Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 29.06.2025 16:57
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.
Keep your ego aside.
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Anyway!
“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
All the best!
I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
Your credentials do not matter!
Why has Schrödinger's Cat, the experiment, not actually been performed?
And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
I was alone in Delhi back then
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
I vividly remember that evening.
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
I write answers on Quora that help UPSC and other government exam aspirants.
What are some photos of female sexual organs?
Found an empty bench..
So, hopefully, my answers help aspirants who need help.
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
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I did not go back to my home.
And..
It is almost impossible.
I looked around me
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
And, I had not made it.
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
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.
How likely is it to make a living out of being a window cleaner in a Nordic country?
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
It lasted approximately 10 months.
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
The batch sizes were huge!
All achievers in their own way.
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
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…
In case you are wondering, how did my story end?
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
But, then it hit me hard.
Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
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2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
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Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
I was constantly staring into the ground
And entered the park.
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
Cleared multiple of them
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
Dropped them
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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“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
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).
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
“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.”
Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
Searched for my roll number.
“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).”
There is no mathematical formula where you know that if the inputs are controlled, you can achieve X outcome.
I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
“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.”
I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.