'Triialising Untouchability': CBSE UGC NET Question Courts Controversy
New Delhi:
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has conducted the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) on January 22 and a question in the reasoning part of Paper I draws controversy as it was accused of 'trivialising untouchability'. In the question, CBSE gave two premises and four conclusions which were drawn from the former. According to the premises and conclusions, the candidates were asked to choose from codes (as answers) from the options given.
Here is the CBSE UGC Net Question:
"Q: 47. Given below are two premises ( (a) and (b) ). From those two premises four conclusions (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are drawn. Select the code that states the conclusions validly drawn from the premises (taking singly or jointly. )
Premises: (a) Untouchability is a curse (b) All hot pans are untouchable
Conclusions: (i) All hot pans are curse (ii) Some untouchable things are hot pans (iii) All curses are untouchability (iv) Some curses are untouchability
Codes:
(1) (i) and (ii)
(2) (ii) and (iii)
(3) (iii) and (iv)
(4) (ii) and (iv)"
In response to the UGC NET question, Professor Ayesha Kidwai of Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University said that, 'the fact that a UGC question paper actually mocks a horrific atrocity that many students writing this very exam would have suffered, can only lead to one conclusion: the UGC's own perspective is a Brahmanical one'.
'It is also spectacularly ungrammatical and illogical, as the answer they think to be the correct one doesnt actually follow from the premises!', she added.
"Someone came up with this rubbish question but then I'm sure this question paper must have gone through several checks and revisions at several levels and no one at UGC thought this was deplorable?", commented Shuroma Sarna in Facebook.
The details about the question were posted in Facebook by 'Dalit Marxism' page.
CBSE conducts the UGC NET to determine the eligibility for Asst. Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian Universities and Colleges. The examination was conducted in 84 subjects at 90 selected cities across India.
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Here is the CBSE UGC Net Question:
"Q: 47. Given below are two premises ( (a) and (b) ). From those two premises four conclusions (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are drawn. Select the code that states the conclusions validly drawn from the premises (taking singly or jointly. )
Premises: (a) Untouchability is a curse (b) All hot pans are untouchable
Conclusions: (i) All hot pans are curse (ii) Some untouchable things are hot pans (iii) All curses are untouchability (iv) Some curses are untouchability
Codes:
(1) (i) and (ii)
(2) (ii) and (iii)
(3) (iii) and (iv)
(4) (ii) and (iv)"
In response to the UGC NET question, Professor Ayesha Kidwai of Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University said that, 'the fact that a UGC question paper actually mocks a horrific atrocity that many students writing this very exam would have suffered, can only lead to one conclusion: the UGC's own perspective is a Brahmanical one'.
'It is also spectacularly ungrammatical and illogical, as the answer they think to be the correct one doesnt actually follow from the premises!', she added.
"Someone came up with this rubbish question but then I'm sure this question paper must have gone through several checks and revisions at several levels and no one at UGC thought this was deplorable?", commented Shuroma Sarna in Facebook.
The details about the question were posted in Facebook by 'Dalit Marxism' page.
CBSE conducts the UGC NET to determine the eligibility for Asst. Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian Universities and Colleges. The examination was conducted in 84 subjects at 90 selected cities across India.
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