Plz explain the question asked on transistor having three terminals P,Q,R.

the correct answer given by some sites is "it s npn transistor with R as base".

I am confused as it should be pnp transistor with R as base.

Mr. Krishna Gopal Singh. Thanks a lot for your guidance. Again ,I would like to seek your brilliant views that  what stand the  CBSE should take  for two wrong questions asked out of 35 (in physics )in AIEEE exam 2008.

a) Those who have attended these questions?and

b) not attended these questions.