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In this article, attempts are made to understand the perspective of undergraduate and postgraduate students of India about the fake news on the Internet and various social media platforms during COVID-19 lockdown period. It has been tried to discover through the study, why fake news gets circulated and what impacts these fake news have on these students. In this article, it has been shown, different kinds of fake news that had been circulated on the Internet during COVID-19 lockdown and how those false rumours affected the lives of people. Also, this article throws light on the political and religious fake news that have been circulated in online platforms during the lockdown. Attempts are made to understand the perspectives of these students about religious and political fake news and their impacts on them. This article focuses on what action should be taken against fake news and how these students are dealing with false information in online platforms.