A 12-Year old Indian origin girl Rajgauri Pawar who currently resides in Cheshire county took the British Mensa IQ test last month in Manchester. The result is more than impressive. She scored 162 which is two points higher than that of famous physicist Einstein and renowned scientist Stephen Hawking. The benchmark of the IQ test is set at 140.
Mensa is the most renowned, oldest and the largest IQ society in the world. Rajgauri Pawar is among the one percent of the people who took the test and gained the maximum marks. Her score is the highest possible IQ for someone who is younger than 18. According to Mensa, Rajgauri is one of only 20,000 people to achieve the score worldwide.
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Mensa is known one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. The only way to join is to score in the top two per cent in its infamous test. It was founded in 1946 in Oxford by Lancelot Lionel Ware and Roland Berrill with the mission to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity. After this score, Rajgauri Pawar too is a part of the British Mensa IQ Society.
Her father, Dr Surajkumar Pawaris a research scientist currently works at the University of Manchester. He is basically from Pune. He attributes her success to her school, which is Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, “This wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of her teachers and the support which my daughter enjoys every day at school.”He says it is because of her teachers that she enjoys everyday at school. Her maths teacher Andrew Berry says, “Everybody is delighted. She is a very well-liked student and we all expect great things from her.”
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Rajgauri says, “I was a little nervous before the test, but it was fine and I'm really pleased to have done so well.” On being asked how it felt to have IQ more than Einstein and Hawking, she says, “I'm a bit happy, but I don't think I should be compared with them because they're, like—really great, and I don't think I am.”
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About her accomplishment Rajgauri says, “I am just feeling on top of the world; I can’t explain it in words. It’s an honor for me to represent India on foreign soil and achieve such a feat.” And on being asked about how the test was, she says, “The test was kind of a mixed bag; it was easy at the beginning and got tough towards the end. The key difficulty was completing the test on time. So, you are basically judged based on your ability to manage time and the correctness of your answers.”
She sure is very humble and down-to-earth. She is an inspiration to many others and a lot more achievements await her.