Queens College Indore

Summer Assignment (Session 2016-17)

Class VI
Dear Parents,
It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various
activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning
graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might
need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge
difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects.
ASSIGNMENT
SUBJECT ENGLISH
1. Paragraph writing:
Rishika enjoys a wonderful relationship with her grandfather. Do you also enjoy such a relationship
with any elderly person in your family or in the neighbourhood. Write a paragraph in about 100120 words on the relationship you enjoy with such a person. You must mention why the bond is
special, , the interests that you share, what you learn from the relationship and why you treasure
it.
2. Story writing:
Describe one incident in about 50 words from your childhood that had a positive effect on your
personality. You may start like this:
It was a very pleasant sunny morning; I was dressed up to attend a wedding. We had to take a
taxi to the venue, when.

3. Learn the meaning of the following words and write one sentence for each word.
S.No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Words
Ancient
Amass
In-vain
Conspire
Sacred
High-pitched
Dwell
Fluke
Echolocation
Escort

Meaning
very old, aged, primitive
Gather, collect (over a period of time)
without success
plan secretly
holy, connected with religion
Shrill
to live
one of the tow lobes of a whales or dolphins tail
Process of location of food and friends by dolphins
with the help of reflection of sound waves
accompanying another as a protection or honour

SUBJ
ECT- HINDI

SUBJECT MATHEMATICS
*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A4 size papers in a file
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Q 1.

Paste or draw 5 pictures from daily life and show all lines of symmetry in them.

Q2

Write Roman numerals for

(a) 98

(b) 587

(c) 964

Q3 Simplify the following using BODMAS rule

(a) 9 3 + 4 x 7 6
(b) 8 4 -3 + 4 + 6 5
Q4

Find the value by suitable re arrangement (use property)

a

4 x 823 x 25

(b) 2962 + 453 + 38 + 547

Q5

Find HCF of ( a)

Q6

Find LCM of (a) 20,25,30

Q8

20, 28, 36

(b) 36,72,144

(b) 30,60,120

Find the difference between the number 8375 and that

obtained on reversing its digits.

Q9 Starting with the greatest seven digit number, write its preceding five numbers in descending order.
Q10 Starting with the smallest six-digit number, write its five
succeeding numbers in ascending order.

SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE

Students are required to read Chapter 14, WATER of their textbook thoroughly and prepare

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2.
3.
4.
5.

CCE worksheet comprising 10 questions including 3 one word type of questions, 3 reasoning type of
questions, 2 HOTS questions and 2 long answer questions. The following points should be strictly
followed while preparing the worksheetWorksheet should be in typed form.
Font size -12.
Font style -Times New Roman.
Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.
Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in your running notes
notebook.
Extra notes (notes should be hand written and research based)
The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself.
The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter.
The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book

SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE

Select any one topic from the following:1. (A) Imagine yourself as the owner of a travel agency of Indore.
Prepare a travel brochure in scrap book that is designed to attract tourists to visit some tourist sites
like Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Mandav, Indore, Maheshwar, etc (Select any two tourist sites). The
brochure should be:
(a) Colourful, attractive and comprehensive.
(b) Contain relevant information and pictures.
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(c) Contain clear descriptions and location map of each site.

(B) Make a project by giving information about Eco friendly Simhasth, Ujjain 2016.
synopsis of the Project should be made in the following ways:

The

i)
Cover Page
ii)
Objective
iii)
Introduction
iv)
Content
v)
Conclusion
vi)
Bibliography
2. Make stone tools, ornaments of the stone Age by using plastic clay, beads, stones etc.
3. Make a model of Solar System.
Material Required: A round piece cardboard, colours, construction papers, scissors, a tape.
Procedure:
Draw a line from top to bottom and left to right. The meeting point of the line will be the position of
the Sun.
Draw 8 circles around the centre and these will be the orbits of the planet.
Punch a series of holes in the cardboard.
Cut the circles to represent the Sun and each of the planets according to their size.
Take a tape of length of a string to each planet. Lace the other end of the string through the correct
holes in the cardboard. Adjust the length of the strings so that the planets and the sun all lie in the
plane.

