I A A M N A R
D O W H T E D P U N I A O T O
S N E R R E M T E M P G M U N
A I T O O L O O N O I E A R A
Q F U S Y L U U J L L R T E L
W I O A O O T T M I L Y O Y O
E C P G X W R L T S E R P N G
R A Y R Y E M O E M T E O A Y
T T A O M R E D M O R P E R A
Y I S N O E T Y E R A I I W R
U O D Y R D R G N E I T A A P
I N G D O Y O O T N N I S Y A

After finding the literary devices, create a board game of snakes and ladders using the
literary devices.

II. Read the story ‘Evans tries O level’. (Chapter 7 Vistas-Old Edition) Based on the story
attempt the following:
 Interview a police official about mental state of thieves (5-7 Questions with
answer). Also take also your photographs while interviewing for pasting.
 On the context of the story, explain the mentality of police and Evans. (100-120
words each)
 Collect data about state or living conditions of prisoners in jails in India.
Essentialities regarding Q2:
 Make a cover page based on the story.
 Prepare an action plan of the assigned task
 Include details -Graphics and pictures
 To be written in your own handwriting
 Use A4 white ruled sheets
 To be put in a file.

III. Prepare any one of the topics for Assessment of Speaking.

 Do exam results alone determine a child’s worth?

 Open school versus regular school
 Dropping a year helps students or not?
 Impact of 4Cs in overall development of life?
 How India is working towards bridging the digital divide and ensuring that
everyone has access to digital technology.

Essentialities regarding Q3
 To be written on white ruled sheets (2 Sheets)
Sheet 1: Details –Name/Class & Sec/Roll No./Topic
Sheet 2: Content
 To be put in the folder of Q2
 Word limit: 150-200 words
 Time of speaking: 2 minutes

IV. Prepare for PA 2

 PHYSICS

TOPICS:
1 LDR
2 Refractive indices of liquids
3 Transformer.
4 Angle of deviation using hollow prism
5 Self-Inductance Coil

School Roll no. TOPIC OF INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

1 1 LDR
2 2 Refractive indices of liquids
3 3 Transformer.
4 4 Angle of deviation using hollow prism
5 5 Self-Inductance Coil
6 1 LDR
7 2 Refractive indices of liquids
8 3 Transformer.
9 4 Angle of deviation using hollow prism
10 5 Self-Inductance Coil
11 1 LDR
12 2 Refractive indices of liquids
13 3 Transformer.
14 4 Angle of deviation using hollow prism
15 5 Self-Inductance Coil
16 1 LDR
17 2 Refractive indices of liquids
18 3 Transformer.
19 4 Angle of deviation using hollow prism
20 5 Self-Inductance Coil
21 3 Transformer
22 5 Self-Inductance Coil
 PHYSICS

DESCRIPTION ABOUT PROJECT:

LDR
1. To study the variations in current flowing in a circuit containing an LDR because of a
variation in
(a) the power of the incandescent lamp, used to 'illuminate' the LDR (keeping all the
lamps at a fixed distance).
OR
(b) the distance of a incandescent lamp (of fixed power) used to 'illuminate' the LDR.
Refractive indices
2. To find the refractive indices of (a) water (b) Acetic acid using a plane mirror, an
equiconvex lens or convex lens (made from a glass of known refractive index) and an
adjustable object needle
(Apparatus to be provided by school LAB)
Transformer
3. To investigate the relation between the ratio of
(i) output and input voltage and
(ii) number of turns in the secondary coil and primary coil of a self-designed
transformer.
Angle of deviation using hollow prism
4. To investigate the dependence of the angle of deviation on the angle of incidence
using a hollow prism filled one by one, with different transparent fluids.
(Hollow prism to be bought by student , fluid to be provided by lab,(water and acetic
acid))
Self-Inductance Coil
5. To study the factor on which the self-inductance of a coil depends by observing the
effect of this coil, when put in series with a resistor/(bulb) in a circuit fed up by an A.C.
source of adjustable frequency.
 Headings to be included: (May vary according to the project, one can add more
headings as well)

Topic (on one page)

1 Certificate (Performa to be given by teacher)
2 Acknowledgement
3 Index
4 Introduction of Topic
5 Theory (formula used must be included)
6 Procedure/Working
7 Observation and calculations (if applicable)
8 Conclusion or result
9 Applications
10 Bibliography
Must include circuit and its description or ray diagram and its description
NOTE: project file as well as working model to be presented by student on
05 JULY 2023
 CHEMISTRY

Project – 1 (Roll No. 1 & 2)

To investigate various foodstuffs for the presence of adulterants in them.

