Punjab School Education Board Class X Results: Aviraj Gautam tops Mohali; Only three on merit list

Mohali, July 5

Mohali district is placed 15th out of the total 23 districts with overall pass percentage of 99 in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class X results announced today. Only three candidates from the district have made it to the 312-candidate merit list (provisional) announced by the board.

As many as 9,401 candidates from the district appeared for the Class X exams, of which 9,307 have cleared the examination.

Aviraj Gautam of Shaheed Lt Bikram Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Sialba, Mohali, scored 633 out of 650 marks (97.38 per cent) to bag the 124th place, the highest for a student from the district, in the provisional merit list. The district topper wishes to pursue computer science and work at multinational firm Google. His father Rajneesh Kumar runs a shop in Sialba village.

Manpreet Kaur of Government Senior Secondary School, Dyalpura, is placed 146th with 633 out of 650 marks (97.38 per cent) and Taniya Rani (96.92 per cent) of Government Girls High School, Mubarikpur, is placed 258th with 630 out 650 marks.

Manpreet, a daughter of a plumber, Kulwinder Singh, aims to become a judge. Her mother is an ASHA worker. Manpreet said she got the good news from Principal Daisy Khalid.

Taniya’s father Sunil Kumar and mother work as daily wagers at a brick kiln.

According to the PSEB ranking criteria, both Aviraj and Manpreet scored 633 out of 650 marks but Aviraj, who was born on January 20, 2008, was ranked higher as he was younger in age as compared to Manpreet, who was born on December 26, 2005.