INTACH Quiz-2015 held at Jodhamal School

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 29: Jodhamal Public School hosted the Jammu round of India’s largest quiz contest – the INTACH India Quiz 2015, organized by INTACH and Xpress Minds Edutainment.
Fourteen leading Schools from Jammu/Udhampur sent  67 teams of 2 students each from classes 7 to 10 who battled it out in a written round consisting of 20 questions.
The top 4 performing teams from the written round progressed to the Jammu Final round which was an oral quiz. The top teams included Army Public School Udhampur emerged winners with 35 points, Jodhamal Public School claimed 1st runners-up with 30 points, while KC Public School and Army Public School Miran Sahib got third and fourth places respectively.
They have to compete with other qualifiers from Mandi, Kangra, Srinagar, Ambala, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Srinagar and Chandigarh in zonal final which will be conducted at Chandigarh.
The Quiz Series is an initiative by INTACH- the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, which aims to interact with students and teachers across India through a direct awareness building activity. This mega event is being conducted by over 45 quiz masters. The Quizzes are being conducted at Port Blair, Dibrugarh, Rajkot, Aizawl and Srinagar among others. The educational partner for the quiz is Collins India.