Deadline: 20-Jan-23
The 8th annual Wipro Earthian Sustainability Quiz is now open for applications.
The Wipro earthian Sustainability Quiz for colleges was launched in 2015. This is the only college quiz in the country dedicated to sustainability. It is an initiative to increase the basic knowledge quotient and enthusiasm in understanding this theme.
The quiz questions are curated from a wide range of topics under the broad umbrella of Sustainability including Renewable Energy Sources, Solid Waste Management, Urban mobility, Green Tech, Green Building and Architecture, Water Management, latest trends in Sustainability, etc. Over the last six years, the quiz has been launched in many of the top colleges in India, including, IITs, IIMs, NITs, and BITS. They have seen unprecedented participation levels with 62 quizzes, 8600 teams, and 12400 students from these colleges.
Prize Money
- Winner – RS 2 Lakhs
- First Runner Up – RS 1 Lakhs
- Second Runner Up – RS 50,000
- Third Runner Up – RS 50,000
Quiz Rounds
- Prelims 1
- Conducted on this webportal
- All the registered participants take part in this round.
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Correct Answers and Time taken considered
- Prelims 2
- Conducted on this webportal
- Top 50% from Level 1 participate in this round
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Correct Answers and Time taken considered
- Pre Quarter Finals
- Conducted on this webportal
- Top 150 from Prelim 2 participate in this round
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Correct Answers and Time taken considered
- Quarter Finals
- Conducted on Zoom
- Top 32 from Pre Quarter Finals participate in this round
- 25 questions in total
- 10 questions based on the theme ‘Sustainable/Green Technology’
- Semi Finals
- Conducted on Zoom
- 8 Winners of each of the Quarter Finals participate in this round
- 25 questions in total
- 15 questions will be based on the theme ‘Climate Change Adaption & Mitigation’
- National Finals
- Conducted at the Annual earthian awards event in Bangalore.
- Winner and the 1st runner up of each of the 2 Semi Finals will participate in this round.
- Out of 7 rounds, 5 will be based on the theme Net Zero.
Eligibility Criteria
- No Entry Fee
- For College students only
- Quiz with Quizmaster Berty Ashley
- Participation as Individuals
- Over the past seven years, students from over 8,600 Indian universities and colleges have competed in the quiz.
Criteria
- As a registered participant of the quiz, you can take the quiz from the comfort of your home, in an online mode.
- To ensure the best experience, they would suggest that you take the quiz on a computer/laptop with good internet connectivity. Please ensure that you have a power/electricity back-up in case of power/electricity failures.
- Any modern browsers will work (Google Chrome, Firefox or Edge). Please set the zoom level to 100% in your browser settings. (Press Ctrl and 0 (zero) on Windows or press Command and 0 (zero) on Mac).
- They suggest that you can log in a few minutes before the actual quiz start time. The quiz will start sharp at the specified time. You should click the ‘Start Quiz’ button at the quiz start time. Please note that you will not be able to start the quiz 5 minutes after the start time.
- There will NOT be a second chance provided.
- The quiz will contain 30 questions, and will take a total of 15 minutes. At the end of the allotted time, viz. 7.5 minutes, the quiz will get auto-submitted, in case you fail/forget to ‘Submit’ the quiz.
- It is recommended that after ‘Submit’ the quiz, do not click back, close or refresh the browser until you are redirected to ‘Congratulations’ page.
- The questions will be in multiple choice question format. There is NO negative marking. NO marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.
- The questions are in display and will not be repeated. All the questions will be timed.
- Since this is an online quiz, there would be NO ASSISTANCE for the quiz. Kindly ensure you have a good internet connectivity and bandwidth. Please ensure your UPS / computer (laptop/mobile) battery is charged enough to last the duration of the quiz. It is advisable that you take the quiz while keeping your device connected to power supply and not on battery mode. It is also advisable that you are seated next to the Wi-Fi device or internet router, throughout the duration of the quiz to ensure optimum connectivity. Ideally, use a cable for better connectivity. It is also advisable to disable other programs / notifications throughout the duration of the quiz, so your device does not slow down or get locked out.
- The participant by way of registering for the quiz, agrees that he/she has read the rules of the quiz and all the instructions provided with respect to participation in the quiz.
- The participant agrees that by registering for the quiz he/she will abide by all the rules and that the decisions of the organisers and quizmaster/s shall be final in the event of any dispute.
- From Quarter Finals onwards all participants will require a phone and a laptop.
For more information, visit Wipro.