POTUS may have deleted the tweet with "covfefe" in it, but the word is here to stay and how!
The year 2017 is coming to a close. And while things of great significance have happened this year, it will forever be known as the year US President Donald Trump gave us the word "covfefe". POTUS may have deleted the tweet with the word, but "covfefe" is here to stay and how! Need proof? Well, how about this statistics question from an exam at a Kolkata institute that borrowed President Trump's famous invention?
No, we're not kidding. After countless tweets, posts, memes, jokes, etc, the word "covfefe" featured in a question paper at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. A picture of the question paper has since gone viral.
The question paper was posted on Facebook by Rupam Bhattacharyya, a student of the institute, on December 1. He confirms to NDTV that it was put up by Professor Rajat Subhra Hazra of ISI Kolkata. The picture has since collected over 1,300 reactions and more than 400 odd shares. Another copy of it posted on Twitter on December 2 has received over 11,000 retweets and more than 16,000 'likes'.
Here's the question:
Now, those with technical know-how are trying to solve the question and/or share their reaction to it on both Facebook and Twitter.
"Best thing on the Internet ever," says one Facebook user. "It's a good question. Probability joins Politics," says another.
Previously, a reference to Padmavati actor Deepika Padukone was made in an Indian Air Force engineering exam. Before that, Tamil blockbuster Baahubali also featured in a civil engineering exam question paper.
No, we're not kidding. After countless tweets, posts, memes, jokes, etc, the word "covfefe" featured in a question paper at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. A picture of the question paper has since gone viral.
The question paper was posted on Facebook by Rupam Bhattacharyya, a student of the institute, on December 1. He confirms to NDTV that it was put up by Professor Rajat Subhra Hazra of ISI Kolkata. The picture has since collected over 1,300 reactions and more than 400 odd shares. Another copy of it posted on Twitter on December 2 has received over 11,000 retweets and more than 16,000 'likes'.
Here's the question:
Now, those with technical know-how are trying to solve the question and/or share their reaction to it on both Facebook and Twitter.
"Best thing on the Internet ever," says one Facebook user. "It's a good question. Probability joins Politics," says another.
Previously, a reference to Padmavati actor Deepika Padukone was made in an Indian Air Force engineering exam. Before that, Tamil blockbuster Baahubali also featured in a civil engineering exam question paper.
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