Project – 2 (Roll No. 3 & 4)

To estimate the value of the Avogadro constant and compare this estimation
with the accepted value.

Project – 3 (Roll No. 5 & 6)

To extract essential oil present in saunf (aniseed), ajwain (carom), illaichi
(cardamom).

Project – 4 (Roll No. 7 & 8)

To investigate Charle’s law and to study the effect of temperature on the volume
of a gas.

Project – 5 (Roll No. 9 & 10)

To prepare coordination compound tetraamminecopper (II) sulphate and to
investigate its physical properties.

Project – 6 (Roll No. 11 & 12)

To determine the percentage of copper in a sample of brass.

Project – 7 (Roll No. 13 & 14)

Experimental verification of Law of Multiple Proportion.

Project – 8 (Roll No. 15 & 16)

To study the presence of oxalate ions in guava fruit at different stages of
ripening.

Project – 9 (Roll No. 17 & 18)

To analyse various samples of milk in order to find the percentage of proteins,
fats and carbohydrates in them.

Project – 10 (Roll No. 19 & 20)

To perform chemical analysis of normal and pathological urines.

Project – 11 (Roll No. 21 & 22)

To perform the chemical analysis of face powders.
 BIOLOGY

 Common disease causing organisms like Ascaris, Entamoeba, Plasmodium, any

fungus causing ringworm through permanent slides, models or virtual images or
specimens. Comment on symptoms of diseases that they cause.

 Models specimen showing symbolic association in root modules of leguminous

plants, Cuscuta on host, lichens.

 Flash cards models showing examples of homologous and analogous organs

Specimens/slides/models and identification with reasons –
 MATHEMATICS

Instruction:
 Please do the following activities in practical file
 Use coloured papers, coloured strings, graph papers, dotted papers etc
 Each activity is to done separately
 Write according to following criteria
Step 1 Objective
Step2 Material used
Step 3 Procedure
Step 4 Conclusion
Step 5 Result
Activity 1 -To verify that the relation R in the set L of all lines in a plane, defined by
R  l , m : l  m is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive.

Activity 2- To verify that the relation R in the set L of all lines in a plane, defined by
R  l , m : l  m is an equivalence relation.

Activity 3- To demonstrate a function which is not one-one but is onto

Activity 4- To demonstrate a function which is one-one but not onto

Activity 5- To draw the graph of sin-1x , using the graph of sin x and demonstrate the
concept of mirror reflection (about the line y = x)

Activity 6 - To verify Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorem

Activity 7- To understand the concepts of decreasing and increasing functions

Activity 8 - To understand the concepts of local maxima, local minima and point
of inflection

Activity 9- To construct an open box of maximum volume from a given

rectangular sheet by cutting equal squares from each corner.

Activity 10- To find the time when the area of a rectangle of given dimensions
become maximum, if the length is decreasing and the breadth is increasing at
given rates.
 HISTORY

