Scores in 100th percentile for 4 of 5 subjects, Punjab girl tops CUET-UG
New Delhi, July 5 -- Ananaya Jain from Ludhiana in Punjab scored in the 100th percentile in four out of five subjects in this year's national entrance test for admissions to universities, becoming the only one among the over 1.07 million students who took the exam to achieve this mark, the National Testing Agency (NTA ) said on Friday.
Announcing the Common University Entrance Test for Undergraduates (CUET-UG) results for 2025, NTA said 17 students scored in the 100th percentile in three subjects, 150 in two subjects, and 2,679 in one subject .
Among them is Arjav Jain (17) from east Delhi's Krishna Nagar, who placed second in the national ranking. A student of Bhai Parmanand Vidya Mandir , Arjav said he wants to pursue a degree in economics at Delhi University's North Campus, preferably at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). Purva Singh of Haryana came third.
Top ranker Ananaya who scored 98.8% in her board examinations, said she too wants to study economics at DU's Hindu College or SRCC.
"It is my favourite subject. DU provides the best student crowd and a rigorous academic environment for this course..," she said.
NTA said 1,071,735 candidates took the exam this year, compared with 1,113,610 last year, though more students registered. P8...
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