Where is the most difficult exam in the world taken, which lasts 9 months (5 photos)

What are your guesses if we are talking about Asia? You probably decided that we are talking about South Korea, because their state exams and civil service exams and the jitters before them are hyped up all over the world. But no, in fact, a Korean taking such an exam has a slightly less than 1% chance of passing the civil service exam.





There are also very few women there, a traditional country

But where the chance of passing the exam is only a pitiful fraction of a percent for the same positions is... in India.

Yes, the chance of passing the civil service exam here is less than 0.2%! And still, 500 thousand Indians take this exam every time. On average, about 600 people pass. This is a real counter-course.

How the exam is conducted in India



It is forbidden to SPEAK in the building where the exam is taking place

Every year, tens of thousands of people come to Delhi to take this exam. And they save up for the trip all year or borrow from their families to find a place to live. And all for the sake of a civil servant position!

The exam in India is held in three stages: preliminary, main and interview. And it lasts…. Nine months. It's like carrying a child, of course, you need to save up for that.





There are plenty of "diners" around the place where the state exams are held that teach English and math

The candidate must pass each stage, and his total scores determine whether he will be included in the list of prestigious and influential new bureaucrats of India.

I need a test for marriage

It's not just that you are guaranteed a job, but also social benefits. But this EXTREMELY increases a man's prestige in the marriage market, and getting married in India is a whole epic. Because a dowry is given with a wife, and the average dowry for a government employee is 40 million rupees.



A rare area in New Delhi where they sell not snacks but TEXTBOOKS on the streets

In essence, this is the very mechanism of a serious social elevator, only terribly narrow and for 0.2% of the chosen ones. For the caste system, which they can't get rid of, this is like a breath of fresh air. True, through a very narrow tube.

How objective is it

The thing is that the test stages include not only tests, but also a personal interview. By the way, they ask questions about patriotism and personal goals, and evaluate a person's morality.

And in this regard, discrimination is again evident, for example, despite the fact that the Muslim population makes up 15% of the country, in some years not a single Muslim candidate passes the final test. All because of anti-Muslim sentiments in the country, which for some reason have increased significantly in recent years, although the population ratio has always been the same.



This family has no chance of social mobility with such exams

There is currently only 1 Dalit (the lowest caste) in the position of state secretary, while they make up 16% of India. But this is understandable, not every Dalit family can afford an education for their children, let alone a trip to the capital.

I don't know if it's true that India now has super smart, super motivated, patriotic officials, since the selection process is so strict? Or is the entry level of all candidates simply catastrophically low?