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Child Genius Rahul: India-Origin Kid Is Overnight Hero On British TV

IANS, 17 Aug, 2017 12:33 PM
    A 12-year-old Indian-origin contestant on a British television show has become an overnight sensation after he answered all questions correctly.
     
     
    Rahul, whose surname is not being revealed, got all 14 of his questions correct in the first round of the latest series of 'Child Genius', a show broadcast by Channel 4.
     
     
    He has an IQ of 162, which is believed to be higher than the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking and qualifies him to be a member of Mensa club -- the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world.
     
     
    However, as neither scientist is recorded as having taken an IQ test, the scores are only estimates.
     
     
    On the TV show, 20 contestants aged eight to 12 will be whittled down to one winner over the course of a week.
     
     
    Rahul achieved full marks in a spelling test, correctly reciting the letters in words like garrulous, accouchement, and hyponatraemia (low level of sodium in the blood).
     
     
    In a timed memory round, he answered 14 questions out of 15 correctly, but did not have time to answer the final question.
     
     
    "I always want to do the best, and I'll do that no matter what the cost. I think I'm a genius. I'm good at mental maths, general knowledge and I find it quite easy to memorise stuff," said Rahul, who cites his favourite language as Latin.
     
     
    "Most kids want immediate gratification but I also want long-term gratification. If I could play maybe my Xbox now, I'll be really happy now, but I might be sad later on because I haven't revised for my test," he said.
     
     
    His success in the first round of the show made him an instant social media hit.
     
     
    One Twitter user joked: "Rahul could negotiate peace between North Korea and the USA."
     
     
    While he narrowly lost out in a maths round, he is exempt from elimination due to his high score.
     
     
    Rahul's IT manager father, Minesh, and pharmacist mother Komal said their son was in the game to win and their role was to encourage him.
     
     
    "We are here to win. There's no two ways about that.
     
     
    We're all achievers. I used to play table tennis for Barnet council. We're always trying to better ourselves," said Minesh.
    The show's finale will take place over the weekend to crown the UK's brightest child. 

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