LUCKNOW, June 2 -- Candidates who appeared for the UP BEd Joint Entrance Examination 2025 on Sunday largely said the question paper was moderate to easy. A majority of them felt the overall difficulty level of the exam was average. While the reasoning section was found to be easy, the arts section was considered difficult.

Approximately 89% of the 3,44,546 registered candidates (including 1,96,700 females and 1,47,846 males) appeared for the exam conducted by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. The examination was held at 751 centers across 69 districts in the state, said Vinay Singh, the university's registrar.

In the first shift, 3,05,331 candidates (about 89%) appeared for the General Knowledge and Language (English/Hindi) papers. Attend...