Interview Transcripts of CSE/IFoS 2023

30 January

Chair- Dr. Dinesh Dasa

Afternoon session (5th second last)

Hindi medium

Key terms - hindi literature, satna, MP, civil engineering, knowledge sharing, cricket, missionary school

Chair-

1)Introduce yourself

2) 3 revolutions of the 18th century in Europe and impact on Indian society.

I said "I am not able recall much points right now" then sir said why do students say that they are not able to recall? What is the difference between not knowing and not being able to recall?

3)Why is Pakistan so vulnerable ? What should india learn from this?

4) Net neutrality

5) Civil servants activism and it's impact on their neutrality

6) why is the  preamble of the Indian constitution called an identity card.

M1

1) Green cover Target and how much area is needed for this?

2) how to achieve this forest cover Target amid the budget constraints. I said -  through agro forestry, social forestry then they asked Why don't farmers grow trees in their fields? What obstacles do they face in cutting trees?

M2

1)Smart cities  in MP

2) Is indore a smart city?

3)Solar Power plant in MP, anything special about the Rewa  power plant?

4)missionary school and role in education and controversies.

5) Indian government debt? Is this at a high risk zone? Despite the interest burden of these debts, shouldn't we reduce our debt burden?

M3

1)What is the Prevention of Corruption Act ?

2)Should Petty crime be punished ?

3)RTI - subjects of exceptions

4) would you Share all the information with the public?

5) do you know (some writers names)

6) what recently have you read ?

M4

1) in today's world everyone shares some knowledge .how could   "knowledge sharing" be A hobby?

2) from where you get news and information. do you follow any YouTube channel? What impact does it have on you?

3). Any case of election manipulation through social media. How to prevent the harmful impact of social media on elections?

Chair again -

1) Why do you choose hindi literature as an optional subject ?

2)Current trends in Hindi literature

Interview is over

Duration - 25-30 minutes

Mocks - ZFI, sankalp, GS score, Vajirao & Reddy, ojaank ias

Date - 31/01/24

Board- Dinesh Dasa sir( Morning-1st person to go)

Duration- Approx 30min

DAF - B.A(Economics, political science), Andhrapradesh, Anthropology (optional)

Chairman- Read out loud DAF

1.Difference between sociology and sociocultural anthropology

2. Question on development in one particular city and discussion into Decentralization (3 capitals) for 5-6 mins (All members got involved)

3. Why given many attempts at such young age?

4..If you can choose one district as DM what will it be? And 3 major things you will do there?

5. Give anthropological perspective w.r.t  Caste system?

6. Why present generation does not own house/car rather than relying more on renting?

Member-1(Lady) :

1.What is use of Supercity(I mentioned in earlier answer)

2. Where quality of life is better? Supercities Or Tier 2,3 cities?Give an anthropological perspective.

3.What is a smart city? (I mentioned in earlier answer)

4.Pros and cons of coming to delhi from andhra pradesh?

Member-2 :

1. Why you chose anthropology and not economics/political science (My graduation subjects)

Chairman intervened in between and said to give honest answer and gave hypothetical scenario of me being a chairman to choose between two candidates for why IAS- To serve people/Good career option.

2. Long question on importance of supply chain and it's importance?

Chairman intervened in between and asked if I wanted to have samosa

3. What is Gati shakti?

Member-3 :

1. Quote of Dr. Ambedkar w.r.t Importance of reading books and my opinion on it?

2. Veg and Non-veg controversy, my opinion on it?

3. Association of caste and occupation w.r.t Veg and Non-veg?

4. Opinion on Cow Slaughter Ban?

Member-4

1. Why low private consumption from Middle class after Covid?

2. Solutions to enhance their consumption?

3. Usage of DBT?

Chairman asked did they covered all aspects and should they ask anything.

Overall Board was very jovial and happened like a discussion.

Date: 2 Feb 2024

Rajasthan, Hindi Medium, Hindi Literature optional

Board: Dasa Sir

Afternoon, 4th to go

Duration: around 25 minutes

Relevant DAF keywords: Jalore, Jodhpur, Assam, Non-fiction

Chair:

Read out DAF pointers

1. Where is Jalore?

2. What is Marwar's history?

3. What are you doing these days?

M1

1. In economy, what is productivity?

2. How did China grow so fast?

3. Working hours a week more in China? (Chairperson intervened to add context of Shri N. Murty's suggestion of 70 hours work week)

4. Regional disparity in development, why eastern India remains backward?

M2

1. Assam, two valleys?

2. Reasons for demand of people in Barak valley for separate state?

3. What is innovation? Define it.

4. Reading non-fiction? What books? (Chairperson heard the name and brought out the book right then, asked 3 questions chapter-wise!! Perhaps couldn't answer to his satisfaction because he said to reread it when I was leaving)

5. Which is better? Fiction or non-fiction? For creativity and ideas?

M3 (Lady member)

Read out hobbies section (Column 7 of DAF2)

1. What do you do in domestic chores? ( DAF)

2 . Isn't that women's job?

