Prachi Nigam and Shubham Verma, both from Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, topped the state board exam for Class 10 and 12 respectively. Prachi, whose father is a contractor and mother a housewife, scored 98.50% and said she wants to crack IIT-JEE and become an engineer. Shubham, who scored 97.80%, said, "My parents are farmers...I want to become an IAS officer."