ROHTAK, May 13 -- Girls swept the top ranks in the Haryana Board Class 12 results, with Deepika (Vivekanand Vidya Mandir, Chillar, Rewari) bagging the top position with 499 marks out of 500 in the arts stream. Girls were top scorers in the remaining commerce and science streams. Udita (Vishvavara Kanya Gurukul, Rurki, Rohtak district) also from the arts stream, came second with 498 marks. She hails from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh. Yogita (Shiksha Bharti Global School, Budain, Jind) and Muskan (Gyan Bharti Public School, Dhamtan Sahib, in Jind) finished joint third, securing 497 marks. Both are from the arts stream. Deepika, daughter of a government school teacher aspires to be an IAS officer and said that self study was her success mantra. Udita said that she wants to join the Indian Army and has already started preparing for the National Defence Academy (NDA) examination. Udita's father Neeraj Kumar is a farmer and her mother Neelam is a house wife. Daughter of a farmer, Muskan said that her aim is to join the civil services. Yogita, whose father is also a farmer in Jind said that she never took tuitions and focused on self-study. Tamanna, (SD Kanya Mahavidyalya, Narwana of Jind) and Janvi (Modle KM Sr Secondary School, Dangra, Fatehabad) were toppers of commerce stream with 494 marks. Tanisha (Hindu Kanya Sr Secondary School of Sonepat) and Bhawna (Gramin Sr Secondary School Chhara, Jhajjar district) and Kamakshi (New Happy Sr Secondary School of Yamunanagar) came second with 493 marks. Vanshika Mahajan (BKD Sr Secondary School, Salhawas of Jhajjar) emerged as science topper with a score of 494 marks. While Simran (Pragya Sr Secondary School Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri), Aman from (Adarsh Sr Secondary School Baund Kalan, Charkhi Dadri) and Subham (Royal International School Baund Kalan of Charkhi Dadri) were joint shared second in science stream with 493 marks. Girl students recorded a pass percentage of 87.97% against 81.45% for the boys. The overall pass percentage for regular candidates in the senior secondary (academic) examination stood at 84.67%, while private candidates recorded 69.57%. Among streams, science registered the highest pass percentage at 90.08%, followed by commerce at 88.20% and arts at 82.60%. Students from rural areas performed marginally better than their urban counterparts, registering a pass percentage of 84.98% against 83.91%. Charkhi Dadri emerged as the top-performing district with a pass percentage of 91.08 %, while Nuh remained at the bottom with 57 %....