After a question on ‘jihadi terrorism’ in SPPU third-year paper, the university issues an apology

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A multiple-choice question on the “main cause of jihadi terrorism” in an exam paper for third-year B.Com students of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on Friday left university officials in red-faced and forced them to issue an apology for the same.

The question was part of the subject ‘Defence Budgeting’, one of the 3,300 subjects offered by SPPU. The university said that the paper is offered by only one college, and only a few students had given the exam on Friday.

The multiple-choice question read, ‘Which one of the following is the main cause of jihadi terrorism?’ and the multiple answer choices were (a) globalization (b) spread of communism (c) armament proliferation, and (d) use of violence in the name of Islamic radicalism.

Nearly 2.5 lakh students are recently taking the online-offline third-year exams being conducted by SPPU.

This particular question paper on Friday, however, had strong reactions on social media, which was flooded with screenshots of the exam paper.

Taking exception to the use of religious reference in the question and the mention of Islam, students’ organizations also approached the university over it.

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News Source: Indian Express

Updated  by: Bidisha Roy Choudhury