The Class 8 question paper of a Bengaluru school is trending online after it asked who is a farmer's friend, BS Yeddyurappa (L), HD Kumaraswamy or earthworms

A Bengaluru school has landed in a major controversy after asking its Class 8 students an odd question in the election season. For their annual examinations, the students were asked who is a farmer's friend, and the options left them stumped. The students had to choose between BS Yeddyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy and earthworms.

Funny as it may sound, the goof-up has landed Mount Carmel English High School in Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bengaluru, in trouble after the question paper went viral on the internet, reported the Deccan Herald.

A staff member, who was responsible for the goof-up, has been sacked by the management while the school has clarified that they do not support any political party.

According to the report, the students and their parents were amused by the multiple choice question. Thankfully, the teenagers knew who can be rightly called a friend of farmers, and they went with the option of earthworms instead of Karnataka BJP chief Yeddyurappa or Chief Minister Kumaraswamy.

Kannada question paper, Mount Carmel English High School, Rajarajeshwarinagar:



"Who is the friend of the farmer?"



Options:

a. BS Yeddyurappa

b. HD Kumaraswamy

c. Earthworm



Hahahahahaha :) pic.twitter.com/mYIv9NXApl Karthik (@beastoftraal) March 28, 2019

8th std question paper (Carmel School, R R Nagar, Bangalore) has one social question.



Who is farmers' friend? Answers:

1) Kumaraswamy

2) Earthworm

3) Yeddyurappa pic.twitter.com/DNOHduQA5V Narayana Prasad (@NprasadIndia) March 27, 2019





Class 8th Kannada exam question paper at a school in Bangalore.



9th Question: Who is the friend of a farmer?



Option 1. Kumaraswamy



Option 2: Earthworm



Option 3: Yeddyurappa



(via WhatsApp) pic.twitter.com/PwF1wIx5pw March 27, 2019

STUDENTS IN KARNATAKA ASKED POLITICAL QUESTION IN EXAMS



Who is the Friend of the Farmer?



HD Kumaraswamy

Earthworm

BS Yeddyurappa ElectionAdda (INDIA) (@electionaddaEN) March 27, 2019

However, some on Twitter took notice of the odd set of questions asked in a school examination, as this comes just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Students of Mount Carmel school said that they were shocked to see the question paper being trolled on social media. They also said it was embarrassing for them.

Karnataka saw a tightly-fought state election in 2018 with both Yeddyurappa and Kumaraswamy fighting on the promise of waiving farm loans.

Both have tried to portray themselves as farmer-friendly leaders, and Yeddyurappa even managed to waive loans within a day of his brief stint as the chief minister.

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