Thursday, June 6, 2019

NEET-UG results: 4 from Maharashtra in top 50

MUMBAI, JUNE 06, 2019 00:00 IST

Four students from Maharashtra made it to the list of top 50 in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency on Wednesday. Sarthak Bhat (17) from Nashik stood first in Maharashtra, and sixth nationally, with a score of 695 and 99.99 percentile.

Of the 7,97,042 students, who cleared the exam, 81,171 are from Maharashtra. The State is second to Uttar Pradesh, where 84,982 students have qualified for the undergraduate medical studies. The national qualifying percentage among those appeared for the exam increased to 56.5% this year, as compared to 56.27% in 2018. However, the qualifying percentage in the State recorded a dip with 39.26% qualifying this year as against 39.57% last year.

No one from Mumbai made it to the list of State toppers.

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