RBI quiz for students

Zonal round to be held in Chennai on Nov. 7. The preliminary and quarter final rounds will be held in Hyderabad on July 25 and in Visakhapatnam it is slated at Mother Teresa Dental Auditorium, GITAM University on July 28.

July 17, 2014 10:28 pm | Updated 10:28 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

In order to spread financial literacy and make schoolchildren understand the role of RBI in terms of its banking operations, Reserve Bank of India is organising RBI quiz ‘RBIQ-2014’.

The third edition of the national-level inter school quiz, launched in 2012, is for students from Classes IX to XII from across the country. This year, the competition is slated to be held at 62 centres in different slots planned between July and November.

RBIQ focuses on creating awareness on the topics that include economics, finance and current affairs which have been contributing to the economic growth of the country among the student community. Thus, The quiz consists of questions pertaining to RBI, Indian banking history and its achievements over the last 79 years, banking, accounting, finance, India’s economy, trade and commerce apart from general knowledge.

The preliminary and quarter final rounds will be held in Hyderabad on July 25 and in Visakhapatnam it is slated at Mother Teresa Dental Auditorium, GITAM University on July 28. The winning teams from each centre will join the other winners from across South India. While the zonal round is scheduled on November 7 in Chennai, the semi finals and finals will be held in Mumbai in November.

Pradeep Atmaram from Bangalore will be hosting the show as quiz master. According to the statement received from RBI, Governor of RBI Raghuram Rajan is expected to distribute prizes to the top winners. For enrolments, interested schools and junior college management can contact 9948856740.

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