Interview Transcripts of CSE/IFoS 2021

Date- 4 May

College- University of Delhi

Optional- PSIR

Experience- Everything happened so quickly that it was hardly an "experience". Yes, I'm talking about the PT only!

Utility of Mocks- Very crucial part of preparation. Many direct questions.

Board- TCA Anant

Chairman-

You're from Montersori School. What is meant by Montersori School?

You led your school in Global Peace Conference. What was it?

What was your role in it?

Which year it was?

Anything special about that year that was discussed in the conference?

M1-

Meaning of your name?

What is C&AG? Role?

But 10 years ago it was in so much news (I had said ki we need public debate on CAG reports)

What are the 3 reports? I didn't know se he himself told

What do they do with CAG reports?

Which are some river water disputes in South?

Which state has border issues with neighbours?

Was it that NE state creation not well thought through?

What is housekeeping and strolling? (DAF)

M2

What is it in you that you were in leadership positions in school and college? It's role in your being an officer later.

If you're made Indian negotiator to solve Ukraine crisis what you'll do?

M3

Essential qualities of civil servant?

Isn't integrity important?

Hierarchy of values?

M4

Are NATO and EU interlinked?

Do they have a formal platform for interlinking?

Latest members of NATO?

Which countries what to become members?

Why Nordics want to become?

What is the issue of domestic violence in India?

How to solve it?

Chairman:

You can go!

Special thanks to Team PTT and all those LEGENDARY people with whom I got to interact in the post- mains phase.

Date and session of interview- May 04

Board- RN Chaubey

Optional- PSIR

College- IITB Electrical

Profession (if any)- No

Hobbies- Guitar, IoT

Your experience in interview- 90% DAF based, smiling but poker faces, some answers and eye contact could have had been better from my side. Got out feeling nice but no clue how i performed.

Chairman asked to take off mask if no COVID symptoms, i was experiencing sore throat so kept mask on

Utility of mocks (if any)-

Vajirao - formal setting, closest to real interview, fixing mannerisms and boosting confidence

KSG - average mock but can be done as morale booster

Samkalp - my experience was not great but other people have had good experience

Chairman

Asked to sit, told this is not a police interview, if you don't know something it's fine tell us and we will move on

1. Introduce yourself with your education and professional background

2. Mainstream of tribals and  some followup questions

M2 (Electrical degree DAF)

1. What are EM waves

2. What is dual nature of partical

3. Who gave this concept (didn't know)

4. Which equation describes dual nature of partical (couldn't recall)

5. Chairman asked here have you heard quote 'god does not play dice'

M2

1. India's stance in Ukraine Russia war

2. Why IMF and RBI give different projections

3. Fuel as part of GST and counter

 questions on that

4. Inflation target, has MPC failed in its objective to reign in inflation

5. IoT and privacy concerns as IOT is about collecting almost all data

M3 questions on entrepreneurship and electrical (DAF)

1. How to find which students are entrepreneurial

2. Govt steps to promot entrepreneurship

3. Every student is an entrepreneur and every entrepreneur is a student, what is wrong with this statement

4. If family wants you to take up a job and you want to do a start up, what will you choose?

5. What is bioelectricity

6. What is tree charger (didn't know)

M4 guitar and drones (DAF)

1. Resonance in guitar and follow up questions

2. Security and administrative dimensions of drones

3. Can we detect drones

4. Can you tell any recent events where drone attacks happened

Chairman: all right, this is all we wanted to ask, is there anything you would like to say

Mentioned how music helped me in personal growth and more appreciation of our culture.

Chairman said indeed music can lead to catharsis, your interview is over, all the best.

4th May 2022

Board- TCA Anant

25-30 mins

Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan

1st attempt

Sociology optional

Hobby - No questions asked

Leadership -NSS project head

May i come in sir?

Yes

sit

I thanked

Meanwhile forgot to wish them😂

Realised by looking at chairman's face so finally greeted good morning.

Chairman

U can remove your mask if comfortable.( No face shield)

Read my daf

Questions about NSS experience

What was project about

Why not botany as optional

Plans for pg? (I said with sociology yes)

Asked wt u learnt from sociology (multiple perspectives)

How?

Explained with example of suicide (personal vs sociological problem)

Follow up question

M1 (talked very slowly n low volume)

Monologue on women's entry into permanent commission

Then asked factors which propelled it?

Benefits?

Should women be allowed in combat forces like artillery etc

Is there gender pay gap in army (I said I don't think so ..at same rank govt won't discriminate)

Monologue on Indian women hockey team (told him m not following sports but still)

Asked rank of team in world(replied don't know)

Asked to guess out of 10( told 2nd rank- obviously wrong😂)

M2

Directly said u from science background saying interested in sociology, i don't think u r honest, things are contradictory.(may be said intentionally ..may be to see my reaction) but

I nodded and said ok sir .(bcz only a science student knows how easy is to study humanities after graduation in pure sciences😅)

Then asked elderly problems (NSS project)

I replied - problems with solutions

How women empowerment can be done

How GER will increase (follow up ques)

Less ques but bcz may be I didn't let him talk😀

M3 (lady member)

Sweet smiling

Twitter controversy- pros n cons

Lfpr? Why low for women?

