Patna (Bihar) [India], May 26 (ANI): Himanshu Raj of Janta High School Tenyaj, Rohtas, has topped the matriculation examination of Bihar Board this year by scoring 96.20 per cent marks.

He scored 481 marks out of 500.

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The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) declared results of 2020 matriculation examination on its website.

The candidates have been asked to download their results online from the site `biharboardonline.com'.

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A total of 14,94,071 students had appeared for the examination of which 2,89, 692 students failed. The pass percentage this year is 80.59 per cent. (ANI)

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