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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall.

 

Answer: Dr. Sugata Mitra

 

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html#

:~:text=Dr.,his%20ideas%

20in%20the%20field.

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project
Mind Champion Learning Systems Limited

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2.  What does NIIT stand for?

 

Answer: National Institute of Information Technology

https://byjus.com/full-form/

niit-fullform/#:~:text=The%20full

%20form%20of%20NIIT%20is%20the%20National%20Institute%20of,its%20headquarters

%20in%20Gurgaon%2C%20India.

© 2022, BYJU'S.

Think & Learn Pvt Ltd

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3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi

 

Answer: Kalkaji

http://www.hole-in-the-

wall.com/abouthiwel.html

#:~:text=Formally%20call

ed%20Minimally%20Invasive

%20Education,Government%20

of%20NCT%20of%20Delhi.

© 2002-2011 WGBH Educational Foundation.

FRONTLINE/World

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4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from the slum areas. Why did they carve a hole in the hall?

 

Answer: he decided to test his ideas in the field

http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in

/bitstream/123456789/2201/1/synopsis%20rishi.pdf

N/A

Rishi Pal Singh

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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?

 

Answer: When working in groups, children do not need to be "taught" how to use computers. They can teach themselves. Their ability to do so seems to be independent of educational background, literacy level, social or economic status, ethnicity and place of origin, gender, geographic location (i.e., city, town or village, or intelligence.

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra

©2022 George Lucas Educational Foundation

George Lucas Educational Foundation

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6. What were the two

headlines in New York

Times on the influenza

epidemic in 1918 – 1919.

 

Answer: “Drastic Rule in Chicago” and “Revised Time Table in Influenza Fight”

https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/throwback-thursday-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/

© 2017 The New York Times Company

Katherine Schulten

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7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather

disturbances and

phenomenon

 

Answer: Air

https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/global-air-atmospheric-circulation

© 2022 UCAR

UCAR Center for Science Education

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8. How does global warning

affect polar bears?

 

Answer: the loss of their sea-ice habitat is the main threat to the polar bears caused by global warming

https://connectusfund.org/how-is-global-warming-affecting-polar-bears

© 2022 CONNECTUSFUND

ConnectUS Fund

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9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps

.

Answer: as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies

https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/

© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance

Coral Reef Alliance

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10. Severe environmental

imbalance can induce

polyps to expel their

algae and loose their

color. This process is

known as _________. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?

 

Answer: coral bleaching; yes

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html

N/A

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service

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11. What according to

scientist was the cause of the worst and biggest

catastrophic mass

mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. When did this happen?

 

Answer: El Niño, 2010

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/

© 2022 Copyright Conservation news

Mongabay

 

 

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12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?

 

Answer: The shape of Singapore looks like a big ship or a battleship, while the shape of the Philippines looks like the top of a tower.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/, https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2050/

© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net

PopulationPyramid.net

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