A picture of a question paper by a Central government-run school in Chennai is going viral on social media raising several questions and debates. The question paper that purportedly appeared in a Class VI examination has raised massive controversy as a couple of questions were based on caste and religion.
Questions ranging from BR Ambedkar’s caste to what does “Dalit” mean were asked in the paper. There were questions on stereotyping of Muslims as well.
As quoted in the reports, following are the questions from the exam paper:
- Question no. 17 read: “What do you mean by Dalit?” and choices for answers were:
(A) Foreigners (B) Untouchables (C) Middle Class (D) Upper class.
- Question no. 18 read: “What is the common stereotype about Muslims?” and choices for answers were:
(A) They don’t send their girls to school (B) They are pure vegetarian
(C) They do not sleep at all at the time of Roza (D) All of them.
These two questions are from a chapter called ‘Diversity and Discrimination’. The questions are from two subheads- ‘On being discriminated against’ and ‘Inequality and discrimination.’
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan said it has noticed the fake question paper being circulated on social media claiming it to be of some Kendriya Vidyalaya in Tamil Nadu or Puducherry. “However no evidence has so far been brought to the notice of KVS which may establish that the question paper belongs to a Kendriya Vidyalaya,” it said in a statement, adding that its RO has reported that none of 49 KVs of Chennai region has prepared such questions.
The CBSE said it does not set question papers for internal exams in “any class for any school”. “It only conducts board exams for class 10 and 12. The said references to CBSE are therefore found incorrect and unfounded,” a senior board official said.
