CBSE apologies for the Gujarat riot question in the class 12 exam




CBSE is conducting term 1 class 10th and class 12 exams in whole over India affiliated to CBSE&period; Students of class 12th were having their sociology exam on November 11&period; This paper included a Gujarat riot question which is inappropriate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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The question with all the four options is given below-<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

The unprecedented scale and spread of anti-muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place under which government&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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    The board apologized and called it inappropriate and in violation of CBSE guidelines for a subject expert for setting a question paper&period; CBSE promises that they take strict action against it and will find out who is responsible for the same&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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      CBSE Guidelines &colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

      The board added that CBSE guidelines include the following points for the Paper setter-<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

      • Make sure you have the latest version of the syllabus and you are familiar with the assessment criteria&period;<&sol;li>
      • Work on a Specification Grid&period; Check that all the test items based on the respective syllabus and that the items graded in difficulty&period;<&sol;li>
      • Do not use material reflecting race&comma; ethnic&comma; or sex bias&period;<&sol;li>
      • Develop a Marking Scheme alongside the Specification Grid&period;<&sol;li>
      • Check that the duration of the examination entered correctly on the paper and that the time allotted is sufficient&period; As enable the students to complete the paper and revise their work&period;<&sol;li>
      • Proofread the text&period;<&sol;li>
      • Pass on the finalized draft of the paper to an external reviser who has to proofread the text again&period; Ensure that no test item is out of the syllabus&comma; check that all set tasks are workable&period; That the paper can be completed in the set time&period;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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        Following all the above main guidelines of CBSE based on which a subject expert expected to set a paper for examination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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          Gujarat Riot 2002 &colon;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

          Gujarat Riot of 2002 was a three-day period of inter-communal violence&period; The train was burnt on 27 February 2002 in Godhra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

          The 2002 riots in Gujarat state broke out after the burning of two coaches of the Sabarmati Express train Godhra railway station&period; Leads to the death of 58 Hindu &OpenCurlyQuote;Karsevaks’ who were returning from Ayodhya&period; This riot left thousands of people to death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

          In this riot&comma; a total of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus meet their death&period; Leading to great destruction of properties and death too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;

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