Interview Transcripts of CSE/IFoS 2023

08 January, afternoon session

3rd to go

Dr. Dinesh dasa sir's board

Duration- 20-25 mins

Keywords - anthropology, MP, cubism painting, reading short stories, engineers without borders, the Bharat scouts and guides, computer engineering

Chairman

1. Introduce yourself

2. Stephen hawkings said AI is the worst thing to happen to humanity. What are your thoughts?

3. Applications of AI, IOT technology

4. Difference between sociology and social anthropology

5. #metoo in sociological and anthropological context

6. What is cubism painting?

7. Recent short story that you read?

8. ART act 2021. Intentions behind it

M1

1. Birsa Munda is a celebrated tribal leader. Who wrote a very famous book on him?

2. KS Singh was a member of IAS only. He made a collection of research about tribes. What was the objective behind it?

Can't remember more qn

M2

1. Do you know about Margaret mead? In what context?

2. You're a computer engineer. Why did you choose anthropology?

2. What is famous about your district?

3. In agriculture?

4. How many members are there in Bharat scouts and guides? x% of students are member of NCC, y% are part of NSS

5. Why is scouts and guides declining

6. What did you do in engineers without borders?

M3

1. Between EV and hydrogen fuel what is better?

2. Is nuclear clean energy?

3. Chairman- some famous nuclear disasters?

4. What fuel is used in nuclear fusion?

5. What efforts are being made for nuclear fusion?

6. Is China part of ITER?

M4

1. Who famously said "Europe has to grow out of the mindset that its problems are the world's problems but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."

2. Chairman- Nelson Mandela also has a famous quote similar to this.

3. Some initiatives by the government for women

Chairman- in today's hindu there was news that MP's GST collection increased by 18%. What are the reasons behind it?

The board tried to make me very comfortable. They even try to complete your answers. Except one, all members asked from DAF

Mocks help in opening up and gaining confidence. Discussion with Anupam Jain sir helped in building the thought process and handling the questions in a structured and coherent manner.

Date 12 jan 2024

Board - Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla sir

Daf key words - IIT, Bihar, Mtech in Manufacturing, Btech Mechanical, ntse, mantra meditation

Questions

Chairman

- so you are from IIT KGP? Long monologue - IITs were created for ..........- IITians brain drain. Not much research in India. What they are doing abroad?

- my answer - about diaspora and remittance

- remittance is ok. Why they are not staying here?

- are they failing India or is India failing them?

- my response - startup founders from IITs.

- again monologue - recently I was reading a book "IITians" it talked of Chetan Bhagat, Arvind kejriwal, I was wondering - ye iits ko to research ke liye banaya Gaya tha. Kahaa aaplog pizza wizza bechne lage (I had said Swiggy, Porter, etc)😂?

- some grilling on my answer

M1 - lady member

- ntse scholar...which body gives it? How much they pay? Till what time? Any proofs you submitted periodically?

- what non technical electives you took at IIT? Cross questions based on my answer "intercultural communication"

- posted elsewhere? How to overcome intercultural barriers?

- how intercultural barriers within 2 Indian states different from intercultural barriers between 2 nations?

- subsidy vs grant

- fertilizer subsidy 3 options? Best one? How will you convince the companies to comply?

M2

- what was your M Tech project about?

- cross questions based on my answer? CNT in interlayer why?

- CNT USAGE where?

- speciality of CNT? Where used today?

- latest developments in mechanical engineering

- I said iOT. He interrupted iot is electronics. You are just using that in manufacturing. Innovations in core mechanical engineering?

-- what is IOT? Challenges in IOT? How to overcome?

- what is UPI? Challenge in UPI?

- 3 farm laws why they were taken back?

- Ucc pros n cons

- can parliament pass Ucc without states permission?

M3

- mantra meditation vs Chinese XYZ form of meditation (I don't recall the name he said)

- physiological changes due to mantra meditation

- kosi floods - Nepal why not yet negotiated?

- liquor ban? Views of different sections?

- is it working? Since the ban sale of liquor in Bengal tripled? Money going to mafias? Revenue loss also for the govt?

M4

- GDP projections

- growth rate

- India's projections based on NSO?

- real or nominal?

- inflation rate currently?

- real or nominal? 6% is what?

- then why is it projected so high?

- In terms of decadal growth who is ahead - India or china?

- stock market indicators in India

- do their growth reflect growth of GDP?

- IIT education be subsidised or not?

Ans. Sir it would become unaffordable for the poor sections.

- subsidise only for poor ? Others can pay as per market price? Will it be ok?

