Pathfinder Global School, Pataudi

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
SESSION – 2022-23
CLASS- 10TH(A-E)

MATHS
1. Write the values of k for which the system of equations x + ky = 0, 2x – y = 0 has unique solution.
2. Write the number of solutions of the following pair of linear equations :
x + 2y – 8 = 0 and 2x + 4y = 16
3. Solve graphically: x – 2y = 5 , 2x + 3y = 10
4. Write the value of k for which the system of equations x + y – 4 = 0 and 2x + ky – 3 = 0 has
no solution.
5. Solve by elimination 8x + 5y = 9 , 3x + 2y = 4
6. Solve :
(a) + = 5 , − =6
7. Solve by substitution : 3x – 7y + 10 = 0 , y – 2x – 3 = 0
8. Solve for x :-
(a) x + 2y + 1 = 0 , 2x – 3y – 12 = 0
9. A two digit number is such that the product of its digit is 20. If 9 is added to the number, the digits
interchange their places. Find the number.
10. If 2 is added to the numerator of a fraction, it reduces to ½ and if 1 is subtracted from the denominator, it
reduces to 1/3. Find the fraction.
11. Two years ago, a father was five times as old as his son. Two years hence, his age will be 8 more than three
times the age of the son. Find the present ages of father and son.
12. While covering a distance of 30 km. Ajeet takes 2 hours more than Amit. If Ajeet doubles his speed, he would
take 1 hour less than Amit. Find their speeds of walking.
13. A man has only 20paisa coins and 25 paisa coins in his purse . If he has 50 coins in all totaling Rs. 11.25 , how
many coins of each kind does he have ?
14. 5 pens and 6 pencils together cost Rs 9 and 3 pens and 2 pencils cost Rs 5. Find the cost of 1 pen and 1
pencil?
15. A man starts his job with a certain monthly salary and earns a fixed increment every year. If his salary was Rs
1500 after 4 years of service and Rs 1800 after 10 years of service, what was his starting salary and what is
the annual increment ?
16. John and Jivanti together have 45 marbles . Both of them lost 5 marbles each , and the product
number of marbles they now have is 128 . Form the quadratic equation to find how many marbles
they had to start with , if John had x marbles
17. SOLVE BY FACTORIZATION METHOD –
A). 9x2 – 3x – 2 = 0
B). a2x2 – 3abx + 2b2 = 0
18. Write discriminant of the following
3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 ii) x2 + px + 2q = 0
19. Determine whether the given quadratic equatic have real roots and if so , find the roots
2x2 + 5 ii) 25x2 + 20x + 7 = 0
20. Determine the nature of the roots of the following
x2 + x + 1 = 0 ii) 25x2 + 20x + 7 = 0
21. Find the values of K for which the equation x2 – 4x + k = 0 has distinct real roots .
22. Determine two consecutive multiples of 3 and whose product is 270.
23. Express each of the following integers as a product of its prime factors:
(I) 420 (ii) 945
23. Write the exponent of 2 in the prime factorization of 144 .
24. Write the sum of the exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 98.
25. If the product of two numbers is 1080 and their HCF is 30 , find their LCM .
26. In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi , English and Mathematics are 60 , 84 and 108
respectively . Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same number of
participants are to be seated and all of them being in the same subject .
28.What is the total number of factors of a prime number ?
29.Find the largest positive integer that will divide 398 , 436 and 546 leaving the remainder 7, 11 and 15
respectively .
30.What is the smallest number that , when divided by 35 , 56 and 91 leaving remainder 7 in each case ?
31.For what values of n , ends in 5^n
32. Can two numbers have 16 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM ?Give reason
33.Find the zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 12 and verify the relation between zeros and its coefficients.
34.Find the zero of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 + 5x - 2 and verify the relation between zeros and its coefficients.
35.If the product of zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - 4x + k is 3, find the value of k.
36.If the sum of the zeros of a quadratic polynomial f(x) = kx2 - 3 x + 5 is 1, write the value of k.
37.Ifα and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 - px + q, then find the values of
α2+β2
38.If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x2 - 5x + k such that α-β = 1, find the value of k.
39.Ifα and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial x2 - x – 2, find a polynomial whose zeros are 2α+1 and 2β+1?
40.If one zero of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 – 8kx – 9 is negative of the other, find the value of k.
41. the squared difference of the zeros of the quadratic polynomial x2 + px + 45 is equal to 144, find the value of k.
42. What is the 18th term of the sequence defined by an =
43. Write the sequence with nth term an = 3+4n .
44..The first term of an A.P. is -7 and the common difference is 5 . Find its 18th term and the general term
45.Findthe middle term of the A.P. 6,13,20,………..216.
46.The 10th term of an A.P. is 52 and 16th term is 82 . Find the 32nd term and the general term .
47.Ifpth , qth and rth terms of an A.P. are a, b, c respectively then show that
a(q-r) + b(r-p) + c(p-q) = 0
48.Find the number of all three digit natural number which are divisible by 9?
49.The sum of 5th and 9th terms of an A.P. is 30 . If its 25th term is three times its 8th term , find the A.P.?
50. Three numbers are in A.P. If the sum of these numbers be 27 and the product is 648 , find the
numbers.
51.The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 12 and the sum of their cubes 288. Find the numbers
52.If x+1 , 3x and 4x+2 are in A.P. , find the value of x
53. Show that the sum of all odd integers between 1 and 1000 which are divisible by 3 is 83667.
54.A man saved Rs 32 during the first year , Rs 36 in the second year and in this way he increases his
savings by Rs 4 every year . Find in what time his savings will be Rs 200.
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55 .Sum of first 14 terms of an A.P. is 1505 and its first term is 10 . Find its 25 term .
56. The nth term of an A.P. is given by (-4n + 15 ) .Find the sum of first 20 terms of this A.P.
57. Three consecutive natural numbers are such that the square of the middle number exceeds the
difference of the squares of the other two by 60. Find the numbers.
58. Solve the following for x:
 SCIENCE

