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National Informatics Olympiad 2009-2010

National Informatics Olympiad First Stage Exam

Instructions to candidates

The duration of the examination is 3 hours.
Calculators, log tables and other aids are not permitted.
The question paper carries 80 marks, broken up into four questions of 20 marks each. Each question has three parts. If you solve all three parts correctly, you get 20 marks for that question. Otherwise, you get 5 marks for each part that you solve correctly.
Attempt all questions. There are no optional questions.
There is a separate Answer Sheet. To get full credit, you must write the answers in the space provided on the Answer Sheet.
Write only your answers on the Answer Sheet.Do not use the Answer Sheet for rough work. Submit all rough work on separate sheets.
Make sure you ll out your contact details on the Answer Sheet as completely and accurately as possible.We will use this information to contact you in case you qualify for the second round.

Points to Remember :

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai across the country and abroad. The examination for the same will be held in two stages. The examination will be open to all the students of classes VIII to XII studying in schools affiliated to CBSE as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2009 between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examinations to be held on Sunday, January 24, 2010 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

The Board is planning to conduct the examinations in about 40 centres across the country and abroad. Each of these centres will have a coordinator cum Centre Superintendent who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations.

Please select the nearest examination centre from the list given and forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed proforma on or before November 13, 2009.

The list of participants and bank draft need not be sent to the CBSE as the centre will be forwarding the list to the CBSE subsequently. The fee for each participant will be Rs.100/- (Rupees hundred only). A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of Secretary, CBSE, Delhi.

When the candidates go to the examination centre to write the examination, they should carry with them a bonafide certificate with their photograph attested by the principal of their school. Since no Roll Number will be allotted to candidates, they have to write their name, class, school’s name with address and centre name in the answer sheet and information sheet provided to them in the examination.

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