Date of interview: 24 March, 2025 (Afternoon session, first to go)
Board: Suman Sharma
Optional: PSIR
Home State: Gujarat
Background: B.Com
Key DAF details: B.Com, Kutch, Gujarat, PSIR, Computer Gaming & ESports
Duration: Around 27-28 minutes.

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Chairman

Chairperson: Mentioned my basic details but didn’t asked for intro.
1. What is difference between Computer Gaming and Esports?
2. Tell us about Semiconductor industry in Gujarat.
3. Which companies, which locations, what type of production they are doing?
4. What is difference between Special Investment Region (w.r.t. Dholera SIR) and SEZs?
5. You are commerce student. Tell us what are Ponzi schemes? (Some counter questions, but I couldn’t answer some satisfactorily)
6. You told about TSMC company. What do you think about One China Principle? Don’t you think we should establish Direct relation with Taiwan?
7. Why India doesn’t reconsider our approach toward One China Principle?

Member 1

1. What do you think, should India reconsider about One China Principle?
2. Should India ask China to follow One India principle? What holds India back?
3. You belong to the region where horrific earthquake came in 2001, has Kutch been reconstructed fully? What was your age during that disaster?
4. How do you see Trump as a leader of USA, the largest Superpower of the world?
5. Do you think Trump as a Disruptive Leader? In business and commerce, Disrupt ive leadership is regarded as something good, do you think Trump’s disruptive leadership is good?
6. How do you see Trump’s episode with that of Zelensky in White House? What does he tried to achieve by doing so?
7. Do you think Trump is better prepared in his 2nd term than earlier.

Member 2: (South Indian accent)

1. Do you know about Enron case? (I knew just the basics, so he mentioned that some act was passed after that incident in USA). Do you think such provisions are there in Indian Company laws?
2. Situation based question ( A very very very long monologue.)
You are a secretary of some department. You have to complete a very important work in mission mode project. For which you have to award a Tender contract. There is one bidder who is L1 (lowest cost), but he is new company and no proven experience in that field. The other is L2 (2nd lowest) bidder who has high experience but is very good friend of yours, at the same time you go regularly to party with him. To whom do you give contract? I will give you 4 options, among which you have to choose 1.
A) You will go by the book and give tender to L1.
B) You will take responsibility and give tender to L2.
C) You will make committee of your Chamchas and ask them to make favourable report, after which You will give tender to L2 but at the cost of L1. (Means asking L2 to match the bid of L1)
D) You will tell L1 that this time they will not get contract, but as a compensation you will give them another good contract later on.

Member 3

1. In GIFT City of Gujarat, many foreign universities have been established. Which are they?
2. They don’t have to comply with UGC regulations because they are in GIFT city. Do you think this is against the concept of level playing field because other foreign universities in other parts of India will have to comply with UGC regulations?
3. Gujarat shares border with Pakistan, what is the border issue with Pakistan there? (Sir creek)

Member 4: (Punjabi accent- very tough to understand)

1. Gave me two keywords- One I didn’t understood and 2nd one was “Right to Education”
2. Evolution of Right to Education. Why and how is it Compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14?
3. Do you know about Shahid Bhagat Singh? What was the difference in approach of Gandhiji and Bhagat Singh.

Chairperson: Your Interview is Over.

Mocks: Around 10 (Samkalp, Nextias, Unacademy, Analogias were good)

O2O: Ravindran sir, Dharmadhikari Sir

Special thanks to SPIPA Gujarat for organizing state specific lectures.