ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

A) READING PROJECT:Read the following books:(1) To Sir With Love – E.R.Braithwaite(2) Who Moved My Cheese – Spencer(3) Mill On The Floss – George Elliot

(i) After reading the books write a paragraph on anyone of them regarding what message did the book convey to you.

(ii) Critically analyse the plot of the book in about 150 words.(iii) Elaborate on the character of the protagonist.

ORComment on one incident of the book that you feel either is the most important event in the plot or touched you the most.

Note: write your answer on the ruled a4 sheets and prepare a file for the same.

B) LANGUAGE SKILLS BOOK:(i) Graded reading passages:

Page 71 – passage 3.20 Page 52 – passage 3.15

(ii) Note making skills: Page 79 – passage II Page 81 – passage III

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APEEJAY SCHOOL NOIDA

BUSINESS STUDIES

CLASS XI

1. Projects have to be made on any two of the following topics.

2. The project should be each in the form of a project file and a chart.

General Instructions:

i) Information can be accessed from newspapers, internet, magazines and business journals.

ii) Information should be relevant, meaningful and concise. It should be supported by appropriate pictures, animation etc. There should not be too much text.

iii) The project should be hand written.iv) Project file should have information viz acknowledgement, index, introduction and

bibliography.

v) The project will be assessed for 10 marks each

TOPICS

a) Investment AvenuesInformation to be provided on various areas where the public can invest their money/savings to earn higher returns. For e.g. shares, debentures, mutual funds, public deposits etc.

b) Trends in business in 21st century

e-business ,e-banking e-procurement.,e-trading etc.

c) Career options in Commerce/EconomicsInsurance (actuary), Investment banking, Economic analysts,Financial analysts etc.

d) Disinvestment in public sector unitsThe term disinvestment means selling off shares of PSUs to the common public.

Information can be provided on Disinvestment chronology, examples of various PSUs sell offs etc.

e) Working of a cooperative societyHistory,objectives ,working ,productline

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f)Prepare a comparative analysis of operations of top Indian companies (any two) and top MNCs (any two) Basis: objectives, productline, ownership etc.

g) Instances of social responsibility rendered by business housesh) Women entrepreneurs in India

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

ACCOUNTSCLASS XI1. Journalise the following transactions:

On 1st April,2005 Dev started a business with Rs 1,50,000 and a Computer worth

Rs 25,000. During the year, following transactions took place.

(a) Goods purchased from Parul for Rs 20,000 at a trade discount of 10% and cash discount of 2%. He paid 50% immediately and avail cash discount.

(b) Bought motorcycle for office use Rs 25,000(c) Purchased machinery for Rs 12,500(d) Sold goods for cash RS 6,500(costing Rs 6,000)(e) Deposited into bank after opening a new account Rs 20,000(f) Interest received Rs 1,700(g) Commission paid through bank Rs 800(h) Salary paid Rs 8,000 and outstanding Rs 2,500(i) Sundry expenses paid Rs 200(j) Depreciation charged@20% on machine.

2. Journalise the following transactions

(a) Goods purchased from Vikram Rs 28,000(b) Opened a new account in SBI with Rs 80,000(c) Rent paid for 15 months Rs. 90,000(d) Sold good to Harilal (costing Rs 6,000) for Rs 7,600(e) Received cheque from Harilal of Rs 6,500 in full settlement.(f) Withdrew Rs 4,000 for personal use.(g) Donated goods costing Rs.1,000 to a charitable trust.(h) Received commission Rs 1,100(i) Goods destroyed (sale price Rs 3,000) during flood costing Rs 2,500(j) Securities were purchased for Rs 10,000

3. Classify the following items into real, personal and nominal accounts:

Drawings Furniture

Purchases Bank

Sales Bank overdraft

Carriage outward Stock

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Cash Prepaid rent

Loan Outstanding expenses

Interest paid Insurance premium

Commission received Capital

Discount received Accrued income

ECONOMICS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The project has to be in the form of a powerpoint presentation on any one of the topics.

2. The information can be collected from current affair magazines,newspapers and internet.

3. The presentation should have a maximum of 10 slides.

4. Every slide should have text and visuals.

5. Graphs , tables can be incorporated to help in infering results.

TOPICS FOR THE PROJECT

BRICS- A new economic grouping. Rising crude oil prices- impact on India’s GDP Need for a new green revolution in India.

. This would be assessed for 5 marks project.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

STATISTICS

CLASS XI

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The project has to be done in a project file.2. The information has to be collected through field investigations i.e. visit to the nearby market,

neighbors, friends and relatives.3. The project should have an objective, collection of data through questionnaires, organization in

form of distributions and tables.4. The questionnaire should comprise of at least 20 relevant questions. The number of

respondents should be at least 20.5. Depict them through diagrams and graphs.

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6. Interpreting the results and giving conclusions.7. Ensure it is a hand written project8. The project will be assessed for 5 marks.

Topics of project:

Prepare a project report on any one of the following:

1. Demographic structure of a neighbourhood.2. Changing prices of a few vegetables in market (mother diary and local market).3. The demand of consumer durables comparing various brands available.4. Consumer’s preference of newspapers.

APEEJAY SCHOOL, NOIDA

CLASS XI(2011-12)

INFORMATICS PRACTICES(065)

SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

1) Collect information about any one of the following topics:

a. Open Source software – features, history and examples

b. RDBMS indicating history, features, E.F.Codd’s 12 rules of RDBMS and classification of

SQL commands.

Prepare a chart or a PowerPoint presentation(5-7 slides) on the information gathered. Provide

illustrations.

2) Create a table pertaining to any industry application (eg. Inventory, supermarket, library etc). Use

appropriate datatypes for the fields. Insert relevant records. (to be submitted in a report file).

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