More than 20 lakh youth in Uttar Pradesh will be appearing for UP Preliminary Eligibility Test (UP PET) 2023 exam. Despite the huge number of candidates, some have been exposed for using unfair means to clear the exam.
Police have caught 16 people with the help of Artificial Intelligence and nine people for using bluetooth during the exam.
UP PET is being conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission in 35 different districts of the state for eligibility for government jobs.
There were two shifts in which exams were being conducted on October 28 and October 29. The first shift ran from 10 am to 12 noon and the second shift ran from 3 pm to 5 pm. A total of 20 lakh 7 thousand 523 candidates had applied for the PET exam.
Through the face recognition app, 16 candidates were caught. UP STF had taken action and identified members of Solver Gang in both the shifts of PET exam. STF also identified many other candidates from the second shift who were said to be suspicious.
In Varanasi, Unnao, Banda, Prayagraj, Kanpur, nine candidates were caught using Bluetooth and have been arrested.
Commission Chairman Praveen Kumar had cleared it earlier that anyone who is caught cheating this time will not be spared. He had said that with the help of AI and pupil recognition, they will identify and arrest the members of solver gang.
Three control rooms were created during the examination from where every district was under surveillance through CCTV. Around 24,000 CCTVs were installed across the state and more than 80,000 employees were deployed to conduct the exam. The exam was conducted on October 28 and October 29 under complete strictness by the police and commission.
Questions papers of October 28, first shift:
UP PET 29 Oct Shift 1 Question Paper PDF 1
UP PET 28 Oct Shift 1 Question Paper PDF 1
UP PET 28 Oct Shift 1 Question Paper PDF 2
UP PET 28 Oct Shift 1 Question Paper PDF 3
Question papers of October 29, second shift
UP PET 28 Oct Shift 2 Question Paper PDF 1
UP PET 28 Oct Shift 2 Question Paper PDF 2