Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 27.06.2025 00:32
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If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
Your credentials do not matter!
Why does my girlfriend keep asking me if I love her?
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
Is it okay for me to wear girls’ underwear?
And entered the park.
I write answers on Quora that help UPSC and other government exam aspirants.
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
It lasted approximately 10 months.
Dropped them
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Keep your ego aside.
Found an empty bench..
Eum sit ipsam ut animi distinctio rerum omnis praesentium.
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
Anyway!
I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
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This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
I was constantly staring into the ground
I vividly remember that evening.
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
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And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
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I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
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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And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
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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.
I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
In case you are wondering, how did my story end?
“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.”
It is almost impossible.
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All achievers in their own way.
Searched for my roll number.
But, then it hit me hard.
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
I was alone in Delhi back then
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
The batch sizes were huge!
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
“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 had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.
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 did not go back to my home.
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.
Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
And, I had not made it.
I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
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Cleared multiple of them
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
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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…
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
“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.”
I looked around me
And..
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.