IIT JEE, GATE, and UPSC Feature the list of Toughest Exams in the World
The Gaokao exam in China is rated to be the toughest test in the world, clocking in at a marathon of nine hours. Read on for details.
The IIT JEE, UPSC, and GATE have all been featured as some of the toughest exams in the world by Erudera – an online education search platform. IIT JEE has been specifically ranked as the toughest exam in India and the second toughest in the world; this is due to the fact that the acceptance rates into IITs are a mere one percent.
“With increased competition, the exam’s difficulty is also increasing yearly. Over 1.2 million candidates appear every year, for around 11,000 seats in 23 different IITs,” the report stated.
After the IIT JEE exam, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil service exam has been placed at the third spot in this list; making it the second toughest exam in India.
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The average preparation time for the UPSC exam is at least one year. According to the list, around 500,000 students take the prelims for less than 1,000 seats. The success rate ranges from 0.1 to 0.4 percent. Passing the second stage means you get to interview with a panel that will assess your personality, awareness, and reasoning. UPSC has around 67,000 monthly searches.
The third toughest exam in India is the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). The average preparation time for the GATE exam is six months. According to the report, nearly 8 lakh to 1 million candidates apply for the exam, but an average of 16 to 18 percent of them qualify for the test.
According to the report, the Gaokao exam in China is rated to be the toughest test in the world, clocking in at a marathon of nine hours. An impressive 12 million students sit the exam each year, hoping to gain admission to one of China’s top universities. England’s Mensa exam comes in at a distant fourth, followed by the GRE.
The online platform has assessed competitive exams around the world on the basis of the preparation time required for the entrance exam, the pass rate (in percentage)/ score, and the number of candidates (yearly).
