Rickrolled: CBSE's Class 12 Mathematics Paper Sends to Students to Prank Video

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education has landed in a peculiar situation after a QR code printed on its Class 12 Mathematics question paper directed users to British singer Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, popularly known as rickrolling.

‘Rickrolling’ is a prank that involves getting someone to click on a link or a piece of media that unexpectedly leads to Astley’s song.

Social media was rife with videos of students, who sat for the Mathematics exam on March 9, scanning the code which led to the prank video.

The board on March 10 took note of the incident and issued a statement confirming the veracity of the question paper.
“Many security features are provided on the question papers. These include QR codes to verify the genuineness of the question paper in case of suspected security breach. In a few question paper sets, it appears that when one of the given QR codes is scanned, it links to a YouTube video.

“It is hereby confirmed by the Board that the question papers are genuine. The security of the question papers remains uncompromised.

“While the concern about the veracity of the question papers is put to rest, the matter has been viewed seriously and necessary steps are being taken by the Board to ensure that such issues are not repeated in future,” the board said.

According to the Hindu, only the Mathematics paper has led viewers to the prank video so far.

The comment section under the video was full of tongue-in-cheek comments, with some students going as far as requesting songs from different artists in upcoming questions papers.

A section of social media users have also expressed shock and questioned the seriousness of this lapse.

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