Ludhiana, Feb. 16 -- Confusion and panic gripped students of Victoria Public School, Lehra, as their Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 English exam turned into a nightmare due to a "school aadministrative error".

Upon arriving at their designated exam centre (Nankana Sahib Public School) on Saturday, students expected to receive the English Language and Literature (Code 184) question paper. Instead, they were given the Communicative English (Code 101) paper, a subject they had not prepared for. The error took place due to incorrect exam form entries by Victoria Public School, students said. It affected 117 students.

Parents of a few students said, "We approached the school principal who claimed that the CBSE had chang...