3. Why international tourists don't come to India more? What can we do? Isn't Incredible India there?

4. What will you do as DM Jodhpur to ensure foreign tourists go from here with memorable experience?

M4

1. One nation one election, advantages and disadvantages?

2. What is problem with conducting elections every 2.5 years? (Chair chipped in with a couple of cross questions, could not make out the final one, said sorry)

3. Padmavat controversy? (5 year old issue) Violation of freedom of expression? Is CBFC at fault?

4. What nature documentaries do you watch? What did you get out of those? (DAF)

Not able to recall some other questions.

Overall cordial board. No grilling as such. No questions from optional, graduation, work ex and interim budget!!

You can't predict what direction will it go.

Mocks: Next, Vajirao, Drishti, Samkalp, Raj Malhotra. Helped in rectifying some obvious lacunae.

Board : Shukla sir

Interview date : 1/02/2024 afternoon 4th to go

Hindi medium

Approx time: 28-30 minutes

DAF keywords ( question asked) :  senior Individuals, MNNIT, Allahabad, Rajasthan, computer science, Philosophy, work experience

I entered in the room and greeted them.. chairman sir didn't ask me to sit.. ma'am ne kaha ki baith jaiye..  tab main baith gaya.

Chairman: ( poker face)

1. aap senior individuals se kya baat karte ho

2. Kya milta hain unse baat karke

3. Kya social media ka foreign policy me role hona chahiye ya phir Delhi me baithe 5-6 logo ka

4. Jaishankar sir ne kaha ki foreign policy Delhi se nikal kar ab other cities me bhi ja rahi hain. Haal me G20 me dekha Gaya tha... Joki achha hain.. kya aap isase sahmat hain

5. Agniveer scheme ke bare me kya ray hain achhi scheme hain ya nhi. Agar hain to kaise achhi scheme hain

6. Achhi hain to protest kyun ho rahe the

7. Reservation to pahle se planned tha

8. Popular Control or critical control which one will you choose

Member 1. ( Asked questions in English only)

1. What are top problems for senior citizens.

2. Casteism, don't you think it is not reducing

3. How it can be reduced ( chairman went outside and came in few minutes)

4. Singapore has a system where societies are place of intermingle for different background people. Can it done in India also like in DDA

5. What can reduce casteism

6. Don't you think Directive principles should be pasted in govt offices. We aren't doing enough for implementation of Directive principles, are we?

7. What can be done to implement directive principles more.

Not able to recall few questions.

Member 2.

1. Bhartiya Darshan kaise mahan hain

2. Philosophy me vaad vivad matavpuran hain abhi Aisa nhi dikhai deta.. contemporary time me aapko kya lagta hain vad vivad Kam hua hain.

3. Ok main ek quote bolta hun aap uska aap batana aap usase sahmat ho ya nhi. " Loyalty to the country but loyalty to the government only if it deserves"

4. Kal ko aap civil servant banoge to government ko support nhi karoge

Member 3 ( ma'am )

1. Aapne Bhartiya Darshan ko to mahan bana Diya chaliye ab bataiye ki

Aapki company smart meter banati hogi kya use hain smart meter ka

2. gender budgeting kya hain

3. Abhi to third gender bhi aa gaya hain iske liye kanun bhi bana hain isme kya kiya gaya hain

4. Aapke Rajasthan me purane time se makan wagerah is tarah Bane hain ki unme temprature control hain wo kaise hain ( maine traditional kachhe makan ka kaha )

5. Wo urban me possible nhi aur kya bana hua hain.... Hawamahal ke bare me jante ho usme kya hain

6. Kya ise mandatory kiya Jana chahiye... Assume aapko policy banani hain sustainable housing ke liye to kya kya karoge usme

7. Rajasthan me solar ka kya capacity hain

8. Installed capacity nhi potential capacity kitani hain ( I Said sorry ma'am )

9. Aapko nhi lagta aapne safe job chhodkar bilkul alag field me aa rahe hain.. aapne job kyun chhodi

Member 4 ( smiled a bit )

1. Aap allahabad me college karne ke liye gaye ya usase pahle bhi Gaye the

2. Allahabad me kya kya dekha aapne

3. Allahabad fort me kya hain

4. Mnnit allahabad to kaafi famous college hain waha ke kuch alumni jo abhi achhi posts par ho ( I said sorry sir kaafi lamba time ho gaya to abhi yaad nhi )

5. Aapke seniors jo abhi achhi post par ho koi ( said sorry )

6. Aapko passout kiya kaafi time ho gaya abhi to computer science me kuch new technologies aagayi jo aapko nhi padhai hogi aapko unki jankari kaise hogi

7. Mera question yeh tha ki new technologies ki jankari kaise di ja sakti hain.

Member 4 said Ok complete hua

Chairman sir ne kuch nhi kaha same poker face and using phone .. I waited few seconds then I said thank you to all individual members and chairman sir they said welcome.

Mock utility: good for confidence building

Attended 7 mocks. But none was at par with real interview. Interview was in very serious mode.

01/02/2024

B B swain sir

Afternoon, second to go

Daf pointers - computer science, resignation from assistant commandant, watching stand-up comedy, Hindi medium, Hindi literature optional..

