Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP faced a brutal defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls 2025.
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh: IIT Kanpur issued a clarification after a bizarre question in its question paper this year left social media confused, laughing, and questioning. The question references former Delhi chief minister and IIT alumnus Arvind Kejriwal, who faced defeat in the recently held Delhi Assembly elections, tuning into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat.”
In its official statement, IIT Kanpur said that the intent behind the question was “purely academic” and had no other implications.
A photo of the question went viral on social media with many wondering if the reaction would be the same had Kejriwal’s name been replaced with Prime Minister Modi.
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“It has come to our attention that a question from an exam in the Department of Electrical Engineering has been circulating on social media. We would like to clarify that the faculty member in question frequently incorporates references to well-known personalities—both real and fictional—to make exam questions more engaging for students. In the past, similar references have included characters such as Tony Stark. The intent behind this approach is purely academic, with no other implications,” stated the university in its official statement.
The Question
The now-viral question by the Department of Electoral Engineering poses a situation where Kejriwal, after a “crushing” defeat in the Delhi elections, tunes into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat” on Vividh Bharti FM at a frequency of 105.4 MHz.
“Mr. Kejriwal wants to design a filter which may pass the content of Vividh Bharti channel while attenuating (rejecting) the adjacent FM radio channels Radio Nasha (107.2 MHz) and FM Rainbow Lucknow (100.7 MHz) by at least -60 dB. Since he spent a lot of money during the election campaign, he can only afford a resistor of 502, a variable inductor and a variable capacitor to design this filter. Can you please help Mr. Kejriwal design this filter using the R, L, and C components and find out:
(a) the quality factor (Q) of this filter.
(b) the values of inductance and capacitance needed.”
The sub-question had a weightage of 2 marks each.
To the @IITKanpur prof who designed this question, आपके चरण कहाँ हैं गुरूवर? pic.twitter.com/uP0NYa5cpq
— Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 (@ShefVaidya) February 21, 2025
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While the question left many in splits, some others slammed the university. “What nonsense @IITKanpur don’t you have moderation of questions set up by a professor. What a shame,” remarked an X user, while another said, “Gross politicisation where it is unnecessary. This is really not ok.”
“nice. i hear iitk doesnt attract any double digit ranks anymore. this is very illustrative,” remarked a social media user.
Several others pointed out, “Imagine if it was the other way around. 100% the prof loses his job.” Another netizen said, “Would love to see if the paper setter will have the guts to take the PM’s name.”
