Patna, April 7: Stumped by the out of syllabus questions in the statistics and business mathematics paper, more than 200 BCom final year students today created ruckus at Patna Science College and Magadh Mahila College, boycotted examination and blocked Ashok Rajpath.

Taking serious note of the allegation of the students, the vice-chancellor of Patna University ordered cancellation of the examination and a probe to check the veracity of the students’ claim. A few days back, the sociology paper of final year graduation examination was cancelled as some questions were out of the syllabus.

The Patna Science College, where the BCom final year students of Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya and Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) were taking the examination, was the epicentre of the ruckus. Around 10am, a few students in a room gave an exam boycott call claiming that the questions were out of syllabus. The teachers, invigilators and the executive magistrate present at the college tried to pacify the examinees, but in vain.

Soon, the rising spread to other rooms. The number of rebel students soared in no time. Around 40 to 50 students entered each classroom of the college and disrupted the examination. They forcefully tore apart question papers and misbehaved with the teachers and other employees of Patna Science College. They raised slogans against the university authorities and demanded cancellation of today’s paper.

Santosh Yadav, a DDE student of PU, said: “The question paper was tough. Moreover, majority of questions were out of the syllabus.”

The rebel students came out of the college after some time and blocked Ashok Rajpath, disrupting traffic for more than half-an-hour.

After creating ruckus at Patna Science College and on Ashok Rajpath, the students went to Magadh Mahila College, the examination centre for the girl students of DDE and Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya.

Around 30 to 40 students forcibly entered the college and asked the girl students to boycott the examination.

As the situation turned volatile, police personnel from the nearby Gandhi Maidan police station reached the spot and tried to pacify the students, but in vain. The agitating students pelted stones at the cops. The situation came under control only after additional force reached the spot.

The Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya principal was shocked over the misdemeanour of his students. Umesh Mishra, the principal of Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya, said: “If the questions were out of the syllabus, the students should have approached the university authorities first.”

A senior teacher of Vanijya Mahavidhyalaya, who had seen the question paper, said only one question was out of the syllabus. Moreover, there were 10 questions in a set and the students had to answer only five of them.