Chairman sir

1. Why resigned?

2. Apko aesa nhi lagta ki aapne jyada bda risk leliya hai?

3.anubhav singh Bassi ki UPSC wali comedy btakar jor jor se hsne lge aur fir mujhse poocha ki aapne dekhi hai wo?

4 . Why Hindi literature after computer science?

M1 lady

1. Unhone btaya ki wo bhi stand up comedy dekhti hai. Fir chairman sir aur lady member anubhav Bassi wali comedy ki yad krke hsne lage

2 . Your favourite stand-up comedians.

3. Crowd work in comedy?

4 . What makes you angry?

5. India m aged people ka percentage bdh raha hai kya police plan ki jaye?

M2

1. Hasne hasane k alva comedy ke other uses bhi hai?

2. DM rhte huye kese use kr skte ho apne area Mai bina famous comedians ko bulaye?

3. What are your values ?

4. What values you will expect from your sub ordinates?

5. Xinziang Mai china human rights violation krta hai but no international pressure. Why?

6. China ki tiger face and snake tail policy?

M3.

1. India vs Maldives relationship issues? What to do?

2 we helped Sri Lanka. Kyo krni pdi thi help?

3. Sri Lanka ki aur kya help kr skte hai.

4.computer science me career kyu nhi socha?

5. Hindi literature optional kyu ? ( Question repeated, chairman sir puchh chuke the)

M4

1. Freebies vs essential subsidy?

2 . Unhone bahut lmba smjhaya fir bahut si subsidy k example diye fir poocha kise freebies ya non merit subsidy mante ho?

3. Why India so interested in middle East?

4. Why France is important for India. Why India is taking interest in France.

Chairman.

Thanks..

May I go now sir?

Muskura k bole bethna ho to btao,

Mene hskr kaha no thanks.

Sb muskurane lge Mai thanks bolke agya

02 February 2024

Hindi Medium(हिंदीमाध्यम)

Hardoi, UP

First Attempt

Graduation - BA

CAPF AC

HINDI LITERATURE

AGRICULTURE

Afternoon, 4th to go

BOARD - B B Swain Sir

Chairman

Aap CAPF me select ho chuke hain ye main kaise janta hun?

Ye AC(GD) me GD kya hai ?

Member 2  (lady member)

1. Aapka optional hindi literature hai ?

2. GOVERNMENT Sanskrit ko kyo badhava de rahi hai?

3. Sanskrit aaj kaise aur kyon useful hai?

4. Apko Sankrit aati hai ?

5. Bachchon ko 21st century ke liye kaisi education provide karani chahiye?

6. Unhe Practical knowledge kaise Di jaaye?

7. Women's reservation in panchayats?

8. Benefits?

( Counter questions)

9. Vivekananda ki ideology kya hai?

10 . Aapko kaise prabhavit Kiya ?

Member 3

1. India ki geographical location use kaise IR me madad karti hai.

2. Bab Al mandeb ki geopolitical importance

3. Bab Al mandeb ki geographical location.

4. E NAM ko kaise badhaya jaaye?

5. E Nam ke challenges?

6. PM KISAN samman nidhi ke beneficiaries ka kaise pta karoge?

7. As a Collector PM kisan jinhe nhi mili hai unka kaise pta lagaoge ?

Member 4

1. Hardoi ke baare me batayen?

2. HARDOI me industries?

3. Suiz Canal jaisi ek aur kaun si canal hai ?

4. Kya problems aa rahi hain usme?

5. SSB , ITBP , BSF ko alag alag kyon karke rakha hai , unhe milakar kyon nhi ek hi force bna deni chahiye?

6. Army bhi to sab kahin movement kar sakti hai.

Member 5

1. UP me itni jyada nakal(cheating) kyon hoti hai ?

2. Nakal rokne ke liye kya karoge ?

3. Government steps leti hai nakal rokne ka to uska itna jyada virodh kyon hota hai?

4. Health issues in your areas?

5. Ayushman card ?

6. Kisi ne labh liya uska apke parichit me?

Baki bhool gaya hun .

(Hanste khilkhilate log hain bus hamko bhi hasne ka mauka den )

Hoping just like i gained from many Toppers Talks freely available, I can also help others through this 

little effort.

Date of interview: 31/01/2024

Interview board: B B Swain Sir

Daf pointers: Porbandar, Gujarat, Civil Engineering, Horse Riding

Interview transcript:

Chairman

1. Relation of Lord Krishna & Porbandar

2. Significance of Sudamaji

3. Madhavpur Mela

M1

1. Gujarat is behind in sport. Which sports you would like to promote.

2. This sport can not be included in Asian game give example of sports that can be included in Asian game and you would like to promote.

3. Individual Sports

4. What thing make diamond of Surat precious.

M2

1. Why Gujarati community is ahead in business.

2. What is Gujarat model of development.

3. You also worked as contractor. Where? What new thing you did as contractor.

4. You follow latest developments in Pakistan. Recent developments?

M3

1. New types of concrete other than RCC.

2. Today we see the structure built with new material other than traditional concrete and steel. Give me example of new material.

