Nearly 10 lakh students in 9,500 schools in Uttar Pradesh participated in the general quiz organised across the state today to mark the birth centenary of Jan Sangh stalwart Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
Students of classes 9 and 10 from 213 schools of Lucknow took part in the quiz.
"Students from 213 colleges of Lucknow Mahanagar took part in the quiz competition held today," an official statement issued by the state BJP said.
In Lucknow, at least 13,000 students took part in the written quiz.
"The quiz was held today from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm in which 10 lakh students participated in 9,500 schools," state in-charge of the quiz Subhash Yaduvansh said.
He further said that the quiz could not be held in 16 districts as eight of them are flood-affected and the rest are under imposition of section 144 of CrPC.
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