All the
Best

Queens College Indore

Summer Assignment (Session 2016-17)
Class VII
Dear Parents,
It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various
activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning
graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might
need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge
difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects.
ASSIGNMENT
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SUBJECT ENGLISH
1. PARAGRAPH WRITING
Write a description of yourself mentioning the positive traits of your personality and those aspects, which you
feel, need improvement if you wish to be successful in your life.
You may include: - friendly, tolerant, caring, short tempered, confused, feel scared of bullies etc.
2. STORY WRITING
Your friend dares you to enter a lonely house, which is said to be haunted. The house is at the end of a secluded
street and the time is 11oclock in the night.
You entered the house and--------3. Learn the meaning of the following words and write one sentence for each word.
S.No.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

Words
Utter
Pretend
Gravely
Anxious
Grieve
Endure
Stubborn
Enchantment
Astonishmen
t
Idols

Meaning
make a sound or words
create a false impression
seriously
troubled and uneasy in mind, eager
cause grief to feel grief
experience and revive
obstinate, head strong
spell, charm, magic, sorcery
amazement, startled
icon, effigy, deity

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SUBJ
ECT-MATHEMATICS.

*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A4 size papers in a file.

I.

Cut & paste a net of cube, cuboid and cylinder.

II.

Do the following questions:

1)

Work out:
a) 0 2000

__________________

b) (228) 6

______________________

c) 49.87 100 ________________

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d) 849 (19 ) +849 (19)

_________________

e) How many fourths are there in 3? _____________

103
104
f) (1) +(1) =0; TrueFalse _____________

g) (6 )2=2(6 ) ; TrueFalse ________________

2)

Simplify:

1
1
2 +1
a)
3
2

b)

1
1 1
7 6
5
4 9

1
2
5 3
2
3

d) ( 0.05 5 ) (0.005 5)

c)
49.08 0.012

e)

f) 1003.06733.068921.2
g)
3)
4)

3
1
2
2
6
12
1+
1+
1
1+
1
4
3
3
5
7
13

( )( )( )( )(

The product of two numbers is 180 . If one number is 12 , find the other.
2

A man spends 5

of his money & has Rs. 90 left. How much did he have initially?

5)
Divide the product of

1
1
3 1
2
6

by the sum of

5
1
7
.
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6)

Subtract the difference of 43.875 and 53.9 from the sum of 29.358 and 2.3023

7)

One Autumn morning the temperature went up from 4 to 5 .

a) By how much degrees did the temperature rise?
Also, during the afternoon the temperature then fell by seven degrees from 5 .
b) What was the temperature at the end of the afternoon?
A piece of wire is 19.63 m long. If it is cut into 13 equal pieces, find the length of each
piece.

8)
9)

A bucket can hold 16.35 litres of water. How much water can be stored in 12 such
buckets?

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)

Ayushree bought 6.5 kg of biscuits at the rate of Rs. 25.50 per kg and 0.5 kg of Plum
cake at the rate of Rs. 165.60 per kg. She gives the shopkeeper a 500 rupee note. How
much change will the shopkeeper return to her?

11) In a test, ( +4 ) marks are given for every correct answer and ( 2 ) marks for every
wrong answer. Rita answered all the questions and got 68 marks. 25 questions she
answered correctly. How many of the questions he attempted were incorrect?
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12
Printed
letters
are
measured
in
units
called
points.
One
point
is
equal
to
inch. If
72
)
you want the printed title of your project work to be
should you use?
5

1
4

inch tall, what point size


SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE
The following assignment to be done in running notes copy .
1. Prepare the notes of the following chaptersCh. 3 Fibre to Fabric
Ch 8 Winds, Storms And Cyclones
2. Prepare worksheet comprising of 8 8 questions (4 reasoning based questions, 2 HOTs and 2 long
answer type questions) each of the following chapters.
Ch. 3 Fibre to fabric
Ch 8 Winds, Storms And Cyclones
3. The following points should be strictly followed while preparing the worksheeta) Worksheet should be in typed form.
b) Font size -12.
c) Font style -Times New Roman.
d) Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.
e) Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in your running
notes notebook.
4. The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself.
5. The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter.
6. The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book.

SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE

Select any one Project from the following and prepare a file on it , not exceeding 4-5 pages.
1) India is the tourist hot spot drawing people from all over the World.
Interview any two tourists ( Indian /Foreigner ) on the basis of the following points.
a) i) Name
ii) Age
iii) Country
iv) Profession
b) i) Places they visited in India
ii) View of culture of India
iii) Overall experience
iv) Suggestions
2) Become a numismatist for a day.
a) Identify the given coins according to
i) The country they belong to
ii) Its value
iii) Period of minting
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iv)Government which minted it

v) Its historical value after fifty years

i)

ii)

iii)
b) Presently which official body of India issues the coins and Why?
C) Prepare a Project about the Dewas Bank Note Press on the basis of following points .
i) Location
ii)When it was started?
iii)Who governs this Press?
iv) Prepare a flowchart showing Process of Note Making.
3) Make a model of historical buildings during medieval period.

