URL copied Image Source : PTI Patna: Students wait in queues to enter an examination centre for appearing in the Bihar Board's 10th standard exams, in Patna, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The Bihar School Examination Committee conducted the Class 10 exams on Wednesday under tight security. The committee had made strict arrangements in order to prevent malpractices in the exams, which will be held in two shifts daily. A total of 1,525 centres have been set up across the state for this exam. As many as 16,84,466 students are writing the class 10 exams this year, out of which 8,37,803 are girls and 8,46,663 are boys. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been imposed at all examination centres.