Interview Transcripts of CSE/IFoS 2021

Board: Soni sir

Date:10/05/2022

Related things in daf: Maths, Electrical engineering, UP

Chair:

Tell any 3 countries where you would like to stay

What is special about India? (Based on the above answer)

Tell about the geography of India, UP, north to south, east to west.

Why climate change? Why not weather change?

M1.

    1. What you would have done in case you were the chief secy of a state and CM is calling you to another meeting while PM is coming? (WB case)

     2. What to do if solar power increases in the grid? How to balance it?

F1

What is the probability of WW3 in the present Ukraine crisis?

What is chicken neck India? Importance?

What to do to increase connectivity between India and the northeast region?

If an unfavorable party comes to Bangladesh, what to do?

M2

How to apply maths in administration?

Tell any Sanskrit shloka? Where it is written?

Difference between statistics and mathematics?

Is the constitution book useful since had 100+ faults that had to be corrected?

Was constituent assembly representative enough?

What is deficit financing?

M3

So you mentioned Scandinavian in one question, do you know about Vikings?

Relation between liberty, equality, fraternity? Can democracy survive without these 3?

What is an economic review before the budget?

Some questions cant remember..

Overall, cordial board, all the best comrades..!!

Date and session of interview- 10 MAY

Board- SMITHA NAGARAJ

Optional- LAW

Profession (if any)- LAWYER IN SUPREME COURT and DELHI HC

Hobbies-  Reading Constitutional Law Judgements

SN

1. Inquired about Law Firm Job in Corporate, Investment and Securities Law and reason why I left handsomely paid jobs.

Practicing independently or under a Senior Counsel?

2. Asked about the PIL filed for  Persecuted Hindu Community from Pakistan living in Jaipur

3. Elicited view on Bulldozer Jurisprudence and what happened in Court No. 3, last day, where I was present.

M1

1. Judicial Activism - Positives and Negatives.

2. 5 Judgments where Activism harmed the balance of Separation of Powers.

3. Steps to Correct the same.

4. Questioned on the work of Child Welfare Committees, CARA and FIR filed against perpetrators of Crime against Minors.

M2.

1. Steps to create conducive ecosystem for Children

2. As a DM measures to improve the Child rights.

3. Judicial Delays, Prison Reforms, ADR

4. Don't you think Executive showing laxity therefore so many PILs

5. Don't you think Judges are at fault hiding lack of efficiency in disposal of cases as independence of Judiciary.

M3

1. Opinion on Marital Rape and legislative intervention required.

2. Difference between Direct and Indirect Democracy

3. Tracing the evolution of Democracy.

4. Some more questions on Women rights.

M4.

1. IBC and EoDB

2. Improving the Specific performance of Contracts.

3. Suitability of UCC

4. What about socially obnoxious practices in religions?

5. Issues with Fast Track Courts and reforms required.

Overall cordial boards. Checks the way one formulate their reply. My advice - Keep calm and composed, it's rewarding.

All the Best!

Your experience in interview-

Reflected mocks and little bit court grillings which my profession ably provides. Helped in controlling stress situations and formulate answers on feet.

Utility of mocks (if any)- Gave 9 Mocks. It guided in the choice and selections of appropriate words, phrases. Developed sitting etiquettes.

Recommended - Vajirao and Reddy, Chanakya Mandala, Unacademy, KSG,  One to One with Mohan Sir( IASbaba) and Vinay Sir(Insights).

Date : 10.5.22

Hobbies : books on India, travelling to rural areas.

Optional PSIR

Chair: manoj soni

1. You were waiting outside for 5 hours. What were you doing ? (I said i talked to people and tried to learn from their experience and learnings )

2. What did you learn?

3. BRI : does it excites you as a IR enthusiast or civil engineer ?

4. Why is china building BRI ?

5. Is there a possibility of collapse of chinese regime ?

6. India is often accused for carrying out covert operations in Baluchistan. Should india try to induce regime change in China ?

7. How India is countering BRI ?

8. Travelled to rural areas : why ?

9. What books on India have you read recently ?

M1.

1.Challenges in rural areas ?

2. As a DM, how will you solve this ?

3. What is Srijan and Swadesh in your DAF ?

4. How is policymaking done ?

M2.

1. I will give you name of 3 books, tell me the author and we will discuss one of them: letters from father to daughter, the wonder that was India and India won

 freedom.

2. Why is India won freedom controversial ?

3. India is having large deficit . You are posted in NITI aayog. What is your advise to bring down deficits ?

M3

1. You said 'property tax',how will it bring down india's fiscal deficit ?

2. What happened in Doklam ? Did india statitioned its troops in Bhutanese territory ?

3. What's going on in Ladakh. Has China taken India's territory ?

M4.

