Last updated 12 November 2026
Z Nova Plus and the Z QUEST National Championship are operated by Zee Learn Limited, 135, Continental Building, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400018 (“we”, “us”). By registering for Z QUEST, or by using the Z Nova Plus app or this website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree to them, please do not register.
Z QUEST is open to students of Grades 8 to 12 studying in India. Entries are grouped as Junior Scholars (Grades 8–9) and Senior Scholars (Grades 10–12), with age-appropriate difficulty for each.
Most participants will be under 18. A student under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian read and accept these terms on their behalf, and the mobile number given at registration should be one that parent or guardian can be reached on. Registering a student under 18 is a confirmation that you are their parent or guardian, or that you have their parent or guardian’s permission.
Registration asks for the student’s name, class, mobile number, optionally an email address, and their school. The mobile number is how the student signs in afterwards, so it must be a number they or their family can receive messages on.
You agree that what you tell us is true. We may cancel a registration, withdraw an entry or disqualify a participant if the details given are false, if the student is not eligible, or if the same person registers more than once.
If your school is not on our list, you may add it during registration. A school added this way is visible only to you until our team has confirmed it exists.
The participation fee is ₹499 per student. It is charged once, at registration, and is the only amount we will ask for in order to take part.
Payments are taken by a third-party payment gateway. We do not see or store your card, UPI or bank details — those are handled entirely by the gateway under its own terms. A registration is confirmed only once the gateway tells us the payment has succeeded. If money leaves your account and your registration is not confirmed, contact us and we will trace it.
The fee is non-refundable. Once a registration is confirmed, the fee is not refunded if the student later withdraws, does not sit a stage, or is disqualified. Please be sure before you pay.
Two things are not covered by that. If you are charged twice for the same registration, the duplicate is refunded in full. And if we cancel the championship outright before the online screening, we refund the fee. Where a stage is postponed or its format changed rather than cancelled, the registration carries over to the new date and the fee stands.
Z QUEST runs in four stages: a national online screening, city or centre auditions, a zonal league with knockout rounds, and a national grand finale. Progress from one stage to the next is decided by performance, in the formats described on our home page.
Dates, venues, formats, the number of rounds and the number of teams carried into each stage may change. We will give as much notice as we reasonably can. Our decisions, and those of our quizmasters and judges, on scoring, eligibility and conduct are final.
Prizes and recognition described on this site are proposed and subject to final approval. Where a cash prize is awarded to a team, it is divided equally between the two team members. Prizes may be subject to tax deducted at source and to proof of identity, age and school enrolment.
You agree not to:
We may suspend or disqualify a participant who does any of these, and we may withhold a prize awarded on the strength of it.
Your account is tied to your mobile number and is yours alone. Keep access to that number and to any one-time passcode sent to it. Tell us promptly if you believe somebody else is using your account.
The Z QUEST and Z Nova Plus names and logos, the question banks, the lessons, and the design of this site and the app belong to us or to our licensors. You may use them to take part in the competition and to study. You may not copy, sell or redistribute them.
Later stages may be photographed, recorded or broadcast. By taking part in a stage that is being recorded, you agree that we and our partners may use recordings and photographs of that stage to report on and promote the championship. If you would prefer a student not to appear, tell us before the event and we will do what we reasonably can.
We try to keep the platform available and working, but we do not promise it will be uninterrupted or free of faults. We may suspend it for maintenance. If a technical fault on our side stops a student completing an assessment, tell us promptly and we will decide what is fair — which may include a re-sit.
Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that, our total liability to you in connection with Z QUEST is limited to the fee you paid.
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows when they last changed. If a change materially affects a registered participant we will make a reasonable effort to tell them.
These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Mumbai have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.
Write to us at Zee Learn Limited, 135, Continental Building, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400018, or call +91 22 7154 1895.
For a complaint, write to our grievance officer at the registered office above, marked for their attention, or by telephone on +91 22 7154 1895. We aim to acknowledge a complaint within 48 hours and to resolve it within 30 days.
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