3. Different type of reinforcement.

4. What gait of horse riding you ride.

5. Tell about Arabian breed of horse.

M4

1. Who is behind unity & integrity of India.

2. Benefits of Large State and Small State.

3. Tell me about Gujarati Bhavai.

4. Why Civil Service.

Some questions I am unable to recall.

Your assessment of the board : Chairman sir busy with calculator.

Your performance: No Idea

DAF political science graduate from DU hindi optional cricket novels webseries youth Parliament chitrakoot UP

2 feb 2024

B B Swain sir

Chair

Your fav novels ..he talked about one then passed it to members

M1

Sublanguages of hindi

Bhakti literature poets from all over India

Compare kabir and tulsi

Why students remember kabir tulsi more than modern Era poets

How will you promote Indian languages

M2

Evolution of hindi language

Why govt is doing effort for sanskrit language revival

Fame subsidy

Paytm ban reason

Kuch m bhool gaya

M3

Which historical figure has influenced you enough

Everyone says gandhi but no one follow him

Asked about my district chitrakoot

Asked it'd present development

What up govt is doing now that enabled them to secure top 2 economy of India

Forgetting some questions sb kahan hi yaad rehta hai

M4

UP film city what needs to be done Why up govt is doing this

Where bollywood helped us in soft power

What changes will you make in July budget ..long discussion

Is it good that we are sending workers in Israel

Places of worship act 1991

Assessment it was organic felt like conversation yeah they put some pressure but it was manageable

No changes in face expression

Hoping to get what I deserve

Mocks helped : next ias vision ias chankya mandal vajirao unaccedemy

Avoid : Drishti ias if you've extra money to buy a new tie then go for it

Board -Dasa sir

Interview date -02/02/24 morning sift 1st candidate

Daf keywords - Guna MP, Hindi lit,MITS(M=Madhavrao Scindia) GWALIOR , Computer science and engg., IRS(IT)

Hindi medium for interview

Questions

Chairman sir

अच्छेतोहोगेहीतुम।

बैठोबैठो।

Read DAF

1. To aap abhi service m ho to fir attempt kyo

2. Ye dm ko collector kyo kehte hai

3. Ye ab bhi ye revenue collection krta hai

1.Guna and gwalior mai kya relation hai

2 Ye jo Madhav nam ha aapke college m yeसिंधियाparivar se related hai(yes and college is related withसिंधियाsociety)

3. Kya Scindhia school bhi yhi chlate hai

4. Ye Scindhia kon hai?

5. Ye maharaja or baki sb raja kyo hai

6. Holkar ka area kon sa tha

7. Marathon kउत्कर्षऔरअवसानकेकारण

8. Civil services mai kya problem hai

9. Civil servants ko kiske liye answerable hona chaiye

10. Govt k prti hona chaiye ya constitution k prti

11. Aaj kl civil servants kiske prti answerable hai

12.  Budget mai comprehensive growth word use hua hai to define kro usko( exactly jo budget speech m bola h bhi btao brna rehne do I said sorry sir mujhe iske bare m shi se jankari nhi hai)

13. Executive kitni independent hai or kese hai

Member 1

1. Marathon ki niti shi nhi thi apne aas paas lootमचातेरहतेथेतोक्यासोचनाहैइसकाआपकेबारेमैं

2.अगरभारतमेंमराठेबनेरहतेतोअंग्रेजठीकरहतेयामराठा

3. Central India k underdeveloped pocket kon se hai

4. Ye sb to marathao k under hi the

5. Budget mai expenditures k kuch points bta do

6. Cooperative or SHG m kya difference h and kya similarity hai

7. Cooperative m kya problems hai (ans m bol dia tha ek pointराजनीतीकरणहोरहाहै)

8.  Chairman aa gye ye rajniti se dikkat kya hai Pura desh to bhi chla rhe hai fir bhi unko lekr presan hote hai sb to smjhane lge esa kyo h m bhi ha krta gya

Member 2

1 Energy independent hone k liye india m kon kon si scheme chl rhi hai

2. Kya ujjwala ko bhi count kroge isme

3. Renewal energy m kya kya ho rha hai

4. Solar abhi tk kitni established ho chuki hai(i said sir mujhe iske bare m shi se jankari nhi hai)

Member 3

1. Post office humare sbसुविधादेrhe hai fir bhi pvt sector pr viswas bdta ja rha h logo ka to kya problems h post office k sath

2.  Inka solutions

3.  Quantum computing kya hai

4. Entanglement and super position?

5. Why Quantum is good

6. Fir deep m jane lge to( mene bola sorry sir iske bare m mujhe shi se jankari nhi hai )

Then one member said ki chlo sir km se km esa baacha to mila jo bol rha recall nhi ho rha ki jgha bol rha ise pta nhi hai

Member 4 (lady member)

1. Civil services m jo elitism hai to man lo aap DM ho district k to kya kroge(1 option i said night stay in villages)

Fir koi member

(Ye sb logo ko gao m rat he kyo guzarna hai din kyo nhi )

