Report - Union Budget Quiz 2015

QUIZ ON UNION BUDGET 2015-16 - Report

The Union Budget is a mammoth task performed by govt. every year. It keeps the account of the government's finances for the fiscal year that runs from 1st April to 31st March. On 28^th February 2015, LJIMS organized for the special screening of the Union Budget for their students to give them a hands-on experience of analyzing the budget which is a must do for any future corporate worker.

In the second phase of the screening, a Quiz Competition on Union Budget 2015-16 (including Railway Budget 2015) is organized to test the students’ knowledge on 27^th March;2015. The opportunity was taken very enthusiastically by the students and 19 teams were registered for the event. In the elimination round, all participating teams were asked 20 questions and five top scoring teams qualified for the finals. The five final teams were, namely,

• ·         Rajan ke Raghu Ram
• ·         Jaitley ke Jack Lee
• ·         Chidambram ke Cheethe
• ·         Manmohan ke Pyare Mohan
• ·         Jalaan ke Jalve   

Finals were consisting of 4 questions per team in the following five rounds:

•   Ji Mantri Ji – Direct fact based questions on Union Budget 2015-16
•   Pehchaan Kaun– Identify the Finance ministers on the basis of given clues
•   Rail ka Khel - Direct fact based questions on Railway Budget 2015-16
•   Janta ki Awaaz– Questions asked by audience (including faculty & students both)
•  Question Express – Rapid fire round – Maximum answers to be given in one minute

In Janta ki Awaaz, besides students, questions were also asked by Dr. Neha Shah, Prof. Ramzan Sama, Prof. Dhrupa and Dr. Siddharth Das. After every round, there was question round for the audience and the right answers made them to win the chocolates. The event was anchored by MBA final year students Aditi Yagnik and Siddharth Iyer.

The winners were declared on the basis of final total score in all rounds. The winning team was Rajan ke Raghu Ram and the winners were Susheel Kumar and Haresh Rathod from Sem. IV – B(Noon) and the second winning team was Chidambram ke Cheethe comprising Nitesh Bhavsar and SagarVagadiya of Sem. IV – A(Noon) as the team members. The winning teams were felicitated with the trophies by Dr. Siddharth Das and Dr. Sushant Naggpal.

In the end, participating team members also shared their experiences. The convener of the event Dr. Sushant Naggpal proposed vote of thanks to all.

In nutshell, it was a holistic experience given by the institute to help the students to build their confidence and inculcate right mix of theory and practical that makes the students ready for the corporate world.