The students of Subhash Excellence School, Bhopal, will represent the State of Madhya Pradesh at the National Science Quiz to be held in Hyderabad.
A district level science quiz competition was held in city on Monday.
The competition was organised under the World Space Week. It is noteworthy that World Space Week is celebrated in the month of October as a celebration of science and technology and their contribution for the betterment of the society. Interestingly, in many countries World Space Week is a weeklong holiday from October 4 to 10.
The quiz was organised jointly by Indian Research Space Organisation (ISRO) and Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST) here on Monday.
In the quiz competition, nine schools from nine districts of Madhya Pradesh participated.
There were nine teams and each team had three members.
The quiz competition was organised with a motive to boost up the confidence of the students and also it was about their personality development.
As far as personality development is concerned, it ia a must for everybody if he or she has to contribute to society .
The quiz competition was based on the general knowledge and space science. The questions in various categories were asked to the participants.
Held in two rounds, it was enjoyed much by the students. The first round was a written test and the second round was the oral test.
The quiz began with a question-answer round. In this round, students were asked questions from their syllabus which was till class 8.
In the first round, three teams were selected for further rounds.
In the next round, the students were asked questions from their syllabus as well as about space science. This round was even more interesting as the students were competing with full fervour and enthusiasm.
After the quiz, Subhash Excellence School was declared the State winner. The National competition will be played in Hyderabad on October 8 to 10.
Scientists from ISRO Girish Kumar, Anju Vajpayi and Milind Kulkarni were also present.