India, Feb. 18 -- A total of 12,21,624 candidates registered for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024 session 1, which is an increase of 27 per cent compared to last year's count of 8,60,064, the National Testing Agency has informed.

The examination took place between January 24 and February 1, at around 544 exam centres located in 291 cities in India and overseas. Results of the paper 1 (BTech/BE) examination have been announced.

"The session was conducted in 10 shifts which is 02 shifts less than the previous year despite the number of registered candidates going up to 1221624 as compared to the previous year's count of 860064 i.e. an increase of 27%," the agency said.

Data shared by the NTA shows the highest number of 100 ...