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About Tug of War

Tug of War is a two-team quiz. Teams take turns answering, a correct answer pulls the rope towards your side, and the first team to reach ten points wins. There is a five-minute time limit, so a full match fits inside a lesson.

Every subject has its own question bank, grouped into three grade bands matching the NCERT structure: Std 1-4, Std 5-7 and Std 8-12. You can play the whole bank, which moves up through the bands as questions are used, or lock it to a single band so the difficulty stays where you want it.

Both teams draw from one shared pool and no question is asked twice in a match, so neither side gets an easier run than the other. Each subject holds enough questions that a full match never has to repeat one.

Running it in class
Split the class into two halves rather than picking individual players. Weaker students contribute without being singled out, and the teams stay engaged between their own turns.
Choosing a band
If a match feels too easy or too hard, lock the grade band rather than changing subject. The same subject at a different band is usually the right adjustment.
Mathematics is different
The mathematics game generates arithmetic on the fly rather than reading a fixed bank, so you choose the operations and difficulty instead of a grade band.