The Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) declared the Std X results on Monday and three city students were ranked among the 100 toppers across the nation. The overall passing percentage was recorded at 91.10 – an increase of 4.40 per cent from last year – with 16,64,428 out of the 1761078 candidates passing the examination.

Adree Das of New Horizon Scholars School, Thane, Deepsna Panda of Apeejay School in Nerul and Dhatri Mehta of Reliance Foundation School in Thane ranked 40th, 91st and 92nd, respectively. Each candidate, in their victory message, said extra-curricular activities are also essential to keep you calm and focused. All three have scored 99.4 per cent - 497/500 marks.