RESULTS – MahaQuizzer and AsiaSweep 2025

The KQA is delighted to announce the results of its national-level December quizzes—MahaQuizzer and AsiaSweep. This year, 241 quizzers took part in MahaQuizzer, while 101 teams participated in AsiaSweep.

MahaQuizzer, now into its twenties, has crowned a new champion—who is also in his twenties. Bengaluru’s Preetham Upadhya is the latest bearer of the MahaQuizzer title, finishing with an outstanding score of 86. Our heartiest congratulations to him!

2023 champion Jayakanthan (Chennai) finished close behind with 83, while last year’s winner, Mumbai’s Vinoo Sanjay, completed the podium with 81.

The ever-consistent Jayashree Jaykar Mohanka topped the Ladies’ category with 62, placing 25th in the overall list. Kolkata’s Kumar Kirti topped the College category with a creditable 48, securing a place in the national Top 50.

The top 16 finishers in MahaQuizzer qualify for MahaMahaQuizzer at our anniversary fest, AsKQAnce in June 2026.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned Preetham teamed up with Calvin Christ to successfully defend their AsiaSweep title, scoring 58 out of 85. Close on their heels were Rahul Kottalgi’s team in second place with 57, followed by Vinoo Sanjay and Abhinav Dasgupta, also on 57, taking third. AsiaSweep consisted of two sections of 35 and 50 points.

The KQA extends its gratitude to fellow quiz organisations, proctors, participants, and our question setters for helping make these events a success. We look forward to seeing you again in May for our next round of inter-city events.

NameScore***Total *sCityCategory
1Preetham Upadhya86303BengaluruOpen
2Jayakanthan83101ChennaiOpen
3Vinoo Sanjay81606MumbaiOpen
4Thejaswi Udupa81101BengaluruOpen
5Amrit Pritom Chetia79101DelhiOpen
6Subrat M77325BengaluruOpen
7Rahul Kottalgi76505BengaluruOpen
8Hrishikesh Varma76101MumbaiOpen
9Nikhil Sonde73101MumbaiOpen
10Ravi Mundoli72404ChennaiOpen
10Sourjo Sengupta72404Kolkata (JU)Open
12Manu Sudhakar72303ThrissurOpen
13Aswath Venkataraman72202BengaluruOpen
13Abhinav Dasgupta72202MumbaiOpen
15Shaswat Salgaocar69303BengaluruOpen
16Rajiv Rai68123MumbaiOpen
17Annie Sen Gupta68101GoaOpen
18Wrichik Basu67213Kolkata (JU)Open
19Shouvik Guha67303Kolkata (JU)Open
20Gokul S67101ThrissurOpen
21Calvin66303BengaluruOpen
22Anustup Dutta65303BengaluruOpen
23Praveen V R64202BengaluruOpen
24Aditya Gadre63000DelhiOpen
25Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka62303Kolkata (JU)Ladies
26Aadisht Khanna62112ChennaiOpen
27Abdul Raouf62202ThiruvananthapuramOpen
28Chandrakant Nair62101ThrissurOpen
29Pravin Varma61505ThrissurOpen
30Mario Fernando60415ChennaiOpen
31Sreeradh R P60505BengaluruOpen
32Kunal Sawardekar60303PuneOpen
33Baibaswata Jena60101Kolkata (JU)Open
34Ayush Sharma59202MumbaiOpen
35Prithwish Datta59101BengaluruOpen
36Kiran58213ChennaiOpen
37Govind Grewal58303MumbaiOpen
38Sujay57101BengaluruOpen
