Billed as one of the most popular quiz contests in the country, The Hindu Young World Quiz competition, was held at Chowdiah Memorial Hall here on Tuesday. The 19th edition of the event was open to school students in two categories – juniors (from class 4 to 6) and seniors (from class 7 to 10).
Juniors category
The team from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home (CBSE), Mallasandra bagged the top prize in the juniors category. The SKCH team of Samir V. Murthy and Rohan R. Bharadwaj was tied with the team from National Public School, HSR Layout, in the penultimate round with 50 points. The SKCH team garnered 20 points in the ‘Shoot Out’, the last round to emerge victorious with 70 points. They received trophies, merit certificates from The Hindu and bicycles and goodie bags from sponsors.
The NPS, HSR Layout team of Aron Mondal and Neelkanth S. took the first runners-up position, while the team from Delhi Public School Bangalore South of Adithya N.M., and Anubhav S., took the second runners-up position.
After the preliminary written round, six teams made it to the on-stage final round.
The teams from KLE Society’s School, Rajajingar, Deens Academy, ECC-Whitefield and Vidyashilp Academy, Yelahanka finished in fourth, fifth and sixth positions. They received trophies and certificates from The Hindu and goodie bags from sponsors.
Seniors category
The team from National Public School, Indiranagar, led from the beginning eventually to win the competition with a grand total of 199 points in the seniors category. The NPS team of Vishnu Sampathkumar and Dhyan Vyas won the competition for the second consecutive year. They received trophies, merit certificates from The Hindu and bicycles and goodie bags from sponsors.
The team from Bethany High School, Koramangala of Vasanth K. J., and Rishab Nanda took the first runners-up position with 120 points. The team from Presidency School, R.T. Nagar of Ananya Patil Rao and Daksh Shettar took the third position with 92 points. The teams from Sri Vidya Kendra – The Smart School, Machohalli, National Public School, Koramangala and Presidency School, Nandini Layout took the fourth, fifth and sixth positions. They received trophies and merit certificates from The Hindu and goodie bags from sponsors.
Prize distribution
Inder Sain Baluja, general manager (PR & Publicity), Syndicate Bank, Dheeraj Kumar, regional director, Aakash Educational Services Ltd., Bhaskar, area sales manager, Eveready Industries India Ltd., and Chaitra, brand head (South), Soulfull, gave away prizes to the winners. Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan hosted the show. In all, 240 teams in juniors category and 374 teams in seniors category from schools across the city participated.
Sponsors
Syndicate Bank was the presenting partner. The event was powered by Eveready Industries India Ltd. Arrow Publications Pvt. Ltd. was the knowledge partner. Frog Bikes was the national gift partner. Aakash Educational Services Ltd. was the education partner in Karnataka.
The nutrition partner was Soulfull, the gift partners were The Children’s Place and Naturo, the snack partner was Unibic, the refreshment partner was Hotel Adyar Ananda Bhavan and the beverage partner was Bejois.
