What is the advantage of being HIV positive? Have you had sex?

Those are questions from a political science final exam at a college in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, that have sparked widespread social media debate about their appropriateness.

Many students at Beihai College of Art and Design posted test papers online on Sunday that contained questions not related to the subject, but to their personal lives.

They expressed reluctance to answer the questions and doubts about whether they tested their academic abilities.

Other questions from the paper included "Have you thought about having babies for the future of the country?" and "What's your criteria in choosing future partners?"

According to news website Btime, the paper was compiled by the president of the school, a man surnamed Zheng. Similar questions also appeared in other final exam papers he compiled.

The Beihai education bureau said it will look into the incident.