VIDHYASHRAM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, JODHPUR

Holiday Homework 2025-26

Class X

Write a book review in a SCRAP BOOK ( decorate the scrap book)

English
BOOK – WINGS OF FIRE
Use the following points to write it.
1.​ Title and Author
○​ What is the book's full title, and who is the author?
○​ When was the book first published?
2.​ About the Author
○​ Who was Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
○​ What inspired him to write this autobiography?
3.​ Summary
○​ What is the book about in brief?
○​ Which key phases of Kalam’s life are covered in the book?
4.​ Characters
○​ Who are the main people mentioned in the book?
○​ How did the people around Kalam influence his life and career?
5.​ Themes
○​ What are the book's main themes (e.g., dreams, hard work,
patriotism)?
○​ How are these themes reflected in Kalam’s life story?
6.​ Inspirational Elements
○​ Which part of the book did you find most inspiring? Why?
○​ What lesson(s) did you learn from Kalam’s journey?
7.​ Writing Style
○​ How would you describe the author’s writing style – simple, descriptive,
emotional, etc.?
○​ Was the language easy to understand for you as a student?
8.​ Personal Opinion
○​ What did you like most about Wings of Fire?
○​ Is there anything you did not enjoy or found difficult to understand?
9.​ Favourite Quotes and Passages
○​ Share your favourite quote or line from the book. Why does it stand out
to you?
10.​Recommendation
●​ Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?
●​ Who do you think should read this book and why?
Hindi 1. हरिहर काका पाठ के आधार पर अपने आसपास उपस्थित किसी बज ु र्ग
ु व्यक्ति
के साथ जड़ ु ।े उसके साथ अनभ
ु व बांटें और उनके जीवन अनभ ु व को A4 साइज के
रं गीन पष्ृ ठ पर लिखकर अवकाश के उपरांत कक्षा में सन
ु ावे।
2. कबीर पाठ के आधार पर कबीर द्वारा रचित किन्हीं पांच साखियों( पाठ के
अलावा) को रं गीन A4 साइज पष्ृ ठ पर सद
ंु र रूप में लिखें। कबीर का चित्र लगावे
और उन साखियों में से कोई दो अवकाश के उपरांत कक्षा में सन ु ावे।

Sanskrit पठितानाम ् पाठानाम ् अभ्यासम ् कुरुत।

पञ्च चित्र वर्णनम ् कुरुत।
पठ्,अस ्,लभ ्,कृ धातरू
ु पाणि लिखित्वा कंठस्थं कुरुत।
अकारान्त,आकारान्त,इकारान्त,उकारान्त,भवत ्,अस्मद्,यष्ु मद् शब्दरूपाणि लिखित्वा
कंठस्थं कुरुत।

Mathematics Write the following activities in your lab file.

Activity 1: To get familiar with the ideas of probability of an event through a
double-colour card experiment.
Activity 2: Collect the height(in cm) of 40 people of your locality, then prepare the
grouped frequency distribution table of size 10cm. Find the mean, mode and median of
the above collected data. Compare
Activity3:To verify the conditions of consistency/inconsistency for pair of linear
equations in two variables by graphical method.
Activity 4:To derive distance formula.
Activity 5:To derive section formula.
Activity 6: To verify that the tangents drawn from same external point are equal in
length.
Science Note:
1.​ All the aims of experiments must be written in the index.
2.​ Each experiment must be started from a new page.
3.​ Draw the diagrams wherever drawn from your lab manuals (if possible).
4.​ Observation tables must be drawn on the right-hand side ruled page only.
5.​ Diagrams must be drawn on white blank page neatly with pencil only.
6.​ Do not use the multi- coloured pens. Black pens can only be used for the
headings.
7.​ Do your work neatly.
8.​ The practical work is included in your Subject Enrichment Activities and hence
carries marks.
Physics- Write the following experiments in your Physics practical file:
1.​ Determination of the focal length of: i) Concave mirror ii) Convex lens by
obtaining the image of a distant object.
2.​ Tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for
different angles of incidence. Measure the angle of incidence, angle of
refraction, angle of emergence and interpret the result.
 3.​ Studying the dependence of potential difference (V) across a resistor on the
current (I) passing through it and determine its resistance. Also plotting a graph
between V and I.
4.​ Determination of the equivalent resistance of two resistors when connected in
series and parallel
Biology – Write the following experiments in your Biology practical file only:
1.​ To prepare a temporary mount of a leaf to show stomata.
2.​ To show experimentally that carbon dioxide is released during respiration.
3.​ Studying (a) binary fission in Amoeba, and (b) budding in yeast and Hydra with
the help of prepared slides.
4.​ Identification of the different parts of an embryo of a dicot seed (Pea, gram or
red kidney bean).