Chairman - your Interview is over

Board: Suman Sharma Ma'am

Date: 16th Jan , Forenoon

DAF keywords: Bihar, Muzaffarpur, Electrical and Electronics Engineer, Worked on wave energy conversion project, work experience in semiconductors field

Chairperson:

Why did you leave your well paying job

Power sector issues

Issues with Discom

Offshore wind energy capacity

Tidal energy projects

Wave energy projects

How Discom health boost will benefit renewable energy

CBI general consent and some follow up questions

M1:

Caste census

Muzaffarpur lichi

Muzaffarpur disease

Why bihar backward

Special category status demand by bihar government

M2:

Connection b/w free electricity and groundwater depletion, some followup

What is your backup plan in case you are not selected

2-3 other questions which I don't remember

M3:

How would you  control communal violence if you are DM

Rehabilitation in dharavi, some followup on how to make resettlement possible.

M4:

Tidal energy regulator(had no idea)

One more random ques

Interview time- 25-30 minutes

Board was cordial. One member was speaking in low voice hence it was slightly difficult to comprehend.

Overall good experience.

Board: Suman Sharma

Date: 16 Jan, morning, first one

DAF keywords: green concrete, chess, sugarcane, belagavi, Karnataka, civil engineering

Chairman:

India is performing well in chess nowadays. Can you tell me about significant events in the last one year?

Who are all qualified for the Candidates tournament?

Awards recently: R Vaishali and G B Ramesh. What is his nickname?

WEF? It's role?

Environment vs development?

Doing nothing is better than doing something?

Member 1:

Issues of Bengaluru?

Traffic issues? Flooding issues?

How do you solve these as a commissioner as they are already built-up areas?

Is GST anti-federal because states have lost their power?

What role does the GST Council play?

Member 2:

Sugarcane growing regions in your state?

By-products of sugarcane?

Geographical divisions of the district?

We will give Belagavi to Maharashtra. What is your opinion?

Difference between the eastern coast and the western coast?

He was explaining a lot rather than directly asking questions.

Member 3:

Largest forest in the world?

Which are the countries to have this forest?

Climate change: why it is a concern?

Again debate on forests vs industries.

Why you build tunnels and roads in fragile areas?

Measures to ensure environmental conservation?

Is the government doing well?

Member 4:

Inequality is growing in your district. How do you solve the issue as a commissioner?

What are the schemes undertaken to reduce inequality?

Board: cordial, but felt uneasy sometimes. 'Green' in my DAF opened many dimensions.

Time: 20-25 minutes

Date of PT - 15/01/24

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Board Suman sharma Mam

OPTIONAL - PSIR

keywords - uttarakhand disasters, development vs enviroment, hindi poetry, IR

Chairman - what comes to your  mind when i say "sinking"? (i said joshimath issue)

What could have been key reasons though actual reasons are not out yet?

What anthropogenic causes?

In silkyara a machine was used can you name it?

Which technique was used in last phase? (i said rat hole mining)

Was rat hole mining always illegal or recently banned?

YOUR TAKE ON development vs enviroment?

M1 - what  key benefits india have from its tight rope balancing stand on russia ukraine war?

If you are made the ambassador of india to maldives, what would you do to handle current tensions?

China's dominance is increasing. How can we counter it?

What is "china+1" policy?

M2

Who is known as "rashtra kavi"? (hindi poetry hobby)

Do you know any poem of Maithili sharan gupt.

How is grahwali jagar different from punjabi folk songs? (listening jagar hobby)

M3 (lady member)

Tell me something about chipko movement.

Was any other reason responsible for it apart from aports industry's involvement?

How its corelated to tehri dam? (i mentioned Sundarlal bahuguna ji as key figure in both issues)

What are  the lessons from tehri dam and its movement ? (i mentioned importance of timely compensation, role of quality EIA)

M4

i will quote a line and you tell me about it (one line of hindi poem i had nit heard)? (said sorry sir i have not heard it) pointed towards my hobby.

I will say one rule and you tell me about it. *every action has an equal and opposite reaction*. Is it applicablr to the society? (i directly answered how its applicable. Don't know whether i had to mention its 3rd law of motion.)

Will you apply this in administration if protests take place? (i said my reaction would be towards root cause)

Chairman - thank you. Your interview is over. You may leave.

Experience - more opinion based. Had a quality discussion rather than fact checking.

Cordial board.

Chairwoman was attentive and listening eagerly.

Mock interviews - vajirao and reddy was very close to real interview.

Date: 12/1/24

Chairperson: Dinesh Dasa sir

Daf keywords: Kerala, parliament, malayalam literature

Chairperson

1. Good afternoon, can you introduce yourself.

2. Have you heard that Kozhikkode in kerala recently got UNESCO tag of literature? Why do it was awarded for them ?

3. What do you know about classical language?

4.preamble was called as soul of the constitution by pandit takur das bhargava whereas dr b r ambedkar described article 32 as the soul of the constitution.  Why is this so?

