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

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Scoring 162 points means that Tara is well above the so-called ‘genius benchmark’ of 140. 

“I was shocked when I got the result. I never expected to get such a good score,” she said.

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

Tara’s family is originally from Borazjan county in the Southern Iranian Bushehr Province.

“I knew she is intelligent but such a great success of her was unexpected to me,” her father said.

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

She said, “When I am older, I would like to do something related to mathematics.”

Meanwhile, Tara now qualifies for membership of Mensa which is known as the ‘high IQ society’.

News Source : MNA

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