NEW DELHI – Indian students appearing for this year’s class 10 West Bengalboard examination got a surprise when they were asked to write aboutKohli’s life and career in 100 words. The question on the Englishexamination paper brought smiles on many faces.
“In the ‘Unseen’ section, 10 marks were alloted for writing a biography onKohli and almost all my friends opted for this question. We all wereexcited even after the English exam was over,” said Swarnabho Banerjee,student of Sagar Dutta High School of Belgharia, NDTV has reported.
Swaranabho’s friend Sudip Malakar said, “Even if the reference points werenot given, we would have attempted this question. Is there anyone among uswho does not know about Kohli?”
Headmistress of a girls’ school said it showed that students have to beconversant with current affairs as well as their curriculum.
Cricketer-turned MLA Laxmi Ratan Shukla said the board has done the rightthing by introducing a topic on Kohli in the question paper.
“I think questions on icons of other sports too should be introduced infuture by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and others,” he said.