All the
Best
Queens College Indore
Summer Assignment (Session 2016-17)
Class VIII
Dear Parents,
It is summer break again, time to relax, rejoice and rejuvenate as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various
activities. Such activities pave the way towards a bright future for the child and towards a progressive learning
graph. Kindly ensure that your ward completes the given work well in time to the best of her ability. She might
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need your motivation and support in some of the tasks given. Your encouragement can actually make a huge
difference to the learning outcome of these summer projects.
ASSIGNMENT
SUBJECT ENGLISH
Dear queens its summer time again ushering in holidays and new opportunities of learning. It is time to take out
your creative kit and show your talent.
1.

Fun filled activity

Write an interesting story based on the proverb Never judge a book by its cover .You can write a short story if
you keep in mind its elements viz setting, characters, theme ,plot .Dont forget to use variety of sentences ,
correct punctuation and tenses. (180-200 words)
2.

Fun filled activity

Summer in India is very hot and we need to take precautions against the heat. Pen down your suggestions on
How to beat the summer heat in a 80 to 100 words paragraph.
3.

Fun filled activity

Imagine you got stranded in traffic for two hours and missed your school because of a procession. Write a diary
entry in 80-100 words on your plight , giving vent to your irritation on such a wastage of time.

SUBJECT-HINDI

SUBJ
ECT-MATHEMATICS

*Note: Submit your Summer Assignment in A 4 size papers in a file.

1. (a)
2.

Make a net of Triangular Pyramid and Square Pyramid .

(b) Make a net of Square Prism (cube) and Pentagonal Prism.

Find Square root of each by Prime Factorisation method and Long division method.
(a)

3. Simplify

813604
(a)

(c)

1
64

(b)

131044

147.1369 (d) 361 x 1024

(c)

1
16

289+ 144
289 144

(b)

(d)

4. Find Pythagorean triplet whose one member is

1+

9
16

8136.04 - 81.3604

(a) 10

(b) 16

5. (a) Find the least number which when added to 4529 makes it a perfect square.
(b) Subtract the smallest possible number from 19327 to make it a perfect sq.
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(c) Find the smallest 6-digit number, which is a perfect square.

(d) Mudit travels 12 Km towards North and then some distance towards East. By
doing so he finds that he is at a distance of 15 Km from his initial position. Find
the distance travelled by him towards East.
(e) There are 600 plants. They need to be planted in such a manner that
number of rows and number of columns of plants are the same. How
many more plants are needed to complete this arrangement?
6. Find the missing numbers in the following patterns and write the logic used.

SUBJECT: - GENERAL SCIENCE

The following assignment to be done in running notes copy .
1. Prepare the notes of the following chaptersCh -7 Conservation of Plants and Animals
Ch-17 Stars and Solar System
2. Prepare worksheet comprising of 8 8 questions (4 reasoning based questions, 2 HOTs and 2 long
answer type questions) each of the following chapters Ch -7 Conservation of Plants and Animals
Ch-17 Stars and Solar System
3. The following points should be strictly followed while preparing the worksheetf) Worksheet should be in typed form.
g) Font size -12.
h) Font style -Times New Roman.
i) Should be pasted in the running notes notebook.
j) Model answers of the worksheet should be written with the worksheet in running notes
notebook.
4. The NCERT questions should be solved (marked) in the book itself.
5. The concepts should be marked in the book with highlighter.
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6. The Exemplar questions are also to be solved in the book.

SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE

Select any one Project from the following and prepare a file on it , not exceeding 4-5 pages.
I-A)India is primarily an agricultural country having different types of soil .
Choose any one type of soil and prepare a project on it on the basis of following points:
a) Location
b) Nutrients found
c) Physical features (Texture)
d) Crops Grown
e) Economy ( How the soil helps in the economy of that region)
f) Map Work (Show areas where soil is found)
B) Find out the names of two organizations working for the conservation of land and soil in India
and prepare a project on it.
II-A)Make a Research on Ganga Action Projectand prepare a project.
B) Visit a water purifying plant. Find out the pollutants present in water and how they are removed.
III)Prepare a Project on the basis of the following points for our state -Madhya Pradesh .
a) Location
b) Types of Soil
c) Crops Grown
d) Occupation
e) Economy
f) Main Industries
g) Main Rivers
h)Culture (Distinctive feature)

All the
Best

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