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Date of Interview: 24/08/21
Board: Bharat Bhushan Vyas sir
Background: E&Tc Engg,
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Uttarakhand, Lucknow(Birthplace)
Chairman
- asked to keep mask down & Faceshield on
- convince me as your friend to visit Lucknow: started formally but sir insisted to convince as a friend
- new emigration bill(had no idea about it:he said no issues we’ll take something else)
- INS vikrant & how do you see it: tried to nudge towards maritime security, UN, China but they did not take the bait(showing who’s the boss!)
- diff types of inflation, d.a. uses which one, why cpi & not wpi in d.a.
- trajectory of inflation & growth vs inflation debate
- Gavi
- PPP model
- APEC
- juvenile justice meaning
Member 1
- (Lady member with a very pleasing personality)
- issues in prisons
- what do you expect from civil services
- generalist vs specialist? Whom do you support? Why?
- (Did not ask many ques but showed quite an interest in answers which is really a morale booster)
Member 2
- (even Lady Gaga would be intrigued by sir’s poker face)
- whom to approach if there is complaint against any hospital?
- again on grievance redressal from hospitals
- Biosafety level 4
Member 3
- components of GST, compensation cess, what is the issue, how to bridge shortfall
- public accounts committee
- named 2 technical terms related to audit & asked to differentiate b/w the two(said don’t know faster than the speed of light)
- what did govt do for migrant labourers during covid
- issues in transportation for labourers
- schemes to provide them jobs in their home state if any
Member 4
- as an administrator what did you learn from covid
- what healthcare issues covid highlighted
- how many goals did messi score(daf)
- why messi left barca
- if you are DC of border district in UK with nepal, how would you control migration
Not much cross questioning, gave good amount of time to answer
*only 2 ques from daf, rest all random
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