Fit India Quiz

The Fit India Quiz is primed to be the first-of-its-kind nation-wide quiz on fitness and sports for school children. The quiz will have representations from every State/UT in the country and will be a mix of online and broadcast rounds. The quiz format has been designed in an inclusive manner wherein school students from across the country will get an opportunity to test their fitness and sports knowledge against their peers. The quiz will be open for students from all age groups.

GUIDELINES

The Fit India Movement was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister in August 2019 with a
vision of encouraging every Indian citizen to adopt a physically active lifestyle. Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is the nodal ministry for implementing the Fit India
Movement in coordination with other stakeholders. The aim of Fit India Movement is to
encourage the citizens to include physical activity in their daily lives and to showcase the ease
of simplicity of doing activities which can make them fit. In a bid to increase awareness about
the importance of physical fitness in our daily lives, the Fit India Mission has conceptualised
and conducted multiple events and campaigns. Fit India Movement has been able to mark its
presence in more than 4 lakhs schools across the country through Annual Fit India School
Week Celebrations and Fit India School certifications

Objective
To further propagate the message of Fit India Movement among the school children and
strengthen its presence in schools, a Fit India Quiz has been envisioned to involve school
children across the country. Fit India Quiz, while providing a national platform to students to
showcase their knowledge about fitness and sports, also endea vours to create awareness among
students about India’s rich sporting history, including centuries-old indigenous sports, our
sporting heroes of the past and how traditional Indian lifestyle activities hold the key to a Fit
Life for all.

Structure of Fit India Quiz
The Fit India Quiz is primed to be the first-of-its-kind nation-wide quiz on fitness and sports
for school children. The quiz will have representations from every State/UT in the country and
will be a mix of online and broadcast rounds. The quiz format has been designed in an inclusive
manner wherein school students from across the country will get an opportunity to test their
fitness and sports knowledge against their peers. The quiz will be open for students from all
age groups, but the questions shall be framed in a way that can be easily answered by students
of class 8 and above.

The questions in the State and National rounds will also include audio-visual and image-based
questions to make the quiz interactive and interesting. Preliminary round will also have image-
based questions. The Quiz will have questions from multiple themes as outlined below.
• History of Indian Sports, Traditional Sports and Games, Yoga, Personalities etc
• Fitness topics with special emphasis on Indian traditional fitness methods.
• Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Khelo India Games and other popular sports.
The State and National rounds of the quiz will have innovative concepts such as ‘phone a
teacher/ parent’ etc. to make it fun, interactive and engaging for the audience. The quiz will
also have multi-formats featuring buzzer rounds and audio/video recognition round, etc.

Role of Schools
• The schools will be the key drivers for the propagation and promotion of the quiz within
their respective schools which shall be essential for the greater success and participation
from students.
• The schools will be responsible for registering minimum two students for the quiz on the
Fit India website and shall ensure fair selection process being carried out for the identifying
the students.
• The qualified school must nominate an additional student from the respective school as
quiz partner, based on their discretion, for the State Round to form a team of two quizzers.
• The schools to adhere to the guidelines as available on the Fit India website.
• Schools to make necessary arrangements in case of travel etc for the students

Role of States/UTs
• States/UTs to ensure wide publicity to Fit India Quiz and encourage to the schools to
register and participate in the Fit India Quiz. The information on Fit India Quiz to be shared
with all the schools in the state to ensure maximum participation.
• States/UTs to conduct State round in respective states with the support of Fit India Mission
and select state/UT champion for National round.
• Event Management agency will be finalised by FIT India Mission.

Role of Fit India Mission
Fit India Mission under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India shall be
the chief benefactor for the Fit India Quiz and shall provide all necessary financial support and
guidance to the stakeholders. The Fit India Mission will co-ordinate with the concerned state
departments and facilitate in providing guidelines and defining SOPs at various stages of the Fit India Quiz