Students of Class VIII to Class X can grab an exciting opportunity to watch the historic landing of Chandrayaan 2 live along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They can avail this opportunity by participating in an online quiz contest.
The quiz that opened on Saturday (August 10), will continue till August 20, 2019.
In order to participate in the online quiz contest, one needs to go to the site quiz.mygov.in.
The quiz contest will comprise a set of twenty questions which must be answered within a duration of ten minutes.
Two top-scoring students from Class VIII to Class X from each state and union territory will be invited to ISRO, Bengaluru Centre to watch the landing of Chandrayaan 2 on the moon live along with PM Modi.
After the closure of the quiz and prior to the announcement of results, top-scoring students shall be required to provide a few documents.
The documents to be submitted include their parents’ name, government-issued proof of identity containing the address and an affidavit from the school.
The format of the affidavit will later be given in the official website of MyGov India.
Participants need to create an individual account on MyGov India to appear for the quiz.
Each participant can participate only once in the quiz contest.
ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the Moon on July 22, 2019.
The Rs 978-crore Moon mission was launched from the second launch-pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh