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Kashmea Wahi, a 11-year-old, the Indian origin girl has achieved top rank in an IQ test of Mensa in the UK. She got 162 out of 162 marks and became one of the youngest intelligent students in the UK. After achieving the top score, Mumbai-born girl comes in the category of scientists Albert Einstein and Steven Hawking and nearly 1 percent of the country’s brainiest people.
Kashmea said that, “It’s overwhelming to be compared with the likes of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, the comparison is implausible and I believe it would take loads of achievements for anyone like myself to be able to get into the league of such legends. Anyways, I am buzzing with excitement.”
Vikas and Pooja Wahi, the parents of the girl are IT management consultants and both are working at the Deutsche Bank in London. The parents said that, “We are ecstatic at Kashmea’s Mensa achievement. Although we always believed she had the intellectual prowess, the acknowledgement is reassuring that she does possess the ability, the energy, which, if well channelised, can lead to something wonderful.”
Cattell III B Mensa test has total 150 questions. The highest achievable score for the adults is 161 and 162 for the under 18s. She is the student of Notting Hill and Ealing Junior School, in west London. She loves to play netball and competitive lawn tennis. She has participated in the nationwide chess tournament and also won many medals and trophies.
A Mensa spokesperson said that, “I can confirm that Kashmea is one of the youngest to achieve 162 in the supervised test as it can only be taken by people over the age of 10 and a half.”
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