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While Growing

1. What is Generation Gap? Ans. The generation gap between adolescents and their parents is partly the result of changes in values and standards of behaviour that occur in changing society. 2. Mention the psychological ups and downs that the adolescent has to face. Ans. An adolescent has to cope with emotional tension, worry about personal appearance, crave for emancipation and economic independence and face problems regarding social adjustment. 3. What do those who fail to master competencies of emotional intelligence face? Ans. They face problems such as anxiety disorders, eating disorders, smoking and drinking and other temptations. 4. Adolescents can become very unstable. Why? Ans. At this time emotional turbulence is at its maximum. Personal pride too makes adolescents emotionally unstable. They are worried about their personal appearance and want freedom from parental control. 5. Why are communication skills important? Ans. Communication skills are important for improving academi

Value Education

Answer the following. 1. Define Global Citizenship. Ans. We are members of the world at large. Hence we belong to the globe. This is called as Global Citizenship. 2. What is of utmost importance to us? Ans. Personality development and germination of good values is of utmost importance to us. 3. Why is society considered a great teacher? Ans. Society is considered a great teacher because citizens tend to behave as others in the society. 4. What should we learn from Society? Ans. We should learn to intermingle in society and to identity the right and wrong persons. We must learn to imbibe whatever good we see and avoid what is improper. 5. What does our culture teach us? Ans. Our culture teaches us to protect and promote peace. Our culture teaches us non – violence. 6. What does the child learn from school? Ans. Beside studies, the child learn values such as time – sense, the value of neatness and personal hygiene, to develop a competitive spirit, to act, to sing, to perform, to take res

Who am I?

Answer the following. 1. How do you find your own role model? Ans. a. By reading good literature. b. By travelling through our country. c. By attending seminars, workshops, exhibitions, presentations, social gatherings etc. 2. Mention some virtues that help our personalities to bloom. Ans. Inborn virtues such as empathy, unconditional love, sympathy, helpfulness etc. add to social utility and acceptance of the person. These virtues help our personalities to bloom. 3. What must be our ideas regarding our future? Ans. Our future is very important to us. We must decide what we want in the future. Our idea must be clear. Deciding what to strive for and beginning to work towards it is the commencement of our journey. 4. What are the true signs of richness? Ans. People who spread joy everywhere with a loving heart are richer than millionaires who flaunt their wealth. Nurturing the habits of being useful to others gaining knowledge, increasing productivity, utilizing time and observing cleanl

Concept of Personality Development

Answer the following. 1. Mention one way to improve your spiritual development. Ans. To improve our spiritual development, we must read about those who worked for the society and stay in the company of great people by reading biographies. 2. Mention one way to improve social development. Ans. To improve social development, we must participate in various programmes, make friends with different individuals, read biographies of social personalities etc. 3. What does sound physical health mean? Ans. The sound physical health means having good muscle power, capacity to make fast and nimble movements, elasticity of body, the ability to hold one's breath while playing or doing exercise and having co – ordination between sensory organs and muscles. 4. Which is the best period of one's life? Ans. Adolescence is the best period of one's life. 5. How will you improve your physical health? Ans. To improve our physical health, we must pay attention to personal and public hygiene, health

The Balance Sheet of Rajkumar and Rajendra kumar as on 31st March, 2012 is set out below, they share profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1.

Balance sheet as on 31st March, 2012 Liabilities Amount Rs. Assets Amount Rs. Capital A/c Rajkumar Rajendrakumar General Reserve Creditors 200000 150000 120000 80000 Buildings Furniture Stock Debtors Cash Profit and Loss A/c 100000 30000 60000 300000 30000 30000 550000 550000 They agreed to admit Dhirajkumar on 1st April, 2012 as a partner into the firm on the following terms. Dhirajkumar to bring Rs. 60000 as capital and Rs. 45000 as goodwill, which is to be retained in the business. He will be entitled to 1/4 th share of profit of the firm. 50% of General Reserve is to remain as Reserve for doubtful debts. Furniture is to be depreciated by 5% Stock is to be revalued at Rs. 65,000. Creditors of Rs. 5000 are not likely to claim and hence should be written of. Rent of Rs. 2,000 due but not received has not been recorded in the books. Pass necessary journal entries in the books of new firm and prepare Balance sheet of the new firm. Solution: 1. Rajkumar’s Capital A/c......... Dr. 2000

Report Writing

Your school conducted an adult literacy programme. Write a report on the same. The General English High School Adult Literacy Programme Mumbai, 15th September, 2013.           About 50 students of Std X from “The General English High School, Dharavi, along with 5 of their teachers, went to the nearby locality, and contacted about 25 adult illiterate men and 6 women from the slums, and planned a programme to educate them.           According to their syllabus, they planned to teach them the alphabet in English and Marathi, reading and writing, numbers 1 to 100, addition and subtraction, and environmental studies related to health and hygiene, The method adopted to teach the above mentioned syllabus was through skits, T.V. Shows, Personal teaching and storytelling.           At first, they had only 40 adult men, but later on, impressed by the interesting manner of teaching the team attracted a total number of 250 people. The students find it extremely rewarding to see the number of adult

Interview Question

1. Prepare a set of ten questions they you would ask the winner of the overall championship at the state level. The following questions forms part of the interview with the student who had won the Overall Championship at the State Level Cricket Tournament. How do you feel on receiving such a Championship? Have you received such recognition before? Please give details. How long has your career in the cricket been? Who do you attribute your success to? Who has inspired you to take up cricket? What were the reactions of your family to this championship? Who else do you think deserved such a championship? To what extent were your colleagues helpful in your success story? What is your plan for the future or your dream? What message would you like to give upcoming generation? 2. The following are the interview questions that the interviewer would put to the topper of the SSC Board at the recently held examinations. What percentage did