NEW ERA PUBLIC SCHOOL

English Assignment

October-November 2016

Class IX

Topics:

1. Process Writing2. Subject Verb Agreement3. Jumbled Sentences4. Reported Speech5. Newspaper Article6. Formal Letter

1. A set of instructions is given here. Use them to complete the paragraph that follows bychoosing the most appropriate alternative from those given below.

To make toast in an electric toaster

Switch on the toaster. Place two pieces of bread into the toaster.

After two minutes, switch it off and take the bread pieces out.

At first the electric toaster (a)___________. Thereafter two pieces of bread (b)____________into the toaster. Then the two pieces are left to heat there for two minutes. After that, it isswitched off and (c)________________.

(a) Switch on, was switched on, is switched on, has switched on.(b) Is placed, are placed, are being placed, have been placed.(c) Take the bread pieces out, the bread pieces have taken out, the bread pieces have

been taken out, the bread pieces are taken out.

2. Complete the passage using was/were in the blanks.

Once upon a time there _____ a little girl called Nina, who lived with her widowedmother near a jungle. They _____ very poor. Her mother ______ invalid. Nina lost herfather when she _____ three years old. Both mother and daughter _______taken care ofby Nina’s maternal uncle who ______ a woodcutter. The young woodcutter ______ anhonest man who used to cut wood during daytime, and then sell it to the market to earnhis livelihood. Though poor they all ______happy and contended.

3. Rearrange the following jumbled words to make meaningful sentences.i. in/other animals/elephant/an/excels/intelligence

ii. displays/he/his intelligence/actions/in hisiii. with a difficulty/a way out/whenever/with/his intelligence/faced/he findsiv. the world/is/one of/loved/the most/animals in/elephant

4. Read the following conversation between two friends, Jia and Dimpi and complete theparagraph that follows:

Jia : Why have you not brought my dress?Dimpi : I haven’t brought it because I had gone to my cousin’s house with my mother,

so I forgot to keep it.Jia : Don’t give me lame excuses. I want to know the truth.

Dimpi : I am sorry Jia. I was playing with my friends till late. I forgot that you needed ittoday.

Jia asked Dimpi ____________. Dimpi said that she ________________. Jia____________ and further added that she wanted to know the truth. Dimpi said that shewas sorry and further added that she was playing with her friends and she had forgottenthat she needed it that day.

5. Write a newspaper article on ‘Underage driving is dangerous’.6. Write a letter to the Editor of a National Daily on“Man is becoming a slave to the modern

gadgets”.

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NEW ERA PUBLIC SCHOOLScience Assignment

November, 2016Class : IX

TopicsGravitation,Atoms and moleculesDiversity in the living world

1. Which organism is more complex and evolved among bacteria, mushroom and mango tree. Give reasons.2. In which kingdom are viruses placed?3. Compare phylum Annelida with phylum Arthropoda.4. Explain the terms: radial symmetrically and diploblastic.5. Name the parasites that cause malaria and ascariasis. Name the phyla to which

they belong.6. Differentiate between cryptogamae and phanerogamae?7. Gopal had learned about orchids when their teacher took them to a botanical garden.

While preparing for his elder sister’s wedding, Gopal asked his father not to order orchids fordecoration, saying that these plants should be protected and diversity of life should bemaintained.a. What are the conventions followed while writing the scientific names?b. What values does Gopal depict?

8a. Write the chemical formulae of the following compounds: Aluminium chloride andMagnesium sulphate.

b. What is the valency of: sulphur in SO2, phosphorous in P2O5?9. a What is meant by Avogadro’s constant?

b. Define the terms molar mass and atomic mass unit.10. What is buoyancy? What are the factors on which buoyancy depends?11. Give the SI unit of thrust and pressure. Explain why big wooden blocks are placed under railway tracks.12. Define the term molecular mass. Calculate the mass of 0.5 moles of sugar (C12 H22O11)

(atomic mass of Fe=56u, C=12u, H=1u, O=16u.)13a. Mention the postulates of Dalton’s atomic theory that explain the Laws of conservation of mass.

b.Write the formulae and the names of the compounds formed by combination of :i. Mg2+and SO4

-2

ii. Ca+2 and CO3-2

14. Compute the number of ions present in 5.85 g of sodium chloride.15. In the reaction between copper sulphate and sodium sulphide solutions, when 15.9 g of

copper sulphate completely reacts with 7.8 g of sodium sulphide, it is observed that 9.5 gof copper sulphide is formed. What is the the mass of sodium sulphate formed?

New Era Public School

Social Science Assignment

(October-November 2016)

Class IX

Q1. Who was Dietrich Brandis? What reforms were introduced by him?

Q2. How were forests affected by the wars?

Q3. Explain the factors affecting climate of any place. (Any four)

Q4. Differentiate between advancing monsoon and retreating monsoon.

Q5. Discuss the similarities of colonial management in Bastar and Java.

Q6. Write the powers of the Prime Minister of India.

Q7. Distinguish between permanent executive and political executive.

Q8. Define the following:

a. Mango showers b.Kaal Baisakhi c. Jet streams

Q9. What are the negative effects of electoral competition?

Q10. Mention the functions of the Election Commission of India.