Tuesday, 27 November 2012

CBSE Class 10 - English (C) Workbook - Unit 11- MODALS-EXPRESSING ATTITUDES

MODALS-EXPRESSING ATTITUDES
CBSE Class 10 - English (C) Workbook - Unit 11- MODALS-EXPRESSING ATTITUDES

A.1 Complete the following dialogues using only one word for each blank on the basis of the pictures given in textbook.

Answer:

a) Manav: Suma is playing the violin very well.
     Priya : Yes; _Can__ you play any musical instrument?
  Manav : I _cannot__. But I have learnt vocal music.

Monday, 26 November 2012

CBSE Class 8 - Science - CH 14 - CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
NCERT Solutions, Q & A

Q1. Fill in the blanks

Answer:
(a) Most liquids that conduct electricity are solutions of acids, bases and salts.
(b) The passage of an electric current through a solution causes chemical effects.
(c) If you pass current through copper sulphate solution, copper gets deposited on the plate connected to the negative terminal of the battery.
(d) The process of depositing a layer of any desired metal on another material by means of electricity is called electroplating.

Q2. When the free ends of a tester are dipped into a solution, the magnetic needle shows deflection. Can you explain the reason?

Sunday, 25 November 2012

Diversity In Living Organisms - CBSE - Class 9 - Science (CH7)

DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS
(NCERT Solutions, Q & A ...)

Q1(CBSE 2011): What do you mean by biodiversity?

Answer: Biodiversity means the existence of a wide variety of species or other taxa of plants, animals and micro-organisms in a natural habitat within a specific environment.

Q2(NCERT): Why do we classify organisms? 
or
Q(CBSE 2011): Why is there a need for classification and systematic naming of living organisms?

Friday, 23 November 2012

CBSE Class 10 - हिंदी -ब - समास विग्रह (Hindi-B)

 समास (Compound Words)


प्र: (सीबीएसई 2011/2012): निम्नलिखित समस्त पदों का समास विग्रह एवं समास का नाम लिखिए
        1. चरणकमल          2. चिड़ीमार            3. आजन्म          4. परलोकगमन
        5. हवन सामग्री        6. पुस्तकालय        7. घनश्याम        8. यथामत
        9. हथकड़ी              10. महादेव 


उत्तर:

Thursday, 22 November 2012

CBSE Class 10 - Science - CH5 - Periodic Classification of Elements (MCQs)

Periodic Classification of Elements
CBSE Class 10 - Science - CH5 - Periodic Classification of Elements (MCQs)
Circular Periodic Table
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MCQs

Q1(NCERT): Which of the following statements is not a correct statement about the trends when going from left to right across the periods of periodic Table.

(a) The elements become less metallic in nature.
(b) The number of valence electrons increases.
(c) The atoms lose their electrons more easily.
(d) The oxides become more acidic.


CBSE - Class 10 - Maths - CH4 - Quadratic Equation by Factorisation (NCERT Ex 4.2)

Quadratic Equation by Factorisation
Quadratic Equation by Factorisation
(NCERT Exercise 4.2)

Any quadratic equation can have atmost two roots.


Q1: Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorisation:

(i) x2 – 3x – 10 = 0
(ii) 2x2 + x – 6 = 0
(iii) √2 x2 + 7 x + 5√2 = 0
(iv) 2x2 – x + 1/8 = 0
(v) 100 x2 – 20x + 1 = 0

 Answer:

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

CBSE Class 8/9/10/ CTET - English Grammar - Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension

Q1(CTET Nov 2012): Read the given poem and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate option:
CBSE Class 8/9/10/ CTET - English Grammar - Reading Comprehension
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Human Nature

Is it human nature
to desire forbidden fruit,
to hunger for a blossom
so obsessed with passion
that we forget the pain,
which inevitably arises
once we tease ourselves
with the thought of it
or taste a tiny part of it,
and it becomes the predator
eating at us like a carnivore
that saves the head for last
savouring the brain to feed its own
and we, still craving illicit nectar
enjoying the fact that it is devouring us?
                                           - C J Grant

Q1: Another word in the poem that suggests 'forbidden' is