diff --git a/assessment-api/assessment-service/app/handlers/QuestionExcelParser.scala b/assessment-api/assessment-service/app/handlers/QuestionExcelParser.scala
index 42c76fe6e2dba86c9ae61ce883b0eb6c36a33db2..6a2fa26b3972a7b4b403b514d35d62ace17a539c 100644
--- a/assessment-api/assessment-service/app/handlers/QuestionExcelParser.scala
+++ b/assessment-api/assessment-service/app/handlers/QuestionExcelParser.scala
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ object QuestionExcelParser {
     question.put(Constants.TEMPLATE_ID, "mcq-vertical")
     question.put(Constants.ANSWER, answer)
     question.put("channel", channel)
-    question.put("assessmentType",assessmentType)
+    setArrayValue(question,assessmentType,"assessmentType")
     question
   }