Delhi's Sukriti Gupta tops in CBSE class 12 examinations

Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School in Delhi tops the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 examinations.

Sukriti Gupta celebrates with her mother after she got 1st rank in CBSE class 12 result at her residence in New Delhi on Saturday. | PTI

NEW DELHI: Sukriti Gupta of Montfort School in Delhi tops the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 examinations.

She scored 497 of 500. Sukriti is followed by Palak Goyal and Somya Uppal, at second and third position respectively.

The pass percentage of girls is 88.58 percent, and pass percentage of boys is 78.85 percent in the results that were announced on Saturday afternoon.

It is difficult, but in the end, if you have worked hard then you will succeed: Sukriti Gupta,National #CBSE topper pic.twitter.com/Ge0w1R99B5

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