How to improve?

Particularly how in sawaimadhopur?( I feel i didn't do justice with the answer, bouncer ques but missed it)

M4- talking in low volume

How to reduce dependence upon coal?

By what timeframe, will be able to phase out coal?( Follow up ques?

Tidal energy...Is India doing enough here?

Important tribal laws (while I was listing out, CM interfered)

CM

Thank you

Experience-

Good, cordial board except M2

Since beginning giving weird expressions n after every answer also like not satisfied (hence I think it was just to scare me considering my age)

No grilling

No cross questioning

Felt like Question answer session

Easier than mock

Felt like home there

Mocks- gave 7-8, really important, to avoid nervousness, to know expectations of board members, how to structure answer instantly, variety of possible questions but real interview is quite different.

Would recommend IAS hub mock, ksg, Shubhra Ranjan.

Avoid Drishti🙃

Note - The chair was office type with wheels n also high ,so practice with such chair , how to sit specially girls (bcz saree n lesser height)

Date and session of interview- 04/05/2022, afternoon 2nd to go

Board- smitha nagaraj mam

Optional- mechanical

College- iit Kharagpur

Profession (if any)- ongc

Hobbies- hockey , table tennis

Your experience in interview- cordial , daf based question

Utility of mocks (if any) - manners, better expression of thought practice

cw- ping pong diplomacy?

why other sports should pe promoted , why not focus on cricket only as funding better here?

why u didn't choose sports as career ?

benefit of playing sport other than fitness.

m1- benefit and issue of rti, rti vs osa, should we have rti or not

judiciary cases pending reasons, solution

m2- farm laws, good or bad , benefit issues, eNAM

mtech project, application in public life

m3- health policy , imr and mmr , states which improved most, fund priority among women child hiv/tb patient etc

ongc assets india and world, calcutta basin should we stop exploration even if not finding oil

m4- ndma under which ministry, disaster management in ongc

un relevant or not as russia Ukraine happened

cw - thankyou

some more i not able to recall

thankyou,

all the best for remaining candidates

Chairman: TCA Anant Sir

Date 29/04/22

BTech+ MBA

Interests : Independent Cinema, Quizzing, Reading, Watching Food and Travel Shows

 1. Did you complete your training in IIS ?

 2. What are you currently doing in IDAS. When do you get your posting?

 3. What is independent cinema

 4. Give some examples

 5. Does Kashmir Files qualify as an Independent Cinema

 6. What steps have been taken to boost indigenisation in recent times?

 7. Name some joint military exercises conducted by India.

Member 1

 1. Do you cook? Tell us what basic things you cook?

 2. What do we do when salt is less in a dish?

 3. Why salt is not added afterwards?

 4. Paper bags are sold as style statement in malls at the checkout counter.  What is the logic ? Shouldn’t people bring their own bags.

 5. Why more cyclones on east coast?

 6. Why do some women accept/ support domestic violence? What can be done?

 7. What is emotional violence and violence generated from limitation of choices?

 8. Difference digital books and hard copy ? Difference in reading them?

Member2

 1. Which form of algebra do we use in digital circuits ?

 2. What is the difference?

 3. Can you tell some Logic Gates?

 4. What is XNOR gate?

 5. Moores law ? Is it obsolete?

 7. What is looking glass self theory

 8. Is caste weakening or maintaining its hold?

 10. Can product differentiation go on endlessly?

 11. What are 4Ps of Marketing. Why do we need 7Ps?

Member 3

 1. Where are the headquarters of Entrepreneurship Development Institute?

 2. What is a consortium ?

 4. What are SEZs?

 5. Where does this concept originate. What form government support is given?

 6. Connecting people is the slogan of which brand?

 8. What is CRM? ( Customer Relationship Management)

 9. What is window shopping? Why are people not buying from malls these days?

 10. Have you worked on Unix and Microsoft? Explain Ctrl A, Ctrl B, Ctrl U shortcuts in MS Word and Unix ?

Member 4

 1. What is DAP. Which category has first preference ?

 2. What is strategic partnership route in defence procurement? Any recent procurement via this route?

 3. which route was adopted in purchasing Rafael Jets?

 4. Genesis of ISIS and Al-Qaeda

 5. Which is more dangerous ?

 6. Strategic Relevance of Gwadar and Chabahar Ports?

Date: 2nd May, 2022

Board: TCA Ananth

State: Jharkhand

Background: Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi

Optional: Anthropology

Hobbies: Cricket; Movies, particularly social dramas

Forenoon. First to go.  

The board was very cordial. And diverse too. I was asked to remove my mask and face shield if comfortable. Chairperson read out points out of my DAF.

Chairperson

1) What have you been doing since 2017?

2) So you play cricket? At what level?

3) And what do you do in cricket?

4) Which position do you like to bat at?

5) Is there a difference/ Can you briefly compare an opening batsman with a middle order batsman?

