Meet Britain's smartest siblings: 11-year-old brother and sister join Mensa with combined IQ of 314
A pair of genius twins might be Britain's smartest siblings having been accepted into Mensa with a combined IQ of 314.
Krish and Keira Arora, both aged 11, have been enrolled into the exclusive international society after scoring incredibly highly on the IQ test.
To qualify for membership at Mensa you have to score in the top 2 per cent of the general population on a recognised intelligence test.
Maths genius Krish has an IQ of 162, which is believed to be higher than Albert Einstein's estimated score of 160.
He was the first of the pair to join Mensa after getting accepted last November at age 10, while his twin sister Keira - with an IQ of 152 - followed in his footsteps earlier this month, aged 11.
'Its a very proud feeling. Sometimes you think about it and you feel they've done something impossible because they're so young, so it's remarkable - we never thought that something like this would happen,' the twins mother, Mauli told My London.
The siblings, who attend their local state primary school in Hounslow, are both musically talented, as well as being academically gifted including being able to programme robots and write author-level poetry.
Keira says singing makes herself feel 'happy and confident' and performs as the lead in her school rock band.
Krish and Keira Arora, both aged 11, have been enrolled into the exclusive international society after scoring incredibly highly on the IQ test
Krish was first of the pair to join Mensa after getting accepted last November at age 10, while his twin sister Keira - with an IQ of 152 - followed in his footsteps earlier this month aged 11
'It makes me feel good. I don't think I've ever experienced stage fright,' shesaid.
Krish is a talented piano player who is said to have a 'perfect pitch'.
'I really like playing music. It makes me feel calm and peaceful - music is something I really enjoy,' Krish said.
Despite their young age, Krish and Keira have a clear idea of where they want their careers to go.
'I'd like to be a lawyer when I grow up,' Keira said.
She even highlight commercial law as an area of expertise as she believes she is 'very good at negotiating with people'.
After completing Year 9 maths before even getting to secondary school, Krish wants to pursue a job as a mathematician or an actuary.
'Sometimes at school when we do maths I put my hand up they say Krish, not you, don't answer. But I still have a lot of things to learn, I haven't done A Levels yet but I'm very privileged to know I'm really smart - smarter than Einstein,' he said.
Krish is a talented piano player who is said to have a 'perfect pitch'
While allowing Krish and Keira to follow their passions, engineer parents Mauli and Nischal revealed there are some rules they believe have helped nurture their children's academic talent.
In the evening, the family turn their lights off at 9.30pm ready for an early nights sleep.
They also put restrictions on video games as well as closely monitoring what they are watching and closely follow age ratings.
Their routine after school consists of coming back and eating before doing 'something productive for an hour - French or economics, something where they are learning'.
The parents added that they then have an hour of down time, giving them time to spend of their iPads, go out with their friends, or practice on the piano.
Later this year, Keira will start her studies at Tiffin Girls' School, a highly-rated selective school in Kingston.
Meanwhile, Krish will begin his secondary studies at Queen Elizabeth, in Barnet, one of the UK's best grammar schools
Can you make it into Mensa? Take our IQ quiz and add up your score to find out
1. In the space provided place a three-letter word which can be attached to the beginning of the given words to form six longer words.
What is the three letter word?
Which three-letter word which can be attached to the beginning of the given words to form six longer words?
2. What numbers should replace the question marks in the fourth triangle?
The logic puzzles are able to deduce what your IQ is compared to the rest of the population: What numbers should replace the question marks in the fourth triangle in this puzzle?
3. What letter should appear next in this sequence?
C H K P S ?
4. Rearrange the letters of TINSEL to give four other words. What are they?
5. What have the following words got in common?
YARN HURT LONE ARMY
6. If RM = 5, XK = 13 and JC = 7, what does SP=?
7. In a supermarket, the first 25 customers of the day purchased an average of two items each. After a further 15 customers, the average number of items purchased by each customer rose to eight.
What was the average number of items purchased by the last 15 customers only?
8. Replace the blanks in this sentence with two words. The same nine letters must be used for both words. What are the words?
The employee's actions BLANK BLANK until he was caught on a security camera.
9. Replace the vowels in each group of letters to form six connected words. What are the words?
PRL CRL JD TPZ PL PRDT
10. On each row place a letter that can be substituted for the second letter of the words either side. When completed a word will be read downwards.
What is it?
On each row place a letter that can be substituted for the second letter of the words either side. When completed a word will be read downwards
11. Use the letters given to complete the star so that two five-letter words, one four-letter word and two words of two letters can be read.
A C E I M N S S U
What are the words?
Use the letters A C E I M N S S U given to complete the star so that two five-letter words, one four-letter word and two words of two letters can be read
12. What number is missing from the following sequence?
4 9 16 25 ? 49 64 81
13. In each of the following what number should replace the question mark?
In each of the following what number should replace the question mark?
Can you work out the missing number in this puzzle?
14. Rearrange the letters of UPRIGHT PARANOIA to give three musical instruments. What are they?
15. Find a word to fit the first clue. Add one letter to this word to give a word to fit the second clue. Add another letter to give the word to fit the third clue and finally another letter to give a word to fit the fourth clue. What are the four words?
NOT OFF
OFFSPRING
IN A SHORT WHILE
FOOD SERVER
16. On each row place a word to fit the clue given, if the correct words are chosen a word will be read down the shaded column. What is it?
On each row place a word to fit the clue given, if the correct words are chosen a word will be read down the shaded column
17. What number should replace the question mark?
By looking at the other squares, can you work out what number is missing?
18. Vincent lives at house number 106, Claire lives at number 151 and Olivia lives at number 57.
Does house number 60 belong to Alan or Alex?
For Rearrange the letters of DUE CROP to give a word with a similar meaning. What is it?
19. For each of the following find a word beginning with H that has an opposite meaning to the given word.
a) Clear
b) Resolute
c) Welcoming
20. Replace the blanks in the following sentence with two five-letter words. The same five letters must be used for both words. What are the words?
The BLANK told his class that he had been BLANK fishing during the holiday.
The answers... how well did you do?
1. Car.
2. Eight in the bottom left corner and 27 at the top.
Bottom left numbers divide by 3. Bottom right numbers increase by 4, then 5, then 6. Left plus right gives top.
3. X. The sequence takes the third letter of the alphabet, then the fifth letter after that, then the third again and then the fifth again and so on.
4. Listen, silent, inlets and enlist.
5. When rearranged they all give a name – Ryan, Ruth, Noel and Mary.
6. Three. The difference between the two alphabetical places gives the number.
7.18.
8. Continued and unnoticed.
9. Answer: Pearl, coral, jade, topaz, opal and peridot.
10. Almond.
11. Panic, amuse, onus, am and is.
12. 36. They are all square numbers.
13. a) 288 The square of the number is multiplied by 2. b) 306 Each number is multiplied by one more than itself.
14. Harp, guitar and piano.
15. On, son, soon and spoon.
16. Lawns. The words are polar, brass, rowan, bingo and basin.
17. Seven. Add together the two numbers at the top of each square to give the two digit number at the bottom of the square.
Einstein was famously a member of Mensa with his IQ believed to be 160
18. Alex. The Roman numerals in each name are totalled to give the house number.
19. a) Hazy
b) Hesitant
c) Hostile
20. Tutor and trout.
Scoring:
1 – 5 correct answers Try again
6 – 9 correct answers Average
10 – 12 correct answers Good
13 – 15 correct answers Excellent
16 – 20 correct answers Potential Mensa Member
