Vehicles remained off the roads, markets remained closed and train service was stopped due to picketing by the strike enforcers.
Educational and financial institutions were closed and attendance in government offices, including the state Civil secretariat here were thin.
However, flights operated in the Agartala airport as usual.
Police said no untoward incident was reported from any part of the state so far.
Terming the result scam as "unprecedented", YC state unit president Sushanta Chowdhury and NSUI state unit chief Vikki Prasad said talented students were facing a bleak future due to manipulation in answer scripts.
The Agartala bench of Gauhati High Court had on Tuesday seized all the answer sheets following complaints of discrepancies in the result sheets.
High Court Judge Subhasish Talapatra ordered deputy registrar of the court and police to seize all answer sheets.