PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 COMMERCE 1. What is gross profit? 2. Explain the meaning of Net profit. 3. State the difference between gross profit and Net profit. 4. State the reason for preparing each of the following: (a) Trading account (b) Profit and loss account. 5. List five items that are treated in debit side of profit and loss account. 6. State the effect of each of the following on Net profit of a business (a) Depreciation (b)Provision for bad debt (c)Interest received. Use the following information below to answer questions 7 - 10 Ojo bought a bicycle for N20,000.00, and repaid it at a cost of N5,000. He then sold the bicycle for N30,000.00. 7. What was his gross profit? 8. What is the cost of good sold? 9. What was his net profit/loss 10. What is the percentage of expanses over cost? The following information relates to Jaminu and Co. Ltd for the year ended 31st March, 2009. N Sales 12,000 Opening stock 3,000 Purchases 7,000 Closing stock 2,000 Wages 500 Transport 400 Electricity 300 From the above figures, calculate (showing all workings) the 11. Cost of good sold. 12. Net profit percentage. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 13. Average stock 14. Cost of good sold 15. Rate of turn over 16. Define communication 17. List and explain five services provided by NITEL 18. Outline five measurers each for promoting export and restricting import. 19. Explain five functions of export promotion council. 20a. b. c. What is Stock Exchange Market/ State four securities that are traded on in Stock Exchange Market. State five functions of stock exchange market. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 AGRIC SCIENCE 1. List and explain the four major systems of land tenure in Nigeria. 2. Write short notes on the following sources of farm power: (a) Work animals (b)water (c) solar energy. 3. What is rock weathering. 4. Enumerate the process involved in rock weathering. 5. List and discuss briefly the agents of two of these processes. 6. Describe briefly the economic importance and the control measures of steam borers of cereals and grain weevils of stored produce. 7. Briefly discuss collective exploitation as a forest management practice. 8. Explain the term soil structure. 9. Give the importance of soil structure in agriculture. 10. State two properties each of clay and sandy soils. 11. What is farm surveying? 12. Outline the importance of farm survey. 13. List three common survey materials. 14. What is a farmstead. 15. List the factors of production. 16. Briefly discuss demand and supply. 17. Explain the meaning of agricultural finance and credit. 18. Name three sources of agricultural credit available to small scale farmers. 19. Mention six problems associated with agricultural credit. 20. Define farm account and farm budget. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 PHYSICS 1a. b. State the laws of reflection. 7 images are formed when two plane mirrors are ononted at an angle the value of 2a. b. Using diagram, explain how a solar eclipse is formed. A ray of light strikes mirror M1 at an angle of incidence of 28o. The reflected ray strikes another mirror M2 which makes an angle of with M1 and is reflected at an angle of 30o from M2. Find the value of 3a. b. Explain why a machine is never 100% efficient. What load can an effort of 2500N overcome using a hydraulic press of efficiency 70% if the effort and load pistons have radii of 30cm and 8cm respectively? 4a. b. Define the focal length of a concave mirror. A concave mirror of focal length 12cm forms an erect image magnified five times. Find the object and image distances. 5a. b. State three uses of convex mirror. A convex mirror has a focal length of 20cm. Find the position of an object whose image is formed 8cm from the mirror. 6a. b. The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 336 J/g. Explain what this statement mean. Find the mass of ice at - 10oC that will be required to cook 1kg soft drink (which is essentially water) from 30-C to 5oC (sp ht cp of water = 42J/gk and of ice 2.1 J/gk) State (i) Snell’s law (ii) two effects of refraction. By how much (what angle) is a ray incident at 25oE to a glass block of refractive index 1.5 deviated within the glass block. 7a. b. 8a. b. 9a. b. 10a. to each other. Find Draw the path of a ray of light through a triangular glass block as the ray enters at one face and emerges from an opposite face. A triangular glass block has apex angle of 70o and refractive index of 1.48. If a ray is incident on one of the faces at an angle of 24oC, find the angle of emergence from the opposite face and the total angle by which the ray is deviated from its enginal path on emergence. Differentiate between momentum and impulse and state the law of conservation of momentum. A ball of mass 250g hits a concrete pavement with a velocity of 100m/s. If it losses 20% of its energy on impact, find the loss in momentum. Draw a diagram to illustrate how a lens can be used to form a (i) magnified virtual image. (ii) diminished real image. