Instructions for students

The 2024 Bebras India Computational Thinking Challenge was  offered for age groups 8-19 in 12 languages: English, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Bangla, Bodo, Punjabi, Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Assamese and is conducted for free. 

For the very first time the challenge was offered to first year undergraduate students (ages 17-19) in English.

The results for 2024 Bebras India Computational Thinking Challenge have been declared and  are available online and the schools will have received emails with the instructions for the students and also download the certificates. Students can login using the username and passwd they had used for the challenge and see the scores, national rank and download the certificates.

National Rank #1 for English and Hindi and State Rank #1 for Regional Languages listed on the Hall of Fame page.

Instructions for teachers

How does the scoring system work?

Bebras challenge is conducted in five groups, online under the supervision of the teachers. The total score is 165 (15 tasks) for all groups in English, Hindi and Telugu

For all other regional languages the total score is 99 for Aryabhata (9 tasks) and 165 (15 tasks) for all other groups

Group                              Ages                                    Standards                     Tasks

Aryabhata                       8-10 years                          Std III-IV                           15

Brahmagupta               10-12 years                          Std V-VI                            15

Bhaskara                       12-14 years                          Std VII-VIII                       15

Mahavira                       14-16 years                          Std IX-X                            15

Ramanujam                  16-18 years                          Std XI-XII                          15

Pingala 17-19 years First Year 15

Each task is sorted in a category based on the difficulty levels: A, B or C. Students start with some points and could gain or lose points as follows: 

Difficulty                        Correct Answer     Incorrect Answer        Unanswered

A category questions  +6 points                      0 points                  0 points

B category questions  +9 points                     -2 points                  0 points

C category questions   +12 points                  -4 points                  0 points