1. What is urban naxalism ?

2. Reasons for urban naxalism ?

3. How to prevent youths from subscribing to such ideology ?

4. Why Delhi provides such env. for Urban naxalism ?

5. Should sedition law be struck down ?

5th April 2022

TCA Anant Board

Name XYZ

Graduate in Statistics from DU

PG in Statistics from IITB

Ex Associate Consultant KPMG

Hobbies Theatre, Urdu Poetry, OTT

Place Delhi/ Amroha( UP)

Optional Statistics

Interview length 25 mins

1. You have been into corporate why do you wish to join civil services?

2. Serving public is only possible for the first few jobs , not all services will be so close to public. How would you do it in those services?

3. What kept you busy since 2018 apart from preparation?

4. Tell us your preference of services in the DAF?

5. You chose IFS as second preference. How would you apply statistics in IFS?

6. What is Indias stance on Ukraine crisis?

7. Why would the two parties accept India as a mediator?

8. Which are the countries mediating in the crisis presently?

9. Did you act or direct in theatre?

10. What are the two branches of culture?

11. What is the connection between tangible and intangible culture?

12. Your salary, academic record is excellent, you are over qualified for IAS. Why do you wish to join this? Is it for the glamour?

13. Everyone says we want to do public service. Why should we hire you? What is special in you?

14. Statistics can lead as well as mislead. What do you think about it? NCRB data is being misused any idea?

15. What is Moradabad famous for? Is the industry losing its strength? Is it causing some pollution?

16. Recite your favourite shayri couplet?

17. How will you use statistics in adminstration?

18. How will you ensure that data remains intact?

19. What is your opinion on the criminal procedure bill?

20. What do you think about Big Techs misusing the data?

21. How to protect the data from such Big Techs?

22. How did Cambridge Analytica "manipulate" elections in US? ( i used the word manipulation in this context)

23. Tell how will you ensure the well being of a backward place as a DM there?

24. Is there any scheme for housing in rural areas?

25. What is SECC? What is it used for?

26. What are the issues of women security? How will you prioritise these issues in order?

27. Do you know what is Panchayati raj? What do you think about it?

Overall okay experience. Questions were clear.

Advice: Read your DAF thoroughly and read only one Newspaper ( preferably IE) and revise the syllabus of polity, economy, environment on the topics you find floating in the daily news. For example, emergency in SL so read emergency provisions of India. IPCC report, so read Indias climate goals, difference between Adaptation Mitigation, Paris deal etc. RBI takes a stance, read the monetory policy tools. Connect the newspaper with Mains syllabus and brush up your knowledge with small bites of information. Also use data to substantiate your point .

Best of luck!

Board: Smita Nagaraj, 02/05/2022 1:00 pm(Around 30 mins)

Optional: Philosophy

Background: Btech(EC ) From AMU, Worked in BEL, Currently in Indian Railway through ESE-2014

Hobby: Cooking, Watching F1 Racing, Aircraft Enthusiast

Chairperson ( Around 8 min)

1.  Serving railways for long, why CS? Loss of engineer to railway? Discussion on this for 2-3 min

2.  Need of Space exploration. Cross question 2-3 min

3.  Mars colonization, need, in the end every celestial body will be doomed, the why to colonize. Discussion on this. Name few islands still colonized by states.

4.   Whether we can colonize Mars? Answer in Yes or No only

M1(Around 4 mins)

1.  Why Formula 1 called as Formula 1?

2.  Current F1 champion?

3.  Defence warfare

4.  What are offensive warfares?

5.  Role of electronics in Aircraft. Discussion on electronics and avionics.

M2(Around 5-6 mins)

1.  You have covered different unrelated fields in your life like BTech(ECE), Philosophy, defence, Railways, cooking, Aircraft, Formula 1. How and Why?

2.  Why no F1 race in Noida circuit? I explained the entire issue. Why government want to tax F1 more,  what could be done . Discussion related to tax and negotiation for 2 mins

3.  What I do as aircraft enthusiast. Around 1 min

4.  Asked me commissioning year of F17and C17?  Said no to this. 

M3(2-3 min)

1.  He told that he will be asking from different domain and only 1 question.

Tamil Nadu VC appointment issue(Current working in TamilNadu state)

Discussion for 2-3 mins. He was satisfied.

M4(around 8-10 mins)

1.  Started with Tamil nadu VC issue. Discussion for 2-3 min minutes. I explained with centre-state issue, NEET,CUET, Governor holding bill for presidential assent. I told everything very clearly but he was searching something else. He was not satisfied.

