Here is a comparative and statistical analysis of the top 10 toughest examinations in India.The rankings might be debatable, but it all adds to the importance of the exams.

3. CLARIFICATION
This list has been made using data obtained
from many surveys made from the year
2006 to 2017. Toughness of an exam
might vary from person to person and
from year to year.

4. 10.
COMMON LAW ADMISSION
TEST

5. CLAT
 Organised for admission into 18 Law Universities,
these marks can also be used by ONGC, Oil India
and 43+ other institutions.
 With a pass probability of about 10%, this exam is
the 1st criterion for aspirant lawyers. The
percentage can be even up to 15%, depending on
the number of institutes using these marks for
their admission.

6. 9.
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION-
NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST

7. UGC-NET
 It is organized by the University Grants Commission
for determining the eligibility for Professorial posts in
Indian universities and colleges.
 It is estimated that only 6% of the candidates qualify
in this exam, thus being eligible for the role of
Assistant professors.

8. 8.
NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY
Entrance Exams

9. NDA
 It is used for admission into the Indian Army, Navy
and Air Force.
 The number of seats varies from year to year as per
requirement.
 The first round has about 3 lakh aspirants, out of
which top 90,000 students are called for interview.
 The total number of people passing the interview and
medical stages is about 200-400.

10. 7.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN
ENTRANCE EXAMS

11. NID
 It is used for admission into the 5 NID campuses in
India, as well as some other Indian Design colleges.
 7000+ students appeared for it in the previous year,
and just a mere 8% of students got seats in the
institutes.
 It is well known for its high cutoffs and tough question
paper patterns.

12. 6.
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES ENTRANCE EXAM

13. AIIMS
 It is used for pursuing doctorate courses at the all
India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
 Since 2016-17, it is also used for admission into all
other private and govt Medical colleges in all states.
 It is held in 2 rounds. As of 2017, the pass percentage
was barely 2%, out of 2.8 lakh aspirants.

14. 5.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY EXAMS

15. CA exams
 The Chartered Accountancy course is considered to be
the toughest commerce based examination In India.
 The pass percentage is about 3-10%, with most people
failing to clear it at once.
 As of 2017, only 3-4% of students have qualified for
just the second round. After clearing 3 more rounds,
the overall percentage drops below 1%.

16. 4.
COMMON ADMISSION TEST

17. CAT
 Used for admission into MBA courses at Indian
Institutes of Management (IIM).
 The chance of getting into an IIM is about 4%, but the
cutoffs are almost close to 98%, which makes it very
difficult to crack.
 Recently, even IITs and IISc have been using it for
admission into their relatively new, yet prestigious
MBA courses, with slightly lower cutoffs.

18. 3.
GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST ENGINEERING

19. GATE
 Conducted by the IITs and IISc, GATE is mainly used for
admission into Mtech courses into the aforesaid
institutions, although the scores are useful elsewhere too.
 The qualification rate is quite high- about 15% of
applicants qualify.
 What makes the exam tough is the standard and quality
of the questions on which the candidate is tested, as well
as very high cutoffs.

20. 2.
JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

21. JEE
 It is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE), for admission into Engineering
colleges for B.Tech and B.Arch courses.
 It is held in 2 rounds, at the end of which, barely
0.85% students make it into IITs.
 Other colleges also use these scores for admission into
the aforesaid courses.

22. 1.
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Entrance Exams

23. UPSC
 Also called the Civil Services examination, it is
conducted by the UPSC for entrance into IAS, IPS,
ICS etc.
 It is held in 3 rounds, at the end of which only about
0.0125% (or even less) students actually end up getting
jobs.
 The limited number of vacancies, as well as the vast
syllabi, account for such low rates.

24. SPECIAL NOTE
IEM-JEE doesn’t feature
on this list as of now, but it
might do so in the next few
years. 

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