CRESCENT PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHALAKUDY

VACATION ASSIGNMENT

CLASS:XII B ,2024-25

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
1. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with
pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
Out of their homes,
(i) Identify the phrase that indicates youthful energy.

(ii) Which thought is the poet trying to put away?

(a) missing the flight (b) fear of losing her mother (c) leaving her mother behind (d)
reaching Cochin

(iii) The poet’s mother is described as ‘open mouthed’ because

(a) she is curious

(b) she is surprised

(c) she was dead

(d) she was dozing

(iv) Complete the following analogy:

Children spilling: metaphor:: _____________: personification

(v) The sight of the trees and the children helped the poet

____________.

(vi) In the given extract, the phrase ‘realised with pain’ indicates the poet’s

(a) anxiety

(b) desperation

(c) troubled past

(d) ill-health

2. Answer the following in about 40-50 words:

(i) M.Hamel’s sister was a silent spectator in ‘The Last Lesson’. What will be her
mindset while packing trunks?

(ii) The poet does not directly mention the fear of her mother’s death and yet she is
successfully able to convey the same through different poetic techniques. Discuss.

3. Answer the following in about 120-150 words:

(i) Inspite of all the miseries Franz has undergone, he becomes a journalist. After a few
years, Franz meets M.Hamel. Write a conversation between Franz and Hamel
reminiscing the painful experiences when their mother tongue was taken away.

(ii) Imagine the mother gets to know of the poet’s fears. Write a letter, as the mother,
telling the daughter why she must not dwell on these fears.

You may begin this way:

Pallipuram

Cochin, Kerala

22 August ‘60

My dear Kamala
I am writing to you because when you left me at the airport, I felt something wasn’t right.
Judging by how little you spoke that day----------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------With love

Amma

3. Choose the option that applies correctly to the two statements given below:

Assertion: The poet wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly.

Reason: The poet didn’t want to confront the inevitability of fate that was to dawn upon
her mother.

(i) Assertion can be inferred but the Reason cannot be inferred.

(ii) Assertion cannot be inferred but the Reason can be inferred.

(iii) Both Assertion and Reason can be inferred.

(iv) Both Assertion and Reason cannot be inferred.

4. Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of
the extract.

her face ashen like that of a corpse………..

(i) Just as I had this thought, she appeared and…….

(ii) My thoughts were as heavy as lead that evening when……..

(iii) I think like everyone else who……

(iv) I like to think aloud when…………..

5. Choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between the
two statements given below.

STATEMENT 1: The poet knows her mother has aged.

STATEMENT 2: The poet feels the pain of separation.

(i) Beginning-Ending (ii) Cause- Effect (iii) Question-Answer (iv) Introduction-Conclusion

6. The Literary Society of your school is setting up an Editorial Board for the forthcoming
academic session. Draft a notice in 50 words to be put up on the school notice-board,
inviting students from classes IX-XI to join the Board. The members would be expected
to stay back after school for 2 hours once a week to work on the school magazine. You
are Shiela\Sameer, Secretary of the Literary Society.

7. With the changes in family relationships, the elderly are neglected, lonely and live in
distress. Write an article in about 120-150 words highlighting this problem and the
apathy of the young towards the older members of society. Support your ideas with the
hints:

(Nuclear Families, Insecurity, Medical Concerns, Mental Health)

You are Pooja \ Puneet Mishra.

SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER - 3 MATRICES

1. If matrix A = [1 2 3] , write AA’, where A’ is the transpose of matrix A.

2 3 1 −3 −4 6
2. If [ ][ ]=[ ], write the value of x.
5 7 −2 4 −9 𝑥
5 0 4 3
3. If 3A – B = [ ] and B = [ ], then find the matrix A.
1 1 2 5
3 −3
4. If matrix A = [ ] and A2 = λ A , then write the value of λ .
−3 3
𝑥
5. If [ 2x 4] [ ] = O , find the positive value of x.
−8
1 0 −1 1
6. If A + B = [ ] and A – 2B = [ ] then find A and B.
1 1 0 −1
1 0 0 𝑥 1
7. If [0 𝑦 0 ] [ −1 ] = [2] , find x + y + z.
0 0 1 𝑧 1
8. If A is a square matrix such that A2 = I , then find the simplified value of

(A – I)3 + (A + I)3 – 7A , where I is an identity matrix.

