What is the meaning of " top 20 percentile" If I want to appear only for 3 subject in CBSE improvement exam?

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What is the meaning of " top 20 percentile" If I want to appear only for 3 subject in CBSE improvement exam?

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Mayank kumar singh 14th Oct, 2018

Hello,
Top 20 percentile criteria is different for different boards.If your marks is under top 20 percentile then this means that your marks is in between the top 20% of the total students appeared in the boards exam.For details:
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/top-20-percentile-cutoff-of-class-12-boards-for-iit-admission
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Rohit Roy 14th Oct, 2018

Hi Aspirant,
Top 20 percentile means you have to stay in the top 20% of the students giving the exam.
This means,that out of all the students giving the exam,you should score more marks than 80% of them.
It basically means the top 20% of the students.
Hope this helps.

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