Also the concerned teacher should be kept away from examination work, question paper design and evaluation for 3 years 

 

Investigation conducted after uproar over a question ‘Where is Rani Durgavati’s tomb built’ asked in the B.Sc./B.Com. second year exam conducted by Rani Durgavati University (RDU) has taken a new turn. In fact, when the university administration inquired about the question from the exam paper center, it was found that in the book published by Thakur Publication Private Limited, Bhopal, the ‘Samadhi’ of Veerangana Rani Durgavati has been written as ‘Tomb’. The university administration took cognizance of the question asked outside the syllabus in 2025 examination and decided that in the students’ interest, question number 42 should be cancelled and full marks of the said question should be given to all the students.

 

Shockingly, the same book of Thakur Publication is being taught in other academic institutions of Madhya Pradesh as well. Are the academic experts concerned with the publication are not familiar about the different between a ‘Samadhi’ and a ‘Tomb’? Meanwhile, a meeting of the permanent committee of Vidya Parishad was held in RDU under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor, Professor Rajesh Kumar Verma in presence of Registrar Dr R K Baghel and heads of departments. In which it was decided that a letter will be written to the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Higher Education Department for action on the book published by Thakur Publication Private Limited, Bhopal. Simultaneously, the concerned teacher should be kept away from exam work, question paper design and evaluation for 3 years. During exam of Women Empowerment of Foundation Course, B.Sc./B.Com. Second Year 2025 examination, ‘Where is the tomb of Rani Durgavati built’ was asked. The word ‘Samadhi’ should have been used instead of tomb. The meeting was attended by department heads Professor Bharat Kumar Tigri, Professor S S Sandhu, Professor Rakesh Bajpai, Professor Vivek Mishra, Professor Mamta Rao, Professor J K Maitra, Dr Neena Bajpai, Dr Nandini Bharill and In-charge Sunita Devdi.