5. What are the pros and cons of parliamentary system?

Member 1

1. How do you think artificial intelligence is going to affect our future

2. As being appointed as the chairperson of nitiayog what will you do to eradicate poverty?

Member 2

1. What is the status of right to privacy in india ?

2. From where do public distribution system get food? Is it given free or at what cost? Is CIP or MSP is greater?

3. Have you heard about Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism? What are it's implications on india? Is it faire from the part of developed countries to impose such tax?

Member 3

1. Have you heard about vector borne diseases? Can you tell some examples? What is the vector in that?

2. Suppose a vector borne disease spread out in a district and you are the district magistrate there. Also the medical officers are not cooperating with you. So what will you do to prevent the same ?

Member 4

1. As the russia Ukraine war is continuing, let me say china will become superpower in the future. Give me 3 arguments in favouring and opposing this statement

2. From where do kerala get cashew nuts from?

Board was cordial

Date- 11 Jan 2024

• Suman Sharma Maam, Forenoon

• 25-30 min

• Keywords- Manipur, Public adm, football

Chairperson

• INS IMPHAL, Project 15B - 15A , whats the use

• Work from home- positives and negatives from perspective of employee.

M1

• Subsidies- support it? why needed, Leakages, how to  Improve,

• cross subsidisation- what is it , Is it fair?

M2

• Learnings from Public adm - to apply in the Civil Services- PRACTICAL application

• BEE- appliances rating what is it?

• industrial BEE ?

• Manipur produces good no of sportpersons but not nagaland why?

M3

• Know about LOL,ROFL ? Narrate me one LOL moment

• Tell me about Geography of Manipur in 30 sec

• 3 Suggestions to Finance Minister on Budget

• Favourite footballer ?

• Pele or Maradona?

• Ever seen the polo sport?

• SO TELL WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANIPUR AND RAJASTHAN POLO

• KALADAN PROJECT- what is it , present status

• SE Asia economic integration potential and reality?

M4

• Block chain- what, how is it stored?

• OROP- what is it ...should be given or not?

Cordial board but a lot of counter questions

Date: 5/1/24 (Afternoon session)

Dinesh Dasa Sir Board

States: UP (Home state-no question); Gujarat (Graduation)

Graduation: BTech Electrical

DAF Keywords: MUN, Valmiki Tiger Conservation Project, Petroleum University, Reading fantasy fiction books

Chairman sir

 ◦ Question about college name change? Why was it changed?

 ◦ What are BS 3-BS 4 engines?

 ◦ Have we shifted to BS 6?

 ◦ Why were 2000 rupee notes withdrawn?

 ◦ How much have been withdrawn? Can digital economy completely replace monetary economy?

 ◦ Tell me about forests of India?

 ◦ Which ecosystem is most suited to land? 

- How many earthquake zones in India? Which one is most vulnerable? Where earthquakes happened in last few decades?

- What do you understand by conflict of interest?

 ◦ What is net neutrality?

M1 (Female member)

 ◦ What should we do to immediately curb emissions? 

 ◦ Explain CCUS Technology (followup from previous question)

- What is demographic dividend? How long does India have to reap it?

M2 

 ◦ What did you learn from MUN?

 ◦ What do you have to say about USA supporting Israel attacks in Gaza?

 ◦ Which UN Permanent member has used its veto the maximum number of times?

 ◦ Which 2 permanent members have changed since 1945?

M3

 ◦ Do you think Petroleum has its lost relevance?

 ◦ Can we transition directly to Green Hydrogen? 

 ◦ What other types of hydrogen are there?

 ◦ What is the share of renewable energy in energy production?

 ◦ What is the status of economy? Give me few points?

M4

 ◦ What is global warming? What is its impact on world?

 ◦ Questions about Valmiki Tiger Conservation Project (DAF Based)

Chairman sir

 ◦ What is the difference between Amish Tripathi’s books and Chetan Bhagat’s books? (DAF Based)

 ◦ Should we shift lions from Gujarat to MP? (Did graduation from Gujarat)

Experience:

The interview was taken in Chairman sir’s panel itself. The space was very limited, we were all sitting in a round table. 2 panel members sitting on my either side. Questions were mostly DAF based, except few random ones.

Date - 12/01/2024

Background – Mech Engg, NIT B

Board – Dinesh Dasa Sir- 1st one to go morning + all male member

Optional - Anthro

DAF2 pointers – Bhopal, Mandla, MP, Guitar, Lawn Tennis, Public relation, 3D printer (not more than 5% from DAF) + DAF 1 pointers- last year gave IFS exam

Chairperson

1. Read out DAF- then asked anything I missed?- I said my hobbies are- Playing Lawn tennis and playing Guitar. Then he said achaaaa ok.

