​Eligibility

OVERALL

  • All participants of the IQL Daily Alpha Quiz and the IQL School Contest on the ILP/IQL-DigiTOK App must be Indians residing in India.
  • Users must have access to a smartphone and a stable internet connection in order to participate.
  • Users must download the ILP app and IQL-DigiTOK app to be able to access these quizzes.
  • Users must accept all General Rules & Regulations of the Contest to participate. Parents/legal guardians will be required to accept the same on behalf of minor contestants.
  • Users must accept the Terms of Use of the ILP and IQL-DigiTOK apps to participate. Parents/legal guardians will be required to accept the same on behalf of minor contestants.

DAILY ENGAGEMENT QUIZ (APP Quizzes)

  • Open to all.
  • There is no age limit to participate.
  • These quizzes are for individual players.
  • Students of classes 6-8 from bona fide schools who play the Alpha Quiz will be eligible to register for the IQL School Contest. However, it’s not mandatory to play all daily quizzes to participate in the IQL School Contest. But should you choose to compete for a Wild Card Entry process to make it into the IQL School Contest, the more games you play, the more will be your chances to get the top scores required to qualify for the Contest.

IQL CONTEST

  • Students from bona fide schools studying in classes 6-8 in the academic year 2020-21 are welcome to participate in the IQL School Contest.
  • Contestants should be in the 10-14 years age bracket on the day the Alpha Daily Quiz starts.
  • Contestants must have access to a smartphone and a stable internet connection in order to participate in Stages 1 and 2 of the IQL Contest.
  • Contestants entering the Delta Zonal Rounds must have access to a laptop/desktop computer equipped with video-conferencing peripherals (camera, speakers/headphones, and microphone), pre-installed Zoom App and account, and a stable internet connection good enough to support video calls via the Zoom App.
  • The parents/guardians of contestants entering the Delta Zonal Rounds must consent to their wards using the Zoom App for participation in the Zonal, and all subsequent rounds of the IQL Contest, should they qualify.
  • Delta Zonal Rounds onwards, participation of teams will be subject to School Principals submitting verified documents (as listed in the General Rules and Regulations of the Contest) by email to the organizers on or before December 05, 2020.

​ Structure & Contest Play

ALPHA QUIZ DAILY on IQL-DIGITOK APP

  • One Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) quiz will be live every day. An individual can attempt a quiz only once per day.
  • The quizzes will be open to all, including class 6-8 contestants.
  • This daily quiz will start before the IQL School contest starts and continue through the course of the contest till the IQL Omega National Final.
  • 7 MCQs to be answered. Each question must be answered within a maximum time limit of 10 seconds.
  • 10 points per correct answer. There's no negative marking.
  • Ties between individuals with same score will be broken via the time taken by them to complete the quiz.
  • In the event of an absolute tie persisting there will be a computerised draw of lots to determine top positions.
  • Wild Card entries will be selected from this Quiz to go straight into the Delta Zonal Rounds.

STAGE 1: IQL BETA QUIZ FIRST NATIONALS on IQL-DIGITOK APP

  • One test to be taken by all INDIVIDUAL students from Classes 6-8, at an appointed time. An individual can attempt this quiz only once.
  • 20 MCQs to be answered. Each question must be answered within a maximum time of 10 seconds.
  • 10 points per correct answer. There's no negative marking.
  • All contestants scoring 50% marks or more, advance to Stage 2.

STAGE 2: IQL GAMMA QUIZ TEAMED NATIONALS on IQL-DIGITOK APP

  • A series of 5 tests to be taken by the qualifying students from stage 1, again individually, at an appointed time.
  • Each test will have 15 MCQs and each question would need to be completed in a maximum time of 10 seconds.
  • 10 points per correct answer. There's no negative marking.
  • The 5 quizzes will be slated on the app on appointed days in sequence.
  • Contestants are encouraged to play all five quizzes.
  • The aggregate of 3 best scores out of 5 will be considered for advancement to Stage 3.
  • Ties between individuals with same score will be broken via the time taken by them to complete the quiz.
  • Total 96 teams (24 teams per zone, including 1 wild card team per zone) will advance to Zonal Screening round.

