GANGA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - ROHINI
Holiday Homework
Class-VII
In our head, we hear a humming,
Summer, summer, summer’s are coming
Soon we’re all going on a vacation
Gearing up with wonderful sensations.
With summer vacation round the corner, let’s prepare ourselves not just to relax and rejuvenate
but also to utilize the time in creative and constructive ways. It is the time of the year again
when we can do things which we are unable to do during the regular routine days.
MATHEMATICS
A group comprising 26 Indian citizens, 24 visitors from SAARC countries, 19 other foreign
visitors and 10 students below 15 years of age, visit Humayun’s Tomb on 25th May 2014. The
entrance fees for visiting the monument are as follows:
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Rs. 10 per head for Indian citizens and visitors from SAARC countries.
US $5 per head for other foreign visitors.
No charges for children upto 15 years.
During the visit, following behaviour was noticed among the students below 15 years of age:
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Rahul scribbles on the walls of the tomb.
Wasim helps a foreign visitor.
Sonu picks up the garbage and throws in the dustbin.
John throws the wrappers and bottles in the garden.
Neha spits in the premises.
Rajni shouts inside the monument.
Ricky and Micky help in watering the plants inside the premises.
Now answer the following questions:
1. Find the exchange rate of US $1 in Indian Rupees as on 25th May 2014
2. Calculate the total money that the group has to pay as entrance fees.
3. What fraction of the total money is paid by 1) the Indian citizens 2) the visitors from
SAARC countries
 Students below the age of 15 years were given instructions that (+5) points will be
awarded to a student if his action is for the betterment of the monument and (-2)
points will be given if the action is such that it harms the beauty of the monument.
Calculate the positive, negative and total points scored by the group of students.
Projects: (Do any 1)
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Make 3 magic squares of 3x3,4x4,5x5
Paste pictures of any four famous mathematicians on a chart paper and write
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their contributions in brief.
Write any three rules of Vedic maths with 5 examples of each.
SCIENCE
PROJECT
1. Uses of cotton (Roll no. 1-6)
2. Some important properties of materials, Physical state, Appearance, solubility in water, materials
may float or sink in water, Behaviour towards light- Transparency.(Roll no. 7-12)
NEWSPAPER WORK
1. Read the newspapers every day. Collect articles related to water Conservation. Make a collage of the
same on an A4 size sheet and file it. (Roll no. 1-12)
ENGLISH
Your holiday homework this year is a fun mix of all the aspects of the language. It has
been designed to ensure that you enjoy and learn at the same time.
1. Read the famous book ''APJ Abdul Kalam''
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Write a short summary of this book (75 words) and the main characters.
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Choose 10 interesting adverbs from the book and find their dictionary
meanings.
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Find one synonym and one antonym for all the 10 words.
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Present your work creatively.
2. Make a display card of A4 size Use an A4 size pastel sheet of green, yellow or
light blue colour.
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Paste the picture of any one of the following authors-RabindraNath Tagore,
RuskinBond and William Shakespeare. Below it provide the following information
about the author-
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Date of birth
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Popular works
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Awards received
Laminate the card and present it beautifully.
3. Make a beautiful bookmark for your Literature reader. Decorate it and write an
inspirational quotation which inspires you. Get the bookmark laminated.
4. Paste the picture of the place you visited in the summer vocation. Write ten
sentences about your experience.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
1. Make a PowerPoint Presentation on Number Systems.
2. Revise Chapter – 1 & 2 for Test.
3. At Home use your Computer for Performing Calculations & Storing Your Useful
Information.
HINDI
SANSKRIT