Bhubaneswar, Feb. 5 -- Industrialist Anand Mahindra, known for his witty and engaging presence on X (Twitter), has once again sparked a debate online on whether UPSC is tougher than IIT JEE. After being impressed with Vikrant Massey's 12th Fail, Anand Mahindra was curious to know what is the toughest exam in India.

The movie inspired him to seek more details about how aspirants prepare for the exam and how difficult it is to clear it. Later, he understood that UPSC was way tougher than IIT JEE after being enlightened by an IIT graduate who had also taken the UPSC exams.

After seeing #12thFail I checked around and spoke to a number of young people about the relative difficulty of our entrance exams.One of them was a graduate of IIT who i...