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1. Private Quelch joined the army training as an ordinary recruit. What according to you made him better than the other recruits?

2. What made Professor better than the other recruits? Was it the value of proper utilization of time or something else? What do you learn from him? How do you make proper utilization of your spare time?

3. Professor always tried to outshine others. Whenever he was praised by his seniors, he would always thank them. How does expression of gratefulness pay in our life?

4. Do you think those who are humble and grateful to others achieve success in their life?

5. Do you think the officer lacked the value of tolerance and respect for the dignity of his recruits especially Private Quelch? How did his intolerance spoil the life of Private?

6. The sergeant, Corporal and Professor’s fellow recruits, all proved to be against him. Were they right in their approach towards him? what would you have done if you were corrected or interrupted by Professor publically?

7. Mrs. Bramble says “Bill we must keep it from Harold.” What does it tell us about her character?

8. Was Mrs. Bramble honest and open with her son? Do you think honesty and openness is necessary in a relationship?

9. Percy is submissive but farsighted. Do you agree? What opinion do you form about his character?

10. Who was Jerry Fisher? What is special about his character that impresses you the most? Which one of his personality trait you would like to imbibe in your life?

11. We should always be respectful to our parents whichever profession they are in. Will you appreciate Harold for not feeling guilty of being the son of a boxer?

12. Harold was a model of goodness and intelligence. He was devoted to his books and was admired by all. He loved truth and honesty. How did these values make him a role model for all? What do you learn from his character? Why are the above values necessary in our life?

13. John A. Pescud believed in the philosophy that a man ought to be decent and law abiding. Do you agree with him? How do these two values help us and the society?

14. Shakespeare writes ‘ Then the whining school boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail, unwillingly to school’. Why, according to you is a student generally unwilling to go to school?

15. ‘All the world’s a stage And men and women are merely players.’ What is the significance of these lines?

16. Hygienic living is one value that one should practice in life. The poet Pam Ayres ignores this practice and suffers. How does she suffer? What do you learn from her experience?

17. What are the traits in the character of the rain as a person that brings joy in the life of people?

18. What do you learn from the poem ‘song of rain’ ? Do you think bringing joy in the life of others makes us happy too?

19. Humanism, endurance, kindness are some qualities in the character of the bishop that make him a perfect human being. Do you agree? What do you learn from his life?

20. The Bishop did not handover the convict to the police. Do you think he was right in doing so? Justify.

21. In what sense are men and women merely players on the stage of life? 22. Forgiveness is the trait displayed by Bishop. Should forgiveness be a trait in our

personality? If you were Bishop, what would you do? 23. Nobody is born as a criminal. A criminal is a victim of circumstances. Do you agree? 24. How was the convict in the play ‘The Bishop’s Candlesticks’ a victim of

circumstances? 25. Persome’s eccentric behavior can be attributed to her love and concern for her

brother. Comment. Do you appreciate this trait of her character? 26. Is the convict a changed man towards the end of the play? Support your answer. 27. When Heroism exceeds limits, it loses its impact. Do you agree?

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MATHS

PHYSICS

1.Name the spy vessel which can float and sink.

2. Does Archimedes’ principle holds good for a satellite moving in a circular orbit?

3. A dead body floats on the water with its head immersed in the water. Explain.

4. A person moves upwards while carrying a suitcase on his head. The person is applying the required force.

(a)Which force is doing positive work?(b)Which force is doing negative work?

5. A rubber ball is struck against a hard floor. Plot its

(a) motion as a function of time.

(b) potential energy as a function of time.

(c) Kinetic energy as a function of time.

Do you see the law of conservation of energy being followed by the ball? Justify your answer.

6. Play your music system and feel the speakers at different volume settings. Write your

observations.

7. Why is a beautiful demonstration of echoes observed at GolGumbaj at Bijapur?

8. A body is immersed once in each of the following media:Mustard oil, water, glycerine, petrolIn which case will there be maximum apparent loss in weight and why? 9. Can any object have mechanical energy even if its momentum is zero? Explain.

10.Can any object have momentum even if its mechanical energy is zero? Explain.

11.Which of the two graphs (a) and (b) shown below representing the human voice is likely tobe themale voice? Give reasons in support of your answer. 12. A baby recognizes her mother by her voice. Name the characteristic of sound involved. 13.Why do we hear the sound produced by the humming bees while the sound of vibrations of pendulum is not heard?

CHEMISTRY

Q1: You went to your grandfather’s home with your parents during summer vacations. There you noticed that the marbles used on the approach road from the gate to the car porch has become yellow. When asked, your grandfather told that the problem started after commissioning of a petroleum refinery in the locality. How is a refinery linked to the yellow colourisation of the marble?

Q2: In Kaiga Nuclear Power Corporation building, drinking water was found to be contaminated with Tritium. It is highly radioactive. (a) Write the atomic numbers and mass number of Tritium (b) What is meant by ‘radioactive’?

Q3: Most of the children burst crackers during Diwali. It creates a lot of noise pollution and air pollution. Poisonous gases like Sulphur dioxide and Phosphorus pentoxide are formed.

(a)Name any 2 elements present in gun powder used in crackers.

(b)Which metal ion present in crackers produces brick red colour?

