New Delhi: The NEET exam is once again surrounded by controversy after investigators found an alleged paper leak that circulated in Sikar, Rajasthan. The guess
questionnaire had a majority of the same questions as the actual exam paper.
The Rajasthan Special Operation Group (SOG) initiated a probe and found that nearly 600 of 720 questions were the same and had been circulated among students before the exam, according to an India Today report.
The officials are now investigating whether it was just a guess paper or part of an actual leak of the question paper before the exam.
Paper sold for Rs 30,000 a night before the examination
The matter intensified after the investigators claimed that even the sequence of answer options in some questions was also the same. As per the sources, the first questionnaire surfaced two days before the exam in Sikar and was allegedly sold to two students for a price ranging from Rs 20,000 to 2 lakh.
The night before the exam, the questionnaire was allegedly sold for around Rs 30,000 each. The SOG has traced the alleged leak of the guess paper to a Churu-based MBBS student currently studying at a medical college in Kerala.
The student then shared the questionnaire with a friend in Sikar on May 1, after it circulated rapidly through PG groups, coaching-linked networks, career counsellors and aspirants of the examination.
The questionnaire had more than 300 handwritten questions from physics, chemistry, and biology. Around 140 questions were similar to those that came in the final examination.
The officials believed that the incident would make a huge impact on the rankings and admissions if the allegations were proven true.
A PG operator has come under scrutiny after forwarding the questionnaire and then filing a complaint after the exam. Investigators suspect the PG operator attempted to shield himself once fears of exposure grew.
