Meet the London 11-year-old who scored top marks on Mensa IQ test beating Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking
Sporty pupil only took the paper to avoid boredom during summer holidays
A YOUNG boy has outsmarted the likes of Albert Einstein and even Stephen Hawking by gaining the highest possible score on Mensa's IQ test - a staggering 162.
Dhruv Talati, who lives in Ilford, London, with his parents and five-year-old sister, topped the high-IQ society's Cattell B paper last month - beating the scores of well known geniuses like Einstein and Cambridge-graduate Hawking who both got 160.
The 11-year-old now joins the elite club of one per cent of people who didn't only score the highest but were also named the most intelligent people in the world.
Dhruv, a student of Fullwood Primary School in Barkingside, said, "The test was not that difficult, but the time made it a challenge."
The test the primary school pupil took has 150 questions which assess how smart you are through passages of text.
The highest score an adult can get is 161, while for kids it is 162.
According to his dad Devang, sports-mad Dhruv's high score came as a "complete surprise" as his focus so far has been on playing cricket and tennis.
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In fact, his dad says, he only took the test as a friend was doing it and he wanted something more worthwhile to do in the summer holidays than "sit around and play on his iPad or play video games".
Devang told The Sun: "We are so proud and happy for him but very surprised. Up until he recently took his 11 plus exam his focus has been on sports, it's amazing he has done this.
"It has made me think that I need to start thinking more about his academic education and not just sports!
"He was inspired to take the test by a friend who was doing it as well and he didn't have much to do this summer so he wanted to do something that would interest him so we said 'give it a shot'.
"I have thought about putting him into private school but the cost is so much it isn't really an option for us."
Dhruv was born in the UK in 2005 and lives in London with dad Devang, mum Manali and sister Sawoni.
After recently taking his 11 plus, Dhruv will start at Ilford County High School in September.
John Stevenage, chief executive of , said: "We are delighted to welcome Dhruv to the Society during our 70th anniversary year and have him join up with the other young people in Mensa.
"We hope he enjoys tapping into the knowledge and expertise that is available from other members as he develops his proposed future in robotics."
How well would you do on an IQ style test?
WE'VE pulled together a handful of random IQ style questions - similar to those Dhruv answered. How many can you get right?
1. Which four letter word can be attached to the beginning of the given words to form six longer words?
HAND LANCE HOLD STANDING STYLE THINKER
2. What number should appear next in this sequence?
212 131 81 50 31 19 12 7 ?
3. The following words have a connection. What is it?
ENJOY DILEMMA CHEAPSKATE CREAMY
4. At a shop the first 15 customers of the day spent an average of £3 each. After a further 30 customers the average amount spent rose to £9 per customer. What was the average amount spent by the last 30 customers only?
5. Molly is living in Oldham but is originally from Liverpool. Fiona is living in Ilford but comes from Orpington. Janet is now in Argyll but comes from Newquay and Julie is living in Ulster but is originally from Llandudno. Is it Irene or Elsie who is living in Rugby but comes from Epsom?
Answers:
1. Free.
2. Five. Minus each number from the previous number to get the following number.
3. They all end in a girls’ name – Joy, Emma, Kate and Amy.
4. £12.
5. Irene. The second and third letters of the name match the initials of the towns.
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