6) What social dramas have you watched lately?

7) You like to go to a theatre or watch on OTT?

8) Has the theatre business been impacted by OTT?

M1 (Lady)

1) We have had a new Chief of Army Staff recently. Can you name him?

2) If you are made the Chief of Army Staff, what would your three priority areas would be? (Asked me to take 30s or jot down points if I wanted)

3) Can you elaborate on the China issue?

4) If you are given the role of a policy maker in infrastructure department, which one sector would you pick for driving development in Jharkhand? Pick only one major sector and tell me why?

5) What about tourism in Jharkhand? Any avenues there?

M2

1) So now let's shift you to a different role of policy making. There are a lot of issues in India currently. Pick any three and elaborate upon suggestions for improvement? (He then himself went on to say corruption, population, pollution)

2) Why India does not produce quality fast bowlers?

3) MS Dhoni is from Ranchi. How do people in Ranchi view him?

M3

1) (Picked on from talks about energy in previous answer) Why is there a coal crisis in India currently?

2) What is the most efficient source of energy?

3) Status of forests in Jharkhand, has there been an increase or decrease?

4) If you are now a policy maker in Jharkhand, how would you increase the forest cover? And please don't tell we'll plant more trees.

M4

(Talking very slowly, had to really strain to hear him properly)

1) If I say North-east, which one state comes to your mind?

2) Capital of undivided Assam? (Himself told it isn't Guwahati)

3) Long monologue on bifurcation of Assam, conflicts, etc. Finally, asked about the main reason behind such border issues.

4) Have you heard about NEC? (I hesitantly said North Eastern Council, don't know if he heard)

5) There is a DoNER. Why do we need DoNER if we already have the NEC?

6) Recently there was a conference of Hgh Court judges, presided by CJI. What particularly did CJI say about reforming the judiciary?

7) Reforms in the criminal law?

8) Long monologue again on justice and judiciary. Finally asked suggestion by the executive for reducing pendency in civil cases.

Chairperson: Your interview is now over. Is there anything you'd like us to ask that we haven't covered already?

The interview must have been around 25-30 minutes. Questions revolved around my DAF and current affairs. Largely conversational. (Pardon me for I am not able to recall all the questions.)

Tca anant board

 Date of interview: 20/4/2022

Graduation: electronics and communication

Hobbies: yoga and greeting card making

Optional: Kannada literature

Ch

What were u doing after your graduation

What is 5G

Why huge infrastructure required

People are opposing installation of towers in their areas will they oppose 5G also

Why government is going for 5G

M1

Which report talked about impact of radiation on human

Would online education replace offline education

What is higher education g e r

What are the latest technology available for this generation to use in governance

How do you use nano technology in governance

Is aadhar a matter of concern

M2- questions were very long.

In case of disruption of communication like in Ukraine how will you establish communication in such situation

How do you spread the Kannada language

Ch: what is 3 language policy

M3:

Which language do you use for your development.

 In Karnataka there is some place is famous for hockey so why is so

M3

Why did you take Kannada literature after doing electronic and communication.

Ask the question related to communication I don't remember

What is difference between growth and development

How do you measure development

What are the indicators for growth

How is SHG performing in India

How do you popularize shg

What are famous folk arts in Karnataka

What is unique about yakshagana

What is cyber some

Why other states are not able to adopt it..

M4

Importance of communication in governance.

As a civil servant how do you communicate with your subordinate

Is there any arrangement for sharing of best practices among civil servants in India

During the communication why is it difficult for the other person to understand it.

Date: 25th April, 2022

Board: B B Vyas sir, Monday morning first one to go.... after long wait....

Background: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. B.Sc. (MPC), M.A in IR (JNU), M.phil & Ph.D (continuing) (DU) CSE 2020 ICAS

Geography optional

Hobbies: umpiring cricket matches and kho- kho

Duration: almost 40 minutes

Chairman

You were waiting outside long time, do you have tea/coffee? (Sir, I don’t have habit of tea and coffee). It’s good. So, at least u took water? (Yes sir, two small bottles with smile)

1. You joined in service? You recently entered into government and services, How are u feeling ?

2. You have GEOGRAPHY as optional and M.A. in International Relations, what do understand by the term Geo-economics? How the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has changed world Geo-economics and especially how it helped India?

3. What do you understand by Geo-politics, explain how geopolitics changed in current crisis times?

4. Assam-Meghalaya Border dispute ( continuation of geo-politics discussion in India), basis of this dispute?

M1: cool person in the board

1. Do you support UCC? and counter questions on UCC?

2. What two changes you want to bring in Guntur, that are not focused yet by government.

3. What is your personal opinion on Andhra three capital decision?

4. As a Chief Secretary of AP, How u will convience CM about your opinion on 3 capitals?

M2: female member,  asked questions more than 10 minutes

1. Why are there too much controversy over Umpire decisions in  cricket, tell some recent controversies ( world cup final & IPL match Rishab Panth incident) was Panth wrong? How to correct it?