2 4 −6
9. Express the matrix [7 3 5 ] as the sum of symmetric and skew symmetric
1 −2 4
matrices.
 1 3 2
10. If A = [2 0 −1], then show that A3 – 4A2 – 3A + 11 I = O
1 2 3
2 −1 −1 −8 −10
11. Find matrix A if , [ 1 0 ] A = [ 1 −2 −5 ]
−3 4 9 22 15
CHAPTER - 4 DETERMINANTS

1. If A is a 3 x 3 matrix, I A I ≠ 0 and I3 AI = k I AI, then write the value of k.

2. If A is a square matrix and I A I = 2, then write the value of I A A’I.

3. If A is an invertible matrix of order 3 x 3 and I adj AI = 64, then find I A I.

4. If A and B are square matrices of order 3 such that I AI = -1, IBI = 3, then find the
value of

I 2 AB I.
6 𝑥 2
5. If the matrix A = [ 2 −1 2 ] is a singular matrix, find the value of x.
−10 5 2
2 −1 1
-1
6. For the matrix A = [−1 2 −1],show that A2 – 5 A + 4 I = O. Hence find A .
1 −1 2
3 2 2 1
7. If A = [ ] and B = [ ], then find (AB) -1.
2 5 −4 0
3 2 1
-1
8. If A = [ 4 −1 2 ], then find A and hence solve the following system of
7 3 −3
equations: 3x + 4y + 7z = 14 , 2x – y + 3z = 4, x + 2y – 3z = 0.

1 −2 3 11 −5 −14
9. Given two matrices A = [ 1 4 1 ] and B = [ −1 −1 2 ]. Find AB and use
1 −3 2 −7 1 6
this to solve the system of equations x-2y + 3z = 6 , x + 4y + z = 12, x – 3y + 2z = 1.

SUBJECT: INFORMATICS PRACTICES (IP- 065)

Prepare short notes on the following topics in A4 sheet.

Introduction to Computer Networks

Types of network: LAN, MAN, WAN.
Network Devices: modem, hub, switch, repeater, router, gateway
Network Topologies: Star, Bus, Tree, Mesh.
Internet, URL, WWW, Web, email, Chat, VoIP.
Website, webpage, static vs dynamic web page, web server and hosting of a website.
Web Browsers ,commonly used browsers, browser settings, add-ons and plug-ins,
cookies.
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING :

QUESTION 1:

Consider the following table GAMES. Write SQL commands for the following.

Gcode Gamename Type Number Prizemoney Scheduledat

e
101 Carom board Indoor 2 5000 23-jan-2004
102 Badminton Outdoor 2 12000 12-dec-2003
103 Table tennis Indoor 4 8000 14-feb-2004
105 Chess Indoor 2 9000 01-jan-2004
108 Lawn tennis outdoor 4 25000 19-mar-2004

i. To display the details of those Games which are having prize money more than 7000

ii. To display sum of prize money for each type of games.

iii. To display sum, average, highest, lower prize money grouped by games type.

iv. To display the content of the games table in ascending order of schedule date

v. Select type, count(*) from games group by type having sum(prizemoney)>15000;

Predict the output of the above queries.

QUESTION 2:

Write a query

i. To extract a substring from a string ‘Quadractically’, which should be 6 characters

long and start from 5 th character of the given string.
ii To extract 2 digit years from a string ‘uss/23/67/09’.The last two characters tells the
year.
QUESTION 3:

QUESTION 4:

Predict the output of the following:

a. SELECT ROUND(234.7894,0) *5;

b. SELECT ROUND(234.7894,-2) *5;

QUESTION 5:

i. Shanya Khan is using a table Employee. It has the following columns:

Admno,Name,Agg,stream [column Agg contains aggregate marks]

She wants to display highest Agg obtained in each stream.

