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Over One Million Students Qualified for India’s Medical Entrance Exam, Women Lead the Scores

Over 1.12 million candidates qualified in the re‑examination of India’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate medical courses.

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Key Points

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1.12 million qualified in the re‑examination.

Women achieved higher overall scores than men.

Top score: 715 out of 720.

Top performers: Aryan Gupta (Punjab) and Panshul Bansal (Haryana).

93% of the top 138 passed on their first attempt; most are 17‑19 years old.

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Women outperformed men in the overall results.

Aryan Gupta from Punjab and Panshul Bansal from Haryana tied for the highest score of 715 out of 720.

Among the top 138 scorers, 93% passed on their first try and most are aged 17‑19.

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5 words

candidate

someone who takes an exam

re‑examination

taking the exam again after a previous attempt

threshold

the minimum score needed to pass

cracked

successfully passed

attempt

a try at doing something

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