Students will choose any one topic of their choice and make sure that their topic is not
repeated by more than two students. Find a topic you can manage in the time and space
you have available.
List of Few Suggestive Topics for Projects
1. The Indus Valley Civilization-Archeological Excavations and New
Perspectives
2. The History and Legacy of Mauryan Empire
3. “Mahabharat”- The Great Epic of India
4. The History and Culture of the Vedic period
5. Buddha Charita
6. A Comprehensive History of Jainism
7. Bhakti Movement- Multiple interpretations and commentaries.
8. “The Mystical Dimensions of Sufism
9. Global legacy of Gandhian ideas
10. The Architectural Culture of the Vijayanagar Empire
11. Life of women in the Mughal rural society
12. Comparative Analysis of the Land Revenue Systems introduced by the
Britishers in India
13. The Revolt of 1857- Causes; Planning & Coordination; Leadership, Vision of
Unity
14. The Philosophy of Guru Nanak Dev
15. The Vision of Kabir
16. An insight into the Indian Constitution
17. The mysteries behind the mound of dead – Mohenjo-Daro
18. An In-depth study to understand Spiritual Archaeology in the Sub-Continent
19. Buddha’s Path to Enlightenment
20. An exploratory study to know the women who created history
21. “Mahatma Gandhi” – A legendary soul
22. Vision of unity behind the first war of Independence
23. Divine Apostle of Guru Nanak Dev
24. The process behind the framing of Indian constitution
25. The ‘Brahm Nirupam’ of Kabir – A journey to ultimate reality
26. To reconstruct the History of Vijayanagara through the archaeology of Hampi
27. The emerald city of colonial era – Bombay

The students will prepare a file following the given guidelines:

1. Do research on the topic before writing about it.
2. Make a presentable file.
3. Use some creative and designing skills to make an attractive file.
4. Prepare the topic thoroughly to be able to answer questions on it.
5. The Cover page will include the name of the school, subject and class. (1
page)
6. Next page -The name of the topic, student’s name and CBSE roll number.
(1 page)
7. Certificate page – The students have to mention the name of the school,
CBSE and NCERT to which they certify. (1 page)
8. Acknowledgement - You have to write the names of the people and thank
them in helping you prepare the project. (1 page)
9. Sources- Mention the archaeological and literary sources, you may refer
to the textbook. (1 page)
10. Make an index (Just the serial number , topic and sign . (1 page)
11. Synopsis (1 page)
12. Introduction – Provide relevant background. (1 page)
13. Content – The content should be well illustrated with enough pictures.
(28 pages)
14. Map – Can be pasted or drawn. Labeling to be done with pencil only,
students may refer to the textbook. (1 page)
15. Timeline to be made. (1)
16. Analysis (1 page)
17. Bibliography – Mention the sources you referred to, for example text
book, any other book’s name if used, it’s author, newspaper, magazines,
internet, etc. (1 page)
 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Make a project on any one of the following topics. Make sure that the project is not
repeated by more than two students
1) Topics
1) NAM-1961 to present times.
2)Division of Germany with special focus on the construction and dismantling of the
Berlin Wall.
3) CIS- Central Asian Republics.
4) Disintegration of USSR with special focus on Gorbachev.
5) Arab Spring.
6) Cover the negative as well as positive aspects of relationship between India and the
following countries.
Focus on any one of the following (current updates should be highlighted):
a) Relationship between India and Russia.
b) Relationship between India and China.
c) Relationship between India and Pakistan.
d) Relationship between India and Bangladesh.
7) ASEAN
8) European Union and BREXIT.
9) BRICS
10) SAARC
11) India’s Nuclear Policy.
12) United Nations with focus on India’s candidature in Security Council.
13) UN Agencies- UNICEF,UNESCO,WHO
14) Pandemics: Covid 19- Its global impact (focus on worldwide cooperation and
preparedness along with controversies (please collect newspaper clippings for the
same)
15) Partition of India-Theory behind it and its legacy.
16) Comparison between NITI AAYOG and Planning Commission and their contribution
in India’s development.
17) Election 2019-Rise of BJP and downfall of Congress (1989-2019).
18) Emergency-A blot on Indian Democracy.
19) NDA III and NDA IV-Social and Economic welfare programmes.

Project Guidelines
1. It should be handwritten on a A4 size sheet
2. Project should be summed up in 15-20 pages.
3. It should be well researched based on facts and figures and pictorial
4. The project must have a table of contents, Title/Cover page, Acknowledgement,
Bibliography, Analysis with headings and subheadings.
5. It must include relevant news clippings, facts and figures, pictures

2) Revise the chapters that have been done till now

 ECONOMICS

Prepare a Project file on any of the following topics.

