How Indians crack one of the world's toughest exams - BBC News

India's Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams, sat by young men and women who want to join the country’s vast civil service, are seen as one of the toughest tests in the world.

A million candidates apply to appear in the gruelling three-stage exam every year, with less than 1% making it to the second stage.

While preparing for the UPSC, Gamini Singla stayed away from friends, did not go on vacations and avoided family meetings and celebrations for nearly three years.

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[National_Torture_Agency]

NEET requires speed and accuracy
JEE requires critical thinking
UPSC requires memorization and smartness
IIT is hard to get
AIIMS is harder
Civil service is the hardest
These exams require different skillsets so cannot be compared

[freevoice]

IIT is toughest but success rate is 1%
Civil services exam success rate is 0.1%.
That's make it more tougher than anything

[paulsmith]

I was UPSC aspirant. I failed but study made me a whole different person.

[ajaykumarsaket]

It's not about exam or success rate, when you start preparing for upsc, you gain a whole new personality, you start thinking rationally, you become mature knowledgeable personal

[carthicss]

Politicians should be made to clear these exams

[tdb]

I really enjoy Tibbee's videos on Indian exams. It's sad that Indian exams are structured around eliminating people as the number of places at universities is so low, rather than using the exam to establish which students are capable of furthering their studies at a university level. I'm Australian, so I have a soft spot for Indians. We've always played cricket against each other and been friends. I just wish they'd abolish this archaic style of testing that was introduced during colonial times in favour of how examinations are carried out in Western nations now. India has so much potential, one day it will be a superpower, but its young people always move overseas - partly because these types of exams are very bad at teaching young people how to think as opposed to simply memorising text books.

[Michael-yovu]

Rough stats for those who aren't familiar with this exam :
1, 000, 000 applicants,
1, 000 gets selected,
Out of the thousand, only some 250 gets selected for the most prestigious Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service & Indian Foreign Service.

[sunnyk]

To those fighting over JEE and NEET, not everyone is after a career in applied sciences. Engineering and Medicine are both applied sciences. Many also aspire to pursue a career in pure sciences such as physics, chemistry and biology and become a scientist. But, there's hardly any zeal and environment for scientific research in this country.

[anmolkasaundhan]

in a country with more than a billion people, trying to secure your dream job is like searching for a needle in haystack... really hit hard 🙃
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omg 1k likes 😮...fr the first time!
thank you:)

[mohamedfaizan]

Everyone thinks people move abroad for money. What no one knows is that THIS is the primary reason why parents move abroad - to let their children breathe and live a normal life and have a career where years are not spent preparing for exams.
I’m one of them.

[BBC.SUPERONLY]

My father cleared UPSC exam twice and I really proud of you "Papa "

[Sileff]

Summary: turn off social media and study = pass the exam.

[punshibakhaidemcha]

India's UPSC Civil Service examination is one of the world's toughest exam and it is also India's oldest competitive exam. Perseverance, Patience, Dedication, Smart work plus Hard work are the three essential elements for cracking this prestigious examination. I, as a UPSC Aspirant, also learnt, during my course of UPSC preparation, that in life sometimes we have to sacrifice what we love the most in order to achieve big things. UPSC exam is so tough because after selection that person is going to administer world's largest and most complex democratic country.

[Inside_story_]

Indian competitive examination like UPSC civil services is the toughest on earth i can say ... Steps process prelims exam after Main exam after interview 🔥 3stage people are preparing for 2-5yrs
Top post IAS, IPS, IRS and many more....

[rockysage]

Ironically, IAS exam isn't as difficult compared to other exams like NEET or IIT JEE. But IAS obviously has fewer seats and thus the intense competition for the limited ones.

Edit: Many people commenting about the vastness of the syllabus is exactly my point. Why does a public servant require such extensive knowledge is history/ politics or another subject? No other developed country requires its public servants to do so.

IAS exam system is outdated.

[jokerstudio]

All the toughest exams restricted by their acceptance ratio 0.1% but CA FInal restricted by quality of attempt.

[langhualal]

I'm from North corner region of India where seeing a helicopter in the sky was like a dream come true. There was a time I told my loving Mom that I wanted to be an IAS officer when I grow up. To which she replied, isn't that be cool, teaching school students /younger generations quality education? I wasn't shocked because I knew she didn't have any knowledge about it. I made her understand a minute later.

Now, I'm a UPSC CSE aspirant.

[Doliradiva]

I've been a UPSC exam taker since 2019, facing all drasticities since my father fell ill with mental illness, and I still cracked UPSC @bbc

[tahsinnoorshahbazkhan]

India is a great place of people with exceptional talent and genuine character

[diptiraj]

Here I'm watching the video sitting in library and thinking how I'm balancing my degree course and preparing for competitive exams, and where life is going to take me.