2. Then Asked you gave IFS also right, I said yes. Then he asked optionals of IFS- I said geology and forestry

3. Then he said Chalo tum batao from where to start?- I said yesterday, Bhopal came 5th and Indore- 1st in Swaccha—so proud moment for us

4. Then he asked, why Indore is not doing good? Then cross ques that Surat is 1st and all.

5. History of Indore and Bhopal

6. Bhopal Jheelo ka sheher ya nawabo ka

7. IFS- optional Forestry right? I said yes---Analyse the statement –“ Natural resources are everyone’s property and no one’s responsibility”

8. Evolution of Forest laws

9. FRA- peculiar thing about it?

10. 2nd Optional of IFS was geology, right?- said Yes

11. Why Himalayan height is increasing?

12. 2 views on Madras- what will happen to it with respect to Plate tectonics—cross questions on it

13. What is Meghalayan age

Member1

1. What is blue economy?

2. India’s targets of Blue economy

3. Long monologue what should be done- mechanised bottom trawlers and Traditional fishing

4. NCAP- targets, objectives

5. Reasons of Pollution in Delhi—cross cutting every point- gave 4 reasons but he wanted to listen something else

Member 2

1. Tell SDGs- told 8 or 9 but wanted to hear Climate Action

2. Then asked India’s target on climate action- could remember 3, but he asked more

3. Who’s to be blamed for Israel Hamas war?—

4. Relation of US in it—cant remember his exact ques

5. Petrodollar hegemony

6. Recently, G20 took place. 2 major outcomes that came. They were related to investment and youth. So tell me what were the objectives of Y20.

7. What are countries doing for climate action

8. Few more ques I cant recall

Member 3

1. Analyse the statement- “Caste is not essential in present times”

2. What is the famous judgement related to Caste

3. Why SC said it with respect to caste

Member 4

1. Suppose your are SP of a district and there are cases of Bulgrary in certain region. What will you do?

2. Initiatives of India in Education

3. Acha, if govt is doing so well in education, why people are going out of India—told him reasons and solutions

Chairman again

1. Your parents are doctor, why didn’t you choose?

2. You left medical for engg, you left engg for Civil, you will leave this also?

Thank you, your interview is over.

Overall cordial board. They helped me with certain questions. Overall good experience.

Gave 5-6 mock interviews.

Mocks didn't help much because mocks were from DAF mainly, but real interview was out of it. However, mocks were useful in preparing DAF which is important for confidence building.

Board: B B Swain Sir

Date: 15th January, 2024

Keywords: IIT Kanpur, Physics, NCC

Hobby: Playing acoustic guitar

Chairman Sir:

(You look very young, What is your Birth year)

1) Why the date 1st May is known?(GJ formed)

2) any movement was there for Gujarat?

3) Which other states formed on that date?

4) Which was the first linguistic state formed after independence?

M1:

1) Tell me about your village.

2) As a Science student how would you improve the quality of life at the village?

3) What is Gujarat model of development?

4) Tell me one against point for the model.

M2:

1) What is AMUL model?

2) How is it benefitting the people involved in it?

3) Who is Swaminarayan?

4) What is core Philosophy of Swaminarayan Sect?

M3:

1) You are from Physics. How can it be helpful to you in civil services?

2)Why civil services?

3) As part of NCC what did learn?

4) Did you do marching?

5) So many people join business from your state, didn't you have the aspirations to join the same?

M5:

1)What are the problems of your Area?

2) How would you improve literacy?

3) So many schools are there, still absanteeimis there. How would you tackle school absenteeism?

4) Subject of Physics is very wide, which is the area of your liking? (Told Nuclear physics)

5) Why Nuclear power plants not coming in India?

6) If appointment as a high official on Nuclear subject, how would you attract Nuclear Power plant in India?

7) In initial days, IITK was in top 2, why the ranking declined?

Chairman said your Interview is over.

Experience: Very cordial board, and it was more of a conversation. Most of the questions were DAF based.

Time=25-30 min.

Interview date -16/01/2024

BB Swain board

Words related to daf- bhopal, ips, chess, electrical engineering, psir optional

Chairperson -

1. Tell me about bhopal.

Member 1-

1. Tell me about begums of bhopal

2. Queens Gambit. Why is India doing good in chess..

3. The railway men

4. Why ias after ips?

5. What do you think about headscarfs? Should they be banned from educational institutions and workspace?

Member 2-

1. What is central in ir

2. How is geography imp in ir

3. How is India's relations with its neighbouring countries.

4. What should India do to improve it.

5. Why is India doing good in it, chess, cricket, billiard and financial services.

Member 3-

1. Why no electrical core? Why administrative services.

2. Tell me about the electrical system of India.

3. What is our renewable energy target.

4. What are India's NDCs.

5. Tell me about bhel bhopal

Member 4-

1. Tell me about one most important event according to you in year 2023. Why do you think so.

2. If you have funds to utilise in health, education and women empowerment. What will you choose and why.

3. What team management and building skill did you learn from your job that you can bring to public service. How will you do it?

