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KOTA: Claiming that a physics question, 'wrongly translated' into Hindi, in NEET-UG 2021 put the future of thousands of students at stake, retired professor wrote open letter against National Testing Agency (NTA).
In the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, retired physics professor Ajith Singh Banthia alleged that the NTA had done an injustice to aspiring Hindi psychics by incorrectly phrasing the question on "alternating current".
While the English version of the question specified the words "amplitude of the current", the Hindi version had only worded it as "dhara" (current) and deleted the word "amplitude".
This prompted the students to solve it by viewing the standard value as "the root mean square value of the current," Banthia said.
Meanwhile, Hindi language aspirants in Kota formed NEET (UG) 2021 Hindi Madhyam Pariksharthi Sangarsh Morcha demanding ratification of the Hindi version of the issue.
According to the students, the error would cost them five points, which would play a crucial role in an exam with such fierce competition.
They claimed that about 2 lakh Hindi language aspirants will suffer due to the poorly worded question and many of them will not be admitted to government colleges.
The review took place on September 9.
Following the publication of the Optical Mark Recognition Sheet last month, the students complained to the NTA and requested a correction in the answer key. However, the agency did not entertain him.
Although the students filed a petition with the Supreme Court, they said the Supreme Court dismissed the case on November 30 based on a "fraudulent affidavit" from the NTA.
Several physics teachers at Kota training centers alleged that the "facts" produced by NTA co-director Binod Kumar Sahu in the affidavit were contrary to standard texts such as NCERT (page no. 236 251 264 ) and Concepts of Physics by HC Verma (Vol- II, page n ° 318).
Verma is a retired physics professor from IIT Kanpur and a Padma Shri Fellow for her contribution to the subject.
"The question in Hindi and English mean different things and therefore should have different answers. Interestingly, this question has been translated into several other languages, but it is only in the Hindi version of the question that the word" amplitude "has been dropped. I fully agree with the demands of the students and stand up with them for justice," said Brajesh Maheshwari, a physics expert at a popular coaching institute in Kota.