India, April 8 -- Three students have topped the pre-university or Class 12 examination (exam 1) conducted by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB). The results of the exam was announced earlier today. Karnataka 2nd PUC result 2025 live updates

Notably, the pass percentage of the three streams combined is 73.45 per cent this year, down from 81.15 per cent last year.

Amoolya Kamnath, Deeksha R and Deepashree S have topped the exam by securing 599 marks each. The first two appeared for the exam in the Science stream while Deepashree took the exam in the Commerce stream.

In total, 6,37,805 candidates wrote the Karnataka PUC 2 exam 1. Of them, 4,68,349 have passed.

Stream-wise, 1,53,043 students appeared for the ex...