Q.1The diagram shows a dish antenna which is used to receive television signals from a satellite. The
antenna (signal detector) is fixed in front of the curved dish.
(a) What is the purpose of the dish?
(b) Should it be concave or convex?
(c) Where should the antenna be positioned to receive the strongest possible signals?
(d) Explain what change you would expect in the signals if a large dish was used?

Q.2Identify one under each category :

a. A gastric disease
b. A respiratory disease
c. A heart disease
d. A renal disease
Find out the causes, symptoms, mode of treatment and prevention of all the four diseases identified by
you.
Q.3 A baker found that the cake prepared by him is hard and small in size. Which ingredient do you think
that he might have forgotten to add that would have caused the cake to rise and become light? Give
reason
Q.4A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. She finds the image of her head bigger, the middle portion
of her body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. The following is the order of combinations for
the magic mirror from the top.
(a) Plane, convex and concave
(b) Convex, concave and plane
(c) Concave, plane and convex
(d) Convex, plane and concave
Q.5 Make a table for the nature of the various samples like milk, Soap water mixture, common salt
solution, lemon juice, tap water .baking soda solution etc by using natural indicators like red cabbage
juice ,turmeric etc.
( Note: Surf the internet to learn how to make natural indicators at home)
Q.6. A student burnt a metal ‘A’ found in the form of ribbon in chemistry laboratory. The ribbon burnt with
a dazzling flame and a white powder ‘B’ is formed which is basic in nature.
Identify A and B.
Q.7 5.In the food web, what two organisms are competing for food
a) A and B c) A and C b) D and F d) B and D
Q.8 .The given graph shows the amount of waste generated, dumped and treated in percentage. Identify
the reason of low success rate of waste management process.

Q.9 Marble statues are corroded or stained when they repeatedly come into contact with polluted rain
water. Identify the main reason.
Q.10 A student added 10g of calcium carbonate in a rigid container, secured it tightly and started to heat it.
After some time, an increase in pressure was observed, the pressure reading was then noted at intervals
of 5 mins and plotted against time, in a graph as shown below. During which time interval did maximum
decomposition took place?

a) 15-20 min b) 10-15 min c) 5-10 min d) 0-5 min

Q.11 List the important ways by which you can make a chemical reaction more influencing.
Q.12 Give example of combination reactionin which
a) An element reacts with another element to form a single compound
b)Two compounds combine to form a single compound.
Q.13 Answer the following:
a) For what position of an object , a concave mirror forms an enlarged, virtual image
b) For what position of an object, a concave mirror forms a real image equal to the size of an object?
Q.14In a certain study conducted on the occurrence of DDT along food chains in an ecosystem, the
concentration of DDT in grass was found to be 0.5ppm.In sheep, it was 2 ppm and in man it was
10ppm.Why was the concentration of DDT maximum in case of man?
Q.15 Explain how ozone is formed in the atmosphere? How does it protect living beings from harmful
radiation of the sun?
Q.16 A glass prisms is able to produce a spectrum when white light passes through it but a glass slab does
not produce any spectrum.Why is it so?
Q.17 A student finds the writing on the black board as blurred and unclear when sitting on the last desk in
a classroom.He however, sees it clearly when sitting on the front desk at an approximate distance of 2m
from the black board.
a) Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the formation of image of the black board writing by his eye-lens
when he is seated at the i) Last desk ii) front desk
 b)Name the kind of lens that would help him to see clearly even when he is seated at the last desk.
Q.18 Label the parts of the following diagram of human eye and state the functions of those parts.

Q.19 a) Identify the leaf shown.

b) Name the method used by the above leaf for reproduction.
c) Give three advantages for the method used.
d) Give two examples of plants which can be grown by this method.

20.Activity- Study the seed structure of gram . Observe both external and internal features.

English Homework
1.Make three columns as given in the box below and frame 10 sentences of simple
present,simplepast,simple future ,present continuous ,past
continuous,futurecontinuous,presentperfect,pastperfect,present perfect continuous.
subject Verb form Others(object,complement,adverbials)

2.Learn vocabs and idioms of March,April and May for Vocab warrior Test.
3.Makeart integrated project on two states (Gujrat and Rajasthan).This is a CBSE work.Watch link below for
more information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY_GB5b4thI
4.Prepare composition of any one of these topics below in 250 words and learn them for speaking
Test.
a.How does intenet and social media affect our life.
b.Global Warming
c.How did pandemic affect our life
d.value of sports and games in student life
e.Your favourite childhood memory
f.Your favourite national hero
g.The last movie that you watched
h.The last tourist spot that you visited
i.Values and ethics are important in life
j.A person who inspire you