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8/9/2021; Bhonsle Sir Board
Background
Civil engineering, NIT hamirpur
Indian forest service (on extension)
Past ex: Business analyst, bangalore
E sports, Football, trekking
Chairman: " Mukul, relax for one min. The weather is
not conducive so wipe your face there is some tissue besides you". I tried
to wipe my face without taking off the mask then sir said " You have to
take off the mask, Mukul. Ye drill hai and we want to see your face " .
Chairman :
Read my daf and then
1. What do you understand by 1+1 is greater than 2
2. In NEP there are three Cs critical thinking, _ ,
collaboration. What we are doing about collaboration. ( I said about
collaborating with foreign universities etc). Chairman said "no, no mukul,
how we are inculcating collaboration ? "
Member 1
1. Difference between nipah virus vs covid
Asked some more
questions I can't remember. But during his questions chairman sir was not on
his seat.
Member 2
1. Who won the last football world cup?
2. Which team did France defeat in final ?
3. Where is the next world cup?
4. What is the contribution of bhaskaracharya, aryabhatt,
brahmgupta in maths?
5. When was your college established?
5. How will you celebrate your college's 60 or 70 year
anniversary?
6. What is golden Jubilee?
7. What is platinum jubilee ?
Member 3 :
1. Mathematics in civil administration?
2. What is the HDI of India?
3. How do thay calculate HDI ?
4. What is Gender inequality index of india?
5. How do they calculate GII ?
6. Tell me about paramilitary forces of India.
7. Army vs BSF in border protection?
Member 4 (lady member) :
1. What were your doing after 2017 ?
2. What are your service preference now?
3. Tell me about MSP.
4. What is the effect of msp?
5. How msp has resulted in regional inequality?
6. Should we legalize msp as demanded by farmers?
7. How msp has led to less diversification of Crops?
(Cross questioning on every point of all these questions on
msp)
Ch : your interview is over
Date of interview: 10th September, 2021
Board: Bharat Bhushan Vyas sir
Background: B.E. in ECE, Optional Sociology
Chairperson:
1. What have you been doing after graduation?
2. About the BRICS summit (held on the previous day)
3. Counter terrorism strategy
4. Women led development. What do you mean by it?
5. What are the policies of the government for
"Divyang"? What can be done? Any thing that you would suggest?
M2:
1. School of Kathak you have trained under? Some follow up
questions on that. (DAF based)
2. 5 famous kathak dancers
3. What can be done to improve the reach of traditional art
forms at international levels.
4. What approach is govt adopting to address women issues?
What more can be done?
5. Any indigenous control system (couldn't understand the
context).
6. What control system does ABC company (I had interned in that company) use?
M3
1. Difference between terrorism, insurgency and proxy war
2. Heritage vs development debate
3. Migrant crisis: sociological analysis
M4
1. Effect of Ford leaving India
2. Ping pong diplomacy
3.Social mindfulness index. Where does India stand. Which
country has topped the index? Some follow up questions.
4. Teen Bhaga corridor in Bangladesh
M5
1. NE insurgency: govt policy and plan?
2. Karbi Aglong peace deal
3. How much package (asked the amount)
4. Portal launched for unorganised sector. Which ministry.
What does it aim to achieve?
5. Drone policy
Chairperson: Thank you. Your interview is over.
(There were a few more questions. Unable to recall all.
Overall, not many questions from the DAF. Questions were quite diverse)
Can someone guide me wrt strategising course of action from now on ?
From the point of having given interview and caught in the preparation wilderness ?
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