2. What are the differences between India and China approach in Africa?

3. How African countries thinking about India and China support and which one is good for African Countries?

4. Has WHO failed in COVID-19?

5. WHO also failed in vaccine distribution to African countries. What it has done for vaccine delivery to African countries? How WHO and other developed countries should correct it? (This Discussion went around 4-5 minutes over covax and GAVI)

M3: Shardar ji...The member with poker face the one who push into stress

1. I don’t know much about cricket. Explain me how cricket plays and its basic rules. (I started my answer but after every two sentences he tried to confuse me and ask counter question on my previous statement like what is innings, what is test match, etc….basically he want to put me in stress zone)

2. Why after graduation you have two years gap before joining M.A. in JNU?

3. You played KHO-KHO INTER DISTRICT, I don’t know much about KHO-KHO, Explain me how kHO-KHO plays and its rules (same scene repeated in his first question)

4. Base ball also similar to cricket, explain me its rules. ( Devudaa, ekkada konchem ekkuva avutundi (inner voice in telugu ). Finally, I showed white flag by saying sorry sir, I don’t know). Every one in room laughed😄loudly and sardarji also

M4: Female member ...she waiting for her turn with long list of questions

1. Almost u have covered everything in Academics like B.Sc, M.A., M.Phil & Now Ph.D and also ur in account service, how ur research experience helps in account service perhaps in civil services.

2. National Hydrogen policy (I said sorry ma'am, I’m unable recall exact provisions and i will read about it). Still, if u feel comfort, I want to ask some question on this? ( Ma’am, I don’t want to bluff, so I’m not comfortable on this area).

Chairman sir interrupted  and said that he is pro in IR, with big smile on his face.

3. Falkland issue again came into NEWS. WHY? (TODAY NEWS PAPER)

4. What are ur service preferences? Why IFS FIRST? ( I said my academic background aligns mostly to IFS and I put my last 5 years of energy in IR as a part of my HIGHER EDUCATION and now by giving IFS AS FIRST choice, I’m searching for opportunity where I can utilise my knowledge of specialisation to protect country interest in foreign land and foreign policy and give back society in better manner and also it helps in my career growth) Member countered my answer by

Board:-TCA Ananth

05/05 Aftrn session;1st to go

*V.much pleasant+Cordial+Smiling.

Ananth sir seem so chill Surfing through mobile;Smiling in between;Nodding

Daf key words:-Suryapet;Hyderabad;Aurobindo school;OU;JNU;cricket;walking;Geography

*Chairman

1.Where have u grown up from childhood(Siddipet dist+Hyderabad)

2.Tell me geography of Siddipet

3.If u r a dm of Siddipet dist what will u do

4.You told Siddipet is semi arid how would u develop Aquaculture there

*M1

1.U told cooperatives they r already dev'd there(i nodded yes sir)Do u also know shg's?

2.What r shg's

3.R they linked with Banks

4.Telangana Advantages and disadvantages in terms of geo after Bifur

5.Tell me philosphy of aurobindo

6.What is integral yoga and integral humanism

7.His contribution to National movement

*M2(low voice;long monologues)

1.Deepest point on earth

2.Approx depth

3.Currents of South china sea

4.Covid effects on msme's

5.what r northern lights

6.why do u walk?

7.ur dad Also walks?

*M3(madam;cheerful)

1.u talked about minerals of telangana do u know district mineral fund?

2.If there is a service called All India Infrastructure devlopment service what will u do to improve infrastructure

3.which particular crops of telangana need Cold storage facility

4.What r ur strengths and weaknesses

5.Qualitities Of a public servant?

*M4:-

1Why geography as optional

2.Advantages of remote sensing?

3.Isro and Remote sensing links?

4.When u came to delhi for the first time what did u notice?

5.What places u visited here

6.what u like most about jama masjid

7.describe more about its architecture

8.Do u know from where the rawmaterial came

Mocks Utilility:-

One to one with Ravindran sir+vinay sir+Sachin jain sr  helped so much

Date: 5 May 2022

Board- RN Chaubey

DAF Keywords (IIT Roorkee, Telangana, Geophysics)

Optional - Nothing

Hobbies - Nothing at all (was very hopeful here)

Utility of Mocks - Helpful in framing answer quickly,  and for experience of a formal setup

Interview- Mostly Graduation based (Felt too technical to my liking)

Chairman

1. Introduce yourself

2. What 2 things you can think of from PPP

3. What is Purchasing Power Parity

4. What is Dollar to INR in PPP

5. What are the issues faced by Private sector in PPP

6. Is changing to Revenue Sharing model bad ?

M1

1. What are the issues Telangana facing after Separation?

2. Was SRC wrong in clubbing Telangana and AP on language basis? (Some more Qs about TS. Don't remember)

3. What is Zero gravity?

4. Which place has Zero gravity on earth?

M2

1. National Institute of Hydrology in IIT Roorkee came up with a new model for ground water rejuvenation. Tell me the specifics of it.

