CSE 2019 Personality Test Transcript
Name-
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Home-
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B.Tech
in EE from IITK
Indian
Forest Service (2019 batch)
Extra-curricular
activities- Good Governance Yatra 208, fitness through jogging and gym
CP
1.
Question about service- IRTS or IFS? Sir, last I got selected in both. I chose
Indian Forest Service
2.
Have you been allotted cadres? Yes Sir, my cadre is Madhya Pradesh
3.
Good Governance Yatra- Brief about it
Sir, it was a trip organised by an NGO named
Vision India Foundation, where we interacted with various eminent people and
got exposure to various good governance projects.
4.
Which parts of the country did you go to?
Sir, we went to southern
States. We went to Goa, Mangaluru, Trivandrum, Chennai.
5.
Which eminent people did you meet? What did you learn?
Sir, we met honourable DGP of
Goa Dr. Muktesh Chander. We met honourable Governor of Goa Mrs. Mridula Sinha.
We also met Honourable Chief Secretary of Kerala Tom Jose sir. We got to learn
some good governance practices. For example, DGP sir of Goa told about us the
importance of citizen police connect for better policing. Goa police has
developed a portal wherein a citizen can upload a picture of traffic rules
violation. This ensures better implementation of traffic rules. Apart from
this, there was great degree of exchange of ideas among the fellow delegates.
M1
1.
There was a term in today’s newspaper- tiger wine. What is it?
Sir, it is related to smuggling
of wildlife products. Tigers bones are illegally trades. Their extract is used
for medicinal purposes and is also added to wine. This is tiger wine.
2.
What are the challenges for forest department in checking smuggling of wildlife
products?
Sir,
first there are multiple challenges. First, the borders are porous which makes
smuggling easy. Second, there are constraints related to manpower, equipment,
infrastructure and such things.
3.
What do you understand by minimum government and maximum governance?
Sir, it means two things.
First- government should simplify and rationalise its procedures, and second-
Government should create a conducive environment for other players such as
private players, voluntary organisation to actually deliver various services.
Basically, the government should not be actual driver of the system, but a
facilitator for other players.
4.
Can private sector deliver welfare when the motive is profit making?
Sir, while private sector works
for profit, they can deliver welfare in partnership with the government. They
can do such things in education, healthcare and various other sectors. For
example, in Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana, citizens can seek treatment in
private sector, while Government provides insurance coverage.
5.
What is PPP?
Sir,
it stands for Public Private Partnership. It means public and private sectors
collaborating to deliver various services.
6.
What do you understand by terms such BOT, TOT, etc.
Sir, these terms reflect the
terms of agreement between private player and government in a PPP framework.
For example BOT means private player builds the infrastructure, operates it for
sometime and then transfers the control to the government.
7.
What is the incentive for private players when they have to transfer control to
Government?
Sir,
private players are able to generate revenue and earn profit. It is only after
they have reached their break-in point that they transfer the control to the
government.
8.
Government has no business to be in business? Do you agree?
Sir, I agree to a certain
extent. There are sectors where market players cannot deliver effectively and
public sector has to take care of things. But in other sectors, where private
players can deliver well, the public sector should make an exit, while creating
a conducive environment for private players. In fact, this is also reflected in
the new policy of the government.
9.
There is a proposal to privatise some train routes? Do you support it?
Sir, I have a slightly
different viewpoint. Government is planning to privatise operations of some
trains on some routes, but routes and infrastructure will stay with the
government. And in my opinion, it is the right thing to do. It will generate
competition in train operations, will improve service delivery, while
generating additional revenue for the government through haulage charges.
10.
Won’t it lead to job losses?
Sir,
we are not replacing railways with private operations. We are just introducing
private operations in addition to the already existing operations of railways.
Plus, in private trains, the pilot and guard will be from the Railways only. So
it won’t lead to job losses.
M2
1.
How will good governance yatra help in civil services career?
Sir, it provided exposure to
good governance projects, and based on those learnings, I would like to
implement them in the areas, where I am posted, as per the local conditions.
Plus, it also helped me in cultivating an all-India outlook as it had delegates
from across the country.
2.
In what ways citizens can participate in governance?
