Experts to study if NEET question in Hindi got lost in translation

Experts to study if NEET question in Hindi got lost in translation

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New Delhi:26.11.2021

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday agreed before the Supreme Court to set up a committee of three experts to decide the correctness of a Physics question in the Hindi version of NEET (UG) question paper after a discrepancy was pointed out by some candidates who took the exam in the Hindi medium.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said only those who are experts in Physics and also well-conversed in both Hindi and English could decide whether there was any discrepancy in the question paper. Some of the medical aspirants who chose the Hindi medium in the MBBS entrance examination alleged that there was an error in question number 2 of the Physics section.

They alleged that in the Hindi version of the question, words “amplitude of current” had been omitted and candidates who attempted the question based on the Hindi translation arrived at a different answer. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for NTA, said the best way to deal with the issue was to take the help of experts and agreed to set up a panel. The bench posted the case for November 30.

“During the course of the hearing, Tushar Mehta, solicitor general, has submitted that in order to allay the apprehensions of students who appeared for NEET (UG) 2021 with Hindi as the medium, the solutions to both the Hindi and English versions of Question No 2 of Section-A in Physics Paper (Code P2) shall be evaluated again by a committee consisting of three experts. After this process is done, it has been submitted that an affidavit would be filed setting out the result of the evaluation of the solutions,” the bench said.

Some of the medical aspirants who chose Hindi medium in the MBBS entrance examination alleged that there was an error in question two of the Physics section