Indian public exam topper scores 399 out of 400

Arkya Chatterjee, scores 399 out of 400 in Indian School Certificate Examinations. Photo taken from NDTV website.

Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai shared honours as students registered all time high scores in the class X and XII results conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, led by a Kolkata boy who had a near-perfect 99.75 percent in the class XII exam, reports Times of India.

Arkya Chatterjee of Kolkata's Vivekananda Mission School scored 399 out of 400 in his best-of-four subjects, beating the previous highest of 398 registered in 2012. Arkya had three perfect scores — 100 out of 100 in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science.

So, where did Arkya 'slip'? "A 99 out of 100 in English," said the 18-year-old, with a shy smile. He also notched up 99 in Chemistry.

A Barcelona supporter and die-hard Messi fan, Arkya told TOI he spent 10 to 12 hours a day preparing for the board exams. "I am a little undecided between taking up pure science for graduation or going for engineering. Given a chance I would love to study physics at IISc, Bangalore," he said.

The overall pass percentage in ISC (class XII) was 96.28, up by 1.01percent  from 2014. South India continued to dominate the pass percentages, registering 99.08 (English plus best three subjects).