Title of the event: State Level Online Quiz Competition

Organizers: 

• The History Course, TNNLU
• The Legal Centre for History of South India, TNNLU
• The TNNLU Quiz Club

Faculties-in-Charge: 

• Dr. P. Kumar, Assistant Professor of History
• Mr. Jino M Kurian, Assistant Professor of Law
• Mr. Ravindran, Research Assistant, LCHSI

Student Representatives:

• Ms. Mimi Dharshana R, II B.A. LL. B (Hons.)
• Mr. Harinarayanan, IV B.Com. LL. B (Hons.)

Date of Quiz: 12^th March 2022

Time: 6.00 to 7.00 pm

Platform: Timed Google Forms

Level of Programme: State Level Inter-University

Participation: 217 Students from 53 institutions across Tamil Nadu

About The Event

The Quiz Competition was conducted on the broad theme of freedom movement of Tamil Nadu and the socio-economic developments after Independence in the region. The registration for the quiz opened in the last week of February. The competition was open to students pursuing undergraduate programme from recognized Institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Registrations were closed on 7^th March 2022. The competition was publicized in the Dare2Compete (D2C) website, which garnered around 40,000 views. The Organizing Committee received 249 registrations, of which 217 participants from 52 educational institutions across the state of Tamil Nadu were eligible to participate in the competition. The eligible participants were pursuing undergraduate courses in streams of law, arts & sciences, humanities, engineering and medical sciences. 

A mock quiz was conducted on 11^th March 2022 from 6.00 to 7.30 pm, a day before the main competition, to familiarize the participants with the mode and method of conduct. 124 participants attended the mock quiz. The main quiz took place on 12^th March 2022, from 6.00 to 7.00 pm. The quiz consisted of 25 MCQs, prepared by two history teachers from outside TNNLU, which had to be attempted within 10 minutes. Participants were given one hour, within which they could take the quiz for any 10 continuous minutes. Each question carried 2 marks. There was no negative marking for incorrect answers. 112 participants attended the main quiz. 

Post the conduct of quiz, a feedback form was circulated among the participants. 49 participants filled the feedback form. Encouraging and positive feedback was received from the participants. Participants expressed their interest to participate in other events organized by TNNLU. Winners were announced on 15^th March 2022. The highest score secured was 34/50 in 4 minutes 44 seconds.

Following are the Top 3 scorers of the quiz!

1. Winner - Ishashri S, B.A. English Literature, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

2. First Runner Up- Santhagopalan S., B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur.

3. Second Runner Up- Adithya Menon, B.A. LL. B (Hons.), Vel Tech School of Law, Chennai.

Following are the prizes which will be awarded to the winners.

• First Prize: Books worth of Rs. 1000.
• Second Prize: Books worth of Rs. 750.
• Third Prize: Books worth of Rs. 500.
• Certificate of Merit (Printed) will be issued to the Top 20 scorers. 

In order to meet the expenditure, the organizing committee collected a sum of Rs.3,500/- as donation from outside of TNNLU.