77-year-old bachelor Shiv Charan to appear in Class X exams for 47th time

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Times Of India, Jaipur :
One learns from his failures and with determination, even the impossible is achievable. This has been the case for 77-year-old Shiv Charan Yadav who is trying his luck for the 47 th time to clear the secondary school examination.
Yadav, who hails from Khohari village in Alwar has been writing the exam for the last 46 years, but till now has not succeeded.
Speaking to Time of India, Yadav said that he first appeared for the exam in 1968, but failed. He explains that each time he passes in one subject, but fails in another, like if he passes in Hindi, but fails in Mathematics. He hopes to clear all the papers this time to at a single go. It is also known that the last time he came close to clear all the papers was in 1995, when he passed in all the subjects but failed in maths.
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