2. What is Namami Gange?

3. What are the 12 parameters in Namami Gange Program?

4. Some other IIT Roorkee initiative

5. What is the most sophisticated equipment we use in Earthquake analysis now?

M3

1. Can we use Geology and Geophysics in identifying Net crop sown, Cropping patterns etc

2. How do you do it?

3. Which softwares do we use?

4. How much time does the processing and analysis take ?

5. How to expedite that?

6. Which country is using mining data to good use? What is the status of India in it?

7. What are the differences between NBFC and SFB, who regulates them?

M4

1. How does gravity change when we go deep into the earth?

2. What happens when we go to high altitude?

3. Does mass change with place?

4. What is the Inflation today?

5. What are the measures to control inflation?

6. How does increasing repo rate control inflation?

Chairman- Thank you. Would you like to share anything?

Best Wishes to everyone👍

Date and session of interview-5/5/2022 Afternoon session (Last to go)

Board- Manoj Soni Sir😎

Optional- Sociology

Mechanical engineering (No Single Question)

Hobbies- Working on local environmental and social issues, Shayari writing (Lot of questions on hobbies)

Your experience in interview- Board asked sometimes counter question (however Soni Sir observes very closely) Overall good experience

Utility of mocks (if any)- Next IAS and Chanakya Mandal acted good for me

(Not allowed to remove mask and hand gloves. He says shield is optional as per your convenience )

Chairman

1)Greeted me and asked u waiting for long so what you were doing

Mentioned another Mechanical Engineering is there but didn't asked single question

2)Long monologue about crisis provide new opportunity and asked how world and India got new opportunity by covid 19 crisis

3)5 trillion economy - Asked me write on paper with big letters and show everyone (then asked number of zero - Sambit Patra Style)

4)Whether india can achieve 5 trillion?

Current status?

Then steps taken?

5)Your favourite shayar?

M1 lady member ( DAF based )

1)What works you have done on local environmental and social issues?

Modus operandi of work?

2)Asked what I did in covid crisis at my village?

Role of grampanchayat in that ?

3)Devdasi system we discussed

4)Then asked to recite my Shayari.. (Everyone were happy after listening)

5)Where do I stay (Mostly in my village)

M2

1)Again asked about environmental issues on which I work

2)Asked about net forest?

3)Carbon neutrality by 2070?what it mean?

Steps taken by India in this regard?

4)India's steps as vaccine Maitri bad or good?

5)How's india's relation with Sri Lanka?

6)How world responses to Pokharan II Test?

Sanctions on India for this?

PM during this period?

M3

1)Asked hindi shayar who was English department head?

2)Black vs green water

3)Difference between community and society?

Durkheim theory regarding it?

Then about suicide theory and it's relation to above mentioned theory?

4)Five Social evils u wanted to remove from society?

(he added corruption to my list)

M4

1)Started with vaccine Maitri asked vasudhaiva kutumbakam and from where we have taken this

Asked full quotation (few other lines are there)

Whether India followed it with the china?

2)Monologue on Ahimsa parmo dharma

Then asked whether we are following it or not?

3)Then asked somebody with knife attacking? Will you still follow?

4)Asked about  there should be presidential democracy in India? My opinion?

5)What is Vishwakarma? It's Pouranic relation?

(Few questions asked by every panel member lost at its place, so can't memorise)

Chairman Greeted for better future and healthy life. Your interview is over.

(Interview last around 28- 30 minutes.)

5th May Afternoon

5th to go

State Maharashtra

Indian Corporate Law Services 2019

Graduation Metallurgical Engineering

1st preference IPS

Optional Public Administration

TCA Anant Panel

Chairperson

Asked me to remove the mask if you are okay with it

1. Read the Daf aloud

2. When you were selected.. have taken extension....

3. What is the role of ICLS..??

4. Do ministry of corporate affairs regulate ICAI..??

5. What is NFRA..??

6. Relation between NFRA & ICAI..??

Member 1

1. How to contain the China.?

2. Apart from international pressure what are other ways to contain China.?

3. What is the perception of people about police.?

4. What you will do to improve people police relations.?

5. Best community policing models..??

Member 2

1. Was Sikkim a part of India at the time of independence..??

2. River flowing through Sikkim..?? Some more follow up questions in Sikkim

3. Inner line permit..??

4. Difference between law and order and public order..??

5. Weightlifting questions

Member 3

1. What are the qualities required for civil servants..??

2. Where did you exemplify these qualities..??

3. Relations between India EU..??

4. Which reforms would be wish to bring in policing..??

5. As a SP which technology will you use to improve policing in your city..??

Member 4

1. Rare earth metals, their significance..??

2. Why India lags behind in production of rare earth material..??

3. As you are public administration student can you guess what could be the syllabus of IIMs especially the management aspect..??

4. Which company influenced you the most..??

Duration 25-30 min..