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT b. 11a. b. If the image formed by a convex lens of focal length 18cm is diminished four times, how far is the image from its object? Define the power of a lens. What physical feature of a lens determines its power? Two lenses in contact form a real image of an object 16cm away at a point 70cm from the lenses. If one of the lenses has a focal length of 25cm, what is the focal length of the second lens. 12a. b. State Pascal’s principle of pressure and name two devices that utilize the principle. A U-tube manometer contains two liquids, A and B. The interface of the liquid A with air is 40cm from the bench while that of B is 30cm from the bench. If the densities of the liquids are 1.2g/cm3 for A and 2.0g/cm3 for B, find the height of the interface of the two liquids. 13a. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate the working principle of an astronomical telescope. When is such an instrument said to be in normal adjustment. A microscope is used to focus an object of height 2cm placed 4cm in front of the eye piece of the instrument with a focal length of 1cm. If the eye –piece is adjusted until a final image 20cm high is formed at a distance of 25cm from the eye-piece, find the focal length of the eyepiece if it is 11.3cm from the objective. b. 14a. b. 15a. b. What is long sight? What is its cause? How is it corrected> (Use diagrams to illustrate your answers) A mans left eye is short sighted with a far point of 120cm while the right eye is long sighted with a near point of 54cm. What pair of glasses would you recommend for the man Explain (i) Why a change of state takes place at constant temperature. (ii) How water can be made to boil without heating it. 200g of steam is bubbled into 300g of ice at -20oC. Find the steady temperature reached if thermal capacity of the vessel containing the ice is 400J/oC sp ht cp of ice = 2.1J/gk,of water = 42J/gk sp it ht of ice = 336J/g, of steam = 2260J/g. 16a. b. What is a wave? What is a wave profile? A wave is described by the equation. Y = 0.012 Sin (4.80 x – 200t) where distance are in metres and time is in seconds. Find the frequency, wavelength and velocity of the wave. 17a. b. Explain what is echo and reverberation as applied to sound waves. A sound signal sent towards the earth crust is reflected by two layers of rock. If the first echo is heard 2 seconds after the signal is sent and the second echo is heard 0.8 seconds later, calculate the (i) distance between the layers of rock (ii) velocity of sound between the layers of rock. 18a. State Charles law and explain the law from the Kinetic theory of matter, PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT b. At 57oC, a gas occupies a volume of 5.8cm3 and exerts a pressure of 102mmHg on the walls of its container. Find its temperature when the volume is halfed and the pressure is increased to 224mmHg. 19a. b. What are stationary waves? How are they different from traveling waves? In a resonance tube experiment, a tuning fork of frequency 400 H2 is used. If the first length of the tube, closed at one and is 8cm, what will be the 2nd and third length of the tube at resonance with an end connection of 4mm. (Speed of sound in air = 340m/s). 20a. State three (i) factors upon which the frequency of a vibrating string depends (ii) characteristics of a musical note. A cable line of mass 25kg and length 200m vibrates with a Hyndamental frequency of 120 H2 when plucked. Find the tension in the cable. b. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 ECONOMICS 1. Define public finance 2. What is taxation? 3. What is meant by Budget? 4. List the types of Budget 5. Explain the different types of budget. 6. An ad-vatoren tax means 7. What is an indirect tax? Give examples. 8. What is a direct tax? Give examples. 9. List and explain the different tax system. 10. If Mr. Alex earns N20,000 a year while Mr. Brown earns N80,000 a year but Mr. Alex pays N2,000 per annum in tax while Mr. Brown pays N4,000, such a tax is ----- 11. Mr. x earns N3,000 per month and pays N150 in tax. Mr. y earns N1,000 and pays N100 in tax. This tax system can be described as ------ 12. The PAYE tax in Nigeria is an example of ---- 13. In the above diagram, the relationship between tax rate and income which is relevant to a regressive tax is depicted by ---- PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 14. What is cannons of taxation? 15. Who propounded the principle of taxation? 16. What is tax incidence? 17. Tax and government expenditures are instruments of ---- 18. State the canons of taxation. 19. State 3 objectives of public finance. 20. With the aid of diagram, illustrate the different tax system. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 BIOLOGY 1. Make a large labeled diagram of the mammalian skin to show the structures as seen in vertical section (8 – 10cm) 2. Explain briefly how the mammalian skin carries out the following: (a)Excretion (c)Production. 