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Duration: 29 mins
Board: PK Joshi
Background: Graduation; mechanical engineering
Home State: Karnataka
Optional: PSIR
Chairman
- Question on hometown, places where I studied.
- Why cleaning Ganga is not successful? What should be the measures?
- What are the causes of underground water pollution?
Member 1
- How India should balance between USA, China, Russia?
- US Iran conflict? What is India’s interest? What stand should India take?
- India’s Refugee Policy. And what is the significance of giving asylum to Dalai Lama?
- Role of G-20, BRICKS, SCO.? Why formed?
- Question on cyber technology. Advantages and disadvantages.
- Difference between electrical vehicles and IC engine vehicles
Member 2
- Questions about nutrition, why immunization of girls is low? Measures to improve.
- Water crisis in Bengaluru, and BBMP role in handling real estate business.
- Skewed development in Karnataka. Inequality
Member 3
- How to improve engg research india? What will you do if you are secretary of R&D?
- Is mechanical Engg becoming redundant? Why other fields such as electronics growing faster?
- How is India’s foreign policy working in present situation? Any measures to improve it.
Member 4
- Asked person of my name, said I don’t know.
- Asked about ‘ karanji’ (the word was in my DAF), said don’t know.
- Karnataka politics. Caste politics in Karnataka
- Any important politician from the home district? Contributions.
- Question on QUAD.
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