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Top 3 Marks Per Student

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Problem

The MakeMyTrip QA team wants to identify the strongest performers in its QA Automation assessment. Write a PostgreSQL query that returns every student whose mark is among the top three distinct marks, including all students tied at those marks.

Requirements

  1. Filter results to the QA Automation assessment and exclude NULL marks.
  2. Rank distinct mark values from highest to lowest using a window function.
  3. Join the marks to students and return the student ID, name, assessment name, marks, and rank.
  4. Sort by marks descending, then student ID ascending.

Schema

students
ColumnTypeDescription
student_idPKINTUnique student identifier
student_nameVARCHAR(100)Student's full name
cityVARCHAR(50)Student's registered city
student_marks
ColumnTypeDescription
mark_idPKINTUnique mark record identifier
student_idINTReferences students.student_id
assessment_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the assessment
marksINTMarks earned in the assessment
attempt_noINTAssessment attempt number
Tablesstudentsstudent_marks
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