Thank you so much Kaptan and other group admins for all the efforts you take for UPSC fraternity

Date and session of interview- 5th may afternoon

Board- RN CHOUBEY

Optional- Maths

College- State University college in Andhra (JNTUK)

Profession- Working in PSU ONGC

Hobbies- Not asked

Your experience in interview- Felt like one of the mock interview

Utility of mocks- Few questions asked in mocks

Ch: Explained the process only, no questions from chairman

M1:

Disaster management in offshore (Job related)

KG basin present and future prospects (company related)

What is new oil

Why data is called new oil

Issue between ONGC and RIL in KG basin

M2:

Electrode used in ECG and EEG device (Electrical background)

Future of Electrical and electronics field

Percentage of bio-methane/bio gas blending in Natural gas

M3: ma'am

Transformers importing from foreign countries why domestically not producing (Electrical)

AP bifurcation --Did Andhra people go back to AP from Telangana after bifurcation

Why GOI prevented ONGC in acquiring PawanHans shares?

M4

Favourite subject in optional (optional maths)

Application of ODE

Asked about Work experience

How graduation knowledge helps in discharging duties

Internal security issues of INDIA

LWE in Andhra Pradesh and measures taken by state govt

Civil engg background, MDU,Rohtak

History optional

From delhi

Hobby - playing cricket

28 april 2022

BB Vyas sir board

I entered and greeted the board. Chairman asked me to sit . no intro asked or opening remarks. First one to go in afternoon session

Chairman-

-what is UAV ?

- difference between UAV and drone ?

- application of drones in civil engg

- applications of drones in administration

Few more questions that i dont remember from chairman

Member 1

- chipko movement? What was it ? Who led it ? What happened exactly in delhi similar to chipko movement ?

- issue of encroachment and slums in delhi ? Causes and solutions?

- how are trees taken care of while doing any construction in delhi ? There is a specific technique apart from transplantation.. What is it ?

- which section is ur favorite in history.? one famous personality from history?

Why?

- personality from modern history famous for work towards environment? What exactly was done ?

- what were you doing exactly after graduation ? A few follow ups on each question . few more questions that i dont remember .

M2

-Space weaponisation? Which country is/are trying ? Are they allowed ?

-Facial recognition technology? Applications in administration? How to balance right to privacy with it?

Few follow ups on each

M3

-Purpose of showing tanks,missiles , ammunitions on republic day? Should we do this or not and why ?

I said yes.

Follow up questions on same like why should we show imported items too.?

- which places in delhi u haven't visited ? Few follow ups(most detailed part of this members discussion)

- impressive female personality from history ? I told from modern.. He said go back about 800 yrs ..

M4

- various dance forms and some questions related to intricacies of dance forms that i dont remember.

- Farm bills were rolled back? Why? Folow ups

 -What you would have done to gain support of farming community if u were a DM of a remote village ?

- questions about a gap in my schooling.. Follow ups..

- questions about my father's profession but stopped in between.. May be the time issue ..

Chairman said thank you .. U can go .

Cordial interview

Most members were smiling

Didnt feel like any grilling

Less based on knowledge and more on opinion based analysis

5th May Afternoon

5th to go

State Maharashtra

Indian Corporate Law Services 2019

Graduation Metallurgical Engineering

1st preference IPS

Optional Public Administration

TCA Anant Panel

Chairperson

Asked me to remove the mask if you are okay with it

1. Read the Daf aloud
2. When you were selected.. have taken extension....
3. What is the role of ICLS..??
4. Do ministry of corporate affairs regulate ICAI..??
5. What is NFRA..??
6. Relation between NFRA & ICAI..??

Member 1

1. How to contain the China.?
2. Apart from international pressure what are other ways to contain China.?
3. What is the perception of people about police.?
4. What you will do to improve people police relations.?
5. Best community policing models..??

Member 2

1. Was Sikkim a part of India at the time of independence..??
2. River flowing through Sikkim..?? Some more follow up questions in Sikkim
3. Inner line permit..??
4. Difference between law and order and public order..??
5. Weightlifting questions

Member 3

1. What are the qualities required for civil servants..??
2. Where did you exemplify these qualities..??
3. Relations between India EU..??
4. Which reforms would be wish to bring in policing..??
5. As a SP which technology will you use to improve policing in your city..??

Member 4

1. Rare earth metals, their significance..??
2. Why India lags behind in production of rare earth material..??
3. As you are public administration student can you guess what could be the syllabus of IIMs especially the management aspect..??
4. Which company influenced you the most..??

Duration 25-30 min..

Home State: Jammu and Kashmir

Date and session of interview- 06 May (Afternoon session)

Board- Chaubey Sir

Optional- Anthropology (no questions from here)

College- Delhi Technological University (DTU)

Profession (if any)- NA

Hobbies- Budget travelling and trekking, watching documentaries on himalayas, Reading thrillers

Chairman:

1.Introduce yourself to the board members

2.There has been no revolution in agriculture after Green Revolution. Suppose there is Green Revolution 2.0 , which one technology would be used .. (rambled something about Drones, since I was stumped by the question)

3.What is a Smart City? (I mentioned that about my city being a smart city)

4.What are my observations about my city as a smart city

Member 1:

1.Industry-academia linkage- what is the scenario in India

2.Types of drones

3.Who gives licence to drones

4.Size of drones used in Agri (Didn't know)

5. Asked about Digital Manufacturing

6.One more question was asked which I was unable to understand and didnt answer (At this point Chaubey sir said, it's okay, we are not testing your knowledge, you are not supposed to know everything)

Member 2:

1.Tributaries of Indus

2.Which tributaries flows to Pakistan

3.What is the arrangement of water sharing ? Can India use all the water for itself

4.PM Modi said blood and Water can not flow together, so will India stop supply of water to pakistan in likelihood of a war?

