Every examination is always said to be difficult. Every student has passed through series of examinations and they can testify the difficulty level of each.
There are however some examinations out there that are so difficult. They questions set in such examinations are considered to be above the standard or thinking level of the candidates. Let’s take a look at the toughest examinations in the world.
They include;
1. Gaokao Exam in China
2. IIT JEE Exam in India
3. UPSC Exam, also in India
4. Mensa exams in England
5. GRE in USA/Canada
6. US/Canada → CFA
7. 🇺🇸 US → CCIE
8. 🇮🇳 India → GATE
9. 🇬🇧 UK →Oxford exams
Let’s take a look at the Gaokoa exams. The Gaokao exam in China is the toughest examination in the world. It is being organized for college admission. It requires a total of 12 years to prepare for the exams.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF TAKING THESE EXAMS
It is designed in such a way to measure the abilities and skills of students. The difficulty level of this exam is such that certain American and European universities have now started to take into consideration the Gaokao score for admission into their college.
Reasons Why This Exams Is Said To Be The Most Difficult In The World
One can assume it’s difficulty by this question where students, in 2013 were asked to write an essay stressing upon Edison’s reaction on mobile phones if he was teleported to the 21st century.
Though Gaokao is intended for third-year high school students with an average age of 18, preparations begin considerably earlier since students are required to devote 12 years of their childhood to preparing for this highly difficult test.
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The exams only takes two days to complete. It also last approximately nine hours depending on the province in which it is held. All students must take exams on Chinese and Math. Candidates can choose one subject from English, French, Japanese, Russian, German or Spanish for the foreign language portion of the test, with most students selecting English.
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It is required for entrance into all higher education institutions at the undergraduate level in the country. It is usually taken by students in their third and last year of senior high school.
According to some candidates, the exams is so difficult that it causes significant psychological distress to kids, parents, and teachers. Suicide, sadness, and mental breakdowns have been observed to increase around the Gaokao era.
At Gaokao, examinees are asked to respond to very extreme inquiries in subjects like number-crunching, science, science, physical science, Chinese writing, geology, political theory, etc. Gaokao is point of fact one of the world’s most difficult assessments.