Mumbai, 25th Januray 2022
The results of the Preliminary Round of the first-ever Fit India Quiz, India’s biggest sports and fitness quiz for students was announced today. Harshit Anand of Kendriya Vidyalaya ONGC Pavel stood first in the Preliminary round, while Tarushi Mittal of Queen Mary School stood second.
Among the other schools that qualified in the Preliminary round are:
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KOLHAPUR |
CHHATRAPATI SHAHU VIDYALAYA |
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NANDED |
OXFORD THE GLOBAL SCHOOL |
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PUNE |
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA 9BRD AFS PUNE |
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MUMBAI CITY |
GD SOMANI MEMORIAL SCHOOL |
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NAGPUR |
RELIANCE FOUNDATION SCHOOL MOUDA |
The national toppers of the Preliminary round are from Uttar Pradesh. Divyanshu Chamoli of Delhi Public School, Greater Noida won the top spot followed by Shashwat Mishra of Sunbeam School, Lahartara, Varanasi.
13,502 schools from more than 626 districts across the country participated in the preliminary round of the Fit India Quiz, organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Students of 361 schools across 36 States and Union Territories have now been shortlisted for the State Rounds.
The Preliminary round of the quiz was conducted by the National Testing Agency. Top scorers of the Preliminary round will move into the state round and compete to become their respective state champions.
The 36 school teams (winner from each State and/or Union Territory) will then move to the National Round that would take place later this year and would be telecast on Star Sports and webcast on multiple social media channels.
The winners of the quiz at each level would win cash prizes (the school as well as the two participants) and the honour to be called India’s 1st Fit India State/National level Quiz Champion. The Quiz has a prize money of 3.25 crores which will be given out to winning schools and students at various phases of the quiz.
The main aim of the quiz is to create awareness among students about India’s rich sporting history and to also tell them more about India’s centuries-old indigenous sports and our national and regional sporting heroes.
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