5.Is there any water sharing dispute between India and Bangladesh? How is India tackling that?

6.Rohingya Issues- what is the policy of myanmar, Bangladesh and India

7.Why did rohingys flee from the country

8.Role of myanmar military

9.Nobel laureaute from myanmar? What was her response towards this?

10.What should prevail- Essential religious practices or Social reforms

11.Sabarimala Case- what is your opinion

Member 3:

1.So you are into trekking, what route have to trkked to? (Basically wanted to know the areas where I have trekked)

2.Which pass is there in Manali?

3.Name of the tunnel there

4. What are Electromagnetic waves

5.Do they need a medium to pass

6.Sequence of Elctromagnetic spectrum(arrange in increasing order of frequency or wavelength)

7.Which wave has lowest frequency

8.Which wave has more frequency- X ray or Gamma

9.What are meteorites

Member 4:

1.So you like reading thrillers, name some authors

2.What do you like the most about thrillers

3.You organised industrial tour, which plant did you visit?

4. Was it a thermal or a hydro power plant?

5.Did you go through the details of how the plant works or just walked around?

6.Finance minister said that after making a UT, J&K 's financial status has improved. Do you agree? (I said yes)

7.How has the situation improved ?

8.Fiscal policy purpose (I began answering and mid way realised that i began talking about inflation rather than fiscal targets, all the members including me laughed at that time, so I continued from the start and rectified my answer)

9.During Covid-19, govt was unable to pay GST compensation on time, did the govt agree to NITI ayog's suggestions regarding GST compensation to the states?

10.What changes did you see in education in Jammu and education in Delhi?

11.10.So you have done Electronics, why do you think India missed the bus?

I might have missed a few questions.

Your experience in interview- Very Cordial board which helped me in relaxing.

I was a scared candidate in all the mocks, my second last mock (at KSG) scared the S**t out of me.. But today I was calm and confident. Smiled throughout.

Utility of mocks (if any)- Helped in pointing out flaws in body language, which I rectified today. I tried to implement all the feedback that I had received .

Date - 02 May, afternoon

Board- Smita Nagraj

Optional- History

College- SRCC

Profession (if any)- IRPS

Hobbies- Book Reading

Utility of mocks (if any)- good for practice, idea of questions from Daf, minor fine tuning, Nothing More.

Chairperson

Asked where are you posted these days, how many person with you in training. (just to let me get comfortable)

Q1. Named some reasons behind corruption. How will you solve these issues? (gave some points)

Q2. Is this not going on?

Q3. Which reason of corruption according to you is most important (said red tapism)

Q4. What is red tapism?

Q5. Have you faced corruption? (talked about my experience)

Member 1

Q.1 You belong to small town, how was your locality, rural or urban?

Q.2 Why Patiyali is famous? (town in my district, birthplace of Amir Khusrau)

Q.3 Despite being birthplace of Amir Khusrau, why it's not developed?

Q.4 What are biofuels?

Q.5 India grows and export a lot of rice. What is the problem in that, with respect to climate change?

Member 2

Q.1 India is growing economically, but is it not jobless growth?

Q.2 What is the railway university that's coming in Vadodara?

Q.3 Lot of South Asian and South East Asian countries have better socioeconomic indicators than India? How do you see this?

Member 3

Q.1 Do you follow table tennis, what was the incident between Manika Batra and her coach during Tokyo Olympics?

Q.2 What is crony capitalism?

Q.3 Work from home culture? What is its future, is it good?

Q.4 What type of books you have read? (book reading my hobby)

Q.5 What books you have read on history?

Q.6 Why you opted for history, despite being commerce graduate?

Q.7 Who are subaltern historians? Have you ever read any book written by subaltern historians?

Q.8 Why IPL viewership is declining?

Member 4

Q.1 What is the govt target for tuberculosis?

Q.2 What are the problems in TB program?

Q.3 How will you solve these issues?

Chairperson - your interview is over

It went for about 25 minutes. Plain and simple, few hiccups in between, rest fine. Nothing unusual except light went off once.