4. Should bhel bhopal be privatised or not. Why or why not.

They were countering every point I was trying to make. Had to defend to prove my point.

Interview Date- 9th January, forenoon session

Board- Lt Gen Raj Shukla sir

DAF keywords- MBBS , mental health,  Kerala, army Hobbies(asked)-endurance cycling, mindfulness meditation

time- about 30 min

Transcript

chairman

You have worn a nice suit. Where did you buy it from? ..They do great tailoring there!

how do you feel about your preparation?.. 80%, that is good enough!

M1 (lady member)

1. You had studied medicine, did you have to do any specialisation there? Which speciality did you do you like the best? I’m trying to lead you there

2. What are some of the mental health problems in our country? how to address the issues?

3. You spoke of patriarchy. Does Kerala face issues of patriarchy?

4. To which section of the population would you focus on awareness of mental health?

5.  you had done research on covid? Was it related to mental health?

6. endurance cycling, what did you use to do there with regards to that?

M2

1.  You spent how many years studying medicine? You had this idea of civil services before?

2. what qualities of medicine will help you in administration?

3. Does a doctor have leadership roles, isn’t it more academic and technical? What leadership role do doctors do?

4. what is the difference between a leader and a manager ?

5. We have seen the rise of technology in medicine, where all has it affected the practise of medicine, which aspects?

6. with the advent of technology, do you think a doctor can be replaced?

M3

1.Have you worked after your graduation? Do you remember anything related to medicine now?

2. Tell me, what are the fundamental rights?

3. Among Art 14 and Art 21, which is greater?

4. so you feel art 14 is greater, so you don’t feel that right to life is necessary?

5. what if art 14 was removed, will there be no equality in the country?

6. What is Art 20?

7. what do you mean by basic structure ?

M4

1. You had done mindfulness meditation-. Do you know about chakras?

2. There are issues of mental health in our schoolchildren, What do you think can be done?

3. Why are there more suicides in the army? What do you feel needs to be done?

4. Kerala tourism industry is world renown. What do you think can the other states learn from Kerala?

5. India is going to face problems related to aging population. What do you think needs India should do regarding geriatric care ?

Chairman

When did you graduate? So you hadn’t worked since 2021?

So, you are from AFMC, didn’t you need to join the army there?

On a lighter note, So what did you feel disillusioned on, Army or medicine?

chairman says thank you

Overall experience- the panel remained largely neutral and unexpressive. So it was difficult to understand and judge how the answers were received and how the interview went.

Chairman didn’t ask me many questions, though I have a defence background and my hobbies relate to it- reading war history.

Date: 12.01.2024

Board: Dinesh Dasa Sir(All male members, It was a glass Dinner table and all were sitting too close to me)

DAF Keywords:Karnataka ,Commerce, Sociology, Folk painting and Devotional Singing

1st person to go , as soon as I filled all the forms Attender escorted me to Board room and asked me if I want something to drink (had hot water) later placed  heaters near my foot and side and was very positive and kept wishing me

Bell rang🔔

Chairperson

- How are you feeling today?

- Can you introduce yourself to the board?

- Tell me what are your short term and long term goals?

-Tell me How have Movies( mentioned Indian Cinema) of last century and present represented Women,What is the difference?

(asked did you understand the question and repeated again )

-How will you achieve your short term goals?

( not able to recollect some questions )

Member 1

- A long situational question ,started explaining and Chairman kept adding on details to question and all the members were telling more about the characters in the situation and asked for my decision

(Question was personal and were keenly observing me ,this question alone took around 5 minutes )

- Another long situation related to my state

Chairman

-If there is change of government then is it because beauracrats failed ?

-Why even after the achieve their goals people reject them in elections?Who is responsible for the failure?

Member 1 interviened

-What is difference between permanent Executive and temporary executive ?

-Why are permanent executive not able to withhold government with successful schemes?

Member 2

-What is MSP?

-What is difference between MSP and CIP?

-Which is higher?

-Why CIP is given and how should the gap between them be reduced?

Member 3

-What are semiconductors?

-Why is India pushing for it? How is it important?

-What are the materials used to prepare it?

-How does India identify Taiwan as?

-How is our Bilateral Relationship and present Trade?

Member 4

(I will ask you one last Question)

-You have studied Logistics right?

-What are the different components in logistics management?

-What are the different departments managing it?

-How can we reduce its cost?

