ZIO — last-minute checklist
Built from the Zonal Informatics Olympiad records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (a secondary source — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.
🎯 Exam day
Next exam day: 14 Nov (expected) — 62 days to go.
Tracker row: ZIO-2027 exam (expected)
- 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 14 Nov (expected): Typically mid-November; ZIO-2026 was November 15, 2025
🎒 What to carry
- Admit card or centre letter, if your olympiad issues one — many olympiads held at your own school do not; check your school notice
- Identity proof: a school identity card or the photo ID your admit card or school notice names — ask the school if unsure
- Phones, smartwatches and calculators are generally not allowed in the exam room — follow your admit card or school notice
- Reporting time: it is on your admit card or school notice — reach before it
- Pen or pencil: the OMR sheet's instructions say which (ballpoint pen or HB pencil) — check your admit card or school notice
- Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.
🎫 Admit card
Admit card: not announced yet on our tracker. It is published on Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS) ↗.
📝 Exam pattern on our records
Zonal Informatics Olympiad
4 questions, 100 marks, 180 minutes
Marking: +25 per correct answer, no negative mark on our records — confirm it in the official notice
Subjects on our syllabus
- Algorithmic Problem Solving
- Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics
- Ad-Hoc Problem Patterns
Languages: English
IARCS Stage-1 informatics olympiad. Pen-and-paper paper on algorithmic problem-solving — no programming language knowledge required. 4 problems in 3 hours.
Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.
🔑 After the paper
- Answer key: not announced yet
- Result: not announced yet
- Next stage — INOI-2027 exam (expected): 13 Feb 2027 (expected)
🔗 Official portal and useful links
Official portal: Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS) ↗
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