 Micro and Small Scale Industries
 Food Supply Channel in India
 Contemporary Employment situation in India
 Disinvestment policy of the government
 Goods and Services Tax Act and its Impact on GDP
 Health Expenditure (of any state)
 Human Development Index
 Inclusive Growth Strategy
 Self-help group
 Trends in Credit availability in India
 Monetary Policy Committee and its functions
 Role of RBI in Control of Credit
 Government Budget & its Components
 Trends in budgetary condition of India
 Exchange Rate determination – Methods and Techniques
 Currency War – reasons and repercussions
 Livestock – Backbone of Rural India
 Alternate fuel – types and importance
 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Cost Ratio Benefits
 Golden Quadrilateral- Cost ratio benefit
 Minimum Support Prices
 Relation between Stock Price Index and Economic Health of a Nation
 Waste Management in India – Need of the hour
 Minimum Wage Rate – Approach and Application
 Digital India- Step towards the future
 Rain Water Harvesting – A solution to water crisis
 Vertical Farming – An alternate way
 Silk Route- Revival of the past
 Make in India – The way ahead
 Bumper Production- Boon or Bane for the farmer
 Rise of Concrete Jungle- Trend Analysis
 Organic Farming – Back to the Nature
 Aatmanirbhar Bharat
 e-Rupee (e- ₹)
 Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
 Environmental Crisis
 Comparative Study of Economies (Maximum three economies)
 New Education Policy (NEP) 2020: A Promise for a New Education
System
 G-20: Inclusive and Action Oriented
  Amrit Kaal: Empowered and Inclusive Economy
 Cashless Economy
 Any other newspaper article and its evaluation on basis of economic
principles
 Any other topic

Answer the following Questions ( To be done in note books)

1. Differentiate between and microeconomics and macroeconomics
What do you mean by CIRCULAR FLOW OF INCOME? Explain its different phases in
details.
2. Differentiate between stock and flow on the basis meaning, time dimension , nature of
concepts and at least 6 examples.
3. Write about types of circular flow? As real flow and money flow.
4. Describe four sectors of an economy
5. Introduce the following terms:-
i) Domestic Territory
ii) Normal residents
iii) Factor income and transfer income
iv) Final goods and intermediate goods
v) Consumption goods and capital goods
vi) Net investment and gross investment
vii) NIT
viii) Subsidies
ix) Factor cost and market price
x) Tell about NFIA and its components
xi) Define various aggregates of national income?
7. Differentiate between National income and Domestic income?
8. write the steps of value added method and its precautions.
9. What do you understand by problem of double counting? How can you avoid it.
10. What is income method to calculate national income? Write about components of
factor income.
11. Explain the steps of income method and its precautions?
12. What do you mean by expenditure method? Explain the components of final
expenditure.
13. Practice items about treatment of the different items in the national income.
14. Solve 10-10 Numerical Questions of value added method, Income method and
Expenditure
method?
15. Define the following:-
1) Nominal GDP and real GDP
2) National income at current price and constant price
16. Write about GDP Deflator (or price index ) with formulae?
17. Write short notes on GDP and welfare?
 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Prepare the following projects, to be done in separate files.

 Business Plan

 Market Survey
 COMPUTER SCIENCE

Write a menu driven program in python to delete name of a student

from dictionary and to search phone number of a student by student
name. Create menu as below:

******MENU*******
1. Delete from Dictionary
2. Search Phone number using name from Dictionary
3. Exit
Write a menu driven program to generate random numbers given in
specific range and to display calendar after giving month and year.

******MENU*******
1. Generate Random numbers
2. Calendar of a month
3. Exit

Software:
 Python
 PSYCHOLOGY

1. Suggest 7-10 ways for maintaining positive Mental Health and Well-being during
examinations referring to the studies conducted in the last 10 years.

2. Watch any film or read a book depicting a psychological disorder /learning

disability, (recommended movies- Karthik calling Karthik, My Name Is Khan and
Taare Zameen Par, Rain Man, A Beautiful Mind, As Good as it Gets, Fracture, Three
faces of Eve, K-Pax, Vertigo; books: The Invisible Plague - The Rise and Fall of Mental
Illness from1750 to the Present by Torrey E.F .and Miller, The curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, A Child called “IT” by Dave Pelzer)

Answer the following questions:

1) Trace the concept of abnormality over the ages.

