Guidelines for the conduct of the Quiz Competition [2015-16]
Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA), has among its objectives, the
mission to build up legal awareness in the society, especially among the student
community. As part of the legal awareness campaign, KELSA is conducting legal
literacy classes in schools and colleges based on its legal literacy publications. As part
of the legal literacy campaign, KELSA is also conducting a quiz competition on legal
awareness for the students of higher secondary classes from the academic year 2011-
12 onwards, based on the publication ‘Lessons in Law’, which is a comprehensive
handbook giving insight to the various laws prevailing in the country. The competition is
being conducted as an attempt to motivate the student community to pursue an in-
depth study in legal topics. The Govt. of Kerala acknowledged this initiative by issuing
Orders awarding grace marks to the winners of the state level quiz competition, and
thus the event has attained new dimensions. The competition is to be conducted within
a well defined mechanism, so as to accommodate all the willing students, without giving
room for any complaints. Hence, this State Authority has framed the following
guidelines.
1. This Quiz Competition is for the students of higher secondary schools (plus
one and plus two students).
2. The competition is to be conducted in 4 stages
1. School level written examination.
2. Taluk level written examination.
3. District level quiz competition.
4. State level quiz competition.
Of these, the 1st and 2nd stages are selection processes preceding the
District and State level competitions.
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3. The winners [teams coming in the 1st and 2nd places] in the District level shall
be awarded with certificates and cash prizes of Rs.2,500/- and Rs.2,000/-
respectively. The 1st , 2nd and 3rd prize winners in the State Level Quiz
Competition shall be awarded with certificates and cash prizes of Rs.6,000/- a
Rs.4,000/-and Rs.2000/- respectively. KELSA Rolling Trophy will be awarded
to the Prize winning team. Grace marks of 5 and 3 respectively will be given
to the 1st and 2nd Prize Winners of the State level competition as per G.O.(MS)
121/12/ Gl.Edn., dated 17.4.2012.
4. The Quiz competition is mainly based on Acts and Laws in the book
‘Lessons in Law’ published by this State Authority and general legal
awareness, including the current affairs. The book ‘Lessons in law’ is
available in the web site of the KELSA [www.kelsa.nic.in/useful act and
rules/publication]. It may be noted that the participants cannot use any
book as reference material at any stage of the examination/quiz
competition.
5. Mode of quiz competition: - The School and Taluk Level Competition shall
be in the form of written examinations. The District level and State level quiz
competition is oral, to be conducted in 7 stage rounds. However, in the case
of districts, where there are more than six teams, a qualifying round (written
examination) is also to be conducted for selecting 6 teams, which shall contest
in the stage rounds. In the case of districts where there are only six teams or
less than 6 teams, there will not be any qualifying rounds. In State Level
Competition also, a qualifying round (written examination) is to be conducted
for selecting 6 teams, who shall contest in the stage rounds. The seating
position of the teams participating in the stage rounds shall be decided by
taking lot.
6. SCHOOL LEVEL COMPETITION: -
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• The School level examination is to be conducted uniformly across the
State, in all the higher secondary schools, on 03.10.2015 [Saturday]
11.00-12.00 noon.
• The one hour written examination will be open to all the students. The
school level examination is for selecting the students for the Taluk level
written examination.
• The TLSCs shall collect the details of the students appearing for the
examination from each school well in advance and shall inform the
concerned DLSA before the school level examination at the earliest.
• The question papers for the school level examination shall be distributed by this
Authority to all DLSAs well in advance and the same shall be kept in the safe custody of
the Chairman, DLSA. The DLSA shall provide sufficient number of question papers to
the TLSCs in separate sealed covers for each school. The TLSCs shall distribute such
question papers to all the participating schools on or before 01-10-2015 for keeping the
same in the safe custody of the Principal/Head of the institution. The sealed question
paper covers shall be opened only on the commencement of the examination at the
examination hall.
• The valuation of the answer papers shall be done under the supervision of
the respective school authorities. The TLSCs shall collect the answer
keys from the DLSA after the examination. The answer key will also be
available in the web site of the KELSA [www.kelsa.nic.in]. The valuation
shall be done with the aid of the answer keys and shall be completed on
or before 10.10.2015.
• The schools shall be instructed to select 3 students who are the toppers
in the school level examination and to depute them as a team for the
Taluk level examination. A team leader shall be selected by the school
authorities from among the 3 participants. Only a single team (consisting
of maximum 3 students) can be deputed from each school for the taluk
level examination.