Q4: Write the names of the elements present in baking powder and calculate their molar masses. Q5: What is the fraction of the mass of water due to neutrons? Q6: You are provided with a fine white-coloured powder which is either sugar or salt. How

would you identify it without doing any chemical test? Q7: Chlorine has to isotopes. Both of these have atomic number 17. Their atomic weights are 35

and 37. But the atomic weight of chlorine is considered 35.5. Why? Q8: A gold sample contains 90% of gold and the rest is copper. How many atoms of gold are

present in one gram of this sample of gold? Q9: Give the chemical formulae of the following compounds and compute the ratio by mass of

the combining elements in each of them: (a)Aluminium Fluoride (b)Magnesium Sulphide

Q10: Which of the following objects has an overall negative charge?

+ - + - + - -

+ - + - + -

+ + - + -

BIOLOGY

1.Why do some children fall ill more frequently than others living in the same locality? 2. Why should we always cover our nose while sneezing? 3. Why is making anti viral drugs more difficult than making anti bacterial medicines ? 4. You are provided with the seeds of gram wheat rice Pumpkin maize and pea .Classify them whether they are Monocot or dicot. 5. Classify the following based on number of chambers in their heart robust,Frog Salamander,Flying Lizard,King Cobra ,Crocodile, Ostrich,Pigeon ,Bat ,Whale. 6. Why is immune system essential for our health ? 7. Why is a particular medicine effective against diseasescaused by particular group of organisms and not the others? 8. Why are antibiotics not effective for viral disease? 9. If you go to hospital to meet your friend suffering from malaria,What are the chances of malaria spreading to you and your Friends? 10.What would happen if all the oxygen present in the environment is converted to ozone? 11.Why don't lichens occur in Delhi whereas they commonly grow in Manali or Darjeeling?

12.Why is air near the busy roads more polluted than air at a distance from the busy roads? 13.Why do people love to fly kites near the seashore ? 14.During summer, if you go near the lake ,you feel relief from the heat.Why? 15.Why does Mathura refinery pose problems to the Taj Mahal?

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY 1 Describe the role of villages or forest communities in the process of conservation of forest in modern times? 2 “Lying railway lines and need of timber for making ships were two important reasons for deforestation” justify? 3 How were forest products used by the villagers in their day to day lives? 4 Discuss the growth of cricket in England in about 500 years ago? 5 Why is it said that the Battle of Waterloo was wan in the playing fields of Eton? 6 How were values drawn from games like cricket? GEOGRAPHY 7 The Rainfall in India varies greatly. Give reasons? 8 Describe the regional variations in the climate conditions of India with the help of suitable examples? 9 Have you heard of onset of monsoons? How does it take place in India? 10 Why does India have a rich heritage of flora and fauna? 11 The natural vegetation of India is under constant threat. Give reasons? 12 What steps have been taken by the government to protect the flora and fauna of the country? 13 What are the major component of Population growth? 14 The quality of people is more important than the quality of people. Give your reasons? 15 What are the main features of National Population Policy 2000? POLITICAL SCIENCE 16 Do you think that elections Promote Democracy? 17 Identify the reasons which make India a successful democracy in the World? 18 What is a reserved constituency? Why do we love this system? 19 Which house of the Indian Parliament is more powerful and how? 20 Distinguish between Cabinet and the council of ministers? 21 “The Prime Minister is the real executive head of our country” Elucidate? 22 How can you say that India is a secular state?

23 Explain the right to equality enjoyed by the citizens of India? 24 The Indian Constitutions under right against exploitation highlights certain values. What are those? ECONOMICS 25 What challenges do you think India faces in years to come? 26 How is economic growth helpful in reduction of poverty? 27 Name the targeted anti poverty programme? 28 What is a ration card? State the three types of ration cards existing in our economy today? 29 Distinguish between Issues Price and MSP, how is food security ensured in India? 30 Why buffer stock is created by the government?

वषय सं कृत

पाठः---7 तरवे नमोS तु

1 तरवः स पु षाः इव कथं भव त ?

2 तरवः कं श ा मानवे यः य छि त ?

3 पतदोषे न ब य कं मह वं अि त ?

4 च दनवृ ः मानवे यः कथं सहायकः अि त ?

पाठः---8 कमणा या त सं स म ्

1 कमश द य कम ्अ भ ायः ?

2 कमणः कुव तः जनाः कथं स ंलभ ते ?

3 आ मशि तः क भव त ?

4 कं तु यं राजा जनकेन स शं जीवनं रोचते ?

5 वकम कुवन ्मांस व े ताः कं पापयु तः भव त ?

पाठः-9 वजयताम ् वदेशः

1 वदेश य त अ माकं कं क त यम भव त ?

2 भामाशाहः क शः म ी आसीत ्?

3 महाराणा तापः क शः राजा आसीत ्?

4 आ मघा तनः जनाः असूयान ्लोकान ् जि त अ य कःअ भ ायः ?

पाठः—10 कोsहम ्वदतु सा तम ्

1 अ माकं ानवधने हे लकाः कथं सहायकाःभवि त ?

2 दपणः यथायथम ्दशनाय कथं सहायकः ?

पाठः ---11 न धमवृ ेषु वयः समी यते ?

1 आ म ानं कं भव त ?

2 य य देहं व ं भव त कं त य आ मा अ प व ः भव त ?

3 कं शू यमन स स क पं- वक पं भव त ?

4 वदषूां वा अ टाव ः कमथ हस त ?

पाठः—12 भारतेनाि त मे जीवनं जीवनम ्

1 हमालयः हास भा पू रतं अ य कः अ भ ायः ?

2 भ नं सद य य भ नं भारतदेशः अ य व लेषणं कृ वा लख तु ?

3 नैकमागः भु ं चैकमाराधयत-्--भारतीयानां टौ ई वरः क शः वतते ?

4 व वमेकं कुटु बकम ्अ य कः अ भ ायः ?