UPSC Interview Transcript: Chattar Singh Board

CM:

1. Is that you ?
2. You Did’t had specs then ?
3. Hahah… So why wearing now ?
4. Good… M2 asked what’s the power ?
5. CM again: That’s not much… Ok which books have you read. Tell me which should I read and why ?
6. Some of these books have stuff of carpentry.. if you know what I am referring to ?
7. Ya that’s right ? What is your opinion about it ?
8. Which book you think made impact on you and how ?
9. Which is your favourite area in civil engg. ?
10. Black cotton soil ? What’s special about it ?
11. Which foundation suitable for it ? Any other ?
12. Tell me about bandra worli sea link ?
13. How load transfer occur in cable stayed bridge ?

M1:

1. How can civil engg. cobtribute in IFoS ?
2. Yes.. what else ?
3. Cutting grass and then feeding cattle vs leaving cattle in open ?
4. Apart from over grazing ? What else ?
5. Right..  any impact on milk yield ?
6. What else we get from herds ?
7. Where is this manure used ?
8. Hmm… Where else ?
9. Yes.. Can tell more about biogas ?
10. What is your opinion about declaring animal as vermin ?
11. I agree.. but is it fair from nilgai point of view… It didn’t destroy your crops.. yet get killed ?
12. That’s valid point… But don’t you think we should do something else too ?

M2 (Ma’am):

1. Why smell just after rain ?
2. What are floccs ?
3. Difference b/w gpp and npp ?
4. How to increase gpp ?
5. How sewage treatment is done ?
6. Use of sewage ?
7. Sewage in aquaculture ?
8. Difference b/w biogeochemical and geochem cycle ?
9. Role of decomposers in ecosystem ?
10. Heavy metals in sewage ?

M3:

1. Define GDP, HDI and Sensex.
2. Relation among them ?
3. Mentorship and leadership.. what’s the difference ?
4. Okay so a nation have high GDP growth, Does it mean it have high HDI ?
5. Components of HDI ?
6. Okay you mentioned earlier income inequality..tell me about it ?
7. Asked about Ginni coefficient, Lorenz curve ?
8. What should govt. do to improve HDI ?

It lasted for around 40 minutes (I think ). Amazing experience.

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