2.  Asked me about my published paper on 4G, its relevance in 5G era. Its impact factor(I told not remember the impact factor)

3.  Other journals with high impact factor. I told IEEE and IETE.

4.  He mentioned nature and science and asked impact factor. I asked for a guess. My guess was almost the exact impact factor.

5.  Why farmer status is very poor. Reasons and solutions.

6.  Another technical name for post harvest. Said no(Ans. Is secondary Agriculture)

7.  What is Apiculture? Asked him to make a guess. Bingo. What is Colony collapse disorder ?

Except agriculture question, more or less everything is from DAF or engineering.

CP: No further question, your interview is over.

Overall cordial board and interview was good. Chairperson and M4 was continuously responding , smiling and nodding. M1&M2, no expression but continuously making eye contact. M3 was not at all interested.

Date :- 11/05/2022

Board :- Manoj Soni sir

Optional :- Geography

Background :- B.Tech ECE, Worked in Wipro

Hobby :- Reading Quora , Mentoring students , Watching Malayalam Political satire

1. What have you been doing since you passed college .?

2.So you left work to prepare for UPSC .?

3. How long have you been watching Malayalam political satire( DAF based -only one)

4.What is surgical strike ., where did India conduct surgical strike , why did India conduct surgical strike .?Why its called surgical strike  .? Tell me exact year

5.Are you sure India conducted surgical strike in Myanmar .?

6.What is invasion .?Is Russia invading Ukraine ?

7.can surgical strike be called Invasion .?

-Mentioned POK was considered to be Indian territory

8. Any other reason .?

9.Technology used in surgical strike.?

10 . Why has India done Aerial strike , motive for it .?

11.Spirituality vs Religion.?

12. World bank report on countries having highest net worth  -Name 5 ( i asked him if he meant GDP - he was not . Did not understand question)

13.What is data privacy ? Should it be absolute ..?

14.What can be done .?

15. Which is absolute authority according to constitution ? -Parliament or Supreme court or Executive

-I went with check and balance system , with Supreme court being interpreter

-Member helped me to reach answer -" We people of INDIA  ....."

16. Kerala has huge migration to outside  ....  (long monologue  ..) .Is Kerala model sustainable .?.

17. What has happened to remittance income  ..?( meant COVID -19)

18. Any exact data ? Current status ..?

19. What is being done for this ..solution.?

20.Is there any neighbouring country who was impacted by fall in remittance ?

21. What is string of pearls .?

22 Was Hambantota a military strategy by china or merely financial investment .?

23.What is SDG goals .? Name 5

24 Do you think common target for all is good idea .?

19.What is India current position..?

25. Why statue of unity is called so .?

21.Where is it located  .?

22. Is kevadia a district .?

23. Seasons in India

24. Why Land slides are happening in Himalaya  (promoted for more and more reasons )

26. Solutions

27. Sustainable mining ..? can it be a solution for Landslides

28. Technology used for Sustainable mining ..?( There was a long monologue on issues with use of dynamite before asking question)

-Some other questions I can not remember

- Overall  :- static topics , nothing from DAF , i did not feel any question related to current affairs were asked ( Sri Lanka was asked in 2 questions)

- Slightly Grilling experience

Board - R.N. Chaubey sir

Date - May 11th

Optional - sociology

Relevant aspects from DAF - meditation, trekking, green mobility, NGO and Civil society

Chaubey sir

1. You're already in service, are you excited to join it ? ( Said yes)

2. Then let's stop the interview and you can join that then. (Laughed)

3. Case study on corruption in your department, where senior has taken a bribe, what will you do ?

Follow up questions

M1

1. On what basis did you decide where to trek

2. Which is the higest peak you have trekked to ?

3. Why so much regional inequality in India ? ( Fumbled here and mentioned corruption is jharkhand for some reason)

4. Then asked why is there corruption in jharkhand

5. How will you ensure there is none

M2

1. Why do you meditate

2. What will you tell school children to convince them to meditate

3. Should math be compulsory ?

4. What does an ngo do?

5. What work did you do ?

M3

1. Why so much ineuqality in India

2. What is government doing about it

3. Which IPS officer in Maharashtra was involved in corruption case against the home minister ?

4. If career is also important to you how will you ensure that you are not corrupt ?

M4

1. What is the future of green mobility ? (daf)

2. Are we doing anything to achieve it

3. What is a civil society

4. What is the vision of the civil society you have worked at ?

5. Some species in western ghats that is killing other species can you name it ?

( Said idk)

