Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal (a regional centre of National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi) a subordinate office of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India; organized an Oral Quiz on the occasion of World Snake Day on Saturday; on the theme 'Snakes of India'.
In this competition 08 teams comprising 02 students participated from various schools of Bhopal. Apart from these students 32 students also participated this programme as observer.
Oral and visual questions were asked during the quiz. Many interesting questions were also asked during this quiz like Name the snake of India which builds nest to lay eggs? And How many sets of teeth can grow in life of snakes? Apart from these questions many interesting information were also shared with students and teachers.
Four teams for final round were selected out of two preliminary rounds. Rishabh Kothari and Dhairya Garg from Delhi Public School, Kolar Road bagged first prize, Himanshu Jaiswal and Shikhar Sharma from Bal Bharti Public School, Neelbad bagged second prize and Aaish Jaan Khan and Ishaque Malik from Bal Bhawan Scool, Shamla Hills, Bhopal bagged third prize while Prachi Bhojwani and Richa Shrama from Navnidh Hassomal Lakhani Public School, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Bhopal won encouragement prize.
Escort teachers from all 08 schools were present during the quiz. Manik Lal Gupta, Scientist -C and Co-ordinator of the programme was Quiz Master of this Oral Quiz.