Ma'am k face pr smile nhi aai

2. Man lo aap dm ho or aapka subordinate corruption kr rha or aapko ek letter milta hai bina nam ka to fir kya kroge(file mnga k check kr lenge ki bhyi kam kyo nhi ho rha)

3. Nhi bo kam to kr rha pr kam krne k he paise le rha hai

4. Grievance redressal mechanism kya hai

5. Iska kese use kroge is problem mai

6. Corruption se related kon sa act hai

7. Is act k hisab se aap kya kroge

8.  Kya information dena compulsory hai

9. Kya mp m cm helpline pr kam ho jata hai?

Experience - last year satyavati ma'am board and afternoon m 1st tha

Us experience ka bilkul opposite

Bde room ki jgha is bar Chota room(samkalp mock doge to pta chl jaega)

Khane k bad sone koआतुरलोगोकीjgha is bar

Fresh face

Andhre type k room ki jgha light se bhra hua room

Makrs mil jae to bhole baba ki kripa  or na mile to unki iccha🙏

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Date 02/2/24 forenoon

Board Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla Sir

Time Approx 30 to 35 minutes

daf based discussion and opinion based.

keywords in DAF- Revenue officer in Bihar,Nalanda,cooking,Maglev.

Chairman sir-

1. You have done masters in socio,ok..Are you working?

2. You belong to nalanda,tell me about nalanda University and the new one?How is it doing?Can it achieve the legacy and reach of ancient nalanda University?? What it takes to become an institution of that stature?

2. Who is the chairman of Nalanda University? & He recently got a new job in his hand?

3. What about student politics in universities? What's ur opinion on that?

4. Why universities across the world are seeing a rebellious attitude in its students?

5.Are you aware of these kind of happenings in Harvard and Oxford University?

6. What do you think why intellectuals are not getting that much of respect today which they used to get earlier?

7.We have had leaders like Zakir Hussain and other educationists,what happened in between that we lost the track,Why we don't get to see those kind of leaders today?

M1.

1.Tell me about Bihar's RTPS service?it started very well, Why it succeeded in bihar and not in other states?

2.Then why in past few years,it is not doing that good? What went wrong?

3.why panchayati raj system there is not working that effectively?

Why govt's has not devolved more  power to it? What needs to be done?

4.We have heard about panchayat sarkar bhawan?Why they are so low in numbers in bihar? & How it's functioning now? Is this really working or they are just another govt. buildings?

5.what about jeevika mission? Why this jeevika mission particularly succeeded in a state like bihar and other SHG- related efforts have not worked well earlier?

6.Do u really think good officers can make an impact(as I have mentioned Rahul Kumar sir,IAS,Mission director of Jeevika in Bihar).

What values of a CS is required especially in a state like bihar?

M2.

1.what is all included in land records? tell me about land record digitization efforts? Has it really helped in reducing the land related disputes?

2. Land records were in good shape right from Gupta's to even medieval india? What has happened after that? Why land records in bihar is in bad condition?

3.what led to this? While u have states like UP,RJ where land records are not in that bad conditions?

4.if it's about Permanent settlement,then it should have happened in areas of mahalwari and ryotwari as well?

How digitization will help in correcting those mistakes?

As you have mentioned cooking as one of your hobbies,any local cuisine that u make? Apart from litti and chhokha? Do you know about Dhuska?tell me the recipe?

M3(lady)

1. Since you have been working for more than 2 years in GOB,Tell me one proud moment of your service where you have done something about which you feel really good?

2. What's the criteria?How do you actually cross check and verify those eligibles? and make sure that  they are not illegal immigrants otherwise it may lead to a demographic issue.

3.how many families have been benefitted? How many more are to be given?

4. Are you aware of the fact that in many states, properties that are being gifted to women do not charge registry fee?is there any similar provisions in bihar?

M4.

1. You have done graduation in 2016,and then PG in 2019-20 from IGNOU.plz clarify this to me what were u doing in between? Why did you opted for MA in socio esp when you have done graduation in Mechanical engineering?

2.What is maglev?Name few countries that have been successfully running Magnetic levitation trains?

3.What's the technology behind this maglev? How it runs?

4.Don't u think they are far ahead of us? Have we missed the bus?

5.And when will we able to travel in those kind of HSRs or will it remain a day dream?

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6.Do we have that much of resources?Do we really need bullet trains? considering the socio economic conditions?

7.What do u think about freedom of press in India? On one hand India is ranked so low in Press freedom index,on another hand we see in our news channels that people are saying anything about anyone?

8.Earlier we used to see news anchors presenting news calmly based on facts, Today we see anchors are shouting,creating sensationalism.What went wrong?

How to control it? But if govt starts controlling it then people will say that govt is putting restrictions on free media. What's ur take?

Board was very cordial.

O2O-

Edsaarthi Utkarsh sir and Bassi sir(Next IAS)

Mock-

Next IAS,PWOnlyIAS and two mocks at Hamdard study circle.

All were good especially the one on one session with utkarsh sir.

