Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 27.06.2025 19:12
Keep your ego aside.
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
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Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
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I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
I vividly remember that evening.
It is almost impossible.
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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.
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
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“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
It lasted approximately 10 months.
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
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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 was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
And, I had not made it.
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Dropped them
I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
“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).”
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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.
I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
I was constantly staring into the ground
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This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
Anyway!
“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.”
And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
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If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
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I was alone in Delhi back then
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Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
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A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
Found an empty bench..
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
In case you are wondering, how did my story end?
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!
Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
Cleared multiple of them
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
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.”
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
I looked around me
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
And..
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Your credentials do not matter!
All the best!
The batch sizes were huge!
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
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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).
And entered the park.
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
Searched for my roll number.
I did not go back to my home.
I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.