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Date and session - 6 May, afternoon session

Board- Smitha Nagraj

Optional - Anthropology

College- NIT-H

State HP

Hobbies - meditation, reading spiritual and self help books, journaling

Chairman

1. Recent Chandigarh issue controversy

2. What should be thr stand for Chandigarh?

3. Monologue on centre state tussles going on. What is your opinion?

4. River sharing disputes between states. What can be done to ensure stability?

5. Migrants issue is present. What should the states who are receiving the migrants do about it?

6. What are some migrants scheme by Chandigarh?

M1:

1. Which spiritual books you've read recently?

2. Reasons behind India's lagging semiconductor industry?

3. Taiwan is having the same due to robus power systems. What should India do? ( I answered to create an ecosystem of electronics manufacturing)

4. Which kind of ecosystem do you mean?

M2:

1. Why is Bangladesh better than India in parameters of HDI, per capita and others?

2. Is it due to the MFIs?

3. What are the schemes for the same MFIs? (Said not aware)

M3:

1. What is Pandemic and epidemic?

2. If one continent not having any disease, is it still pandemic?

3. What are the key indicators in food? Like carbohydrates, etc?

4. Do you know about Isha foundation? What is it's founder's name? (Since I wrote meditation as hobby)

5. What are the 2 programmes being run by Isha foundation?

6. Tell me something about them?

M4: Says okay will ask some other questions ( started with some unconventional ones to check stability)

1. What are the issues with WHA?

2. What is kala azar?

3. Which state in India has highest cases of this disease?

4. Livestock smuggling? What are the schemes to stop it? (Wanted to know about an exact scheme, said not aware)

You can go now. Your interview is over

Utility of mocks- helped to a great extent. But the grilling factor and follow up questions were almost nil in actual interview.

Suggested mocks- KSG, Nextias, GsScore (took online), Drishti was also good (can choose panel 2), Chahal, Vajirao and Reddy

Smita Nagraj Board

Economics optional

State: Rajasthan

Date: 5th May 2022 ( Forenoon Session), 4th to go

Graduation: B.S.-M.S. Economics, IITK

Hobbies: Ghoomar, Korean Drama, Diary Writing (nothing special asked from here, except one question)

Profession: NA

Duration of P.T.: 27-28mins

Experience in Interview: It happened so fast, board was very cordial, didn't cross question, they were very observant, they even paused in between to check how I would react to that.

Utility of mocks: It made me confident, more articulate, I could think of various points.

Chairperson:

1.Why your graduation is called M.S. and not M.S.

2.Impact of recent rbi on industry and investment

( At this point I fumbled, I made my arguments, she said no I'm asking this, then I explained more, but she was looking for something more specific, then she moved on)

3.Huge informal sector-->why they go for money from moneylenders

4.What can be done to improve this situation

5.Something on SHG since I Mentioned it

M1:

1.Did you consider IES?

2.Impact of this recent rbi decision on growth

3.Impact of RBI's move on Forex reserves and Indian currency

4.Is RBI indicating something with this recent move ?

(1-2 follow up questions)

5.Are redistributive justice and growth compatible?

6.Why rouble is booming inspite of Russian

M2:

1.Why korean drama

2.What is IITK Motorsports

3.Ukraine crisis

4.Status of Real Estate in China?

5.Do you know about one particular company which crashed in the real estate sector of China?

6.How do you see Chinese Economy?

7. Does a state-led economy like china can sustain itself?

8.Is a state-led economic system feasible for India?

M3:

1.What are issues in RJ?

2.impact of climate change on agri in RJ

3.Do you know about climate-resilience?

4.E.g.,  of Climate resilience

5.What can be done to improve health status in RJ

5.Subsequent questions on this like telemedicine

M4:

1.Why ASFA is implemented?

2.Recent changes in AFSA

3.Which areas it is removed

4.Which state has completely removed AFSA

5.Why AFSA only in N-E, not in other states?

I might be missing 1-2 questions here and there.

Closest mock to my PT was of Vajirao and Reddy, questions from mock didn't repeat except one.

All the very best to everyone!

May 6, Morning session.

Choubey Sir board

Optional - Physics

College - IISER

Hobbies - Trekking

Your experience in interview - Pleasant and calm interaction, seemed they were eager to hear my thoughts!

Utility of mocks (if any) -  thinking on your feet, daf coverage and formal setup interaction.

Chairperson

Made comfortable and said not everyone can answer all questions so it's ok to not know answers to some questions.

Tell me about yourself.

Your weaknesses?

Few years back, few SC judges complained against CJI.. Are you aware about it?

What do you think about live-in relationship?

Is it diluting family structure?

What about the child between them? Is it unfavorable for the child?

Member 1

Why not enough IISERs?

Faculty-student ratio at iiser?

Did you publish research paper in thesis?Why not?

Why not enough nobel prize winners in India?

Member 2

Is research as career option neglected in India? Is it necessary?

Why more focus on technology than science?

Who is only Indian in physics to win nobel in physics, excluding indian origin

What is role of poland in Russia-ukraine crisis? (poland in daf)

Has Ukraine announced it not joining nato before this crisis?

Name the European countries who have shown eagerness to join nato recently.

Member 3

What treks have you undertaken?

What is electromagnetic induction?

Who discovered it?

Who formulated the whole theory?

What it tells and represents?

What act provides for lokpal and its functions?

Member 4

What factors influence budgetary allocation to various sectors?

Does manifestos of political parties influence it?

How wine is made and processes involved? (district based)

Electric steel in india? (district based)

Your views on world as global village?

Chairman - We've asked everything we had to ask, would you like to talk/tell us about something?