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(B) Discuss the following questions in small groups, present
your answers orally and then write them down in your
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1. What do people expect from biotechnology labs and
medical councils?
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2. What is Dr. Abdul Kalam’s vision of India in 2020?

3. How did great people such as J.N. Tata, Sir Syed
Ahamed Khan, etc. help India come up in the world?

4. As mentioned in the lesson, what is it that we have?
What is it that we don’t have?
5. What is his message to teachers and students?

6. What is lacking in the discussions and debates that
take place in intellectual forums, political platforms
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and academic institutions?

1.

Find a partner and speak on the following topic for three
minutes.

‘The country of my dreams’.

Change your partner and speak on the same topic for two
minutes.

Change your partner again and speak on the same topic for
one minute.

2. Interview : Do you know that Dr. Abdul Kalam has met
and interacted with thousands of high school students across
the country? If Dr Abdul Kalam had visited your school, what

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