Thank you

Board- TCA Anant sir

Date - 09/05/2022 forenoon

Optional - PSIR

College - Jaipur -B.Sc ; masters in pol science from DU ( Ramjas College)

Hobbies- cycling, exploring new places and writing on contemporary International issues

Profession - no

Experience - cordial no cross questioning, smiling but middle of questions expression less

Utility of mocks - boosting confidence and articulation power. DRISHTI - poor level of questions ; unacademy was good, Byjus was worst especially "PP" affected confidence severely he scolded my soul out of my body, Sri ram ias food advices, vajiram great....Frank rausen Pereira was supportive....good advices....one to one with Ravindran sir was most benificial

Home state - rajasthan

Chairman - read out my daf, asked what you have written on international relations,

Told about my article on bharata first news letter - some questions on that, kautilya came up in international relations

Exploring new places - where do you like to explore mountains costs et

In delhi - separate road lane is being constructed, for urban mass transportation, what is its utility and why not popular in public

Pass on to the mam M.1

M1

1. What is your favourite subject in B.Sc

2. What are your views on pakistan and Sri Lanka crisis- what India needs to do.

 Not able to recall questions

M2

1. You went to kerala- what is unique thing which make Kerala tourism unique and successful?

2. National park in Kerala?

3. What needs to be done to promote international tourism in India

M3 -

1.questions on Pakistan- do India need to enagage with army

2. Challenges rajasthan faces being border state

Not able to recall more

3. Elements of kautilya's arthshastra in present foreign policy

M4

1. India not favourable to cycling why?

2. What needs to be done?

3. Some property related question, answered it but not satisfied

Not able to recall other questions

Overall it went nice...answered all questions, butnot able to evaluate how it went... because of silent faces. Seems too fast.....too quick to call it as an experience....mainly daf based...no current issues

Date and session of interview- 11/05/2022 afternoon

Board- Chaubey sir

Optional- anthropology

College-

Profession (if any)- no questions hence irrelevant

Hobbies- no questions hence irrelevant

Your experience in interview- it wasn't very cordial like mentioned in transcripts. There was no grilling. But panel seemed quite disinterested

Utility of mocks (if any)- mocks are helpful in obtaining experience

Chairman:

I had symptoms of cold which I conveyed. Hence was asked to keep mask on.

1.Brief intro

2. question on name

3. 2 different meanings for ppp. what are they. India's exchange rate in ppp terms

4. Can history be rewritten.many counter questions on that

M1:

1. Use of anthropology in sports

2. What is anthropometry

3. SMART Policing

4. Monologue on Gold smuggling case in Kerala. Who would you say is responsible.

M2:

1. What is state food commission2. NFSA act. Means to address if someone is denied food under NFSA

3. Best tourist place in Kerala.

4. What is special about Kozhikode

5. What is CERT

M3:

1. Recent RBI announcement. Questions on repo

2. Why women not given permanent commission earlier

3. Padmanabhswamy temple treasure

4. Anthropology and archeology

M4:

1. Kerala's employment issues

2. How can we prevent future pandemics

3. Kerala floods . Reason

Several other questions. Mostly factual and not conversational except for chairman. Mostly expression less board. Can't fathom how it went down.

Date : 9th May 2022

Board : Choubey Sir

Time : 30-35 mints

Background : NIT PATNA-MECHANICAL

Optional : Mechanical

Hometown: Darbhanga Bihar

Hobbies : Traveling, Solo Bike riding

Job : In Railways

Upon Entry: Choubey sir monologue

C: Showing his Phone and asked will you call it a machine

C: Does smartphones today have AI

C: Important labour reforms in last 20 yrs

M1(Madam): how to wide tax base in India

M1: how to control the rising inflation

M1: places that you travelled recently

Me: i mentioned two places

M1: difference between both geographically, culturally etc

M1: what's your job profile

M2: Pursue me to travel

M2: how will you promote industry in your district if you are posted as DM there. Tell me 4 points

Chairman: how will you ensure marketing of the products.

M3: foundation year of my college

M3: Railway merger of service details, advantages and disadvantages

M3: railway is technical service but now recruitment of generalist

M3: madhubani painting

M3: darbhanga uniqueness

M4: what's your take on farm laws

M4: farm laws points of contention

M4: how will you solve it

M4: don't you think govt did that as well

M4: why it got failed

M4: challenges of railway ( himself he mentioned few) and then asked for addition to above so I mentioned freight issues

M4: reason for dismal state of freight in railways

M4: do you think monopoly of railways in passenger and freight segment is the reason for its poor development

Chairman: do you want to say something

Overall: no grill, Most of the questions were related to the daf only

Date and session of interview-22 April. Afternoon.. 1st one to go

Board- smita nagraj mam

Optional- History

Uttarakhand

College- DU

Hobbies- cricket, jogging

You were born in 2000.. How you look at previous century

2 good things about 20 century and 2 bad about 21 century

History Repeats itself. Explain with example

Tell me history of uttarakhand

Who is ur fav cricketer and why

Is jogging a sport?