39Rohit S56000ChennaiOpen
40Abhay Vikram55303MumbaiOpen
41Vilas Pavithran54101GoaOpen
42Sanat Pai Raikar53303BengaluruOpen
43Muhammed Munavvir VV52303DelhiOpen
44Anirudh Chari51404Kolkata (JU)Open
45Sandipan Goswami50202GuwahatiOpen
46Srihari Raju49404HyderabadOpen
47Karthik S49202BengaluruOpen
48J Krishnamurthi49101HyderabadOpen
49Kavya Ramasubramanian49000BengaluruLadies
50Mustafa48303AhmedabadOpen
50Mohan Ravichandran48303HyderabadOpen
50Kumar Kirti48303Kolkata (JU)College
53Sushant Shekhar48101BengaluruOpen
53Kunal Roy48101MumbaiOpen
55Abhishek Hariharan47303MumbaiOpen
56Vibhendu46101MumbaiOpen
57Kushan Patel46000AhmedabadOpen
57Anand Sivashankar46000ChennaiOpen
59Rajiv D'Silva45202GoaOpen
60Bharath Krishna S45000ThiruvananthapuramOpen
61Abhilash44101BengaluruOpen
61Anush Iyer44101BengaluruOpen
61Krishan Shetty44101MumbaiOpen
64Antara Bhattacharya44000MumbaiLadies
65Advik Kabra43000BengaluruCollege
65Sarvesh Shenoy43000MumbaiOpen
67Sandeep Shankar42303PuneOpen
68Santonab Chakraborty42101DelhiOpen
69Atul Mathew42000BengaluruOpen
69Aniruddha Mitra42000MumbaiOpen
71Abhishek Rath41202BengaluruOpen
72Abid Abdulla41101BengaluruOpen
72Subhadeep Sarkar41101BengaluruOpen
72Aditya Padhi41101KanpurCollege
75Nitish41000GoaOpen
76A P Alagarsamy40101BengaluruOpen
76Arun Ramanathan40101ChennaiOpen
76Raja Sri Charan40101DelhiOpen
76Kaushik Chatterji40101DelhiOpen
80Ranjan Anilkumar39202DelhiOpen
80Sriram Padmanabhan39202PuneOpen
82Balagopal Menon39101DelhiOpen
83R. Samyak39000GoaOpen
84Rashmi Vallabhajosyula38202BengaluruLadies
84Appu S38202ThiruvananthapuramOpen
86Edwin Muriyaden Wilson37101BengaluruOpen
86Kapinjal Kishore Sharma37101GuwahatiOpen
86Raamanujan37101AhmedabadOpen
86Abhishek Sushil37101HyderabadOpen
90Sujit Ray37000DelhiOpen
91Anant Narayan36303DelhiCollege
92Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee36202BengaluruOpen
92Bedbyas Datta36202Kolkata (JU)Open
94Mohammed Ameen36101ThrissurCollege
94Nikhil Borra36101DelhiOpen
94Aditya Pal36101Kolkata (JU)Open
94Saswata Acharya36101Kolkata (JU)Open
98Gautam Ghosh35404Kolkata (JU)Open
99D Ghosh35202Kolkata (JU)Open
100Anuradha Santhanam35101BengaluruLadies
100Arnab Bhattacharya35101MumbaiOpen
100Pinakpani Kashyap35101ChennaiOpen
103Abhinav Gudur35000BengaluruOpen
103Sanveer Singh Puri35000AhmedabadOpen
105Sriram Swastik34112KharagpurCollege
106Saarthak Upadhyay34000KanpurCollege
107Aabhaas Dasgupta33101MumbaiOpen
107Jitaditya Narzary33101GuwahatiOpen
109Anil Kothuri33000MumbaiOpen
109B A Pranavi33000KharagpurCollege
109Uday Tej Singh33000PuneCollege
112Vishnu32101BengaluruOpen
113Sreekar Raghotham32000HyderabadOpen
114Madhav R Babu31101MumbaiCollege
115Arun AS31000ThrissurOpen
116Charles30202PuneOpen
117Syed Shakeel Imdad30101HyderabadOpen
117Tathagata Chatterjee30101DelhiOpen
117Mohammad Waqar Moid30101Kolkata (JU)College
117Saee Joshi30101PuneLadies
121Amit C J30000BengaluruOpen
