Why upsc is considered the toughest exam in the whole world?
Last Updated: 01.07.2025 15:07
Nevertheless, I hustled my way through the coaching program.
After checking the PDF, I chained my cycle to a lamp post ..
Searched for my roll number.
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I had heard rumours going around that the results had been declared.
The batch sizes were huge!
I was alone in Delhi back then
This exam has its own way of humbling you.
Found an empty bench..
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And, so I began preparing for the exam with high hopes and determination.
In my head, it was a do-or-die situation for me.
I said, “Yes! I believe so.”
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I prepared for the next 3 years (2016 to 2019)
I hurriedly opened the holy PDF.
I lacked a mentor when I needed one.
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Also, simultaneously prepared for other exams
Immediately after this conversation, I left the institute.
Your credentials do not matter!
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Thousands of students swarming in Old Rajendra Nagar.
I did not go back to my home.
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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 did not move for the next 30 minutes..
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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.”
Cleared multiple of them
And..
I was cycling from one of my coaching institutes back to my PG.
“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.”
All achievers in their own way.
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I was determined to clear the exam and then go back home.
2017 June - I appeared for the first time for the UPSC Prelims (after a year-long preparation)
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.
The struggle was real. The teacher would non stop go through his lecture, and explain the concepts/ theory/ ideas etc.
Anyway!
If one says, they can help you crack the exam with X AIR, it is difficult to do so.
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And crushed myself and ‘my expectations’ on it.
There is no mathematical formula where you know that if the inputs are controlled, you can achieve X outcome.
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Appeared for the exam and instantly knew I would not be making it this time!
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A sense of grief and toil had taken over me.
All the best!
“Suryansh, let me tell you something. Do you feel the best of the best students from all over India prepare for this examination?”
It is almost impossible.
2016 I graduated from college. The same year I began preparing for the UPSC.
So, hopefully, my answers help aspirants who need help.
I joined two coaching institutes - One for mains preparation and one for my optional subject.
Relatively in a better position after my exam failures, but a void still exists!
I parked my cycle near one of the parks en route to my PG.
And, after all, it was a matter of great pride and respect.
I remember the very next day my coaching institute professor telling me -
And entered the park.
I looked around me
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, I had not made it.
I was constantly staring into the ground
It was summertime in Delhi. I was allotted a far-off centre in Najafgarh.
“I have more than 20+ years of teaching experience.”
If we haven’t met, my name is Suryansh Sodhani.
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.
This is the very reason you will hear IIT, IIM, AIIMS graduates failing to clear the UPSC.
This exam has an element of probability that no one can predict.
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I vividly remember that evening.
Dropped them
“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).”
Keep your ego aside.
But, then it hit me hard.
It lasted approximately 10 months.
Cut to 2-3 months post prelims. Results were declared.