CBSE declares Class 10 results, girls outshine boys

New Delhi: With a pass percentage of 92.45 in the Class 10 CBSE results, which were announced on Monday, girls outperformed boys by a margin of 2.31 per cent. Thirteen students bagged the first rank with 499 out of 500 marks. The second and third rank were shared by 24 and 58 students, respectively.

A total of 2.25 lakh students scored above 90 per cent and 57,256 scored above 95 per cent.

The Trivandrum region performed the best with a pass percentage of 99.85, followed by Chennai and Ajmer with 99 and 95.89 respectively.

Delhi ranked second last with a pass percentage of 80.97 and Guwahati was last with 74.49.