A question in CBSE’s Class 12 biology paper has got people digging for motives.
The question in its biology paper's D- Section (long answer type questions), based on the environmental pollution, asks to list arguments to “promote burying and discourage burning”.
A question in its biology paper's D- Section (long answer type questions), based on the environmental pollution, asks to list arguments to 'promote burying and discourage burning'.
"How is this question relevant to Biology? Does the CBSE wants to promote burial and not burning? They even asked impressionable minds to give reasons in support," said Alok Bhatt who tagged the question paper to the HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Twitter.
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Many on Twitter called it a non-issue as 'burying/ burning' in the question was in the context of dry leaves, something that the Residents' Welfare Association (RWA)looks after. Misplaced outrage, as is wont for some, came pouring in.
"I think it is obvious the question is about leaves and not human bodies. What does an RWA have to do with disposal of human bodies?" asked a user on the micro-blogging site.
Bhatt refuted all conclusions.
"Idiotic conclusion- the word "dafnana" is NOT used for garbage," he said.
No clarification has been issued by the HRD Ministry or Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on the same.
