Rules for Intercollegiate competitions

Rules for Intercollegiate competitions

I. Rules for Quiz Competition:

Preliminary Round: This is a written round consisting of 35 to 40 multiple choice questions.
Final round of quiz: This consists of 6 rounds
General knowledge round: this will consist of 6 questions from different areas
Mixed Bag Round: consists of questions from different branches of Psychology
Visual Round: visuals related to Psychology are shown and the teams have to answer the same.
Buzzer Round: in this round whichever groups rings the buzzer first gets the opportunity to answer the question
Enacting Round: one of the team members is given the name of a particular disorder or symptom and he/she has to enact and the team member has to identify the same
Speed Round: Each group is given 60 seconds to answer the questions. The number of questions they answer depends on their speed of answering.

Number of participants from each College: 2.

II. Rules for Debate Competition:

1. From each College 1 has to speak ‘ For’ the topic & 1 ‘ Against’
2. 3 minutes is given initially to put forth his / her views
3. 2 minutes is later given to each participant for refutation.
4. While the participant is speaking, refutation to be avoided.
5. Participant’s views should not be vulgar or obscene.
6. No comments on a particular religion, caste or race must be made.
7. Criteria for judgment: language, presentation, refutation and sense of humor.
8. Topic for the debate will be given at the time of registration.
Number of participants from each College : 2.

III. Rules for Variety Competition

1. The team has the freedom to select the theme.
2. All Programmes should depict the theme.
3. No Vulgarity.
4. It should not hurt the sentiments of any community / group.
5. It should not exceed the time allotted (8+2 = 10 minutes).
6. Criteria for judgment: selection & depiction of theme, varieties in the programme,originality & creativity, co-ordination.
Maximum no. of participants allowed: 8


IV Rules for Advertisement Analysis Competition:

Each advertisement is made carefully with suitable ingredients for a target group. The characters, language, message and the product used convey a lot of things to the consumers which often become successful when we ultimately end up in buying them. Through this competition, your skill in observing and analyzing the psychological and social dimensions of advertisement is assessed.

A selected advertisement will be presented for analysis.
Participants are allowed to analyze for 15 minutes and then present for 5 minutes ( 3+ 2 minutes)
Criteria for judgment : Analysis of the film on the following aspects
1. Social and market awareness
2. Application of psychological principles for example, how effectively each advertisement suggests and persuades the consumer to buy a product.
3. Presentation of the advertisement such as the depiction of a situation characters involved, music, colour etc.
4. Communication of the message / slogan through advertisement
Number of participants per College :3


V. Rules for Film Review Competition:

Films welcome us to a world of imagination as well as to the cross section of the realities of life. Each film carries a message, strengthens some beliefs stays in our memory and influences our life style .This competition assesses your ability to analyze and critically evaluate the social and psychological implications of a film as a audio visual media. The diverse life conditions depicted in the film can best be dissected by looking from different angles technically and aesthetically.
A film (Hindi/ English) of two and a half hours duration will be shown to the participants with a brief commentary.
Participants can discuss the film for 10 minutes.
They can present their analysis for 5 minutes ( 3+ 2 minutes)
Criteria for judgment : Analysis of the film on the following aspects :

1. Social relevance of the film
2. Psychological impact of the film on viewers
3. Technical side of the film( Direction , script, sequence of scenes etc)
4. Aesthetic side ( Photography , lighting , songs, background music, colours , costumes etc)
5. Depiction of the story
6. Characterization
Number of participants per College : 5