DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANISED INTER HOUSE HERITAGE QUIZ
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL ORGANISED INTER HOUSE HERITAGE QUIZ
“We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Initiated with a concept of encouraging young minds to learn about the country's rich art forms, culture, tradition and history, an Inter House Heritage Quiz was organized for classes VI-VIII on 12 July, 2018 at Delhi Public School Karnal.
The quiz session witnessed the enthusiastic participation of four students from each house of school in the final round. The preliminary round was a verbal one wherein the students' knowledge of history and heritage was tested and the best four students from each house were selected by respective house wardens. The final quiz was divided into five rounds which involved visual, audio and buzzer based questions. The first round was Warm Up Round where one student was given thirty seconds to answer five questions. Each question carries one mark. The second round named as General Round in which each house team got thirty seconds to answer three questions. The correct answer carries ten marks and wrong answer was passed to next house team which received five marks for correct answer. The third round was of Buzzer Round which gave ten marks for correct answer and (-5) marks for incorrect answer. The fourth round named as Take Your Chance gave sixty seconds to each team with three hints . If the team answered with the use of with one hint ,they got ten marks and as they used second hint they got only 5 only ,the use of third hint gave the teams only 2 marks. The last round was of Visual Round where the teams got ten marks for correct answer. All the teams tried their best to score well. The other house teams gave a tough fight in the last round but could not catch up with the leading team of Narmada House and hence Narmada House students of class VI-D Agamjot, VII-C Divjot, VIII-D Rishab Batra and VIII-B Arin bagged the first position.
The Principal, Ms Meenu Arora congratulated the winners, appreciated the knowledge of the students and also encouraged them to participate more in such competitions. She urged the students to become responsible and worthy citizens of the country by being dedicated and devoted and contribute to the progress of the country.