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. 

Mehul is also working towards his participation in the 'Child Genius 2018' show on Channel 4 after being shortlisted among the top 100 candidates for this year.
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