RULES

Preliminary Round: Each team - a quota of 15 questions

A written test will be conducted to select the "best six teams" from the registered teams.

Each team would be given a set of question papers containing 15 objective-type questions

Only qualified teams would be selected for subsequent rounds.

In case of a tie between 2 or more teams, further tiebreaker rounds would be asked for the final selection.

Each question carries one mark, and the team which scores the highest marks will be selected for further rounds.

For wrong answers, 0.5 marks will be reduced.

Rapid Fire Round: Each team quota of 15 questions

In this round, each team will be asked 15 questions one after another.

On the immediate completion of a question, each team gets 5 seconds

to answer it.

If a team is not able to answer a question, they can pass it to the next

question.

There is no team discussion in this round.

10 points are awarded for the correct answer.

1 negative point for the wrong answer.

Once a question is passed the team cannot give an answer later.

No buzzer is used in this round.

Only "three teams" were chosen for this round based on their performance.

Buzzer Round: Each team quota of 15 questions

15 questions will be fired at all the teams one after another.

The teams can discuss among themselves and then press the

buzzer/bell to answer the question first. No discussion is allowed after

pressing the buzzer.

The team that presses the buzzer/bell first gets a chance to answer it.

10 points for the correct answer and minus 5 points for the wrong

answer.

If a team doesn’t answer or gives a wrong answer after the press

the buzzer also loses 5 points.

If a team presses the buzzer before the question is over they will be

asked to answer it without the question being completed.

The question has to be answered in 20 seconds.

If a question is not answered by the first team who pressed the bell. The

the team that pressed the bell next gets to answer.

If two teams press the buzzer/bell together there will be a pull of cards to

decide who gets the chance to answer. If the first team answers it

correctly they get the point. If they give a wrong answer they lose 5 points

and the next team that pressed the buzzer gets to answer.

In case of a tie :

In case of a tie after the 3rd round, the tied teams get into a buzzer/bell

round.

Rules are similar to buzzer round

If a team answers right they get 25 points. If they answer wrong they get

minus 25 points.