Sir, citizens can participate
in governance at every level. I have seen this with my eyes when we went to
Chandrapur, Maharashtra as part of introductory tour of IFS training. We went
to a Community Forest Rights Village named Panchgaon. There, people were
involved in making rules for the local committee, they had an independent audit
mechanism, they had generated a revenue of Rs. 2.5 crore in last 3 years. Also,
they were assisting forest department in various ways, including by cutting
forest fire lines This is a perfect example of citizens’ participation in
governance.
3.
Any other ways citizens can participate in governance?
Sir, citizens can provide
suggestions to government, for example, through mygov.in portal. Citizens can
raise grievances against government functionaries
4.
Have you heard of Jan Bhagidari?
Sir,
although I have read about it somewhere, but I am not able to recall it.
5.
How does digital technology help in governance?
Sir, digital technology improves governance by
giving freedom from 3 things- time, place and person. Take the example of train
ticket booking. A person can book the ticket anytime which is not restricted to
ticket window opening hours. This is freedom from time. A person can book
ticket from the comfort of his home. This is freedom from place. And he doesn’t
have to interact with the person at the ticket window. This reduces discretion
and hence improves governance. So, this is how digital technology improves
governance.
6.
In what ways digital technology can help in grievance redressal?
Sir, on digital technology
offers platforms where citizens can raise grievances. Clear timelines are laid
down so as to ensure timely redressal of grievances. For example, there is a
portal of UP Govt., whose name I am not able to recollect. Citizens can
directly raise grievances and there are clear timelines according to which
grievance has to be resolved. Similarly, there is twitter seva of railways,
where people can raise grievances against railway services and get timely help.
M3
1.
There is a big paper mill in Saharanpur. Tell us something about it.
Sir, the name of the paper mill
is Star Paper mills. It was established in 1930s by Bajoria family. It has
contributed to the development of educational institutions in the vicinity,
such as Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, IIT Roorkee’s Saharanpur
campus for pulp and paper technology. The prime locational factor for this
industry is the availability of raw material. Saharanpur has Shiwalik forests
in the north, combined with Eucalyptus and Poplar cultivation in agroforestry.
All this ensures sufficient raw material availability for the mill.
2.
Is water availability a locational factor?
Sir,
it could be. On west of Saharanpur, we have Yamuna river. Plus whole of western
UP region has well developed irrigation network. So water availability is not a
problem.
3.
Any environmental impact because of paper mill?
Sir, it is said that Eucalyptus and Poplar extract
a lot of groundwater and thus contribute towards groundwater depletion. As they
are raw material for paper mill, this could be one negative environmental
impact of this industry.
4.
What about water pollution?
Sorry
Sir, I am not exactly aware of the technicalities of that.
5.
What do you know about easement act?
Sir,
this is an Act of 1882. I know one provision of this act. It says that a person
who owns a piece of land also has complete ownership over the groundwater under
that land.
6.
Supreme Court has said that water should be treated as public resource? Isn’t
easement act contradictory to it?
Indeed
Sir. We should respect the suggestion given by Honourable Supreme Court and
make amends to this law. Water should be treated as a public resource.
7.
Suppose we treat water as public resource. As an administrator, what steps
would you take under such situation?
Sir,
first I would like to place limits on how much groundwater a person can
extract. Secondly, I would like to check the contamination of groundwater by
various pollutants. These are the 2 things that I can think of right now in
this regard.
M4
1.
What is the difference between teak of MP and Assam?
Sorry sir, I am not aware of
that.
2.
Government’s role in governance should be minimum? Irrespective of whether you
subscribe to it or not, what do you understand by it?
Sir, it means that government
should minimise its role, simplify and rationalise its procedures, while
creative a conducive environment for other players to deliver.
3.
Then who will deliver governance?
Sir,
it is the citizens and their groups who should play a major role.
4.
Any philosopher who gave this idea?
Sorry
Sir, I don’t
know.
5.
What was Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of governance?
Sir, Mahatma Gandhi emphasised about
decentralisation of powers in the hands of local level institutions.
6.
We have failed on that. Isn’t it?
