CBSE Class 10 results out, 4 score 499/ 500

Girls once again outshone boys in the Class 10 CBSE examinations, the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

Four students topped the examinations with 499 marks out of 500, the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) said.

Prakhar Mittal of DPS Gurgaon, Rimzhim Agarwal of RP Public School, Bijnor, Nandini Garg of Scottish International School, Shamli, and Sreelakshmi G of Bhavan’s Vidyalaya, Kochi, all topped the exam. While seven students secured the second position with 498 marks, 14 students bagged the third spot with a score of 497. The top three performing regions are — Thiruvananthapuram ( pass percentage 99.60), Chennai ( 97.37) and Ajmer ( 91.86).

The overall pass percentage was 86.70, it said. Girls, with a pass percentage of 88.67, did better than the boys, who registered a pass percentage of 85.32.

Delhi recorded a pass percentage of 78.62.

As many as 1,31,493 candidates secured 90 per cent marks and above, while 27,426 candidates secured 95 per cent marks and above, the board said. The pass percentage for differentlyabled students was 92.55, with Anushka Panda of Sun City, Gurgaon and Sanya Gandhi of Uttam School, Ghaziabad topping in the category by securing 489 marks out of 500.

Somya Deep Pradhan of JNV, Dhanpur in Odisha bagged the second spot with a score of 484.

As many as 135 candidates in the differentlyabled category secured 90 per cent marks and above, while 21 of them secured 95% and above.

Over 16 lakh students had appeared for the Class 10 CBSE exams this year. As many as 1,86,067 candidates got compartment.