On March 30, 2026, during the CBSE Class 12 History exam, something way unserious and unhinged happened in all examination centres; the school’s Question Paper’s QR Code, previously not cared about other than for authentication, was finally scanned, resulting in umm…something unexpected.

Many of the students who did so found, instead of an ordinary success message as expected, results that were associated with Orhan Awatramani.

Yes, the internet personality and the Bollywood friend we secretly love and dig. He is our 3 AM entertainment, and there’s no denying it. 

Meri feed tak toh theek tha, lekin bhai ab CBSE paper me bhi mogging kar rahe hain (crying emojis). 

CBSE Class 12 History Exam 2026 Shock: QR Code Scan Shows Orry Instead of Verification

Once the students emerged from their respective exam centres after completing their exams, the messages regarding the QR code spread like wildfire. People were more excited to dig deep into this hidden message than discuss answers post the exam. 

One post that circulated ranting about his 2026 bingo list was: 

“Bhai ye mere friend ka math ka paper hai bas ek baar ye QR code scan kar lo… This was not on my 2026 list CBSE.”

Unhinged and how! But, this message had a lot of momentum around it because it was just disbelief without trying to explain anything. 

After this, students began to record themselves scanning the QR code outside of the exam hall as well; therefore, there were videos put together capturing their reactions to seeing their result come up on their phones. Some laughed, some were confused and could not believe how this was possible, and some asked multiple different ways of the same question: ye ho kaise sakta hai? 

Orry Responds After Appearing on CBSE Exam Paper, Calls It a ‘Pop Culture Honour’

Shortly after, the incident and the QR story reached Orry himself. 

A viral video shows him scanning the QR code, the results leaving him as wide-eyed as the rest of India. 

The first words out of Orry’s mouth were “Oh, that’s my dream. Oh my gosh! I am on the CBSE exam paper.”

Bruh, we are just as shocked as you are! 

Orry could have chosen to simply react, but that’s not really his style. On his social media accounts, he posted:

“CBSE paper is the new phuljadi packet,” taking a playful dig at Ananya Panday.

He addressed his followers as an Indian Pop Culture Icon and defined his inclusion on CBSE papers as:

“an extremely large and appropriate honor… to be on a national, pan-India examination paper,” and describing himself as a “youth pop culture icon” now “part of Indian history both literary and metaphorically.”

CBSE Statement on QR Code Issue: Board Denies External Redirection, Calls It Security Feature

Even though the CBSE’s response didn’t clarify what should have been clarified, it certainly made sure that the moment would live on for a very long time.

While more and more videos were being posted by the students, CBSE released a statement in response. The statement clarified the following:

• The question papers were authentic
  
• The QR codes are included strictly for security verification
  
• They are not designed to redirect users to external or unrelated content

The response from CBSE was direct; however, it did not align completely with what the students were showing online. This represents the gap between what CBSE intended the system to do versus what the users experienced, which became the “brainrot of the day” for the internet. 

From ‘History’ to ‘Orry’: Internet Theories Question QR Code Pattern, Encoding and Output

As Instagram and X began to flood with reactions, Reddit became the place where users were trying to reverse engineer or figure out the situation. 

Another user said that since QR codes are temporary and expendable, then there may have been someone who pointed them to the same place prior to the codes being created.

It was theorized and has been discussed widely that the “fix” for the incident may be possible since QR codes are dynamic, meaning they are updateable.

No one knows if this is true; however, it was given a technical explanation to continue to be talked about.

Not all theories were technical. Some users treated the whole incident like a puzzle to solve. 

Some of the comments about the incident were as follows:

1. “I think they forgot to add ‘S’ at the beginning.”

2. “Maybe it’s the ending of the word ‘History’… each letter repeated thrice… it becomes ORRY.”

Users also had comment questions based on the format of the information as it appeared in the post: 

1. Why would they write ‘ooorrryyy’ instead of ‘orry’?”

Some people dig deeper into the rabbit hole and said, “CBSE Is Going To Send Me A Message”

Some people thought it was a conspiracy, others thought it was a coding error; others believed it was just a silly error.

And frankly, no one knows what’s the real gossip. 

But wait, this is not the first time a mishap like this has happened. 

The Rickrolling Incident That Had The Internet ROFLingg 

Before this, students were met with a QR Code redirecting them to the original “Rick Roll” prank of the internet in the form of a link to the official Rick Rolls YouTube Video, after they had previously been asked to scan this quoted code to effectively conclude their test.

As students shared their experiences through screenshotting and online posts, news of the students getting Rick Rolled grew rapidly on various forms of social media. However, in the bigger picture this would raise serious questions on how a harmless prank could invade what is considered India’s largest standardized education assessment! 

Lekinnnn ek seccccccc….

Was this just an innocent internet joke amongst the students? or did someone bravely slip a meme into India’s testing practices?

Ladies & Gentlemen, you’re not ready for this! 

Let’s take a closer look into this outrageous situation and discuss how this viral story has taken the internet by force!

Upon scanning the code after the examination concluded, a number of students apparently found themselves routed to a YouTube video for Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” released in 1987.

The Rickrolling phenomenon, which comically involves redirecting a user to the music video instead of another link that was camouflaged as another site, is now entwined with the student incident described here.

As soon as students realised what had happened, many began disseminating screenshots online, first across Reddit and X, then through various mainstream media outlets.

When the CBSE announced that all test materials were legitimate and test security had been maintained, the agency resolved one issue but created several other doubts.