New Delhi: Kalpana Kumari topped the NEET UG 2018 scoring 99.99 percent, the results of which were declared by the CBSE on Monday. She scored 691 marks out of 720.
Out of 13,26,725 candidates registered for the exam, 12,69,922 candidates appeared and 7,14,562 qualified for the admission to various medical and allied courses. With the NEET result declaration, CBSE brought an end to the month-long wait of 13,26,725 candidates who had appeared for the exam on May 6. The result was scheduled to be declared on June 5.
Students can checked their results at cbseneet.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in.NEET exam is conducted by CBSE to grant admission to MBBS/BDS courses across the country in Medical/Dental colleges run with the approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament that is AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.
This year only one transgender candidate had appeared for the exam and also qualified it. Last year five transgender candidates had qualified the NEET out of the total eight candidates registered.(UNI)