Date - 05/02/24

Forenoon Session (9AM - 1PM)

Panel - B B Swain Sir

Optional - PSIR

Service Preference - IFS

Keywords - Reading Culture, Social Media, ASER Report, Peshwa History, Chess,  I2U2, Fiscal Target, Corruption, World Wars, Asymmetric Warfare, Hybrid warfare, Viral Rumours

Chairperson - What do you exactly mean by 'fostering the culture of avid reading' (DAF Entry)

Member 1

- Does the Govt have enough presence on social media?

- Are govt initiatives enough?

- What are social media platforms on which the govt lacks presence?

Member 2

- ASER Report, What should be done as DM?

- Rise & Fall of Peshwas,

- Peshwas before Bajirao and Balaji Vishwanath.

- What's I2U2 Grouping?

- Why is Saudi not a member?

- Current Indian Chess Players.

- Praggananda vs which player?

- Latest Fiscal Deficit Targets

- When it was the highest & why?

Member 3

(Long monologue about Corruption Index)

- Why is India ranked lower?

- Causes for corruption in india

- What would you do about it in your office?

- Similarities between WW 1 and 2

- Name of the groupings/axis

Member 4

- Scenario about viral rumours regarding poisoning of Wells in your area, the mob is outside of your office, your course of action using social media..

- What's Hybrid Warfare, Asymmetric warfare...

The board was cordial and attentive.

There were a lot of situation based questions and sub questions.

Date-31/01/2024

BOARD-Dinesh Dasa sir

Key words-GST History optional AP movies banking

Chairman sir

1.Should alcohol be included in GST

2.why parties asked for introducing GST as finance bill vis a vis money bill?

3.what is Delimitation

4.Is there any issue with delimitation in future

5.solution for above problem

6.impact of world war 2 on Indian freedom struggle

M2

1.What is National agri marketing

2.is it working?issues

3.why ap has large shrimp production?Shrimp exports and domestic market percentage in ap?

4.land revenue policy and issues with respect to ap

5.as a DM how would u improve land revenue

M3

1.Tell me schemes related to Credit for vulnerable sections

2.Jan dhan account limit should we rise?

2.Rise of Bad loans in unsecured loans

3.rbi guidelines on above

4.is cloning necessary in humans?

M4

1.which movies u watch?

2.why from South India movie stars enter politics?

3.who wil be most likely to succeed in politics

Movie stars or politicians

4.why Indian movies are not making it to Oscars

M5

1.is there possibility of ww3

2.If a fake encounter allegations are made..as a DM how wil u tackle the issue?

3.Word of the year?

Which word you will choose

From these two 1.EVM 2.Bull dozer

Why EVM?

Chairman sir -ur interview is over

Board- Swain Sir

Date- 02-02-24

Optional-Hindi Literature

DAF- Mechanical engineering, Chhattisgarh,

Cooking chhattisgarhi dishes

Chairperson-

1. Kaun kaun si dishes bnate h aap?

Member 1-

1. Kya hame PSUs ka privatisation krna chahiye?

2. Green steel kya hota h?

Member 2-

1. Kya NMDC ka privatisation krna chahiye?

2. CG me naxalism abhi tk kyu bni hui h?

3. Naxalism ke khilaf army ka prayog kyu nhi kiya ja rha?

Member 3-

1. Engineering colleges aur students bahut h, lekin skilled aur employed engineering km h kyu?

2. Apko agr education minister bna diya jaye to kya-kya steps loge?

3. Constitution me 'Budget' word h ya nhi?

4. PM aur FM ne 4 cast btaye h. inke baare me bta sakte h?

5. India-Myanmar k bich recent issue kya chal rha h?

6. kya puri border ki fencing possible h. Wha dense forest h?

7. Smart fencing kya h?

8. Kya emojis send krne se related koi rule h?

Member 4-

1. CG k baare me kuchh btaiye?

2. Apke area me MGNREGA me kya-kya changes dekhne ko milta h?

3. MGNREGA me DBT ko lekar kya problems h?

4. Pandwani k bare me btaiye?

5. Iski traning bhi hoti h kahi?

6. Kosa silk kaha-kaha hota h?

Board- shukla sir

Date -02.02.24

Keywords- sriganganagar (Raj.), customs,

Chairman-

1. Data is new oil, how?

2. Is india lack behind in data science

3. China is far ahead in data

4. Threat from data

5. It takes india 20 years to coup up with data science, what you think.

6. What is more important data or AI

Member-1

1. Customs luck behind in reforms from Income tax

2. How to use data in policy

3. Is india making data based policy.... I said  aspirantal district is area specific based on some data inuts

4. No india is not making micro level policy using data.....And long talks

Member-2

1. Difference between kinnu and malta(both types of orange)

2. Your district touch with border what kind of challenge due to it

3. Administrative difference between Raj. and Mha.

Member- 3

1. NPS vs OPS....Very long discussion on single topic.... Finally might she agreed

Member-4

1. TOR in customs and very long discussion on it.....Ends with a bit laughter.

Chairman- your interview is over. Thank you

Lt. Gr. Raj Shukla

Date 06-02-2024

DAF: hobby -Cooking Rajasthani food,Chess, Photography

NSS

MA in Urdu and Hindi, Net in Urdu and JRF in Hindi

Graduation Subject Physical Education, Sociology,Urdu

College: KMC (DU)

