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CBSE apologises for Gujarat riots question in board paper

CBSE issued an apology for an inappropriate question asked in today’s Class 12 sociology board exam paper. The CBSE board exams for Term 1 are in process now for Classes 10 and 12. The first major exam of CBSE Class 12 was held today.

The sociology paper question was:”The unprecedented scale and spread of anti-muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place under which government?”There were four options in the MCQ-based paper: Congress, BJP, Democratic and Republican.

CBSE issued an apology on Twitter saying:”A question has been asked in today’s class 12 sociology Term 1 exam which is inappropriate and in violation of the CBSE guidelines for external subject experts for setting question papers.CBSE acknowledges the error made and will take strict action against the responsible persons.”