Chemistry- Write the following experiments in your Chemistry practical file only
Experiment 1:
Performing and observing the following reactions and classifying them into:
A.​ Combination reaction
B.​ Decomposition reaction
C.​ Displacement reaction
D.​ Double displacement reaction
I.​ Action of water on quicklime
II.​ Action of heat on ferrous sulphate crystals
III.​ Iron nails kept in copper sulphate solution
IV.​ Reaction between sodium sulphate and barium chloride solutions
Experiment 2:
A. Finding the pH of the following samples by using pH paper/universal indicator
(i) Dilute Hydrochloric Acid
(ii) Dilute NaOH solution
(iii) Dilute Ethanoic Acid solution
(iv) Lemon juice
(v) Water
(vi) Dilute Hydrogen Carbonate solution
B. Studying the properties of acids and bases (HCl & NaOH) on the basis of their
reaction with:
(a) Litmus solution (Blue/Red)
(b) Zinc metal
(c) Solid sodium carbonate
Experiment 3: Observing the action of Zn, Fe, Cu and Al metals on the following salt
solutions:
(i) ZnSO4(aq)
(ii) FeSO4(aq)
(iii) CuSO4(aq)
(iv) Al2 (SO4)3(aq)
Arranging Zn, Fe, Cu and Al (metals) in the decreasing order of reactivity based on the
above result.
 Experiment 4: Study of the following properties of acetic acid (ethanoic acid):
i) Odour ii) solubility in water iii) effect on litmus
iv) reaction with Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate .
Experiment 5:
Study of the comparative cleaning capacity of a sample of soap in soft and hard
water.
Social History Chapter 2 Prepare a timeline for the events started from 1857 to 1947.
Science Mention important events for the freedom struggle of India.
MAP WORK MUST BE DONE
History Nationalism in India
I. Congress sessions: 1920 Calcutta· 1920 Nagpur.· 1927 Madras session,·
II.Satyagraha movements: Kheda· Champaran.· Ahmedabad mill workers·
III. Jallianwala Bagh
IV. Dandi March
Civics - Prepare a short report on ‘ Operation Sindoor’.
GEOGRAPHY:
Map work:
Take a scrapbook, appropriately decorate it and paste all the maps in it.
Locate and label the following on the political map of India:-
(i) Major soil Types
(ii) Water Resources :
Dams - Salal,Bhakra Nangal,Teheri,Rana Pratap Sagar,Sardar Sarover ,Hirakud,
Nagarjuna Sagar,Tungabhadra.
(iii) Major area of rice and wheat
Largest /Major producer state of Sugarcane
,tea,Coffee ,Rubber ,cotton and Jute
(vi) ​ Software Technology Parks :- Noida, Gandhinagar, Mumbai,Pune,Hyderabad
,Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram.
(vii) ​ Power plant : a.Thermal
–Namrup,Ramagundam,Singrauli b.Nuclear
–Narora,Tarapur,Kakrapara,Kalpakkam
(viii) ​ Major Ports and International Airport (That is given in the syllabus)
(vix) Iron Ore mines, Coal mines and Oil Fields ( That is given in syllabus)
Economics: Prepare a project on CONSUMER RIGHTS

Information Make a chart on any one of the given topics. (On standard thick chart paper)
Technology 1.​ Search Engine
2.​ Uses of Social Media
3.​ Virtual Reality
4.​ Internet Security
5.​ Online Voting System
6.​ Hacking/Online Education
7.​ Anti Virus
8.​ Advantages /Disadvantages of AI
9.​ Cyber Safety Rules