Rajasthan College (RU)

एकलंबेमोनोलॉगकेबाद

डिजिटलपब्लिकइन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चरकेबारेमेंप्रकाशडालनेकेलिएकहा।

प्राइवेटाइजेशनकेऊपरओपिनियनबेस्डकुछसवाल

फिरउसीपरकुछकाउंटरचलतेरहे

उसकेबादअगलेमेंबरपरट्रांसफर

M1 (All Male Mamber)

Public goods kya hote hai

Private sector ka kya role hai usme

Private sector ko kyu Samajik karya karna chahiye

Private sector ka kya role hai ,kya private sector Digital Infrastructure mei Koi help kar sakta hai

M 2

About My Graduation Subject

Related to Sports and Physical education

Kya Chess ko Physical education mei Shamil karna chahiye?

Nationalism ke bare mei pucha

Kya hota hai

Kya nationalism ke criteria hote hai koi?

Kya criteria banane ki zarurat hai?

Kya nationalism mei Duties ko add Kiya ja sakta hai?

M 3

Asked about My Hobby

Cooking Rajasthani food

Rajasthan aur delhi ke khano me kya difference hai

Rajasthani khano mein tel aur masale zyada kyu use kiye jate hai

Rajasthani khano mei sabjiya kam or sukhi cheeze jese besan aur millets ka use jyda kyu hota hai

Bharat, Bhutan aur china ke beech Doklam ko lekar kya vivad hai or Bharat isme kaha stand karta hai

NSS mei aapne kya kam kia

Kya NSS se aapne kuch badlaw kiye apne kam se

M 4

Urdu aur Hindi sahitya mei kya difference hai or kya similarity hai

Physical health jyda zaruri hai ya mental health,fir kafi counter questions chale isi par

Hindi mei aapke favourite writer kon hai

Overall Experience Badhia Tha

31 Minutes duration Bahar file pe time count karte hai uske according..

2nd Feb 2024

Chair- Dinesh Dasa Sir

Morning session ( second to go )

Hindi medium

Key terms - Philosophy, Rajasthan, electrical engineering, spiritual book reading, CBI, AAI,

Chair-

1) Introduce yourself

2) comparison of tagore and Gandhi.

3) your favourite philosophers, but no further questions were asked.

4) "one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors"- Plato. Opinion

5) people like you work for years for this exam, why young people don't go for politics (and other people in general). Politics is also for governance. What are the issues.

6) state funding of election. Should we go for it.

7) internal elections in political parties.

M1

1) what is inflation & type of inflation.

2)  how does inflation help in economic growth?

3) what is utelitarianism.

4) " good is good " bentham - what do you understand.

M2

1) there was decline of Ashokan empire due to embracing spirituality. Will practicing spiritualism impact negatively working in government.

2) maru mahotsav in Rajasthan.

3) should we codify parliamentary privileges ?

4) why new airlines fail in aviation market ?

M3

1)Why people ask for cbi investigation in a case. There is CID in state police. In CBI too, ips cadre is there, how it's functioning different from state police.

2) what are the things that can be included in education system for safety of women in Rajasthan as crime rates against women are high.

3) what will you do if you are not selected.

M4

1) difference in TADA, UAPA, PMLA.

2) why stringent provisions of bail in PMLA.

3) reverse engineering and IPR.

4) there are demands for cbi investigation in many cases.... If things go like this, the organisation will be overburdened. How cases are decided in CBI.

5) why tada was repealed.

Interview is over

Duration - 25-30 minutes

the interview was in serious discussion mode....

Date- 5 February,  2024

Borad-BB Swain sir

Keywords- anthropology, himachal, physics( no question), NSS, yoga etc

Forenoon session

Chiarperson- so you have done anthro, so tell me about some fossil sites in india( gave hint also)

->Tell me the recent ones as well

Memeber 1

->Himachal, Haryana and Punjab were once combined, what are the changes after trifurcation

->Why himachal does well on Scio economic indicators?(picked from my answer)

->Should NSS and NCC be mandatory for everyone?

->What was the work done by you as member of editorial board?

Memeber 2

->Do you think NSS has realized its full potential?

->What are the hindrances that don't let it achieve its full potential?

->Boeing aircraft deal! Why was it special and in news??

->tell me about India turkey relations.

Memeber 3

->Who were homo sapiens?

->human beings are exploiting the environment( something like that) what is the reason?

->Have you watched an Oscar winning movie related to homo sapiens?( I said no)

->gave a long monologue.

->Why anthropology isn't a popular discipline?

Member 4-

U said himachal is going to be a green state. What's the criteria for being a green state?

->Interventions and achievements of the state in green energy sector?

->Don't  you think himachal is lucky in comparison to delhi where pollution and population is more?

->Compulsory military service! Should it be there or not.

Name one country where it is compulsory.

