Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 23.06.2025 02:26
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
In case you are wondering, how did my story end?
A gazillion thoughts running through my mind.
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“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
I looked around me
All the best!
And..
I was alone in Delhi back then
I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
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Keep your ego aside.
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
Your credentials do not matter!
I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
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But, then it hit me hard.
So, hopefully, my answers help aspirants who need help.
Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
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I write answers on Quora that help UPSC and other government exam aspirants.
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“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.
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
Dropped them
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Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
I did not move for the next 30 minutes..
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
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I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
I was constantly staring into the ground
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Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
“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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I vividly remember that evening.
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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.”
The batch sizes were huge!
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
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There is no mathematical formula where you know that if the inputs are controlled, you can achieve X outcome.
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
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.
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
I did not go back to my home.
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
And entered the park.
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).
Searched for my roll number.
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
Found an empty bench..
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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.
It lasted approximately 10 months.
A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
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.
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.
And, I had not made it.
Anyway!
All achievers in their own way.
Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
Cleared multiple of them