One question, two answers? Supreme Court seeks opinion from IIT panel on NEET exam

The Supreme Court on Monday asked IIT Delhi to form a panel of experts to give their opinion on the right answer to a particular question in the NEET-UG exam. The court has asked the panel to submit their report by Tuesday noon.

During the hearing, the counsel for a petitioner, who got 711 marks, challenged a question in the exam which had ambiguous options. According to the petitioner, option 4 of the said question was the right answer as per the updated NCERT edition. However, students who opted for option 2 were also given grace marks as it was correct as per the previous editions of the NCERT.

The petitioner, through her counsel, said she did not attempt the question to avoid negative marking but the National Testing Agency, which conducted the exam, gave full marks to candidates who opted for either of the two options.