MP Class X exam paper question refers to PoK as ‘Azad Kashmir’, 2 suspended
Question number four in the paper gave students two lists and asked them to match the pairs with option 'C' reading - India-Pakistan war while the fifth option on the opposite side read - Azad Kashmir.
New Delhi: A question in a social science subject paper of the Madhya Pradesh state Class 10 Board examination referred to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as “Azad Kashmir.”
The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Examination on Saturday has suspended two people who set and moderated the question paper.
Question number four in the paper gave students two lists and asked them to match the pairs with option ‘C’ reading – India-Pakistan war while the fifth option on the opposite side read – Azad Kashmir.
Similarly, question no 26 required candidates to mark out “Azad Kashmir” on the map of India.
Saleena Singh, Chairperson Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education said today: “The Board has suspended two persons who set and moderated the Class 10 question paper in which Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has been called Azad Kashmir.” (ANI)