121Uttirno Nath30000MumbaiCollege
121Francis Rodrigues30000MumbaiOpen
121Tanishk Saxena30000MumbaiCollege
121Johan Sam Biju30000MumbaiCollege
121Samir Gupta30000PuneOpen
127Aryan Patel29101DelhiOpen
128S A Karthik29000BengaluruOpen
128Sharath Jose29000ChennaiOpen
130Nikhil Jha28000BengaluruOpen
130Raman Vatsal Misra28000KanpurCollege
130Roshan28000CoimbatoreOpen
130Aastha Dua28000GoaOpen
134Ganesh Thambhahalli Satyen27101BengaluruOpen
134Rajat Gururaj27101BengaluruOpen
134Abhijit Bhadran27101MumbaiOpen
137Shantanu Nene27000MumbaiOpen
137Niral Charan27000MumbaiCollege
137Mishal Mohammed27000KharagpurCollege
140Shreyas Mall26112DelhiCollege
141Harsh Khandeparkar26000KharagpurCollege
141Anuradha Dharwadkar26000AhmedabadLadies
143Kartik Pathak25101MumbaiCollege
143Neelam Goswami25101ChennaiLadies
145Viola Rodrigues25000GoaLadies
145Shiladitya Ganguli25000Kolkata (JU)Open
147Ishan Kakodkar24101MumbaiCollege
147Chinmay Kale24101MumbaiCollege
147Nikhilesh S. Rana24101GoaCollege
150Prakhar Sreeguru24000KharagpurCollege
150Ajey Patil24000GoaOpen
152Shivaji Roy Chowdhury23202ChennaiCollege
153Athul Ajay23101ThiruvananthapuramOpen
154Rishav Dewan23000BengaluruOpen
154Parth Arya Bhat23000KanpurCollege
154Shamit Shah23000KharagpurCollege
154Jayanth AK23000ChennaiCollege
154A. Santhanan23000ChennaiOpen
154Debasmita23000DelhiLadies
160C H Rohith22101BengaluruOpen
161Sudarshan Sundarrajan22000BengaluruOpen
161Aryaan Basu22000MumbaiCollege
161Aditya Mahaldar22000MumbaiCollege
161Anirvin Srivatsan22000ChennaiCollege
165Shriram N21000MumbaiCollege
165Atharv Lodhi21000KharagpurCollege
165Neev Pohani21000KharagpurCollege
165Sujith E21000CoimbatoreOpen
165Praveen Jayaraj A21000CoimbatoreOpen
165Aayush Gahan21000AhmedabadCollege
165Sreejan Bose21000Kolkata (JU)College
172Madhusudan K20101BengaluruOpen
172Abhijit Anand20101BengaluruOpen
172Muhammed Akmal Hari20101KanpurCollege
172Malay Neerav Dixit20101KharagpurCollege
172Shrean Paul20101KharagpurCollege
172Ashutosh Sethi20101KharagpurCollege
178Jayakrishnan R20000MumbaiOpen
178Tanish Sharma20000AhmedabadCollege
178Vaishnav AK20000ThrissurCollege
178Priyanshu Mahar20000PuneCollege
182Subramanian (Mani)19101BengaluruOpen
183Aditya Arvind19000ChennaiCollege
183Kanak Varma19000ChennaiCollege
183Prashant Sinha19000DelhiOpen
186Khagendra18101PuneOpen
187Rattandeep Singh Puar18000KanpurCollege
187Sagar Chandan18000KharagpurCollege
187Roshini18000ThiruvananthapuramCollege
187Paul B. E. Gatward18000GoaOpen
191Dhairya Garg17101KanpurCollege
191Amit Agrawal17101PuneOpen
193Uma Venkatraman17000MumbaiLadies
193Rohan Kumar Sah17000KharagpurCollege
195Rishabh Jain16112MumbaiOpen
196Deepa16000BengaluruLadies
196Prabhav Shetty16000HyderabadCollege
198Aditya Ajay15000MumbaiCollege
198Avtansh Gargya15000KanpurCollege
198Harshil Agarwal15000KharagpurCollege
198Mudit Raj15000KharagpurCollege
198Binaya Kumar Nain15000KharagpurCollege
198Hemant Khinchi15000CoimbatoreOpen
