Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 27.06.2025 00:36
Found an empty bench..
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
Your credentials do not matter!
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Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
Each class used to be 2.5 hours each. Making it a total of 5 hours of coaching classes daily. The classes used to be 7 days a week.
500 students in each batch. God forbid if you were late to the class - you would have to push your way through the seats. (Old aspirants reading this know which institute I am talking about).
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Dare you, peep in your neighbour's notebook. After all, it is a national-level competitive exam - people tend to be extremely competitive. Tough days…
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
You would have to be on your toes. If your mind drifts apart for even a second, you will lose your chain of thoughts and notes.
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This exam has its own way of humbling you.
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
I vividly remember that evening.
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I was constantly staring into the ground
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If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
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“But, it is nearly impossible for one to predict who will make it to the ‘holy list’. Yes! I can say that if an aspirant who has done X, Y, and Z can increase their chances of selection, but it is just not enough. There is always a matter of luck (or, probability).”
Anyway!
I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.
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I did not go back to my home.
Keep your ego aside.
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
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I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
I looked around me
Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
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Dropped them
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
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The batch sizes were huge!
I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
And, I had not made it.
And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
Searched for my roll number.
Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
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It lasted approximately 10 months.
This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
“I, too, was an aspirant, 20 years back. I have met board toppers, state board toppers, and college toppers with more than 9+ CGPA who prepare for this exam.”
And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
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I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
Cleared multiple of them
“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
And..
I was alone in Delhi back then
It is almost impossible.
But, then it hit me hard.
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And entered the park.
So, yes, the UPSC is considered the toughest exam in the world because there is a ‘luck’ factor coupled with subjectivity in the exam process.
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“All of these students are great from an academic point of view. They have always scored 90%+ during their school days, some have even scored 9.6 CGPA and above during their 10th boards.”
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
All the best!
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I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
There is no mathematical formula where you know that if the inputs are controlled, you can achieve X outcome.