AN 11-year-old brainbox who trumped Stephen Hawking AND Albert Einstein in an IQ test has been offered a spot in the county's most prestigious school.

Arnav Sharma scored the maximum 162, eclipsing the 'genius' benchmark of 140, two points higher than Einstein and Hawking.

The youngster passed the exam with zero preparation and had never actually seen what a typical paper looked like before taking it.

His mark in the test, which looks at reasoning ability, puts him in the top one per cent of the nation in terms of IQ level.

“The Mensa test is quite hard and not many people pass it so do not expect to pass,” Arnav said.

“I took the exam at the Salvation centre and it took about two and a half hours.

“There were about seven or eight people there. A couple were children but the rest were adults. It was what I thought it would be.”

Arnav, who attends Crossfields School in Shinfield, has now been selected for Eton College and Westminster, two highly competitive schools.

He added: "I had no preparation at all for the exam but I was not nervous. My family were surprised but they were also very happy when I told them about the result.”

The youngster also enjoys singing, dancing and reading.

His mother Meesha also told The Independent: "I was thinking what is going to happen because you never know and he had never seen what a paper looks like.

“His dad is quite clever as well but not as clever.”