Who is Sunil mittal?

Why newly appointed army chief is from corps of engineers.. Is it a good choice?

China has banned all global social networking sites.. Is it good or bad?

India is lagging behind in these app because of absence of such policy... Is it right?

India is software superpower.. Why we are lagging behind.

How warfare is changing

What is cyber warfare.

One wish from God

Why you want to join civil services

Why Hitler's Holocaust is more criticized than Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing?

Why nobody stopped USA

Who ordered nuclear attack

What is historical blunder..? Give example..

Three battle of panipat

How many wars India fought post independence

There were few more question ...

Degree: BE computer science

Currently working

11th May 2022

Manoj Soni Board

Chairman:

Why are you interested in learning about Gut Microbiome? (DAF)

What is it's importance?

Difference between Gut Microbiome and Probiotics.

You are working. What is your job profile?

What is public good?

Give few examples of public goods?

Is Health public good. What about Education? What about milk? And elections?

If elections is public good then is it fair spending public money on elections ?

So you support state finding of elections.

Now design how the state funding of elections can be implemented in India.

Member1:

I will hold on to the topic of state funding of elections.

According to you if money is allotted in accordance to seats won in previous elections then isn't it unfair on new political parties? (Said can have a floor price allotted to newly registered parties ) What will independent members do?

Don't you think state funding will give rise to spur of new political parties.

Has electoral bonds brought in transparency.

So you are working, have you had a chance to penalise anyone or fire anyone. How did you feal with it.

Tell me a state from where a president and prime minister both come from.

Member2:

Why do you want to do civil services?

What will you do if you become are DM in urban area? And also in Rural area.

Rusaia- Ukraine issue. What extra would you  do other than what India's efforts has been.

one more question, can't recollect.

Member 3:

Famous garden in Mysore.

What is Amrit in Azadi ki Amrit mohotsav?

What is it the government is planning from the 75th year of Independence? ( Amrit kaal)

What is inclusive development? Do we have it in India.

Are we more tolerant than needed in India.

How does India get it's statistics?

What's the difference between CSO and NSSO?

Member 4:

Do you know some personality called pandit something.( I don't know nor  remember.)

E commerce companies india. Pros and Cons

How are they advertising?

Is there any regulations to these e commerce companies.

Chairman: Your interview is over. Have a pleasant evening. Thank you.

Experience: Board is very cordial. Will give you ample time. They don't cross question nor break your flow.

Just enjoy the process.

All the best to everyone.

Mock: Treat it as a mock and nothing else.

I would like to thank "Interview Transcripts group 2021". Immensely helped in my preparation

Date - 29/04/2022

Optional - Agriculture

State - Maharashtra

Board- TCA Anant sir

Chairman

1 meaning of 

2 where  flower is grown?

3 tell me about flower in detail

4 How many agroclimatic zones in Maharashtra?

5 tell me names

6 reasons for scarcity zone?

7 which crops grown under scarcity zone?

8 Which crops are grown in district?

 9 Why sugarcane monocropping is predominant?

Member 1-   1 Why floriculture is famous in Maharashtra?

2 why Europeans are sending back Indian flowers?

3 difference between petty corruption and political corruption?

4 Women empowerment ?  What are economic, social, political impacts?

5 in which state more women are breadwinners? Impacts?

6 meaning of Life

 Member 2 1 famous book related to agriculture

2 which crop you can suggest for rabbi season?

3 Imadicloprid?

4 selective pesticide means ?

5 Humic acid chelation process?

6 purpose of neem coated urea?

Member 3

1 Green revolution starting year?

2 tell me about AGMARK

3 what do you understand about WTO - TRIPS and TRIMS

4 Critically evaluate MGNREGA?

5 tell me about corporate social responsibility?

6 what is the turnover limits for CSR?

7 What do you mean by technology transfer?

Member 4

1 Gulf cooperation council members?

2 what is purpose of GCC establishment and importance for India?

3 how much oil imported from gulf countries?

4 Yemen location?

5 UNCLOS means?

6 details about UNCLOS

Chairman - thank you

Most of the questions were from areas discussed by Mahesh bhagvat sir. Thank you so much sir for your guidance