198Ronnie Joseph15000ThiruvananthapuramOpen
205Ram K14000BengaluruOpen
205Advait Girish Karmarkar14000KanpurCollege
205Subikash Paul14000Kolkata (JU)Open
208Saatvik Singh13000KanpurCollege
208Naitik Singhal13000KanpurCollege
208Arushi Kondaskar13000KanpurCollege
211Soham Sahasrabuddhe12101MumbaiCollege
212Abhinav Chinta12000BengaluruOpen
212Sourish Das12000KanpurCollege
212Ira Srivastava12000KanpurCollege
212Rakshit Ranka12000KharagpurCollege
212Swathi P.G.12000ChennaiOpen
217Siddanth Shetty11000BengaluruCollege
217Chayan Patil11000BengaluruCollege
217Sparsh Pradeep Jain11000KanpurCollege
217Tanmay Singh Bhadauria11000DelhiCollege
221Rachit Arora10000KharagpurCollege
221Arnab Chakraborty10000KharagpurCollege
221Soumyadeep Biswas10000Kolkata (JU)Open
224Aditya Pratap Singh Baghel9000KanpurCollege
224Abhrajit Hazra9000Kolkata (JU)Open
226Shreyansh Singh8000DelhiCollege
227Ashma Singh7000KanpurCollege
227Kartik Mistry7000AhmedabadOpen
229Kayalvizhi P R6000BengaluruLadies
229Hisana Thasni6000MumbaiLadies
231Nandan Subramanian5000BengaluruSchool
231Ojes Thambhahalli Satyen5000BengaluruCollege
231Ashwin S5000CoimbatoreCollege
231Vishwas B5000ChennaiOpen
235Sai Aarav G4000BengaluruSchool
235Rajadurai S4000ChennaiOpen
237K. Palani3000ChennaiOpen
238Abheri1000BengaluruSchool
238Saurabh Kumar Singh1000ThiruvananthapuramOpen
238Ben Francis Abi1000DelhiCollege
238Abhik Hazra1000Kolkata (JU)School
#CITYTeam Member 1Team Member 2CategoryPart 1 Part 2Total
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2BengaluruRahul KottalgiPrithwish Open263157
2MumbaiVinoo SanjayAbhinav DasguptaOpen233457
3MumbaiRajiv RaiVibhendu TewariOpen223355
4BengaluruAswathKarthik ShashidharOpen223153
5AhmedabadKushan PatelSanat NavalOpen252651
6BengaluruAbidSachin DeshpandeOpen212849
6BengaluruSubrat MohantyJaidev KarunakaranOpen173249
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8BengaluruAnustup DattaThejaswi UdupaOpen202646
9DelhiShashank TPrateek VOpen222345
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10BengaluruAnush IyerSreeradh RpOpen202343
10GuwahatiDeepanjan DebSandipan GoswamiOpen202343
10MumbaiMayank MujumdarShrey ShyleshOpen152843
10DelhiBalagopal MenonSantonabOpen182543
11ChennaiRavi MundoliSamanth SubramanianOpen172441
11ChennaiShivaji Roy ChowdhurySreeram MadhavanCollege212041
11DelhiMunavvirRanjanOpen152641
11Kolkata (JU)Shouvik GuhaJayashree MohankaOpen172441
12MumbaiKunal RoyAyush SharmaOpen241438
12Kolkata (JU)Wrichik BasuAranya MitraOpen182038
12GoaVilas PavithranSrijit KumarOpen191938
13ChennaiMarioRohitOpen132437
13MumbaiFrancis RodriguesKrishan ShettyOpen172037
13ThrissurAnil RaghavanManu SudhakarOpen132437
14MumbaiPreyoshi GangulyTanmay PrustyOpen152136
15BengaluruMaakoSanatOpen161935
15KanpurAditya PadhiParth Arya BhatCollege181735
16DelhiAnantBenCollege102434
16GoaKaivalya KarkareSamyak RajanalaOpen142034
17HyderabadRevanthSrihari RajuOpen161733
