AQA Biology Exam Leaves Students Angered By 'What Is An Independent Business' Question

'WTF?!'

A GCSE exam has prompted fury online, after students were left dumbfounded by some of the terms it referred to.

Tuesday's exam, which covered the study of living organisms, apparently asked: "What is meant by the term independent business?"

The unexpected question, which related to a drugs trial company, caused a flurry of anger.

Genuinely think the most popular search in Google rn is 'what is an independent business' #aqabiology

— Millie Pearce (@millie_pearce12) May 17, 2016

have a higher chance of catching malaria than passing my biology gcse #aqabiology

— livi (@oliviabeth__) May 17, 2016

"What's an independent business"
WHAT IS THIS, BUSINESS STUDIES? #AQABiology

— tana // mollie (@timefortana) May 17, 2016

Biology exam, first question:

"What is an independent business?"

WHAT HAS THAT GOT TO DO WITH BIOLOGY WTF#aqabiology

— mil (@mashtonftcakee) May 17, 2016

Congratulations aqa for having zero biology on the biology GCSE exam 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #aqabiology

— ell (@ellerushby) May 17, 2016

And once outside of exam conditions, pupils quickly vandalised the 'independent business' Wikipedia page...

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According to the unedited Wiki, an 'independent business' is one free from outside control.

Yet there were other controversies in the exam - including problematic assumptions about the drinking habits of 15-year-olds.

Summing up #aqabiology:

We are all getting malaria
Rats love the bevs
All 15 year olds are alcoholics
Horse's feet look like a schlong

— Dan Laws (@NaturallyHatem) May 17, 2016

Lorna Armstrong, a student from Newcastle who began the petition, wrote: "I believe that AQA should issue an apology for including this question".

AQA told The Huffington Post UK it has "no problem" with the questions on Tuesday's exam.

A spokesperson added: "Exams aren't meant to be easy and students are obviously going to tweet about that, but there was nothing wrong with this paper. We wish everyone the best of luck with the rest of their exams."

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