I've never seen a sentence that uses か and は together like this before


> 交換プログラムに選ばれるのが難しいかやさしい **かは**
> 、大学によって違うが、一般的に言えば、申し込む学生が多ければ多いほど、選ばれるのが難しくなる。

I've checked online but I can't seem to find a proper explanation on how かは is
being used here. Individually, I know they mean (か = question marker, は =
topic Marker). I've rechecked the source book ( _An Integrated Approach To
Intermediate Japanese_ ) countless times to make sure it wasn't a typo either.

Is it asking a question and marking the whole thing in implied quotes using は?
Like how I can say "'Are you there?', asked Bob?"

Or am I completely off in my interpretation?

Edit: It was brought to my attention that I made a mistake. Originally I had
難しいが when instead it should've been 難しいか. Thank you to senshin and BurakUeda
for pointing that out.




Most likely the original text should be:

> 交換プログラムに選ばれるのが難しい **か** やさしいかは

which means "whether it is difficult or easy" But somehow か turned into a が.
This commonly occurs when I scan documents and convert them with OCR software.




Most likely the original text should be:

> 交換プログラムに選ばれるのが難しい **か** やさしいかは

which means "whether it is difficult or easy" But somehow か turned into a が.
This commonly occurs when I scan documents and convert them with OCR software.

