NEET 2017 Reaction: Bengali & Gujarati Question Paper Tougher than English

The candidates who took NEET-UG 2017 examination in Gujarati and Bengali medium alleged that question was tough compared to the English medium question paper. The Education Minister of Bengal pointed that the set of questions in Bengali question paper were different and tougher than English medium.

NEET-UG 2017 examination took place on May 7, 2017, across various examination centres in India. Central Board of Secondary Education conducted the examination to fill up 95,000 medical seats in BDS and MBBS courses.

The similar situation occurred in Gujarat where questions in Gujarati medium question paper and English medium question paper were different. One of the professors pointed that the questions in Gujarati question paper were tough and different from English, and making a common merit list does not make any sense.

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The Education Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Partha Chaterjee wrote to Central Board of Secondary Education indicating that the difficulty level and difference in the questions of English and Gujarati medium question papers will deny the opportunities for the right candidates from the state.

Parents from West Bengal sought the intervention of Chief Minister of the state in the matter. After taking the examination, students from both the states expressed their dissatisfaction in the difference in weightage and nature of questions which has now become a disadvantage for the students who took the examination in Bengali and Gujarati mediums.

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This year, CBSE failed to prepare a uniform question paper for the NEET-UG 2017 examination. In the year 2013, CBSE prepared uniform question paper with the same content for all the languages.

On the other hand, few experts were of the opinion that Gujarati question paper was comparatively easier than the Bengali question paper.