Punjab girls hit bull’s eye in AIIMS entrance
ROLL OF HONOUR Sangrur’s Eliza tops, Bathinda’s Ramneek is 2nd
PATIALA/BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH: Eliza Bansal from Lehragaga town of Sangrur district on Monday topped the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) entrance test for the MBBS course.
Eliza secured 100 percentile in biology and physics each, while she scored 99.94 percentile in chemistry and 97.87 percentile in general knowledge.
A total of 7,617 candidates, including 2,705 females, have qualified the AIIMS-MBBS 2018 entrance examination, the results of which were declared on Monday.
Ramneek Kaur Mahal from Bathinda bagged the second rank and Mehak Arora, who is a student of a coaching institute in Chandigarh, came third.
Chandigarh boy Manraj Singh Sra ranked fourth, while Panchkula girl Eishwauk Aggarwal secured rank 10. The entrance test was held on May 26 and 27 for admission to 807 seats at AIIMS New Delhi, Patna, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar, Rishikesh, Raipur, Guntur and Nagpur.
“It’s a dream come true! I was hopeful of finding a place in the top 10 but this is amazing. I found this exam easier than the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET),” said Eliza, who was ranked 196 in NEET. She scored 94.6% in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exam.
Coming a close second, Ramneek from Bathinda said she was elated that she will be joining AIIMS, Delhi, and added that wants to become a neurologist. Both her parents are doctors.
Mehak Arora, who emerged third is a resident of Panchkula.
“I studied for six hours a day and got serious towards the end. I want to pursue neurology from AIIMS, Delhi,” said Mehak, who was ranked 31 in NEET and scored 96.2% in CBSE Class 12.
Sharing his inspiration, Chandigarh’s Manraj Singh Sra, who was ranked fourth, said, “My parents Jaspreet Singh Sra and Navpreet Sra are doctors. The satisfaction on their face motivated me to become a doctor too. Being regular and solving sample papers worked for me.”
There are 100 seats each in AIIMS in New Delhi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh and 50 seats each in Mangalagiri (Guntur) and Nagpur.
The examination was held online and in four shifts over two days. It was conducted at 316 centres in 154 cities across 29 states and three Union territories.
It was conducted in Hindi and English, and candidates had the option to view questions in either language. “A total of 7,617 candidates qualified this examination (2,705 female and 4,912 male) and are eligible for online counselling session for admission in AIIMS,” AIIMS said in a statement.