Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 17

An inter-Army Public School quiz competition was conducted by the Double Victory Brigade in coordination with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) at the Bhagat Hall of Vajra Corps here today.

Maj Gen Balwinder Singh (retd), convener Doaba region, and governing council member of INTACH India said the quiz competition was conducted as a part of Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebration being celebrated across the country to commemorate the historical event of the 1971 war and liberation of Bangladesh. Quiz competition was conducted with an aim to instill sense of pride towards nation’s historical achievement along with the knowledge regarding history, culture and tradition.

In this quiz competition, six Army Public Schools of Jalandhar zone, including those of Jalandhar, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Beas and Tibri, participated. The competition was conducted in two phases. In phase-1, screening written test was conducted at respective school locations in which 10 teams comprising of two students each participated from every school. The question paper comprised of 55 questions covering topics related to 1971 war, Indian history, tradition and culture.

Based on the performance, the best team was selected for the Phase-2 final competition which was just conducted at the present location. The final competition was conducted in six rounds, with each round containing six questions. Each team was given 20 seconds to answer the question. — TNS