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Know thy neighbours War of words


Tech this... Strike up a debate on the given topic
Connect the prime ministers with their respective countries  From the words given below, circle Whether it is to share our thoughts, post seles or to
the ones invented by computer connect with friends, we are all active on social
scientist Tim Berners­Lee. media. Most social media sites do not have any strict
age restrictions or checks on their users. Do you
1. Imran Khan is a cricketer­turned­
think that children under 14 should be allowed
politician, who led his cricket team A. Bhutan 
on social media? Put on your thinking caps and get
to victory in the 1992 World Cup.  World Wide Web ready to argue for both sides
2. K.P. Sharma Oli is the rst elected
Yes No
prime minister under the newly B. Sri Lanka  Internet
adopted Constitution in his country. 

3. Sheikh Hasina is the longest­
serving prime minister in the history C. Pakistan 
of her country, serving since January
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2009.

4. Mahinda Rajapaksa was
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appointed by his brother and
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as D. Bangladesh 
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the prime minister in 2019.
Rajapaksa earlier served as the Environmentalism
President from 2005 to 2015.  The term originates from the word ‘environment’’
which is derived from the French word ‘environ’, meaning
5. Lotay Tshering is the third
Turing Test ‘surrounding.’Both a philosophy and a social movement,
democratically elected Prime E. Nepal  environmentalism centres around protecting nature. It
Minister, who is a qualied medical advocates preservation, protection and restoration of the natural environment
doctor.  from damage. Those who are concerned about threats to the environment and
follow environment friendly practices such as recycling, reuse, or support laws that
Browser protect the planet, are called environmentalists.
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Answers: 1. C, 2. E. 3. D, 4. B, 5. A Activity: Use the word of the day in a sentence.
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High five
Ritu Raj Konwar

A quiz on India, its people, culture


and lots more
Fun facts
1. In which north­eastern State will you nd  * Space has a distinct smell.
the living root bridges? 
__________________ According to astronauts returning from spacewalk, outer space smells like
"burning metal" or "charred meat". This smell is said to linger post­
2. The southernmost tip of mainland India is  spacewalk too. Scientists believe it could be coming from polycyclic aromatic
in Tamil Nadu. What is it called?  hydrocarbons found in space which stick to their suit fabric. These are high­
__________________  energy chemicals released into space by dying stars. They are found on
Earth too, emanating mainly from incomplete combustion of fossil fuels.
3. Can you name the two Union Territories that  Q: Who was the first person to perform a spacewalk?
have Chief Ministers?  _______________________________
__________________  A: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the rst spacewalk in March
1965.
4. The 400­year­old Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa 
is known for holding the mortal remains of which 
missionary? * Bees sting other bees.
__________________ Honey bees of the same hive are called nestmates. Sometimes, bees
try to steal nectar from other nests. This is when the problem
5. When the State of Gujarat was formed in 1960,  arises. The bee which stands guard at the entrance snis
Gandhinagar was not its capital. Which city was it? 3. Delhi and Puducherry, 4. St. Francis Xavier, 5. Ahmedabad. with its antennae to see if the bee that has arrived there
__________________ Answers: 1. Meghalaya, 2. Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin,  belongs to the hive or not. If it is found to be an
intruder, the guard bee stings it, thereby
denying it entry into the nest.
Q: Do all bees sting?
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Number puzzle A: No. Only female bees sting.


They have stingers at 
the rear end.
Fill the squares with numbers
from 1 to 8 in such a way that
no number should have its
succeeding or preceding number
in its adjoining square

Answer:

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Journal Writing The W Corner WHERE is the ball that Liverpool's Sadio Mane


shot at goal during their Champions League
The grid lines are only to help you Round of 16 second leg match at Aneld
and parts of the ball might be in
Dear Diary, more than one box too! Find that one
against Atletico Madrid on March 11, 2020?
Famous scientist .............. is visiting our school and I will be interviewing him/her. box where the ball is or nd them all 1 2 3 4 5
if you think it is in more than one
box...

Answer: ________ A

the ball can be found in A4.


Answer: According to the grid lines,
B

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