India, Feb. 24 -- UP board's Class 10 and 12 shift 1 exams have ended. Class 10 students appeared for Hindi, and Class 12 students appeared for the Military Science papers in this shift.

"Exams are starting from today. I wish the best of luck to the students of the entire state and tell them to study diligently and not take stress. The entire government stands with the students," Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak told ANI.

This year, over 12 per cent of the exam centres have been assessed as hypersensitive or sensitive.

As per board secretary Bhagwati Singh, utmost care was taken to set up the centres.

"All district inspectors of schools have submitted their list of sensitive and hypersensitive centers to the Board."...