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MARS
Date of Interview: 28/02/2020
Board: Smt Smita Nagraj
Background: B.Tech & MS in Civil Engg
Optional: Maths
Employee: NABARD
Hobbies: Dancing, Cooking (no questions asked on hobbies)
Chairman
- How is your work in NABARD?
- Do we need NABARD? Are other institutions not sufficient?
- Gov also has specialised staff, monitoring personnel, etc.? As you have mentioned tribal
- Development, Govt is also working in this area? Why NABARD then?
Member 1
- Ministry of Rural Development and NABARD are working together for a govt scheme. Which
- one is it?
- What is the NABARDs role in PM Awas Yojana?
- Do you know about Parliamentary committees? Name some of them, their purpose, and issues.
Member 2
- Which prize is given for people working in Maths below a certain age? Do you know who got it recently?
- Since you have been in Mumbai, what is the bloodbath in the market? What are reasons for falling stock market in past 6 months?
- What is SENSEX? how is it calculated? Can you name some more famous indices internationally?
Member 3
- Some questions on lending and development activities of NABARD
Member 4
- Why did you not pursue a career in transportation engineering after having such qualification?
- Name some modern technologies in transportation.
- What is hyperloop and hypersonic travel? Where is it being planned in India?
- What are the issues with having autonomous vehicles in India?
- What is maglev? Where hs it been commercialized?
Chairman
- What is your opinion on 3 capitals for Andhra Pradesh?
- What about having executive & legislature in one place and judiciary in one place?
- What about some reports on buying of land with insider information?
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