Unlike the delays usually experienced at all MU examinations, the paper started on schedule.
The re-exam of the applied mathematics paper for first-year engineering students was conducted smoothly on Thursday morning.
Unlike the delays usually experienced at all Mumbai University (MU) examinations, the paper started on schedule. This could be attributed to the new system of sending question papers via email just 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the exam. Barring some faded prints of question papers at some exam centres, no major issue was reported.
A total of 27,664 second semester students of the first-year engineering course appeared for the paper across 61 centres. While students complained about having to appear for the re-exam, opinions varied on the level of difficulty of the paper.
A student who appeared for the examination said, “The previous paper was easier and I could have scored better in it. Now I am going to be worried until the result of this paper comes out. After all, it was a mathematics paper.”
On the contrary, another student said, “The exam started on time and was surprisingly not too difficult. We had expected the paper to be really tough since it was a re-exam.”
Dr Naresh Chandra, MU’s pro-vice-chancellor, said, “The exam went smoothly without any glitches. We are confident that the remaining re-exams of two papers will also be hassle free.”
The question paper for the applied mathematics exam was leaked a night before its scheduled date of May 18, via emails and messages. MU initially denied the leak. Police complaints were lodged with the cybercrime cell for two different papers — physics and BEE (Basics of Electricals and Electronics) which were reportedly uploaded on a social networking website.
During the investigation however, the police confirmed that even the applied mathematics paper was leaked. The re-exam for physics and BEE will be held on June 16 and 18, respectively.
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