Child Table Properties are not fetching in ef core inheritance

Question

i have following entities..

    public class Paper
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string PaperCode { get; set; }
        ...
    }
    public class MCQPaper : Paper
    {
        public ICollection<MCQQuestion> Questions { get; set; }
    }
    public class MCQQuestion : Question
    {
        public int MCQPaperId { get; set; }
        public MCQPaper MCQPaper { get; set; }

        public int? MCQOptionId { get; set; }
        [ForeignKey("MCQOptionId")]
        public MCQOption TrueAnswer { get; set; }
        public ICollection<MCQOption> MCQOptions { get; set; }
    }
    public class MCQOption
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string OptionText { get; set; }
    }

and i am trying to fetch MCQPaper based on unique papercode but it always gives me empty collection of Questions

here is my Query inside Repository..

        public MCQPaper GetByPaperCode(string paperCode)
        {
            var ans = AppDbContext.MCQPapers
                .Where(paper => paper.PaperCode.Equals(paperCode))
                //.Include(paper => paper.Questions)
                //    .ThenInclude(que => que.MCQOptions)
                .Include(paper => paper.Questions)
                    .ThenInclude(que => que.MCQPaper)
                //.Include(paper => paper.Questions)
                //    .ThenInclude(que => que.TrueAnswer)
                .FirstOrDefault();
            return ans;
        }

here i have tried various combinations of include() and theninclude() but none of them work for me

and lastly ignore grammer mistakes if any

thankyou in advance

Answer 1

after going threw comments and searching on google i have found solution

using two queries this problem can be solved because here i have circular dependency between MCQQuestion and MCQOption

so solution is ....

        public MCQPaper GetByPaperCode(string paperCode)
        {
            using var transaction = AppDbContext.Database.BeginTransaction();
            MCQPaper ans = new MCQPaper();
            try
            {
                ans = AppDbContext.MCQPapers
                .FirstOrDefault(paper => paper.PaperCode.Equals(paperCode));
                var questions = AppDbContext.MCQQuestions
                    .Include(que => que.MCQOptions)
                    .Where(que => que.MCQPaperId == ans.Id);
                ans.Questions = questions.ToList();
                transaction.Commit();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                transaction.Rollback();
            }
            return ans;
        }