Here’s the list of the Top FIVE toughest exams in the world:
Gaokao Exam
The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), commonly known as the Gaokao is a standardized college entrance exam held annually in China. It is required for entrance into almost all higher education institutions at the undergraduate level, including for short cycle (2 year) and long cycle (4 year) degree programs. Due to its difficulty level, some European and American universities have also started to accept Gaokao scores. The duration of examination is about nine hours over a period of two or three days.
Exam Name: Gaokao
Country Name: China
Duration: 9h
Pass rate: does not have a single threshold for pass/fail
Appearing Candidates (Yearly): 12 million (Approximately)
IIT JEE Exam - India
The Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) is an engineering entrance assessment conducted for the admission to various engineering colleges in India. It is constituted by two different examinations: The JEE-Main and the JEE-Advanced. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) conducts the joint admission process for a total of 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 25 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) based on the rank obtained by a candidate in JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced.
Exam Name: IIT JEE
Country Name: India
Duration: 3h
Pass rate: 1%
Appearing Candidates (Yearly): 1,026,799 (Approximately)
UPSC Exam - India
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a national competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the recruitment to higher Civil Services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Police Service (IPS), etc. It is referred as UPSC Examination and is conducted in three phases: a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers (General Studies Paper I and General Studies Paper II also popularly known as Civil Service Aptitude Test or CSAT), second a mains examination consisting of nine subjective papers, in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a interview.
The Qualified candidates in preliminary, appear for the latter hard level of mains examination. Those who have successfully cleared the second level then move further to an interview round with a panel that tests personality, awareness and logic.
Exam Name: UPSC
India: India
Duration: Prelim has 2 examinations each of 2h, Main has 9 examinations each of 3h and Interview.
Pass rate: 0.1% - 0.3%
Appearing Candidates (Yearly): 500, 000 (Approximately)
Mensa - England
Mensa is one of the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. Mensa has a renowned presence in several countries across the globe. The IQ test administered by society is an demanding test that analyses one’s intelligence on parameters of reasoning, problem-solving and logic.
Exam Name: Mensa
Country: England
Duration: 1-2h
Pass rate: don't use pass/fail. There is IQ scores.
Appearing Candidates (Yearly): 134,000 (Approximately)
GRE - United States & Canada
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for several graduate schools in the United States and Canada and a few other countries. The GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). GRE is majorly conducted to check the proficiency of candidates applying to study in abroad. It is mainly conducted for master’s level and PhD programs at institutions abroad.
Exam Name: GRE
Country: USA & Canada
Duration: 3h 45min
Pass rate: any score above the 50th percentile
Appearing Candidates (Yearly): 700,000 (Approximately)
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