There will be only one examination of one hour thirty minutes duration at school level with 100 multiple choice questions, each weighted for one mark. Examination will consist of two segments viz. Section-A (comprising of 40 questions from study material Indian Contributions to Science and Life story of Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (to be provided by Vijnana Bharati) & Section-B (comprising of 60 questions based on the Text Books of NCERT & various State Boards Curriculum (please refer to the VVM’s website for detailed syllabus) & Logic and Reasoning (open source)). The examination will be conducted separately for Junior Group (class VI to VIII) and for Senior Group (class IX to XI).

Evaluation of students will be based on their individual performance at each level. The examination will be conducted in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Sanskrit and Urdu (major regional languages).

* Answers of Section-B will be evaluated only if a student secures equal to or more than 50% (i.e., equal to or more than 20 Marks) in Section-A. The final merit list to identify participants for State Level Camp would be prepared on the basis of total marks scored in both segments namely Section-A & Section-B. In case, if there is tie in rankings, marks obtained in Section-A will be the deciding one.

Displaying the Marks Obtained Secured - Marks secured/obtained by the students will be available on their dashboard after the declaration of the result. Students can login into their VVM’s account to check the same and download participation/merit certificate/s