– The Supreme Court affirmed that the National Testing Agency’s answer was correct on a question in the NEET-UG exam.
– A panel of experts from IIT Delhi presented their report on the question in question during the hearing.
– Petitioners challenged the question stating that option 4 was correct as per the updated NCERT edition, while others argued that option 2 was correct as per previous editions.
– The expert panel concluded that option 4 was the correct answer and the NTA was correct in its answer key.
– The Solicitor General argued that the question was not ambiguous but a trick question.
– The Supreme Court emphasized on going by the correct answer rather than focusing on different editions of textbooks.
– The Supreme Court reiterated that the decision on the correct answer should be based on input from experts like IIT.