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Date of Interview: 21/03/2023
Board: Lt.Gen Raj Shukla Sir
Keywords: BDS, IR, Mumbai.
Your experience in interview: Board was cordial and patient.
Utility of mocks or O2O (if any): Good for practice, review should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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Chairman
- Where are you from? (Mah/ Guj)
- Why IAS after Dentistry?
- Why not work for 30 Years and then become a politician?
- Are you choosing Civil services cz they are safe? Do you think Politics would be too risky for you??
- We need good politicians also, why not join politics?
- Is Globalisation coming to an end?
- Why then trade is being conducted in small grouping? Why South Asia is lagging in it?
- Why can’t south Asia be an example for the world to solve it’s problem? Why India not taking lead? Look at Asean?
- Was not joining Rcep a mistake?
So If manufacturing is not equipped enough we should take protectionist Stance or open to competition? - If Singapore can deal with China why can’t we?
- Why rise in trade when incidents like Galwan are happening?
- How to deal with China when they have such huge trade surplus with us?
Member 1
- Shortcomings in Ayushman bharat.
- How to make PDS more efficient.
- ( Wasn’t very satisfied with my answer)
2-3 follow up questions
Tell me about some innovative ways of financing infrastructure projects.
Member 2
- ( Based on my ans of PDS Qs)
Food ( Distribution) is under which list. - How will then the Centre implement ONOR??
- Air pollution in Delhi- Reasons
- Why not in Mumbai
( 3 Follow up questions on the mechanism of Sea breeze) - Why Dentistry is a 5 year course, is there enough content to study for 5 years?
- Why earlier only 4 years?
( 3 Follow up Questions)
Member 3
- ( I had mentioned tobacco in 1ans)
- Why IAS, work as a dentist and tackle addiction?
( 2 follow up Qs) - Problems of Mumbai? (.. Slums..)
- So should we demolish all the slums??
- There is no space for pedestrians in Mumbai? ( 1 follow up)
Member 4
- Why Anthropology??
- Difference between digital money and cryptocurrency.
- Are crypto currencies dangerous??
- Is it good to have backing of central banks??
- What is blockchain?
Chair :Your interview is over.
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