+2 (Science+Commerce)

Holidays Homework

  1. Project Work:
  • Make PPT in CDS/DVDS on topic “How to Conserve Water”
  • Make PPT about the summary of novel “The Invisible Man” with pictures.
  1. Assignment:
  • Make a file of Kamala Das(Poet)
  • Collect advertisements and paste on files.
  1. Valuable Questions/Answers(Notebooks)

“The Last Lesson”

  • What changes did the narrator find in his school when the orders from Berlin came?
  • Franz’s attitude towards school as well as towards M. Hamel changes when he comes to know about the take-over of his village by Prussians. Do you agree? Discuss with reference to ‘The Last Lesson’.
  • Everybody during the last lesson is filled with regret. Comment.

“Lost Spring”

  • “Lost Spring” explains the grinding poverty and traditions that condemn thousands of people to live a life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why/Why not?
  • Give a brief account of the life and activities of the people like Saheb-e-Alam settled in Seemapuri?
  • Describe the difficulties that the bangle makers of Firozabad have to face in their lives.
  • How is Mukesh’s attitude towards his situation different from that of Saheb? Why?

“My Mother at Sixty-Six”

  • Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
  • What painful thought comes to the poet’s mind and how does she drive it away?
  • What do the poet’s parting words to her mother signify?
  • What was the poet’s childhood fear?

“The Tiger King”

  • The story, ‘The Tiger King’, is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
  • What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?

“The Enemy”

  • There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to story ‘The Enemy’.
  • What impression do you form about Dr. Sadao as a man and as a surgeon on your reading the story, ‘The Enemy’?
  1. Letters:
  • Write a letter to the Manager of Little Flower Company, Hyderabad, placing an order for four books on Management and Administration recently published by them. You are Mukesh/Meena, Librarian, H.P. Engineering College, Tirupathi.
  • Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper, expressing your views on the problem of begging and how it can be stopped.