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Date of Interview: 8th March 2024, afternoon 3rd in sequence
Board: lt.Gen Raj Shukla sir
Optional: Mathematics
DAF – Maths IITK, Maths Optional – nothing asked
Asked from DAF – Premchand, Goldman, risk management, artificial intelligence
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Chairman
- You worked at Goldman, then why did you leave?
- But in government you don’t have to work so much?
- (Sir was quite friendly and relaxed, sunk in his chair and smiling)
- You read Premchand. Tell me why do you like him.
- Favourite book and why?
- Compare Premchand and Shakespeare.
- Premchand’s story always has a moral lesson, compare the morality of Premchand and Mahabharata.
- Does morality change with time?
- Give an example of changed morality in Mahabharata.
- Dharma aur niyam mein kaun upar hai?
- Dharma aur Rule of Law mein kaun upar hai
- helped – Chaupar mein Rule of law says you can take everything (including wife) from the loser.
- Lessons from Mahabharata
- When people learn to respect women from scriptures? Why do people harass women?
Member 1
- Libor and SOFR
- Repo and reverse repo rate
- Tell me about Lakshadweep
- Name if Island PM visited, Total no. of islands in Lakshadweep, Name of Naval base
- Name of few female head of states (interview was on women’s day)
- “obesity is no longer the problem of the rich in India” – what do you understand by this
- Lancet survey and PDS cross Qs
Member 2
- Artificial Intelligence and Job losses
- what can we do?
- Situational – police – control mob violence
- New criminal laws – provision on lynching
- Difference between mob violence and mob lynching
Member 3
- Work ex of Goldman
- Role of statistics in risk management
- Cyber Tehsil – I said haven’t heard about it – Sir asked to guess and I guessed correctly
- Food adulteration – situational Q and law
Member 4
- Who is you role model in celebrity
- Why?
- Did he inspire you to join bureaucracy?
- Social media – Pros and cons
- How to tackle cyber stalking?
Chairman – PDS 80 cr beneficiaries – are we making the poor obese by feeding them?
Cross Qs.
Interview over. Thanked all and left.
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