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Duration: 30 mins
Board: PK Joshi Sir
Home State: Gujarat
Background: B. Com
Optional: Sociology
Employee: RBI Assistant (2 yrs) and Probationary Dy Collector Gujarat
Hobby: Reading and listening to verses of Kabir
Chairman
- Why civil services?
- Ur preference of service?
- Why not IAAS as 1st preference? (Due to B.Com background)
- Profile of Assistant in RBI
- NPAs – Volume and present status. Reasons (RBI work experience)
- “Auditor is a watchdog, not a bloodhound.” Meaning and in which case was it used?
- How knowledge of commerce will help in civil services?
Member 1
- The problem of Unemployment – Real or Hype? Reasons to support your argument Educated Unemployment – Have you heard of it?
- What is structural unemployment?
- Recently RBI has imposed restrictions on 2 banks – which are they?
- Difference between the PSBs Pvt Banks and Coop banks?
Member 2
- Sociology and Gujarat
- Have you been to NE India? Education is low – Reasons
- Patriarchy – why does it still persists? Is it prevailing in the lower-class alone? Correlation between patriarchy and education?
- What can be done to improve the sex ratio?
- Gujarat Wild Ass Sanctuary -Sabarmati filled with Waters of Narmada – How far justified?
- Why use funds for the beautification of the riverfront? Water used in the riverfront can be used for irrigation?
- What should be the priority?
Member 3
- Why Audit frauds?
- What actions can be taken?
- Means to resource/fund projects in govt or Pvt companies?
- If you are a DM, how will you use your knowledge of B.Com in improving the school?
Member 4
- What is Ulat Bansi of Kabir? (Hobby) Recite Kabir’s Ulat Bansi
- What was the purpose of using it?
- There is a song of Kabir Mann Lago Mero Yaar Fakiri Mein. Recite it for us.
- Gandhi’s Talisman What was it?
- Gandhi’s favorite bhajan – Vaishnav Jana to Tene Re Kahiye – Who wrote it and recite few lines
- School infrastructure in govt schools is not up to the mark in Gujarat? Why?
- Rakhiyal Why communally sensitive?
- Why intermixing of religion not happening in Ahmedabad? Separate colonies for Hindus and Muslims?
- Disturbed Areas Act – Have you heard about it? What is it?
- As a Civil servant, ur preference – AC Cabin or Working in slums?
Chairman
- Ur interview is over. U can go now.
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