Sorry
Sir, I have a different opinion here. We have made substantial progress towards
decentralisation. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments have granted a
constitutional status to PRIs and ULBs. Having said that there are challenges
also. And overcoming those challenges is a continuous process.
7.
How are they funded?
Sir,
it is mainly the State Government that provides funds to them on the basis of
recommendations of State Finance Commission.
8.
Are the funds sufficient?
Sir,
there are problems related to funding. One major issue is most of the funds are
tied. Experts have recommended that funds should be untied, which means that
local bodies should have the freedom to spend funds as per local conditions.
9.
Do we have capability to take decisions at the local level?
Sir, we have a lot of wisdom at
the local level. One example of this is Kudumbshree model of Kerala, where local
people are making decisions very effectively at the ground level.
10.
Who appoints the personnel at local level?
Sir,
there are publicly elected representatives plus the officials appointed by the
State government.
11.
Then State Government exercises control. Isn’t it?
Sir, state government appointed
officials are to serve the publicly elected representatives. It is the publicly
elected representatives that have greater decision making power in local
institutions.
CP-
Thank You.
Me-
Sir, I want to express my gratitude towards the board and the Commission for
holding our interviews in such testing times. Thank you very much sir.
CSE 2019 Personality Test Transcript 2
PK Joshi board
Name- **********
Place- **********
Electrical engineering
Hobbies - Lawn tennis and Cricket
Working in financial services (pvt)
Just as I entered I
glanced at all members everybody had grim faces only chairman was smiling,
wished and smiled at everyone
CP
Q Where did you do your schooling? Where is it located?
Q: Why working in a financial sector job why not core?
A: (Said was not proficient plus had did projects in data analytics ML
which attracted me)
Q: Transmission losses sources?
A: (Mentioned 3 forgot to mention corona losses)
Q: Solar power how is it generated the principle?
A: (Photoelectric effect explained)
Q: Limitations of solar power
A: (Told 3 - Storage, grid parity , transmission ( AC-DC).;
Chairman said what about area I said yes sir and explained how difficult
it has been to implement NSM
M1
Q: Data is new oil explain
A: Monologue followed knowledge economy how data is fuelling new age business
etc.)
Q: Role of social media and how is it changing marketing
A: (Long monologue with real life examples followed -insurance credit ,
recommendation engines)
Q: Disruptive tech
A: (Told only one said sorry)
F1: Till now she was very serious and every answer I gave she frowned
Q: Domestic violence act and dowry act? Are these necessary because not
benefitted? ? Aren’t they anti men
A: (Humbly disagreed that they have been useless said deference has been
added She counter questioned so you are saying that 0 dowry cases?
Q: What will you do as DM for women empowerment?
A: Told a differentiated strategy depending on rural and urban areas
Q: which states are with low and high women literacy?
A: high said Kerala and TN while low can I take a guess?
She said why not - so I told Bihar and UP , She said very safe guess and
everyone laughed
Q: How to improve women education
A: Told how we can capture low hanging fruits like infra improvements -like
toilets; nudging parents towards education
M2:
Q. Was very stern and every time I told any answer to any member he
would smirk as if I am telling a joke
Q: What is DPSP what is FR and difference?
Q What are grand slams? What different in surfaces
A : got carried away on this explained grand slams difference of
surfaces and how ball travels he was clearly not expecting all of this
Q: Is India Non-aligned or changed
A: Said sir India is multi aligned while pursuing strategic autonomy
M4:
Was smiling throughout and went quick fire
Q: Yogi Adityanath how many times MP from Gorakhpur?
A: Dont know sir
Q: Logo of Australian open?
Told
Q: And which is that player – don’t know sir
Q:First 200 in cricket?
A :SRT?
And in test - told Dravid
He said no Umrigar
Q: First 300
A: Sir Sehwag in Multan against Pakistan memorable (everyone laughed)
Q: 5 classical dances and states
A: Told 3 and said don’t remember sir
Q: Why people prefer banking jobs and why engineers go to non-core isn’t
it a waste’
Q: which kind of bowler you are? Told sir medium fast
Q: can you swing? - No sir but bowl good leg cutters he laughed again
CP: Thank you your interview is over
