TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) โ€“ Tara Sharifi , 11, has scored 162 points โ€“ the highest number possible โ€“ on the Mensa IQ test, two points higher than the estimated IQs of physicist Albert Einstein and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking.

Scoringย 162 points means that Taraย is well above the so-called โ€˜genius benchmarkโ€™ of 140.ย 

โ€œI was shocked when I got the result.ย I never expected to get such a good score,โ€ she said.

Tara took the test in Oxford and had to answer questions within a set time.

Taraโ€™s family is originally from Borazjan county in the Southern Iranian Bushehr Province.

โ€œI knew she is intelligent but such a great success of her was unexpectedย to me,โ€ her father said.

The 11-year-old further revealed about her future plans after achieving the success in Mensa IQ Test.

She said, โ€œWhen I am older, I would like to do something related to mathematics.โ€

Meanwhile, Tara now qualifies for membership of Mensa which is known as the โ€˜high IQ societyโ€™.

News Source : MNA

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