LUCKNOW, Sept. 7 -- A total of 5,90,003 (5.90 lakh) candidates skipped the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) 2025 conducted on Saturday and Sunday across Uttar Pradesh even as a total of 31 aspirants were caught using unfair means over two days and booked. Out of 25,31,996 registered candidates, 19,41,993 (76.70%) appeared in the test that was held in 48 districts in two shifts, said an official on Sunday hours after the exam got over.

On the second day of the two-day exam, around 76.92% candidates appeared in the first shift, while 77.45% took the test in the second shift, said UPSSSC chairman SN Sabat here. Of 6,32,999 candidates registered in both shifts in equal number...