STAGE 3: IQL DELTA QUIZ ZONAL SCREENING TEST & ZONAL ROUNDS ON ZOOM

  • This stage of the Contest will have three parts: Zonal Screening, Zonal Semi Finals, and Zonal Finals.
  • Each team must have 2 contestants.
  • Team participation means that both members represent the same school.
  • The top scorers of each school will be asked to pair up with a team member who has already made it on the merit list and would have qualified as a top scorer in earlier stages of the competition. It will be the school’s responsibility to constitute and nominate this team.
  • Once a team has been nominated/formed, teams or individual members of a team can’t be changed.

IQL Delta Quiz Zonal Screening:

  • Wild Card teams will be chosen based on cumulative scores of both contestants.
  • Wild Card Teams will also be required to participate in the Zonal Screening test. However, they will have immunity, which means, they will get to participate in the Zonal Prelims irrespective of their scores in this Screening test. Both contestants of a team will participate individually.
  • The Zonal Screening test will be conducted via the Zoom App before each of the Zonal Prelims on the same day. Therefore, there will be 4 such screening tests, 1 per zone.
  • Top 24 teams (including 1 Wild Card team) will attempt this quiz at the same time, in a single Zoom session.
  • The screening quiz will be played individually. However, cumulative team scores will be considered for advancement to the Zonal Prelims.
  • Results will be consolidated and announced soon after the quiz.
  • Selected contestants will have to show up for their Zonal Prelims appearance at very short notice.
  • Top 11 teams + 1 Wild Card team will get to participate in the Zonal Prelims.
  • Therefore, a total of Top 48 teams (including 4 Wild Card teams) will be picked to contest in the Zonal Prelims.

IQL Delta Quiz Zonal Semi Finals:

  • Played Zone wise North, South, East & West
  • 4 Zones x 2 Quizzes Per Zone = 8 Quizzes,
  • Split as below:
    • Zonal Quiz 1 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
    • Zonal Quiz 2 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
  • Therefore, Top 6 Teams x 4 Zones = 24 Teams advance to the Zonal-Finals.

IQL Delta Quiz Zonal Finals:

  • Played Zone wise North, South, East & West
  • 4 Zones x 1 Quiz Per Zone = 4 Quizzes,
  • Split as below:
    • Zonal Final Quiz 1 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
    • Zonal Final Quiz 2 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
    • Zonal Final Quiz 3 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
    • Zonal Final Quiz 4 – 6 Teams play, 3 Winners emerge
  • Therefore, Top 3 Teams x 4 Zones = 12 Teams advance to the IQL Omega National Semi-Finals

STAGE 4: IQL OMEGA QUIZ NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS ROUND ON ZOOM

  • Semi-Final Quiz 1 – 6 Teams Contest, 3 Teams Emerge
  • Semi-Final Quiz 2 – 6 Teams Contest, 3 Teams Emerge
  • Total 6 Teams Proceed to Finals

STAGE 5: IQL OMEGA QUIZ FINALE ROUND ON ZOOM

  • One Quiz
  • 6 Contesting Teams
  • First, Second, and Third position winners of the IQL School Contest emerge

​ Prizes

Exciting Prizes at Every Stage

  • Zonal Round
    • Shield
    • Certificate
  • Zonal-final Round
    • Shield
    • Certificate
  • semi-final Round
    • Shield
    • Certificate
  • Final Round
    First Prize (team) Certificate of Participation + Rolling Trophy for school + Trophy for team +Scholarship (up to a maximum of ₹1,00,000)
    Second Prize (team) Certificate of Participation + Trophies + Scholarship (up to a maximum of ₹60,000)
    Third Prize (team) Certificate of Participation + Trophies + Scholarship (up to a maximum of ₹40,000)
    Remaining 3 teams Certificate of Participation + Trophies + Scholarship (up to a maximum of ₹4,000) for each team

Exciting Prizes for Schools

Schools will get Qty State wise
First Prize 14 Certificate +Plaque Gold plated
Second Prize 14 Certificate +Plaque Gold plated
Third Prize 14 Certificate +Plaque Gold plated

Following 14 geographies will be considered

S. No. States
1 J&K, HP, and Punjab
2 Rajasthan
3 UP (Noida + Ghaziabad) and UK
4 Haryana (Gurugram + Faridabad)
5 Delhi
6 Bihar
7 Jharkhand and Orrisa
8 West Bengal
9 North East
10 Maharashtra
11 Gujarat
12 AP and Telangana
13 Karnataka
14 Tamil Nadu