India, April 3 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued an advisory, cautioning students, parents and media against "misinformation" surrounding QR codes on question papers. It clarified that the codes are not clickable web links but are part of its internal systems designed for authentication, tracking and maintaining examination integrity.

"They do not open as web links when scanned and only display intended text," said the advisory issued late on Thursday amid reports of users manually searching QR-related strings online and encountering unrelated results, including references to individuals.

The clarification followed online buzz after QR codes on CBSE question papers, particularly the Class 12 history paper on ...