CBSE justifies JEE question paper
Hyderabad: The Central Board of Secondary Education on Wednesday clarified that the questions in the JEE-2018 paper were prepared two three months back and they did not figure in any of the model papers.
The CBSE, in a press release, stated that the weblink www.cisthetaglobal.com carried a news item that 7-8 questions out of the 90 questions of JEE-2018 paper were carried from a model paper of a coaching institution by the name of Narayana Academy.
The CBSE stated that these questions or items did not exist in 2016. To understand this, it is necessary to know the process. The JEE question papers are prepared in original by over 100 item writers. These item writers are subject experts. They prepare over 1,500 items over a period of two months during the year of the exam. All these questions are prepared by the item writers are in original and they are handwritten.
After that, 90 questions would be drawn randomly, and 8-9 sets are created. Any one set is randomly picked for use in JEE. The said 7-8 questions were prepared in original by seven different item writers and were handwritten. After this, the moderator made many handwritten changes too.
Followed by this, the Vetter also made handwritten changes. The final handwritten version was ready only about 2-3 months back, after which it was sent to the confidential printer. It is indeed very strange that handwritten changes in all these seven questions that CBSE has record of, appear exactly in a so-called website claiming to belong to a particular coaching institute and also claiming to be two years old.
The CBSE reiterated that all these 7-8 items/questions were originally written only about two to three months ago and they cannot and could not have figured in any model paper by any coaching institutions two years back. There is an atmosphere of falsities and rumour mongering being deliberately perpetuated against a prestigious organisation like CBSE. CBSE appeals to all not to pay heed to such falsities, said the press release.