Have you ever wondered why ascetics throng to the banks of river Ganga? It is the Mystic assemblage of mythological histories and divine powers that had enamoured the sages and the common! More often than not, tourists from far-off countries visit for either relaxing in the tranquil serenity or studying the geographies in and around.
Let’s Play
Student 1: Have you heard of River Ganga?
Student 2: How many tributaries does it have?
Student 3: What is the length of the river?
Student 2: Hey! Why not play a quiz over it? I think many friends of ours will also be interested in it.
Student 3: I shall ask our Teacher who will be the Quizmaster? I think it will be very interesting once the quiz programme begins.
Student 1: I can’t wait to see it happen. I have heard that there are prizes too for doing good in the quiz.
Student 2: Why not tell everyone about it? It’s Online, so we can play Ganga Quest at the comfort of our home. Let’s see who wins?
Quiz Overview :
Ganga Quest is a competitive knowledge-building platform, an awareness initiative and scientific baseline determination exercise to assess the knowledge gaps and attitude orientation about Ganga and Rivers.
Ganga Quest is a national bilingual (Hindi and English) online quiz on Ganga being organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), an authority under Government of India which implements ‘Namami Gange’ programme and TREE Craze Foundation (TCF), a not for profit organization committed to Ganga, Rivers, and Environment.
Apart from engaging and creating awareness and knowledge among participants, Ganga Quest initiative aims at analyzing and evaluating the nature of participation and status of awareness among the participants. The targeted objectives are; Knowledge Building, Awareness Creation, Attitude Orientation, Knowledge Gap Assessment, and Baseline Determination. Its ultimate aim is to increase the public participation for ‘Namami Gange’ programme and to enhance ownership of children and youth for rivers and Ganga. Anyone above 10 years of age can participate in the quiz!
