Most Prestigious Exams In India

There are ’n’ number of exams in India which are conducted at every level of education. From Under Graduation to Post Graduation & also for jobs in both Government & Private Sector. These competitive exams are organised by government as well as by institutions themselves.

The propose of these exams is to select the most deserving candidate for that required vacancy.

Below are some of the Toughest & Prestigious Competitive Exams held across the India (not in order):

Other than the following exams, there are many other exams which are conducted in India for Govt job. Click here to read about them in detail.

1. UPSC Civil Services Entrance Exam — World’s Third Toughest Exam

Civil Services Examination is the toughest exam in India, conduct by Union Public Service Commission. This exam is held to recruit most deserving candidates for various Central Govt Services including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and others.

Over 9,00,00,0 candidates every year appear for the same and the achievement rate is only 0.1–0.3%.

There are three levels of this exam, namely: Preliminary exam, main exam and personality test or interview.

2. IIT JEE (Joint Entrance Exam)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is from World’s toughest engineering entrance exams with the success rate of around 1 in 45.

It is conducted to select the most eligible candidates who wants to seek admission into undergraduate engineering programmes at NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded technical institutions.

It is conducted in two parts: JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced.

3. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Entrance Exam

This Exam is for the candidates who want to take admission in M. Tech/ M. S Programmes in various Government Engineering Colleges including IITs and NITs.

GATE Scores are valid for various PSU Companies recruitment that operate under the Indian Government.

The scores obtained in GATE are valid for a period of three years, from the date of announcement of results.

This exam brings in more than 9.7 lakh candidates. It is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of:

a. National Coordination Board — GATE

b. Department of Higher Education

c. Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)

d. Government of India

4. CAT (Common Aptitude Test)

CAT is conducted to get an entry into premier management and business schools such as IIMs.

It was started by Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) for selecting understudies for their business organization programs. It is directed by one of the IIMs each year.

Common Admission Test (CAT) scores a candidate on the bases of his aptitude, mathematical and language skills.

CAT has success rate of 1 selection out of 200.

Apart from the IIMs, CAT scores are accepted by various colleges offering MBAs.

5. AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Entrance Exam

AIIMS is an Autonomous Body, which conducts its own Pan India Entrance Exam for medical students. This Exam offers a very limited number of seats.

It is conducted twice a year for the MD/MS post-graduate courses. It includes 2 sessions for selection of candidates. In each session there are approx. 124 seats.

Out of the which, approx. 25% seats are reserved for AIIMS (UG) students and 50% for reserved categories. This reservation makes it one of the toughest exams to clear in India!

There are 700 seats (100 for each institute) for UG courses in AIIMS.

6. NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test)

NEET is an entrance exam conducted for admissions into Medical Colleges at both UG level (NEET UG) & PG level (NEET PG).

The UG courses include both MBBS and BDS.

It will be conducted by National Testing Agency 2019 onwards.

7. UGC NET (University Grants Commission — National Eligibility Test)

Conducted to shortlist the most deserving Assistant Lecturers & Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) candidates in various Indian colleges & universities.

The difficulty level of this exam is such that many candidates fail to clear it even in fourth or fifth attempt.

Previously it was conducted by CBSE, but from Dec 2018 onwards it will be conducted by NTA.

The success rate is around 6%.

CSIR NET is the part of UGC NET. It is conducted for candidates who are from Science field. CSIR NET is conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The best part is that you can also pursue higher studies at the same time.

8. CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

It is a centralised exam conducted for admissions to National Law Universities. It is conducted for admissions to integrated UG programs & PG programs.

Through CLAT candidates can get into 16 National Law Universities in India.

It is a 2 hours test, which comprises of MCQs on Mathematics, English, GK, Legal Aptitude and Logical reasoning.

Its scores are also accepted by many private Law Schools of India.

Those who qualify CLAT are eligible to obtain admission in any of the following courses:

a. BA LLB (Hons)

b. BSc LLB (Hons)

c. BA LLB (Hons)

d. BSW LLB (Hons)

e. BCom LLB (Hons)

f. L.L.M.

9. NDA (National Defence Academy) Exam

NDA exam is conducted for recruiting candidates to armed force, air force and naval force.

The interviews of the candidates who have cleared the written part, are conducted by the Services Selection Board of Ministry of Defence.

The candidates are selected on the basis of written examination, psychological aptitude test, intelligence and personality test and SSB Interview.

It is conducted by UPSC.

The selected candidates will gain 3 years of education and training at the Academy and will be awarded a Baccalaureate degree.

The naval candidates will gain a B.Tech degree after four years.

10. CA (Chartered Accountancy)

Chartered Accountancy is one of the toughest exams with success rate just around 8%.

It takes at least 5 years to complete the course. The CAs from India are respected worldwide.

It is a three-level exam conducted by the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India).

The first level is the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) followed by the Integrated Professional 

Competence Course (IPCC), which has a total of seven subjects that it encompasses, split into groups of four and three.

The final exam called the CA Final Examination, is where all the blood, sweat and tears merge to give forth one of the toughest exams in the world and not just India.

Hope this article gives the brief idea of the most difficult exams of India.

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