Indian-origin boy who scored more than Einstein, Hawking in Mensa IQ test
Achieving the rather improbable, a 10-year-old Indian-origin boy has become the youngest ever applicant in a decade to garner the highest score in the very tough Mensa IQ test, smashing records set by geniuses such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Mehul Garg, a pupil of Reading Boys Grammar School
in Reading, secured the highest score of 162 in the test, much like his
elder brother, 13-year-ol Dhruv, who had also achieved the same feat
last year by getting the perfect score. Mehul, also fondly called as
Mahi, apparently has a competitive streak in him that probably informed
his decision to take on the challenge.
Talking about her younger son's achievement, Divya
Garg told news agency PTI, "Mahi is fiercely competitive. His older
brother had achieved the same score last year so he really wanted to
prove that he is no less intelligent than his brother."
With his high score, Mehul has now become a member
of the Mensa, the High IQ Society. In fact, his score is two points
higher than that of Einstein and Hawking and thus is ranked in the top
one per cent of people in the world who achieve this distinction.
The test challenged Mehul's language skills,
including analogies and definitions, and his sense of logic, his mother
told news agency PTI.
The precocious kid did go through a few nervous
moments while taking the time-pressured exam but encouraged by his
father, Gaurav, was able to crack it with incredicbly ace marks.
"I was in tears when I got the results back," Mehul said after he got the results this week.
Like any other child his age, Mehul enjoys sports
and is passionate about cricket and ice-skating, PTI reported. The
school boy's favourite subject is mathematics and he aims to head a
major tech company such as Google in the future. He enjoys solving the
Rubik's cube under 100 minutes and is also pursuing higher grades in
playing the drums.
The young Garg brothers are currently busy raising
funds to build an app to reduce social isolation by "connecting
neighbours with each other".
"We are passionate young men with an ambition to
make a difference in the world around us," they write on their online
fund raising page, which has already attracted over 1,300 pounds.
"They both are currently working on social projects
and want to give something back, to make the world a better place. And I
hope they continue on this path always. For me this is more important
than their marks," said their mother.
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