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• In case of tie in marks, the school authorities shall select the team
members for the Taluk level written examination by adopting lot system,
limiting the maximum number of students to 3. The lot shall be taken in
the presence of the students who are involved in the tie.
7. TALUK LEVEL COMPETITION:-
• The qualifying teams (one team from each school) shall register with the
concerned TLSC for the Taluk level written examination to be
conducted on 31-10-2015 [Saturday] [11.00-12.00 am].
• The format in which the schools are to register with the TLSCs is given as
Annexure. The TLSC concerned shall provide the format to the school
authorities sufficiently early, so as to enable the qualifying teams to furnish
the filled up form at the time of registration. The last date fixed for
registration of team is 17.10.2015.
• The TLSC shall assign chest number to each team in the order in which the teams are
registered and the chest numbers shall be written in the Registration Form in the space
provided. The TLSC shall maintain a register having all the details of the participant
teams in the proforma given below.
Sl.No. Chest No. of the team Marks scored Remarks
• The participant students shall have proper individual photo identity cards issued by the
school authorities at the time of registration, a copy of which has to be produced before
the Taluk Legal Services Committee, for retaining in the office records.
• The TLSC shall inform the DLSA, the number of participating teams in the taluk level
written examination, immediately on closing of the registration. The DLSA shall inform
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the State Authority the total number of teams in the district (Taluk wise) who are
participating in the Taluk level written examination, on or before 24th October 2015.
• The Taluk level written examination shall be conducted under the direct supervision
of the Chairman of Taluk Legal Services Committee (TLSC) on 31-10-2015
• The question papers and answer keys for the taluk level examination will be supplied
by the State Authority to the respective DLSA in separate sealed covers for each taluk,
on or before 29.10. 2015 which shall be kept in the safe custody of the Chairman
(District Judge) of the DLSA. The TLSC shall collect the question paper bundles from
the DLSA office on 30.10.2015 and shall be kept in the safe custody of the Chairman of
the TLSC. The sealed question paper covers shall be opened only on the
commencement of the examination at the examination hall.
• The TLSC shall identify a suitable hall for conducting the examination which could
accommodate all the participating teams in the taluk.
• The three members of the team shall be present for the taluk level written examination
and shall jointly attend the examination. The teams shall be instructed to write their
chest numbers, name of the students in the team and the name of the school in the
facing sheet of the answer paper. If any of the students is absent, he/she cannot
attend the next stage of the quiz competition.
• The TLSC shall constitute a panel of 2 competent advocates for the valuation of the
answer papers based on the answer key supplied/published by this State Authority. The
answer key will also be available in the web site of the KELSA [www.kelsa.nic.in].
• Two teams which have secured highest marks from each Taluk shall be selected
for the district level quiz competition.
• The valuation shall be completed within 1 week from the date of examination and
results declared. The selected teams shall be authorized by the concerned TLSC for
attending the district level quiz competition. For this, the TLSC shall give an
authorization letter to the team leader, with copies to the DLSA and the Principal/Head
of the institution. The TLSC shall also forward the original registration forms, (on
retaining copies of the registration forms at TLSC office) and the copies of the photo
identity cards of the students of the selected teams to the DLSA.
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• In case of tie in marks, the officials of the Taluk Legal Services Committee
shall select the team members for the District level quiz competition by
adopting lot system, limiting the maximum number of teams to 2. The lot
shall be taken in the presence of the students who are involved in the tie.
8. GUIDELINES REGARDING CONDUCT OF QUALIFYING ROUNDS OF
WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS, IF FOUND NECESSARY, FOR DISTRICT
LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL QUIZ COMPETITION.
This round is to be conducted as a written examination to select the final
six teams for contesting in the stage rounds of the District Level Quiz
Competition/ State Level Quiz Competition. Where there are more than 6
teams. The following points may be noted in the conduct of this round.
Total time is 25 minutes.
The question-cum-answer sheet is to be collected on
completion of the examination and shall be entrusted with the
3 member jury for valuation. The valuation shall be
completed and the declaration of results shall be done at the
earliest, so as to commence the stage rounds soon. 6 teams
who have scored the highest marks shall be qualified to
attend the stage rounds which are to follow the qualifying
round.
In the case of a tie, the answers given by the teams involved
in the tie to Qn.No.21 to Qn.25, shall be considered by the
panel for breaking the tie i.e., the team which has scored the
highest marks for answers to Qn.No.21 to Qn. No.25 shall be
declared as winners in the tie. Qn.No.21 to 25 shall be from
Lesson No. 5 (Fundamental Rights and Duties), Part A of the
study book “Lessons in Law”. If the tie could not be broken by
this method, winners can be declared by taking lot.