->If you are posted in himachal what measures would you take for the apple farmers and horticulture sector?

Chairman sir- your interview is over.

Mocks- Next ias and vision ias(close to the real one)

BOARD was very cordial. Chairman sir asked only one or two questions. Other members were engaging and were reciprocating as well.

->The entire interview was DAF based, with few random current affairs questios.

Suman Sharma Board,

DAF Pointers :Haryana, Anthropology, Btech Electronics and communications Income Tax inspector, HCS executive

Chairperson :Difference between tax duty cess surcharge

You are from electronics background tell me about semiconductor

 Production in world and what india is doing

M1: What is fiscal deficit

Discussion on why govt goes for higher spending if thy dont have money

FRBM act me kya tha. Debt kitna hona chiye. NK singh panel aur FRBm me debt ke bare me kya likha hai

M2: Discussion on china Taiwan

And UN reforms

Role of un. How failed. Kya karna chiye. Regional grouping kya role play kar sakti hai

M3: Haryana history archeological sites status of women role of khap, BPBP discussion

M4: Again discussion on semiconductor , Foxconn ka founder kis country se hai

Kya india use kar rha hai raiwan ko china ke khilaf

Hum itna import kyu karte hai china se

Khud kyu nhi bna sakte

Strategic importance of  Taiwan

Discussion ok online gaming its regulation

What other countries are doing in this field

Very cordial board explained everything which i was not able to answer.  They asked a lot of questions about online gaming which was mentioned in my 2022 DAF not this year

Date - 07/02/2024

Forenoon session , 3rd to go

Board - Dinesh dasa sir

Daf keywords - bsc , cricket , movies , yoga

Duration - approx 30 mins

Chairman

1 -  you are just 23 , don't u think it's too early , aapne ghuma nhi movies nhi dekhi bas padhai ki hai ,, to aapko wapas bhej de ki delhi abhi door h ??

2 - you watch movies , here is a statement -- in a country where there are more problems and less solutions , movies that are undemocratic and far from reality perform better - what do u understand?

3 - Niti aayog recent report - 25 CR moved out of poverty , which schemes helped ?

What more needed

4 - have u heard about product reservation policy ? Do we need to reserve products for msme today ?

5-  recently prime minister said - policing should be done by DATA not DANDA , what do understand by this ?

Member - 1

1 - you have done graduation in physics, chemistry, maths but trying to be a civil servant , why ?? Do u think those who work in their field are feeling they are not contributing to society because they are not civil servants?

2 - we aspire to become a developed nation , but in developed nations civil services have less role and popularity , how we will change the perception and authority of civil services in India ?

3 - you do yoga , it is being popular in the world , but in a very narrow definition like just physical exercise, so should we be proud of it or not ? What more needed

Member -2

1- you are from mp , what are some schemes for women empowerment that can be adopted in country ?

2 - how to handle sarpanch pati phenomena in panchayats

Member - 3

1 - You play cricket - what life lessons have u learned from cricket ,, what have u learnt as a captain ?

2 - which recent movies u watched , what did u liked about them

What u learned from MAI ATAL HU

chairman intervened - how India will remember atal bihari vajpayee? Will he be remembered as politician or as a statesman ? What is the difference between politician and statesman

Member - 4

1 - cyber patrolling ?

2- do u belive in God ? Is there any proof that God exists ?

3- how many hours do u study ? What u do in remaining hours

4- do u watch movies or cricket during exam time as well ? Will you watch movie today ?

Chairman - Thank you , your interview is over

Experience - very cordial board with more opinion based and questions from my real life , felt good .

5/2/24 Forenoon

B B Swain

Tamil Nadu, Btech ECE, MA and Optional Sociology (IGNOU), Interned at AI startup, Worked at a FinTech for an year

Football, Long distance running, Watching Travel Vlogs,

Chairman

1. Tell me something special about your home district.

Member 1

1.You worked only for an year, isn't it too short?

2. Differences that you observed between private and govt sectors?

3. What govt can learn from private sector?

4. What can be done to improve tourism in India and what is govt doing?

5. Why India has low ranking in athletics and football?

6. What is a "vlog"??

Member 2

1. Are you sure India will improve ranking in football within a decade?(Based on previous answer)

2. What was the system Pakistan used to find the misfired missile from India?

3. What was that missile?

4. What are the takeaways from Gaza war?

5. Why India is so much concerned about Red Sea crisis?

6. What is "L1" in Adithya L1?

Member 4

1. Tell me about your experience in studying sociology from a distance learning programme?

2. What are the methods used in modern sociology?

3. Subaltern studies comes under Sociology or History?

4. Is it Cultural study?

5. If u are posted as a DM in the ____ dist(couldnt recollect name of the district) of UP what are the challenges you will face?

Member 5

1. What is an unicorn and what is decacorn?

2. What are the unicorns in India?

3. Recently an unicorn is facing crisis what are the reasons and what all things other startups can learn from it?

4. Consider me as an investor and pitch me a start up idea in the "Travel Vlog" domain.

5. If you are integrating AI in the start up, what are its potential?