She wrote the following statement: SELECT Stream,Max(Agg) From Employee;
But she did not get the desired result.
Rewrite the above query with necessary changes to help her to get the desired output.

ii. Explain any two aggregate functions with example.

 SUBJECT : SOCIOLOGY
⚫ Write an Essay on Demographic Theories.

Collect details on the following:-

⚫ Total Population in India.

⚫ Sex Ratio

⚫ National Population Policy.

⚫ Changes in the caste system in India.

SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY
1. PREPARE A MIND MAP ON PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH AND INFORMATION
PROCESSING APPROACH OF INTELLIGENCE.

(REFER CHAPTER 1 : VARIATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES)

2. SELECT FIVE PERSONS WHOM YOU MOST ADMIRE, EITHER FROM REAL
LIFE OR FROM HISTORY. COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND IDENTIFY THE
CHARACTERISTICS IN THEIR PERSONALITY THAT HAVE IMPRESSED YOU. DO
YOU FIND ANY SIMILARITIES? PREPARE A COMPARATIVE REPORT.

(REFER CHAPTER 2 : SELF AND PERSONALITY)

3. RECORD THE STRESSES IN THE LIVES OF 5 TEENAGERS. ARE THESE

DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS AND BOYS ? FIND OUT THE WAYS BY WHICH THEY
COPE WITH THEM.

(REFER CHAPTER 3 : MEETING LIFE CHALLENGES)

4. MAKE A LIST OF MOVIES, TV SHOWS OR PLAYS YOU HAVE SEEN WHERE A

PARTICULAR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED. MATCH
THE SYMPTOMS SHOWN TO THE ONES YOU HAVE READ. PREPARE A REPORT.

(REFER CHAPTER 4 : PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS)

N B : Use A4 size paper

SUBJECT :PHYSICS
11.What is meant by electric field lines? Give diagrammatic representation of
electric field lines in terms of field lines.
12. Derive an expression for the electric field at any point of the axial line of
the electric dipole.
13. What is meant by the statement that the electric field of point charge has
spherical symmetry, whereas that of an electric dipole is cylindrically
symmetric?
14. Three charges +q, +q and -2q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle .What is the dipole moment of the system?
15. Calculate the electric filed strength required just to support a water drop
of mass 10-7kg and having a charge 1.6x10-19C.
16. Two point charges of magnitude 2x10-7C and 8.5x10-8 C are 0.1m apart.
Calculate the electric filed intensity that each charge produces at the site of
the other.
17. Give the properties of the electric lines of force. Sketch them for an
isolated positive point charge.
18. Define electric field intensity at a point and find its value due to an
electric dipole when the point is at the equatorial line.
19. Define electric dipole moment. Write its SI unit.
20. What is the angle between the directions of electric field at any : (i) axial
point and (ii) equatorial point due to an electric dipole.
 SUBJECT:CHEMISTRY
Investigatory project

Investigate on any of the following topic and submit your project report on reopening
day.

Topics:-

➢ Detect the presence of adulterants in the food samples.

➢ Determination of contents of cold drinks.
➢ Fermentation of fruit juices.
➢ Analyze the samples of commercial antacids.
➢ Analysis of coconut water.
➢ Food Analysis

SUBJECT :BIOLOGY
TASK 1- INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Based on the topic selected by you, submit the biology project following the instructions
given below

INSTRUCTIONS

• The project should be hand written in A4 sheet

• Should include Aim, Materials required, Procedure (Survey/ Questionnaire/
Interview/ Site visit) Explanation, Result, Picture gallery, Bibliography
• Projects should be submitted on the reopening day of school.

TASK 2- QUESTION AND ANSWERS

CHAPTER 1: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS

CHAPTER 10: MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE

Work out the exercise questions of the chapters mentioned above in an A4 sheet. Draw
diagrams where ever necessary.