'Under which govt did 2002 Gujarat riots happen?' CBSE calls this question an error

“The unprecedented scale and spread of anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place under which government?”

This question was asked in the CBSE’s Sociology test Wednesday in the Term 1 Board Exams for Class 12. The Board has now apologised for it, calling it “inappropriate”. The CBSE has also promised “strict action” against “responsible persons”.

The options offered to answer this question were: “Congress”, “BJP”, “Democratic” and “Republican”.

Taking to Twitter, the CBSE posted: “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.”

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In a second tweet, it said: “The CBSE guidelines for paper setters clearly state that they have to ensure the questions should be academic oriented only and should not touch upon domains that could harm sentiments of people based on social and political choices.”