Indissguise wrote : [Indeed there could have been couple of dozen more who were equally qualified to be board 1st; it was just that she happened to be the lucky one. ]. Its very very true Indisguise .The competition was so tight that one student never stood first in school examinations .There used to be new face who took first position each term .I dont remember anyone getting below 90 in compulsory maths and optional maths atleast in SLC .There were 30 or 40 board hopefuls and I dont hesitate to say that I was at the bottom of the pile .Everyone can't squeeze into 10 slots allocated for SLC board .Like you said she was lucky too maybe .After SLC results were out I found myself above those SLC board hopefuls .Maybe Mrs Rana bribed Examination controller to lift me above that pile of board hopefuls so that I could one day defend her in sajha.com :0) Reetal ko naam sunda pani mukh ma paani aauncha Indi ji :)