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9. DISTRICT LEVEL QUIZ COMPETITION:-
• The District level quiz competition shall be conducted on 28.11.2015
• The members of the participant teams shall be instructed to bring with them their photo
identity cards issued by the school authorities for verifying their identity at the venue of
the district level quiz competition.
• On receipt of the details regarding the qualifying teams, the DLSA shall assign chest
numbers to the teams in the alphabetical order of the names of the team leaders. The
DLSA shall also enter the chest number in the registration form (forwarded from TLSC)
in the space provided. The DLSA shall maintain the register having the details of the
participant teams in the proforma given below.
Sl.No. Chest No. of the team Marks scored Remarks
• For the District level quiz competition a three member Jury shall be constituted. An
Advocate/Retired Judicial Officer who has the aptitude for conducting quiz shall be
designated as the Quiz Master. The other 2 members shall be Advocates, who will assist
the quiz master in conducting the quiz competition. The questions and answer keys shall
be supplied by the State Authority through the respective DLSAs on or before 25.11.2015,
which shall be kept in the safe custody of the Chairman (District Judge) of the DLSA.
• A single team shall only be selected for participating in the state level quiz
competition.
• The teams in the 1st and 2nd places at the district level shall be awarded with certificates
and cash prize of Rs.2,500/- and Rs.2,000/- respectively.
• In case of tie in marks, DLSA shall select the team members For DLSA by adopting lot
system as in the case of TLSC examination. The decision of the Jury shall be final and non
appealable.
• The DLSA shall issue an authorization memo to the leader of the 1st prize winning team for
appearing in the State level quiz competition. A copy of the same shall be forwarded to the
State Authority along with the original of the registration form.
10. STATE LEVEL QUIZ COMPETITION :-
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• State level quiz competition shall be conducted in the 1st or 2nd week of January, 2016.
The 1st prize winners of all Districts shall attend the State level quiz competition. Thus, 14
teams would participate in the State level quiz competition. The participant teams shall be
instructed by the DLSA to bring their photo identity cards issued by the school authorities
for verifying their identity at the venue of the State level quiz competition at the time of
registration. The judging panel shall consist of 3 members nominated by the Honorable
Executive Chairman of KELSA, of whom one will be the quiz master.
• Three teams which have secured highest marks shall be declared as winners. The first
prize winning team shall be awarded with KELSA Rolling Trophy, besides issuing
Certificate to each member and a cash prize of Rs.6,000/-. The second prize winning team
shall be awarded with certificate to each member and a cash prize of Rs.4,000/-. The third
prize winning team will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 2000/- and Certificates by
KELSA. The members of the 1st and 2nd winning teams shall also be awarded with grace
marks of 5 and 3 respectively in the Higher Secondary Examination. There will be no grace
mark for third prize.
11. If any dispute arises in the conduct of the Quiz Competition, the decision of the
Chairman of Taluk Legal Services Committee in the case of School level and Taluk
Level competition, decision of the Chairman of the concerned District Legal Services
Authority in the case of district Level Competition and the decision of the Member
Secretary of the State legal Services Authority in the case of the State level
Competition shall be final.
12. Maximum participation of students in the competition are to be ensured by the
DLSAs/TLSCs and therefore the following aspects are to be taken into account.
a) Serious efforts are to be made for conducting Legal Awareness Classes for the students
including Higher Secondary Students on the topic Lessons in Law.
b) Wide publicity regarding the Quiz Competition shall be made by contacting all the schools
under the respective jurisdiction of DLSAs/TLSCs and participation from all the schools
shall be endeavored.
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c) DLSA shall also monitor the participation of schools under the jurisdiction of TLSC at the
school level so that maximum participation could be ensured.
Memb er Secretary
Kerala State Legal Services Authority
Registration Form for the Taluk level written examination in connection with the
quiz competition on legal awareness
Name of school :
Sl.No. Name of students Std. Self attested
stamp size photograph
This is to certify that Mast/Ms……………………….Mast/Ms…………………..
and Mast/Ms……………………………….. are the students of …………………….
school and are qualified for attending the taluk level written examination being
conducted under the auspices of ………………….Taluk Legal Services Committee
for the selection of teams to participate in the district level quiz competition on legal
awareness.
Place: Office Seal Name & Signature of the
Date : (of the school) Principal/Head of the Institution
Chest number issued by the Taluk Legal Services Committee : ……………
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Chest number issued by the District Legal Services Authority : ……………
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