Gujarat govt announces ‘Gujarat Gyan Guru Quiz’ competition

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat will hold a mega quiz competition covering over 25 lakh students through its department of education.

All those above class 9, whether student or non-student, can participate in this quiz. Every week 252 taluka-municipality wise and 170 ward wise winners will get Rs. 1.60 crore prizes. In 15 weeks, total Rs. 25 crore worth prizes and study tour will be awarded.

The state level winners will be taken to pilgrim places, tourist places, industrial units and development works. The State level quiz will be held in offline mode in a grand manner. The quiz competition will be named as ‘Gujarat Gyan Guru Quiz’. It will be launched by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from Science City in Ahmedabad on July 7.

According to Education minister Jitubhai Vaghani, thousands of questions are included in this quiz competition. A scrutiny committee has been formed for the question bank. The quiz will begin every Sunday and conclude every Friday. Winners will be declared every Saturday. The timing of the quiz per participant would be 20 minutes. The participants will get digital books online for guidance. Every week, ten winners will be declared at taluka, ward, school, college levels.

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