new delhi stating that a question in the class 12 term 1 sociology paper was inappropriate and in violation of cbse guidelines the board said on wednesday it will take strict action against the external subject experts responsible for thisthe question on which the board issued a statement was on the gujarat riots it asked the unprecedented scale and spread of antimuslim violence in gujarat in 2002 took place under which government the options given were congress bjp democratic and republican a question has been asked in todays class 12 sociology term 1 exam which is inappropriate and in violation of the cbse guidelines for external subject experts for setting question papers cbse acknowledges the error made and will take strict action against the responsible persons the cbse guidelines for paper setters clearly state that they have to ensure the questions should be academic oriented only and should be class and religion neutral and should not touch upon domains that could harm sentiments of people based on social and political choices the board tweetedasked if it had received any complaints a senior cbse official told toi it came to us through some sources and so the board decided to take corrective measureshowever several principals whom toi spoke to wondered how the board would not know about the questions in the paper a committee appointed by the board prepares the questions it then goes through various filtering and checking processes it is amusing that out of the over 30 centres i was overseeing no student or teacher voiced any concern about the paper the board issuing such a statement raises questions about its credibility said a principal on condition of anonymityhowever a senior cbse official said the board does not get to see the paper if that is done there wont be any secrecythe questions are finalised in two stages a four to fivemember expert committee is constituted for each subject for framing the questions a question bank is then prepared these questions are then checked by an expert committee which then selects them and finalises the paperanother principal pointed out that the topic was very much a part of the syllabus there is a topic on antimuslim riots where the gujarat events are mentioned said the principalstudents and teachers claimed that the paper had several grammatical errors and one of the questions was incomplete