2) Briefly explain the disorder/disability depicted in the film/book.
3) What are the symptoms of the disorder? How effectively was the character able to
emote these characteristics in the film?
 BUSINESS STUDIES

PROJECT WORK
Students are supposed to prepare a project file as per CBSE guidelines.

Topic -1 Marketing Management (Arousha,Pranay,Dev, and Priyansh)

Topic -2 Principles of Management (Akhil, Ayush, Faraz and Vijay)
Topic -3 Elements of Business Environment (Zaid and Vaibhav)
Topic -4 Stock Exchange (Divyanshi and Chaitanya)

Following essentials are required to be fulfilled for its preparation and

submission.

1. The total length of the project will be of 25 to 30 pages.

2. The project should be handwritten.
3. The project should be presented in a neat folder.
4. Use A4 size one side ruled pastel sheets for project work. Use the ruled side
for writing and the blank side for pictures. The size of the pictures should be
neither too big nor too small.
4. The project report should be developed in the following sequence -
 Cover page should include the title of the Project, student information,
school and year.
 List of contents. (Index)
 Acknowledgements and preface (acknowledging the institution, the places
visited and the persons who have helped).
 Introduction.
 Topic with suitable heading.
 Planning and activities done during the project, if any.
 Observations and findings of the visit.
 Conclusions (summarized suggestions or findings, future scope of study).
 Appendix

Refer https://cbseacademic.nic.in//web_material/CurriculumMain24/SrS
ec/BusinessStudies_SrSec_2023-24.pdf for the project guidelines.

Art Integration Learning

Prepare a skit /video/movie/presentation on Consumer Protection Act or

business environment.(group activity)
 ACCOUNTANCY

Analysis of financial statements

Students need to do one specific project based on financial statement analysis of a

company covering any two aspects from the following:
1. Comparative and common size financial statements
2. Accounting Ratios
3. Segment Reports
4. Cash Flow Statements

The data for these will be drawn mainly from quarterly or half yearly or annual reports
of corporate sector. It can be picked up either from the newspapers or from the
websites of the companies.

Students will prepare a Project File to record their work related to the problems
attempted by them in the following format:

1. First page of the file should describe title of work, identity of student, school, and
the teacher concerned.
2. Index to indicate columns for title of work, page no., date, teacher's remarks and
signature.
3. The format for Project Work will be :
 Statement of the problem/Name of the Project
 Objectives
 Period of Study
 Source Material
 Tools of Analysis used
 Processing and Tabulation of data
 Diagrammatic/graphic presentation- pie-diagrams, bar diagrams and graphs.
 Derivations, Interpretation and Conclusion.
 Assumptions (if any)

Project File should be neatly handwritten and presentable with page numbers. Each
step of the solution needs to be highlighted. Conclusions drawn should be placed in
boxes at the end.

Art Integration Learning

 Make a power point presentation on admission of partnership.

 Prepare Chart /Mind Map showing concept of Accounting Ratios.
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Daily physical fitness schedule to be followed:

Jogging/running,free hand exercise,push-ups, ,sit-ups, etc.

2. Draw and label a diagram depicting field and equipments, rules, terminology and
skills. Prepare a record of the same ( Any one game of your choice from the IOA
recognized sport/games list)

3. Write the procedure, benefits, and contraindications for any two asanas for each
lifestyle diseases in Yoga Project file.
 COMMERCIAL ARTS

*Illustration Composition

1. A busy street
2. Market scene
3. Cafeteria
4. Railway station
5. Morning Workout

*Poster Making

1. Save the girl child

2.Child labour
3.Global warming
4. Event poster
5. Incredible India - Tourism Poster
 FASHION STUDIES

1. Develop a self -generated print inspired from Nature.

2. Prepare 2 samples to demonstrate creative exploration of patterns using food

products from dyeing process.

3. Create a design for stencil printing and prepare a stencil for the same.