3. State 4 functions of the leaf of a flowering plant and make a labeled diagram to show the internal structure of a dicotyledonous leaf. 4. List three functions of lymph and define the lymphatic system. 5. Describe how the heart of mammal is adapted to its functions. 6. List three types of blood vessels and how are they related to their functions. 7. Describe the first aid you can give to somebody who has a severe bleeding in the lower arm. 8. Describe the mechanism of hearing in mammals. 9. List the principal sense organs in mammals and their functions. 10. Give the different classes of hormones and their functions. 11. Describe briefly the female reproductive system of a named mammal. (A diagram is essential). 12. What is a flower? State the parts of a flower. 13. Describe the structure and function of the male reproductive organ of a flowering plant. 14. Mention six ways by which government is contributing towards self-sufficiency in food production. 15. Define the term pollination. And state the types of pollination. 16. List 4 characteristics of insect-pollinated flowers and wind-pollinated flowers. 17. Explain the term courtship behaviour in animals. 18. Describe the process of fertilization in flowering plant. 19. List 5 uses of auxin in agriculture. 20. Give (i) 3 similarities (ii) 4 differences between transport in animals and plants. (b)Sensation PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 FINE ART 1. Explain cultural and creative arts. 2. State any 4 values of cultural and creative arts to human development. 3. Discuss the sculptural pieces of Dogan culture of Mali with particular reference to (a) Subject – matter (b) functions (c)styles. 4. Write notes on the contributions of Paleolithic man to the development of art. 5. State how the belief of the Egyptians in life after death led to the development of their art. 6. What is pyramid? 7. Discuss the importance of the pyramids to the ancient Egyptians. 8. Explain a functions of Nigeria traditional art. 9a. b. Explain two ways Applied art can help to enhance our standard of living. List any 3 components of Applied art. 10a. b. List out the functions of graphics and advertising design. Write out it kinds of advertising design. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 FOOD & NUTRITION 1. --- are food substance that we add to the food during cooking or use at the table to increase the aroma and taste is (a)water (b)condiment (c)concoction. 2. --- are substances used to flavour only savory food (a)fish (b)seasoning (c)herbs. 3. --- are obtained from roots, seeds, buds or back of plant (a)Herbs (b)spices (c)gun. 4. Chives is a bright green member of the ---- family (a)onion (b)apple (c)pineapple. 5. --- is a popular herb in this country and it’s used fresh or dried for flavouring soups (a)Thyme (b)herbs (c)drying. 6. ----- leaves are leaves of the bay trees or sweet bay trees (a)Bay leaves (b)money leaves (c)cash crop. 7. --- leaves is dried and used for flavouring 8. Sango is a strong bitter --- which aids the stomata 9. --- is a sweet herbs which may be used fresh (a)sage herbs (b)onion (c)marjoram. 10. --- is a plant that has a bright green attractive leaf and it is best used fresh (a)Tagent (b)timber (c)Tarrangon. 11. ---- is a mixture of fresh herbs usually chervil (a)fines herbs (b)elephant grass (c)cow grass herbs. 12. Wheat is usually --- into flour before being prepared as food (a)milled (b)prepared (c)coasted. 13. White flow contains --- % (a) 40 – 72% (b)20 – 25% (c)30 – 30% 14. Wheat meal flow contain --- % (a) 90% (b)20 – 25% (c) 50%. 15. ------ meal flour contains 100% (a)whole meal (b)white meal 16. The nutritive value of fruit depends on its --- contents especially vitamin C (a)fruit (b)vitamin (c)orange. 17. Example of stone fruits are (a)cherries (b)apple (c)pies. 18. --- is an example of hard fruit (a)cherries (b)coconut 19. Fruit juice should be served before --- (a)frozen (b)chilling (c)boiling. 20. When sugar is added to fruit juice it is called --- (a)orange juice (b)fruit drink (c)fruit juice. (a)celery (b)agbo (c)cocone. (a)Saged (b)swage (c)saga herbs. (c)wheat meal. (c)orange. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 LITERATURE 1. A reference made to a biblical statement is called ---- 2. A short witty statement is known as ----- 3. You are the salt of my life illustrates ---- 4. Define the term Parody. 5. State the meaning of oxymoron. 6. The first eight lines of a sonnet is --- 7. List 4 types of Poetry you know. 8. Briefly state two themes inherent in the play The Blinkards by Sekyi Kobing 9. What is the subject matter of the poem “Expelled”. 10. William Wordswork poem Daffodils” is an example of ---. 11. What is the difference between a poem and other genres of literature. 12. Define the term chorus in literature. 13. Briefly explain the structural disposition of the poem “Boy on a swing” 14. State two characteristics of oral literature. 