18GoaChandrashekhar RaoNitish WagleOpen102232
18KharagpurSriyam SwastikSagar ChandanCollege171532
18ThrissurSahithaRoshithOpen122032
19MumbaiJayakrishnan RSarvesh ShenoyOpen151631
19MumbaiChinmay KaleOjaswi JainCollege112031
20HyderabadMohan RavichandranPrabhav ShettyOpen141630
20AhmedabadSanveerAnuradhaOpen141630
20KharagpurNeev PohaniRakshit RankaCollege181230
20KanpurSourish DasMuhammed Akmal HarifCollege161430
21DelhiShreyashRishi RoyOpen101929
21DelhiAdarsh BKaushikOpen141529
21KharagpurPrakhar SreeguruPranavi BaCollege121729
22GoaAastha DuaParasOpen141428
22KanpurRaman Vatsal MisraSaarthak UpadhyayCollege82028
23PuneSamir GuptaSandeep ShankarOpen101727
23MumbaiSoham SahasrabuddheKartikCollege151227
23MumbaiAditya MahaldarAditya AjeyCollege21627
23GoaAniruddha Sen GuptaRajiv D'SilvaOpen111627
24MumbaiIshan KakodkarAryaan BasuCollege151126
24KharagpurShrean PaulAtharv LodhiCollege141226
25BengaluruRanjiniDiwakerOpen131225
25DelhiRaja Sri CharanPrashant SinhaOpen111425
25Kolkata (JU)Shiladitya GanguliAbhrajit HazraOpen16925
25GoaViola RodriguesAmita KanekarOpen121325
25ThiruvananthapuramRoshiniBharath Krishna SCollege111425
26DelhiShoaibSwapnilOpen101424
27MumbaiNirad InamdarSudhir PaiOpen111223
27KharagpurShamit ShahHarshil AgarwalCollege121123
28GuwahatiNayan Jyoti MedhiJitaditya NarzaryOpen91322
28ChennaiAadivedAdityaCollege13922
28MumbaiNiral CharanShriram NCollege101222
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28ThrissurVaishnav AkRamkumar MCollege91322
29ChennaiAbijeetAjayOpen71421
29MumbaiAaghaz MahajanShantanu NeneOpen81321
29HyderabadDebjit DasguptaAbhishek SushilOpen111021
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30GuwahatiKapinjal Kishore Sharma--Open81220
31ChennaiGuninVrishabOpen10919
31ChennaiAnirvinVarshiniCollege13619
31MumbaiJohanTanishkCollege15419
31HyderabadRajdeep DasguptaRikesh BhattacharyaOpen61319
32BengaluruGaneshOjasOpen9918
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34BengaluruMahadevanSiddharthOpen8816
34BengaluruAbhishek Rath--Open61016
35BengaluruAmit CJ--Open12315
35BengaluruPrahladaKeerthiCollege7815
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35KanpurRattandeep Singh PuarAditya Pratap Singh BaghelCollege11415
36DelhiNikhilSushmitaOpen5914
36AhmedabadSumedha PooniaAryan SinghOpen10414
37KharagpurMishal MohammedAshutosh SethiCollege6713
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38ThiruvananthapuramPragun Nepal--College9312
39Kolkata (JU)Sauhardya MandalShamim J. ChowdhuryCollege909
39KharagpurMudit RajArnab ChakrabortyCollege639
40KanpurAvtansh Singh GargyaSparsh JainCollege628
40KanpurIra SrivastavaArushi KondaskarCollege628
41KanpurAshma SinghSaatvik SinghCollege437
42DelhiShreyanshTanmayCollege606
42KharagpurAshwani Kumar Sharma--College246
43PuneAfmc Team Of Two--College415
43ChennaiRajadurai S--Open235
44ChennaiKarpaga Vinayagam BSridhar SOpen134