Nagpur University Cancels Exam Midway Amid Question Paper Mix-Up Nagpur University (NU) faced a major crisis on Thursday when it abruptly canceled the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) fourth-semester examination after it began, due to a critical error in the question paper distribution. The incident, described as unprecedented in the university’s history, led to widespread confusion and frustration among students, exam centers, and officials. The exam, which started at 9:30 a.m., was halted within an hour after it was discovered that the question paper for the Fundamentals of Insurance subject contained questions from Fundamentals of Banking, a third-semester topic. The error was identified by NU’s exam section, which promptly announced a re-exam on June 10. Officials admitted the mistake was due to a paper setter’s oversight, as the title of the question paper was omitted for the majority of the sets. This led to the repetition of the same title across all paper sets, resulting in the incorrect distribution. Approximately 950 students out of the 10,000 BCom candidates who appeared for the exam received the wrong question paper, according to officials. Students and exam centers quickly raised concerns, with hundreds of students and several centers confronting officials over the mix-up. At one center, an examinee reported that invigilators initially told students that 160 had received the correct paper, while around 80 were given the banking-related questions. However, the students found none of the questions aligned with their syllabus or textbooks. They were instructed to submit written applications at the exam center and leave, though some were held back to attempt the same paper.#nagpur_university #bcom_students #fundamentals_of_insurance #fundamentals_of_banking #board_of_studies
