This year's XII boards topper in Bihar, Ganesh Kumar followed suit with Last year's topper Ruby Rai. In 2016, she had said "political science" is about cooking. This time too, Bihar's Class XII topper in humanities struggled to explain the basics of music, one of his subjects. Controversies continue to dog the state's Class XII toppers. Ganesh Kumar, who topped Class XII boards in humanities stream, stumbled over queries posed by the media on music, in which he scored 65 out of 70 in practicals.