Q.Frame five different kinds of questions requiring divergent thinking on issues and problems related to traffic management / pollution / corruption / illiteracy / poverty. Share and discuss in the class.

This activity has no single correct answer by design — it asks for open-ended questions in the style of the chapter's own examples ('What are the various uses of cloth?'), which have many possible answers rather than one right one. …

A divergent-thinking question, as the chapter defines it, is open-ended: it should allow many different answers, all drawing on a person's own experience, rather than converging on one single correct response, in contrast to a convergent question like '3, 6, 9 ... what comes next?' which has exactly one right answer.

Five example questions in this style, one per theme suggested in the activity: (1) Traffic management - 'In how many different ways could traffic congestion on a busy city road be reduced?'; (2) Pollution - 'What could ordinary citizens do, in their own neighbourhood, to reduce plastic waste and pollution?'; (3) Corruption - 'What changes to everyday government processes would make it harder for corruption to take place?'; (4) Illiteracy - 'In what different ways could adults who never had a chance to go to school be taught to read and write?'; (5) Poverty - 'What steps could a school realistically take to help address poverty among its own students' families?' Each of these questions can be answered in a wide range of genuinely different, reasonable ways, which is exactly what makes …