Kolkata: Students appearing for their class 10 examinations, conducted by the West Bengal state board, were surprised to find a question on Virat Kohli in their English language paper. The question to the students was for 10 marks and it required them to write a short profile on Kohli, based on points mentioned. Students were pleasantly surprised to find the question in the paper and were glad to answer it, according to the newspaper.
Cricketer-turned MLA Laxmi Ratan Shukla said the board has done the right thing by introducing a topic on Kohli in the question paper. “I think questions on icons of other sports too should be introduced in future by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and others,” he said.
Board president Kalyanmoy Ganguly said, “Kohli is the newest addition. There had been questions on the lives of popular figures in the past as well.” Over 11 lakh students wrote the English paper in the examination conducted by the Board last week.
Kohli was given a rest for the Nidahas Trophy tri-series between India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after leading the team to ODI and T20I victories over South Africa.
