Meet Taru Jain- one of the students who topped the nation with 499 out of 500 marks

The CBSE Class 10 2019 results were declared on May 6 (Monday) on their official website cbseresults.nic.in. Students can also check their CBSE Class 10 results at alternate websites –examresults.net or digilocker.gov.in or cbse.nic.in

Overall, 97 top three rank holders are CBSE Class 10 toppers who came through with flying colours. 13 students topped the state with 499/500 marks in India and there were 25 Rank 2 toppers and 59 Rank 3 toppers.

Taru Jain, one of the toppers of Class X CBSE Board secured 499 marks out of 500. Upon checking her result, she felt really good. “I feel really good, used to study for 4-5 hours. I want to pursue Economics (Hons.) from Delhi University. Had support from parents, teachers and principal,” she added.

Bhavana N Sivadas from Kerala, who is also one of the toppers in the CBSE class X from the Trivandrum zone scored 499 out of 500 marks and also expressed her happiness after checking her result.

“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my family, teachers, friends and those who have supported me. I had taken tuitions for Mathematics and Sanskrit. I studied the rest of the subjects by myself.

Simultaneously, I also indulged myself in activities that I like such as music. I did not restrict myself from doing things that I like such as watching movies and reading books during this time,” she added.

Here are others who scored 499/500

Siddhant Pengoriya (Noida), Divyasnh Wadhwa (Noida),Yogesh Kumar Gupta (Jaunpur), Ankur Mishra (Ghaziabad), Vatsal Varshney (Meerut), Manya (Bhatinda), Aryan Jha (Jamnagar), Ish Madan (Ghaziabad), Divjot Kaur Jaggi (Ambala), Apoorva Jain(Ghaziabad), Shivani Lath (Noida)

Interestingly, the passing number of students in CBSE Class X has been gradually decreasing for over 5 years but this year’s class 10 results broke the stereotypes.

“Proud of my young friends who have successfully cleared the CBSE Class X examinations. Wishing them the very best for their journey ahead. May these young minds continue making us proud. Congratulations also to their teachers and parents! #CBSE10thresult,” PM Modi congratulated the students on Twitter.