Chairperson

Your interview is over Is there anything we missed or something that you are prepared and you want us to ask?

( Mentioned about my Hobby)

After that  there was a lovely conversation for 5 minutes on their favourite food and some authentic dishes from my region they also suggested some chaats to me and spoke about products manufactured by government and how it is earning good profits.

Thanked them again😊

Overall I felt the Board was very Cordial and no where close to mocks They treated me as an equal person .

They never dominated their experience or knowledge,  and to questions where I dint know the answer they explained

However they were neutral and couldn't understand if they were happy with my answers

Date of interview: 17/01/2024 (first to go)

Interview board: Chaubey Sir

Duration: 24 minutes

Chaubey Sir:

1) Tell us about your academic background and work experience

2) What services did your organization provide?

3) Is it doing well?

4) Are cooperatives successful in India? tell us overall success and not just any regional success

5) In long term, I think cooperatives will not be a success for two reasons that is collective leadership not possible in India and voting pattern of members. convince me I’m wrong

Member 1:

1) What is neighborhood first policy?

2) Nepal, Srilanka and Maldives are examples of failed NFP. What is your opinion?

3) Have you heard of SAGAR doctrine?

4) What is India’s role in IOR?

5) What is China doing to counter India in IOR?

6) China launched Regional forum of IOR countries but excluded India from its membership. Would you suggest any counter measures by India in this regard?

7) Do we need to have strong navy to be a major power in IOR?

Member 2:

1) Name some PSUs in Defense production?

2) Should we engage private sector in Defense production?

3) Name some major projects/Products of HAL

Member 3:

1) Do you think EVMs can be hacked?

2) Your opinion on simultaneous elections?

3) Don’t you think it will subvert regional issues?

4) What is SVEEP?

5) Have you heard of NOTA? do you think it is democratic?

Member 4:

1) Why Bengaluru has more startups compared to other cities?

2) Venture capitalist and Angel investors can invest anywhere but why they prefer startups based in Bangalore?

3) Are you aware of any policies by local government of Karnataka regarding startups?

4) Why there is wage gap between male and female employees in IT sector?

Mock utility: Chankya Mandal, Vajirao, Samkalp, Ravindran Sir

Special thanks to Utkarsh Sir for all the support and guidance during interview process

Date: 17 January 2024

Board: Suman Sharma Madam

Last of the day

Keywords: IFS, Mechanical Engineer, Udaipur (Rajasthan), Cricket, Exercise

Suman Sharma Madam

1. Have you heard the term eco-feminism?

2. What measures that have been taken by community in Rajasthan for water conservation? (Madam wanted to know about Piplantri village)

3. Tell me about Great Nicobar Project, what is the significance and threats because of the project.

4. What are the developments happening with respect to US elections?

M1

5. If you are the DM of any of the district, what measures will you take for water conservation?

6. What contribution has the Mewar kingdom made to the history of Rajasthan?

7. Rajasthan was divided into many princely states during British rule, was it difficult to mould all of them into one state?

M2

8. Compare the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

9. Suppose all the historical buildings in Jodhpur are destroyed or dilapidated, as DM what steps will you take to rebuild them?

10. If you are posted in Madhya Pradesh as forest officer, how will you argue your case with Gujarat Govt. to convince them to relocate some of the lions?

M3 (Lady Member)

11. What is the difference between Jauhar and Sati?

12. How will you ensure that the condition of women improve in Rajasthan?

M4

13. With the recent elections, what changes are likely to be there in Rajasthan?

14. There is deforestation happening everywhere, what measures can be taken to compensate for loss of tree?

Do not remember some questions.

17th Jan; Afternoon

Suman Sharma Ma'am

Duration: 25-30 mins

DAF keywords: Electrical Engg, Gadget related, Mentor at a Civil Service Institute

Chair: 

*Opening Qs - You're a mentor, are you happy to be here?

*Winter session - how many bills were passed ( i didn't know exactly, took a guess)

*Tell me major bills passed

*Changes in BNS, Telecom Act( specific about spectrum sales)

*Doctors happy about BNS but truck drivers protested. Why?

*Changed topic - G20 - major outcomes - I started with broad changes but asked to be specific.

*How many members in G20

*IMEC - Explain, who is it against, prospects

M1 - specific about Electrical Engg

*First asked difference between 2 concepts - I don't remember

*Smart grid and Meters

*Long monologue on Power grid - how to balance generation and load

*Power factor, reactive power

Few more cross questions on electrical - can't recall now

*Kerala - people contribute to countries worldwide but not in own state - opinion (had a smile on his face)

M2 - case studies

*Long monologue on industrial location and pollution etc - if I have the power to rearrange the industries, would I? If yes, which and pros? If no, cons. (Bit of a confusion for myself) - some follow up Qs

*Police reforms - followup Qs- technical solutions from my side

*AI - how to balance the job loss and need for technological advancements?

