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Bihar's Kalpana Kumari tops NEET; UP tops in number of passing candidates

A total of 1.3 million candidates had registered for the exam -- a 16.49 per cent increase from last year

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Kalpana Kumari

BS Web Team | Agencies New Delhi
With the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) results being declared on Monday, Bihar girl Kalpana Kumari bagged the top rank for admission to medical and dental colleges across the country. Further, the maximum number of candidates clearing the exam this year hailed from Uttar Pradesh.    

Kumari secured a percentile score of 99.99 and 691 marks. Telangana's Rohan Purohit and Delhi's Himanshu Sharma jointly bagged the second position with 690 marks. The third rank was shared by Aarosh Dhamija from Delhi and Prince Chaudhary from Rajasthan, both of whom scored 686 marks. 

A total of 1.3 million candidates had registered

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