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3. Take the piece of calico supplied, and tear off a square piece from the torn end of it; set the torn edge of the remainder into a band 1 in. wide and 4 in. long, leaving lin. at each end plain, and gathering the middle part. The band is to be made from part of the square piece that you have torn off. 4. Patch the hole in the piece of calico that you have gathered, taking the patch from the square that you have torn off. 5. Take the piece of flannel supplied : fold it as for a wrist-band, and baste or tack the layers together : near one end sew on the button supplied, and near the other end cut a button-hole suitable for the button, and work it with the thread provided. 6. Where should stay-tapes or strengthening tapes be used ? Explain, by drawing or otherwise, how they should be placed. 7. What are the comparative advantages and disadvantages of flannel and of flannelette as materials for clothing ? 8. Cast on seventy-two stitches on three needles : knit twelve rows of the ankle of a stocking : turn the heel: work as much of the foot as the wool will allow : cast off.

Elementary Experimental Science. — For- Class D. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Describe Atwood's machine, and explain clearly how you would use the instrument to demonstrate the laws of falling bodies. 2. State the laws of Boyle and of Charles. A litre of air at 0° C. and 760 mm. pressure weighs L 293 gram. What will be the weight of 100 cubic centimetres of air at 20° and 700 mm. pressure ? 3. Define the term " specific gravity." How would you determine the specific gravity of sugar, and of strong sulphuric acid ? 4. Give a short account of the phenomenon of sound interference, and describe any experiments which you would show in order to give your class clear notions on the subject. 5. State the laws of refraction of light. How do you account for the fact that white light passing through a triangular glass prism gives rise to a coloured spectrum, but that no such effect is observed when the light passes through a glass plate with parallel sides ? 6. What do you understand by the boiling-point of a liquid ? Show how, by taking advantage of the difference in boiling-points, water and alcohol may be partially separated from each other. (Sketch a suitable apparatus for this purpose.) Why is it impossible to prepare anhydrous alcohol by this process ? 7. What chemical effects are observed when an electric current is passed through a solution of (a) copper sulphate, (b) dilute sulphuric acid ? Why is it usually necessary to employ a battery of at least two cells in performing these experiments ? Show, by a sketch, how the whole apparatus would be arranged. 8. What do you understand by allotropy ? State clearly how you would prepare the allotropic forms of sulphur. Why are charcoal and graphite believed to be different forms of one element ? 9. What are the chief constituents of ordinary flour ? Why is bread more readily digested than wheat ? Explain the use of baking-powder and of yeast in raising dough.

Elementary Science. — For Class E. Time allowed: 3 hours. 1. Explain the meaning of the terms mass; momentum; inertia; energy. Illustrate by examples what is meant by the " conservation of energy." 2. What is a crystal ? If you were given some powdered alum mixed with fine sand, how could you get crystals of alum ? 3. Show by diagrams how combinations of pulleys may be used to raise heavy weights, and give in each case the relation between the power and the weight. 4. What are the laws of reflection of light ? Draw the appearance presented by the reflection in a plane mirror of each of the letters C, A, N, standing in a plane parallel to the surface of the mirror. 5. Describe some common form of electro-magnet, and explain the principle on which its action depends. Describe the parts and the action of an electric bell. 6. How are winds caused ? What is a cyclone? 7. How is hydrochloric acid prepared ? Give its chief properties. 8. What is the diaphragm, and where is it situated? Name the various organs adjacent to it on its upper and on its lower surface. 9. Give briefly the more important physical and chemical changes involved in the burning of a candle. 10. What functions do the leaves of plants perform ?

Domestic Economy and Laws of Health. — For Class E. Time allowed: 3 hours. 1. What is meant by "pasteurised milk"? What advantages or disadvantages has it as compared with ordinary milk ? 2. What proofs can you give of the circulation of the blood? 3. What is the normal temperature of the human body ? How would you ascertain a patient's temperature, and what indication does it give you of his condition ? 4. What is soap ? Why is it used in the washing of clothes ? 5. State fully how you would boil (a) potatoes, (b) green peas, (c) a leg of mutton ?

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