An open quiz competition on current affairs titled ‘Ranvijay Singh Memorial Quiz’ was organized on Sunday at Maulana Azad Central library.
It was jointly organised by College of Excellence and Maulana Azad Central library. As many as 100 teams participated in the competition to check their IQ and knowledge on current affairs.
Young quiz master Aditi Mishra conducted the quiz.
The quiz was held in four rounds. During the first round, the participants were provided with a world map wherein they had to find the locations where major events or incidents happened this year. In the next round the participants were asked about welfare programmes by Indian Government.
In third round, the students were asked to choose on international agency and they were asked questions on it. The last round was based on Government schemes.
Ashish Nema won the quiz and was awarded with the cash prize of Rs 5000. The second prizes of Rs 3000 and Rs 2000 were won by Pragya Mishra and Shubham Dangar respectively.
On the occasion, Director of Professional Examination Board (PEB) Bhaskar lakshkar was present as the chief guest. While addressing the participants at Central library, Bhaskar said that self motivation plays a really vital role for any candidate appearing for any competitive examination. Elaborating further, he suggested the students not to study for 18 long hours at a stretch. “Students should take intervals in between to remain fresh and energetic,” he added.
While giving more suggestions he asked the students to discuss the topics with their family and friends to clear the doubts and facts.
The prizes were distributed by Director of Madhya Pradesh State Open Board Prabhat Raj Tiwari.