INQUIZITIVE - I

Inspired by the appreciable response of the students during the Open House debate, students of RGSOIPL organized a legal quiz event named ‘INQUIZITIVE’ to test the legal acumen of the budding lawyers. The quiz was prepared and hosted by Abhishek Sharma (Class Representative, 1^st year). It comprised of two rounds- Preliminary written elimination and Final Round.

The quiz began with the written round consisting of mindboggling 20 question of varied domain ranging from Supreme Court Facts, Landmark Judgements, Current legal issues and ended with a trademark picture problem compelling the participants to give interesting answers.

Þ   What is the maximum time limit for filing of a complaint before the consumer disputes redressal forum from the date when the cause of action arises?

Þ   The only chief justice of India who has the distinction of becoming the president of India?

Þ   The Word “Curative Petition” was framed by Apex court in which case?

Þ   Which committee was constituted by the Chief Justice of India on legal education in 1994?

Þ   Which company has the Trademark of this crown?

After the first round, Six teams were shortlisted on the basis of their preliminary scores:

1. Abhishek Singh & Sachin Bhakar
2. Vasudevan & Sagir Mohd.
3. Abhishek Sharma & Shweta Khurana
4. Bhavin Trivedi & Nikhil Rote
5. Suraj Badrayan & Samik Mukherjee
6. Vikash Kumar & Manish Aryan 

Final round began with the direct questions based on current business and general awareness. Teams were all pumped up with the range of the problems related to lawsuits and patents.

Þ   Which iconic Brand had a memorable slogan “The road starts here, it never ends”?

Þ   Why Rule 49-0 is in news recently?

After this round, teams stormed into the Rapid fire round in which 5 questions were asked in one minutes ranging from the Legal abbreviations, recent business facts and static general awareness.

Þ   Which authority is known as the guardian of the Public Purse in India?

Þ   Which country’s name is based on an Imaginary Line?

Þ   Who was the first Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

Þ   Which 8-letter word in English comes from the Latin word that means 'entity or concern of the people'?

Þ   Which 2013 film, directed by Sudhir Mishra, deals with sexual harassment at the workplace?

Þ   The word 'salary' comes from the Latin word salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy what?

Few teams gained vital lead in this round for the quest of final title. The quiz concluded with the showdown round of Linking Jeopardy which was immensely appreciated by the participants and the audiences. It included the questions based on the common connect between the pictures shown and the answers were varied from the domains of technology, games (Even Bollywood!).

Mission to know the Connect!

 A blended team of first and second year students cracked the maximum score in this ‘Jeopardized’ round, however, that was not enough to put them on the winning spot.

Based on the previous leads and points, Final Standings were:

Winner: Bhavin Trivedi and Nikhil Rote
1^st Runners-Up: Abhishek Singh and Sachin Bhakar
2^nd Runner-Up: Abhishek Sharma and Shweta Khurana

Being one of its own kind of initiative in the law school, The INQUIZITIVE was highly appreciated by the students and it is expected to continue in forthcoming semester so that the ultimate goal of ‘learning by sharing’ can be achieved.

Inputs By: Abhishek Sharma

Disclaimer: This blog or any post thereof is not to be considered to be in any way associated with the official stand of IIT kharagpur or RGSOIPL on the issues being discussed in the said post. The opinions on the blog are the author’s own and should not be considered as legal advice.