15. What is the literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play? 16. State two examples of superstition in A woman in Her Prime 17. Kobina’s The Blinkards is a --- drama. 18. Mention two themes in the poem “ Ambassadors of Poverty” 19. State two themes evident in the play The Importance of Being Earnest: 20. Write briefly on the following characters in the - The Importance of Being Earnest: Cecily, Jack and Gwendolyn PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS:SS2 SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions. 1) The scattering of a beam of light in a gel is known as ………? 2) To what period does element with atomic number 12 belongs in the periodic table? 3) Why is Helium regarded as a noble gas? 4) 0.222g of a divalent metal is deposited when a current of 0.45 A is passed through a solution of its salt for 25 minutes. Calculate the relative atomic mass of the metal. 5) A current is passed through 3 electrolytic cells connected in series containing solutions of silver trioxonitrated(v),copper(II)tetraoxosulphate(VI)nd brine respectively. If 2.7g of copper are deposited in the second electrolytic cell, calculate 1) The mass of silver deposited in the first cell 2) The volume of chlorine liberated in the third cell at 17 c and 800mm Hg (Ag=108,cu=63.5,If=96,500C,G.M.V of gases at s.t.p =22.4dm) 6) Given the following equilibrium mixture of gases at 500 c where DH is Negative what will be the effect of 2CO(g) + O ======= 2CO (g) a)adding more O2 at constant pressure? b) Increasing the temperature? c) Cooling below 100C? d) Adding a catalyst? e) Doubling the pressure at 200C? F) Adding a base to absorb CO2? PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SS 2 SUBJECT: C.R.S. 1. One with God is majority. Explain this statement using Daniel as a case study. 2. The central theme of Isaiah’s vision and call was the holiness of God Comment on this statement. 3. Why did Jesus accept to be baptized, and by John? 4. What is the significance of the temptation of Christ? 5. Explain the importance of the voice from heaven and to fulfill all righteousness in the baptism of Jesus Christ. 6. From the reaction of the first four disciples to the call, what lesson does it teach the present day Christians? 7. Explain with at least five reasons the differences between disciples and Apostles. 8. Name the twelve disciples of Christ. 9. Explain the meaning of parable and state with at least five reasons why Christ used parables in his days. 10. State five significances of the nature and healing miracles of Jesus. 11. Give a detailed account of the mission of the twelve. 12. State with at least five differences between the mission of the twelve and the seventy. 13. Highlight five similarities between the mission of the twelve and the seventy. 14. Explain the significance of transfiguration to Christians. 15. Highlight the significance links of Baptism of Jesus and the transfiguration of Jesus to Christian faith. 16. Narrate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. 17. Explain how the activities of Jesus in the temple amounted to the cleansing of the temple. 18. Explain the following words: Scribes, Pharisees, Sanhedrin and Sadducees. 19. Why was it necessary that Jesus should be sent to Pilate. 20. How did Matthew present the resurrection of Jesus? PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SS 2 SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. State the various ways of identifying a noun phrase. 2. State the various ways of identifying a noun clause. 3. State the differences between a finite and non finite verbs. 4. Make three sentences of adverbial phase of time without using ‘when’ 5. Make three sentences of adverbial clause of time without using ‘when’ 6. Make three sentences of adverbial phrase of condition. Use ‘if’ once in your examples. 7. Make three sentences of adverbial clause of condition. You are expected to use ‘if’ only once in your three sentences. 8. Make three sentences of adverbial phrase of reason. 9. Make three sentences of adverbial clause of reason. 10. Make three sentences of adverbial phrase of place. 11. Make three sentences of adverbial clause of place. 12. Make two sentences with who, whom, which, whose and that to mean adjectival phrase. 13. Make two sentences with who, whom, which, whose and that to mean adjectival clause. 14. Make four sentences of noun phrases and the functions of them will be subjects of the verbs. 15. Make four sentences of noun clauses and the functions of them will be objects of the verbs. 16. Make four sentences two of which should be adjectival phrases and the other two adjectival clauses. State the pronouns that they would qualify. 17. List twenty - three syllable words that are stressed on the first syllable and second syllables. 18. List twenty – four syllable words that are stressed on the first syllable, second syllable and third syllable. 