M3 - lady member

*Parambikulam - speciality, flora and fauna found

*Follow up - specific tree awarded some recognition

*Long monologue on something and sudden switch over to wearable devices

*How they are used in health

*Smart ring - use for the people

*Not affordable for all - what can be done?

M4 - difficult to make out the question. Had to repeatedly ask to explain again

*Issues in Europe

*Issues in France related to terrorism

*Some Qs related to Britain - couldn't make out clearly

*INDIA USA CHINA RUSSIA - relations in near future

*USA and china - will they grow in trade? Explain?

I thought Ma'am would ask something, but she said thank you, the interview is over.

Board was “Cordial”. More like conversation at times.

Date: 08/01/24, Afternoon: last candidate;

Board: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla Sir;

Optional: Philosophy;

DAF keywords: Reading and writing on spiritual enquiries, IT engg;

Chairman: Basic questions on graduation and job experience

M1:

1. Technologies which have mass reach

2. UPI work on which tech?

3. eKYC process and necessity of establishing authenticity of individuals.

4. What is the fiscal deficit?

5. What are the targets set for fiscal deficit?

6. Why do we at all need to set fiscal deficit targets when parliament can pass a law to borrow any amount?

M2

1. spirituality vs religion

2. Rise of spiritual godmen and connected it with spiritual tourism

M3:

1. Haiku poetry from Japan

2. Shared her experience of Japan : kindness zone in administration..

3. Utility of philosophy and spirituality in administration

4. How will you punish someone who is wrong? Is it not contradictory to the idea of compassion and kindness?

5. Philosophy and constitution linkages

6. Since when you are writing, where do you write and what is the purpose?

7. Do you discuss your ideas in writing with people?

8. Indore: what's so good about Indore?

9. Tourism potential in Indore.

M4:

1. IT in administration

2. Challenges in civil services

3. How will you proceed in addressing education and health issues in a specific region?

4. What new change will you bring in administration?

Chairman:

1. NSO report on Indian economy and India's economy status and reasons for its high projections.

2. What is the reason for India's good economy amidst the global economic slowdown?

3. Then he said, do you think the core reason behind India's resiliency is that it didn't give direct monetary transfer in covid period?

4. If India's economy is so good, why do we still give food to 80 crore people?

RN Choubey Sir board

January 18, 2024

RBI, Commerce, Vedas, Telangana

Chairman:

Please feel comfortable. We just want to talk to you and know about you.

-Tell us about your academic and professional background.

-Are you sure you want to join Civil services? (Given that I am already working)

-Lets talk about SEBI... Tell me an area where SEBI has failed?

-Do you think SEBI is a robust regulator?

- How will you explain the Hidenburg business model to a layman? Let me give you a hint... About short selling?

- Do you think short selling must be permitted in India?

- How do you explain to a layman as to why stock prices that are normal today shoot through the roof suddenly tomorrow?

M1:

- What is letter of credit?

- What are tariff and non tariff barriers?

- What is Anti dumping duty and who levies it?

- What are the 4Ps of marketing?

M2:

- You said you worked on a education project? What was that about?

- I will tell you a statement: "Machines can think but the question is whether men will do." What is the context of this statement and what does it mean according to you?

- What is quishing, phishing, smishing?

- What is misinformation, disinformation and malinformation?

- Situation based question on law and order issue. What would you do?

M3:

- How many Vedas are there? Which is the oldest veda? (My interest)

- What is the origin of the Vedas and which is the oldest Veda?

- When was rig veda documented?

- Tell me what is bhadrachalam famous for? Whom did Rama meet in that region?

- Lord Krishna in the Gita says among the vedas, he is one particular veda. What is that veda?

- What is revenue? What are the various ways sources? What is the share between direct and indirect taxes? What are the various taxes collected by govt? For what is it used?

M4:

- It seems like everyone is bombing everyone... What is happening with Iran and Pakistan?

- Was it a Sunni group or Salafist Sunni group?

- Where do you think this entire crisis is headed?

- Who do you think are actually benefitting from these multiple crises across the globe?

- What are the other hanging swords where conflict can break out?

- So with this Korea, Taiwan and Pakistan issue, who is ultimately the target? I told India and Indian Ocean region, he said it's China and Russia

- Given that stock markets crashed yesterday, financial instability is there. Do you think we are staring at a repeat of Global Financial Crisis?

Chairman

We have asked you what we wanted to. Do you want us to ask anything more which we might not have covered?

I told Sir that you have covered all aspects of my education, professional background and my interests. I am very satisfied.

Nice interacting with you.

Thank you.

