Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 16:07
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
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In case you are wondering, how did my story end?
Worked for a marketing agency
Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
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And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
I was constantly staring into the ground
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
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After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
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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).
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.
Keep your ego aside.
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I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
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I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
Your credentials do not matter!
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I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
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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.
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What is the lowest probability event you have personally witnessed?
The batch sizes were huge!
A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
Dropped them
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I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
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And, now working as a digital marketing freelancer for international clients.
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The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
And, I had not made it.
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.
Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
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Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
Anyway!
And entered the park.
I looked around me
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
But, then it hit me hard.
I was alone in Delhi back then
All the best!
I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
“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).”
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
It is almost impossible.
“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.”
Cleared multiple of them
It lasted approximately 10 months.
Found an empty bench..
I vividly remember that evening.
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
And..
So, hopefully, my answers help aspirants who need help.
Searched for my roll number.
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
“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.”
Do drop in a message, would be happy to talk.
I did not go back to my home.
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
I write answers on Quora that help UPSC and other government exam aspirants.