19. Do summary questions 2009 and 2010 WAEC May/June Examination. Without copying the passages, state their answers. 20. State how many words you can or you write per line in essays and letters and state at what point or number you would stop in a booklet or foolscap sheet to make 450 words long. Example: 8 words per line to stop by the 56th lines of a booklet or foolscap sheet. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT SS2 Financial Accounting 1 .Highlight 6 books of prime entry 2. For each of the prime books listed state a source document relevant to it. 3. Define goodwill 4. State 3 features of goodwill 5. Highlight 5 factors that can give rise to goodwill 6. Briefly explain 5 reasons for the dissolution of partnership 7. List 5 sources of income for not profit making organizations. 8. Describe a partnership appropriation account 9. State 4 instances in which goodwill is valued & recognized in the books of partnership Explain the following [10] Direct material cost [11] Direct labor cost [12] Direct expenses [13] Production\factory overhead [14] Prime cost [15] Work-in-progress 16 Manufacturing profit 17. The opening balance of loose tools account as at 1st January 2000 is N100000 (dr). On 1st March 2000 additional tools of N150000 with bought with cheque. On 31st December 2000 the balance of the loose tools account was N200000 (dr). Applying the revaluation method of providing for depreciation state the amount Of depreciation for the year. 18. If total monthly wage bill of a firm is N100000 and the firm was able to pay Only N800000 as wages at 31st December of the year; s fate (i) Amount of wages To be posted to the profit and loss account for the year. (ii). Determine the outstanding rent for the year. (iii).By what accounting principle is the amount of wages charged to the profit And loss account determined. 19. Explain five accounting concepts. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT CLASS: SUBJECT: SS 2 FURTHER MATHS 1a. Write down the first three terms of the binomial expansion of (1 + 2x)) 5 in ascending powers of X. b. Use your result in (1a) to evaluate (1.02)5 2. A bag P contains 4 white and 3 black balls, and a bag Q contains 5 white and 2 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from ‘P’ and put into Q. A ball is them drawn at random from Q. Find the probability that the ball drawn from Q has (i)The same colours as that dawn from (ii) A different colour from that drawn from ‘P’ 3a. b. How many numbers between 75 and 500 are divisible by 7 In every 5 piglets given birth to by a pig, 2 will die before 3 months. If the pig given birth to 9 piglets, what is the probability correct to 2 places of decimal that (i)at most will die (ii)exactly 3 will die. 4. What is the coefficient of the 3rd term in the expansion (2x + 3y/4)3 5. The constant term in the expansion of (x – 1/x)6 is --- 6. Find the coefficient of x2y2 in the expansion of (2x + 3y)4. 7. Factorise x3 – 4x2 + 5x - 2 8. What is the factorial expression of a (a – 1) (a – 2) (a – 3)? 9. For what value of a does f (a) = a2 + a - 2 9a + 4 10. The linear regression function of the relationship between scores in physics is given by 5x + 7x = 2. Find the coefficient of regression. 11. A box contains 36 balls, some white, some yellow and some blue. If a ball is chosen at random, the probability of getting a white ball is 1/18 and that of getting a yellow ball is 1/3, how many blue balls are in the box? 12. Bola chooses at random a number between 1 and 300. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 4? 13. The letters of the word “MATRICULATION” are cut and put into a box one letter is drawn at random from the box. Find the probability that a vowel is drawn. 14. What is the probability that a number chosen at random from the integers between 1 and 10 inclusive is either a prime or multiple of 3. ceased to exist. PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT GOVERNMENT ASSIGNMENT SS2 1. Define a constitution 2. What are the relationship between constitution and constitutionalism 3. What is a bill? 4. Enumerate the stages a bill must pass through before it becomes a law 5. What is separation of power? 6. Define rule of law 7. What is delegated legislation 8. List 5 types of delegated legislation 9. Define citizenship 10. List ways of acquiring citizenship 11. Enumerate ways of acquired citizenship could be disqualified 12. Define the duties of a citizen 13. What are the differences between duties and obligations 14. Define political party 15. What is multi party system 16. Define universal suffrage 17. What are the differences between universal suffrage and limited suffrage 18. Enumerate the characteristics of civil service 19. Define pressure group 20. Itemize 5 types of pressure group PRESENTATION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BENIN CITY. HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
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