All Rounder Rules
1. Each
team will consist of two members for
All-Rounder competition.
2. Twelve Teams shall be selected to
participate in All-Rounder. In case that the number of teams exceeds 12, then a
preliminary written test shall be held to select the first 12 teams with the
highest scores.
3. The competition will consist of five rounds described as follows: -
·
Quiz
·
Bait Bazi
·
Do!T
·
Kasauti
·
Extempore Speech
3.1.Quiz
It will consist of four topics:
· General
knowledge
· Pakistan
studies (1947 to date )
· IQ
· Science
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Eight questions per team will be asked.
Top eight teams will play the next Bait Bazi,
and Kasauti rounds.
3.2. Bait Bazi
This will consist of the
following three rounds:
·
Lafz:
Verses, which include one specific word, will be given to the competing
team. (Any typical word that poets usually use in their poetry like “Dil”,
“Hijr”, “Wasal”, etc. Two words will be given to each team.
·
Harf:
Verses, which start with one specific Urdu alphabet will be given to the
competing team like “Alif “, “bay”, etc. Two alphabets will be given to the
competing team.
·
Qata’at: Each
team will be given one incomplete stanza of any famous Urdu poet e.g. Mirza
Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mohsin Naqvi, Basheer Badar, Parveen Shakir, etc.
·
Evaluation will depend upon the correctness of the verse, its way
of delivery, pronunciation, emotional touch, fluency of reading and accent.
·
Repetition of verses is not allowed.
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Verses from songs will not be accepted.
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Judges decision would be considered as final.
3.3. Kasauti
Consists
of two sub sections
·
Places
·
Personalities
§ Political
§ Sports
§ Showbiz
§ Literary
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6 textual
options will be available.
·
Lesser the number of options availed, more will be the points.
·
Availing each option will deduct one point.
·
Judges decision would be considered final incase of any ambiguity.
Top four teams will play the final two rounds, i.e. Extempore Speech and
Do!T.
3.4.
Do!T
·
All
teams will compete in a single game one by one.
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Rules
for the game will be elaborated at the spot.
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Time
for game will be one minute for each team.
·
Violation
of rules may cause disqualification from this round.
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Judges decision would be considered final incase of any ambiguity.
3.5. Extempore Speech
·
One member of each team will be given a random topic after the
choice of serious OR humorous topics, and will be required to deliver a speech
on the topic for duration of 1 minute and 30 seconds.
·
2 minutes preparation time shall be given to each team to prepare
the speech before its turn to deliver.
·
A buzzer will sound at the passage of 1 minute and then similarly
at the passage of 1 minute and 20 seconds.
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Negative marking will be carried out once a participant exceeds
the time limit.
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No change of topic on demand by any team is allowed.
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Speech is evaluated on the basis of material, accent,
pronunciation, delivery, expression and time constraint.
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Decision of the judges shall be considered final.
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The judges can disqualify any participant, who uses
un-parliamentary language, uses personal remarks or uses unfair means.
4. All the teams are bound to follow all the
rules & regulations announced at the starting time of the event.
5. No arguments shall be entertained on any
grounds whatsoever by the PLS.
6. Any team found to be employing unfair-means
shall be disqualified immediately.
7. Any team can be disqualified at any stage
without prior notice whatsoever.
9. Decision of judges and PLS shall be final and
will not be liable to challenge at any stage of the event.
