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Date of Interview: 8/3/2024, 3rd to go
Board: Dinesh Dasa
Optional: Geography
Home State: Kerala
Background: Physics(H), , Delhi university
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Chairman
- How did you come to Delhi?
- Why Miranda & Delhi University ?
- Do you think Miranda played an important role in you sitting here?
- Why IMR & MMR very low in Kerala?
- Tell me features of Surrogacy Act?
- Do you think we should allow surrogacy to unmarried women? If I appoint you as a judge what judgement do you take?
- Do you think executive & judiciary are impeding into the culture & religion?(Sabarimala judgement context)
- What about Jallikettu?
- Tell me some recent judgements that helped women?
Member 1
- What is Sonnet?
- Tell me one Sonnet?
- Tell me equation of Photo electric effect?
- What happens to particles when plancks constant equals to 1?
- What is entropy?
- Do you think whether entropy of world is increasing or decreasing?
- What is the effect of climate change on entropy?
- Imagine there is a box infront of you and the collision of particles inside the box is decreasing and the particles are staying apart. What inference you can made from that about temperature?
- Tell me the postulates of special theory of relativity?
- What is the use of your Physics (H) knowledge these days
Member 2
- Tell me the name of some Mangroves?
- What is North lake? (Not sure about what he meant)
- Why coast of Odisha, Andhra & West Bengal are more prone to cyclones?
- As a geography student do you think the Radcliff line is justified?
- What are the issues that still exist because of this line?
- What is the significance of Minicoy island?
- Where is the first naval base in Lakshadweep? ( mentioned INS Jatayu in previous question)
- Do you think India needs more time zones rather than having one?
Member 3
- Long monologue on Lok sabha and asked should we abolish Rajya Sabha?
- Long monologue on one nation one election. Then asked. If I appoint you as a DM, what all measures do you take as precaution for conducting simultaneous election?
- Tell me an issue between Kerala and Tamil Nadu? (Mentioned Mullaperiyar)
- What is the issue & tell me the stand of both the states?
- Do you think migration is hindering the development of Kerala?
Member 4
- Kerala is very much in news for few days.. Pick one news (Man animal conflict)
- What are the reasons?& Solutions?
- What recent changes that state has brought to tackle the issue? (State specific disaster-mentioned )
- What changes that it has brought?(NDMA)
- What is the reason for ongoing tussle between governor and state?
- There were historical reasons behind Kerala’s low IMR & MMR rate. Do you agree or Disagree?
Experience: Cordial, no grilling, Chairman (Poker face), Lady member (smiling & encouraging), Other members ( mixed emotions- sometimes attentive & nodding)
One on one session helped a lot to modify the answering style… Most of the questions repeated from peer mocks & one on ones.
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