UGC-NET question paper was leaked on darknet: Centre day after exam cancelled

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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the UGC-NET.

The question paper leaked on Darknet matched the original examination question paper. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday that the UGC-NET exam was canceled after it was discovered that the examination question paper had been leaked on the darknet.

The decision to cancel the exam, conducted on June 18, was made promptly after confirmation that the leaked paper matched the original.

Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan.

revealed on Thursday that the decision to cancel UGC-NET was taken after it was found that the examination question paper was leaked on Darknet.

The dark web, or darknet, is a part of the internet that lies beyond the reach of search engines. Users are largely anonymous and untraceable and mainly pay with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.”Soon after it was clear that the UGC-NET question paper on darknet matches the original question paper of UGC-NET,

we decided to cancel the examination,” Dharmendra Pradhan said, addressing a press conference today. The cancellation was announced on Wednesday amid widespread anger over the possibility that another important national academic test, the NEET-UG, that is used for medical college admissions, was leaked or its evaluation process bungled due to question errors.

The government, Pradhan said, will form a high-level committee to review the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which oversees such national examinations.

Taking both tests into account, close to 3.4 million people are affected due to the controversies surrounding the two tests. Pradhan announced that the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was canceled within 24 hours of its conduct on Wednesday due to concerns about the integrity of the process.“We tallied the questions on the darknet with the original UGC-NET questions and they matched,” Pradhan told reporters. “We immediately decided to cancel the paper and order a CBI inquiry into the matter.”

Article in short:

• UGC-NET was canceled a day after the exam held

• Question paper leaked on Darknet and matched the original exam paper

• The center says a committee is to be formed to improve the NTA structure

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