Date - 19 january forenoon

Board - Chaube sir

Optional - history

DAF Keywords -  history, alwar, rajasthan, poetry, mandala artwork

Chairman - be comfortable..

1. As a history student, how do you see rewriting of history?

2. Who should write history ? Who should decide that.

M1 (female)

1. What is mandala?

2. Why it's being performed ?

3. What is pm poshan scheme?

4. What is nipun Bharat?

5. What do you mean by competency?

6. in rural areas, which are the govt officials which work at ground level?

M2

1. What is ayushman Bharat scheme?

2. What is bhamaashah scheme ?

3. What are the difference between these 2 scheme ?

4. How many new districts are added in rajasthan recently?

5. Out of alwar, how many districts are being made ?

6. What is the status of industries in alwar ?

7.which are the major ones ?

8. In bhiwadi, which ones? Is gillete guard co there?

M3

1. China is building developmental activites near border area, how do you see that?

2. Should india also build and take development activites in our region? Should we relocate people in there ?

3. There has been demographic invasion in india from nearby regions? Who are these people?

4. Should india allow such immigrations? Should we continue accepting them

5. There has been protest regarding CAA? should india continue with this.

M4

1. Tell me is corruption increasing or decreasing?

2. What are the measures govt is taking to control or curb corruption ?

3. How govt regulates private companies corruption?

4. Recent company which was in news for corruption?

5. Which is the cheapest mode of transportation ?

6.arrange in order of increasing cost of transportation.

7. Why are we not being able to use water transport that efficiently?

8. how can we increase our linkage?

9. What are the technology we can deploy to do that

10. Tell me something about the aviation sector. How is that doing?

Date and session of interview- 19th January, 2024, Afternoon session

Board- R N Chaubey sir

DAF keywords: Assam, ONGC petro additions limited, Dahej-Gujarat, American Crime Drama TV series, Blitz Chess, Badminton, Mechanical Engineering

Optional- Mathematics

Chairman: Usual pleasantries by sir.

1. Tell us about your educational background and work experience.

2. Why did you leave your job?

3. Let us talk about Finance Commission. What is Finance Commission?

4. I am proposing an alternate mechanism. If states are given the power of taxation, say service tax, then there is no need for the Finance Commission to exist. What do you have to say about that?

5. Tax devolution to states- need based instead of making it performance based. Doesn't it disincentivise the states which are performing well?

M1:

1. NSCN( IM) signed a framework agreement with Govt 7-8 years back. Still there is no progress on the peace accord. The NSCN( IM) members are still collecting illegal taxes from the people and the government servants there. What is the way out here?

2. You know the conflict in Manipur. Organisations like NAMTA( North American Manipur Tribal Association) are appealing with the US, EU, UN about the violation of human rights by Indian State. Do you think US, UN, EU etc will intervene? What should we do if they intervene?

3. You have this hobby of watching American Crime Drama TV series. What do you like about this? Are these true stories?

4. What series specifically?

- I said the Wire and mentioned the city of Baltimore. Hearing this, Chairman Sir intervened and jumped into the conversation.

Chairman:

1. What is this series?

2. What is it about?

- So I talked about the intersectionality of the crime problem and the drug economy there, and the role of administration,police, education system, media etc.

Sir commented- "Then I will have to watch this." Apparently someone from his family lives in Baltimore😂

I added- "Sir it was a story from 20 years back."

M2:

1. ONGC petro additions limited- Is it a subsidiary or a JV?

2. There are lot of other industries in Dahej area. What are those?

3.  Reliance Dahej manufuctures a commodity which it exports to other countries? Do you know about it?

4. There is a port in Dahej. Do you know about it?

5. Monologue about the economy of Northeast. And then he asked me to do a SWOT analysis on North East.

6. Uranium is also found in North East. You missed that. Where is it found?

M3( Lady Member):

1. So in the context of your hobby of Crime Drama in the US, what are the differences do you observe between the security apparatus in the US and here?

2. I will give you a statement and you have to give your opinion. "Demography has absolutely no role to play in the growth of the economy of a nation."

3. What are the skills that will make the workers future proof?

4. What is the difference between 4th and 5th industrial revolution?

M4:

1. Tell me about the tea industry of Assam. What is the current status.

2. Which tea variety has the GI tag?

3.  What are the national parks in Assam? Tell me the names.

4. Which national parks have rhinos?- Here Chaubey sir interrupted and told the member that let's not go to areas out of comfort zone. So I didn't get to answer this question.

Chairman:

Is there anything on your DAF which you think we missed and you want us to discuss. (I  said No sir and thanked them.) Your interview is over. Thank you.

Assessment of Board: Cordial Board.

Utility of Mocks : I gave mocks only at Samkalp, Chanakya Mandal and Vajirao & Reddy and they are all very encouraging and motivating people.