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\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\nThe \u2018genius\u2019 benchmark is set at 140, and Arnav Sharma, from Reading, passed the notoriously difficult Mensa test with a score of 162 \u2013 the maximum possible result one can receive on the paper.<\/p>\n
Sharma\u2019s score is two points higher than German-born theoretical physicist Einstein and cosmologist Hawking.<\/p>\n
His mark in the exam, which primarily measures verbal reasoning ability, puts him in the top one percent of the nation in terms of IQ level.<\/p>\n
According to the Independent, Arnav had done zero preparation and had never seen what a typical paper looked like before taking it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mensa test is quite hard and not many people pass it, so do not expect to pass,\u201d<\/em> he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n\u201cThere were about seven or eight people there. A couple were children but the rest were adults. It was what I thought it would be.\u201d <\/em>
Sharma, who is of Indian origin, said he was not nervous before sitting the test.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cI had no preparation at all before taking the Mensa exam. It took about 2.5 hours. There were non-verbal questions as well as verbal questions.<\/em><\/p>\n