[Official] Interview Transcripts of UPSC (CSE) 2019 - CSE & IFoS At One Place

24 feb 2020

Board-Chaubey  sir

Sports-basketball

Hobby-listening to punjabi music,drawing

Que1-brief intro of educational qualification?

2. Should India side by USA vis-a-vis rising power of China?

3. Should we do like Japan , that get dependent on USA for our security needs?

4.What is encirclement?nd how its related to BRI?

5. What India should do to counter BRI?

6.Cause behind steady tension between India and pak?

7. favourite singer?

8. Why hanumangarh is called hanumangarh?

9. Places of tourist attraction and how will you  put them on map?

10. Unfortunate incident in basketball?(kobe's death)

11. What do you do in drawing?

12. Difference between drawing and painting?

13.causes of pollution in Delhi and how to resolve them?

14. Causes of slowdown in India?

15. What is saving instinct?

(Overall the board was cordial)

Graduation: mechanical engineering(IIT ROORKEE) 

Optional: physics

Board: satyavathi

Home state: dhanbad(jharkhand) 

Hobby: jogging, quora

Other: councillor with students affairs Council

Chairman:

(She asked-is this you and then she read my biodata for the other members) 

1. what you did as a councillor? 

2. tell me your 1 contribution as a councillor

3. why do you read quora? 

4.why read physics from quora? 

5. wht is fit India movement

6. why so many people don't to any physical workout in India? 

7. wht is the reasons for diabetes and subsequent questions? 

M1: (asked most of the question from UP... But i don't have any connection with UP :P) 

1. contribution of roorkee in the field of hydrology? 

2. major crops of UP

3. Problems of sugarcane industry in UP

4. Reasons for bengal famine and year

5. Asked if I have heard about Hapur and why it is famous for? 

6. What I read in physical education course of class 12th

M2

1. Issue of railway line shift in my home town and about Jharia coal fire

2. What is energy according to you as a mechanical engineer? 

3. Can energy be destroyed? 

4. Where is the energy from tubelight in this room going....isn't it getting destroyed? 

5. Why did you switch from mechanical engineering to civil service and subsequent question on that? 

M3:( mostly factual questions) 

1. You said IIT roorkee constructed ganga canal in 1847....was it a IIT that time? ( I said sorry sir... I take my words) 

2. List the name of new IITs

3. 5 major contribution of chemistry to the humanity (my optional is physics :P) 

4. Asked about coronavirus

5. List any 5 virus related diseases

M4:

1. Number of girls in your department

2. Why such a screwed ratio

3. What you will do as as individual

4. About short service commission in Indian Army issue and supreme Court recent verdict on it.... Are you not disappointed with the delay? ( I mentioned it in my previous answer) 

Chairman:

Thank you.  Your interview is over

(Overall board was very cordial though they asked lot of factual questions to me)

Bassi sir's board.

Date : 21/02/2020

Profile - IRAS

Previous work experience - Mechanical maintenance engineer in Steel Authority of India limited; enforcement officer in EPFO.

Graduation - Mechanical engineering

Hobbies - Rapping, Basketball

Optional - Geography

Chairman -

Alok, so you have left EPFO to be an IRAS. You were in my board last year. Right? 

(He recognized me). 

Q. Basics of Accounting in layman terms. 

Q. Compare mechanical engineering profile with IRAS.

Q. If you are happy in IRAS, why are you here?

M1. (For some reason he only and only asked defence related questions.)

Q. What is NSG? What is its function?

Q. Imagine that you are commander of a navy ship. You have to detect your enemies in aerial, surface and sub surface arena. What equipments will you use?

Q. After you have detected your enemy, what weapons will you use?

Q. Principle of jet engine.

Q. What happened in Indo-sino war 1962.

What was the outcome of the war.

Q. What happened to the occupation of land by China in North East?

M2. 

Q. Tell me about the Salient features of forest rights act.

Q. Tell me some more features.

Q. What are EIA and SIA?

Q. What is DBT? Tell me a few schemes which use this.

Q. Tell me about land pooling.

M3.

Q. Tell me the origination of problems in Middle East. (talked about the three basic problems - kurds prob, Shia vs sunni, Muslims vs Jews)

Q. Don't tell me about generic problems of middle east. Tell me about the specific countries and their individual problems.

Q. What is happening in Syria?

Q. What is your assessment of Arab spring? 

Q. What about Tunisia and Egypt?

M4.

Q. Define the working of a lift. 

Q. Tell me about the Salient features of the lifts act that Maharashtra has recently passed. 

Q. Difference between narrow, standard and meter gauge?

Q. Do different metros in a country have different width of gauge? 

Q. Can we export our locos to USA?

Q. Tell me about the voltage of overhead lighting of stations.

Q. Name the locos that you are exporting to neighbouring countries.

Q. What kind of engine does petrol and diesel engine have?

Q. What kind of engine do E-vehicles have?

Chairman - 

Q. Have you tried playing basketball for Indian railways basketball team?

Q. What teams have you played for?

Q. Recently, a mishappening struck the basketball community. What was the tragedy?

*over *

Overall impression - Hardly anything from DAF. No opinion based questions. No current affair asked. No optional.

Stress interview. More stressed than last year. There were barely any Questions where conversational approach could have  been taken.

Smita nagraj board 

Date 25 feb, morning slot, 5th in line

Home state punjab 

Optional commerce 

Hobbies puppetry, chess

Duration 40 mins 

Chair

Why no masters in commerce? 

Three problems facing punjab? And solution 

How to handle political pressure, administrative pressure in drugs? 

Ground water crisis? Should we ban crops? 

M1 

Physical education? What did you learn? 

Role of physical education in life? 

Why punjab is being pulled back in sports? 

Infrastructure was worse in other times? Like lala amarnath era, why still we are going down, despite better infrastructure? 

M2

What types of chess you play? 

Vishwanath anand?

Culture and civilization difference? 

Indus Valley civilization, hall marks? 

Sites? 

What is, special about lothal? 

M3

Privatization of railways, your opinion? 

Types of puppetry in South East Asia? 

No one watches it anymore, what is the future like? 

M4

Mercantilism

Commodity trading 

IBC

Rule of law? Which article? 

How to increase investment 

Ground water crisis, dichotomy, allow farmers to sow, ground water going down?

Graduation: mechanical engineering(MNNIT ALLAHABAD) 

Optional: mechanical engineering

Board: Air Marshal A. S. Bhonsle (Retd.)

Home state: UP 

Hobby: Teaching

Job experience: RIL Raigad Maharashtra

Chairman:

Made me comfortable.

1. why your name is Anurag not Swatantrata (DOB: 15th august)

2. Is your Bday really at 15th August ?

3. What is importance of Raigad? Related to administration issues?

4. How do you implement any policy in tribal peoples?

5. What have you learnt during your job?

M1:

1. Should college name be on the name of any person?

2. On which basis you decide to name the college?

3.  “Leadership Is The Ability To Get Extraordinary Achievement From Ordinary People” What is your views on this.

4. Why people from technical background are coming to this general job? What are benefits?

M2

1. On which field Dronacharya Award is given? To whom it is given?

2. Who was Dronacharya? What is difference between Dronacharya Award and Arjuna Award?

3. Why are we doing poor in Olympic?

4. Recent happening in Khelo India.

M3: 

1. What are the problems in education sectors?

2. what will you do as DM to address these problems?

3. How do you address the issue of vacancies of Teacher?

M4:

1. Why economy is slowdown?

2. Why low rural consumption?

3. Why agriculture is slow growth?

Chairman:

Why trade is not happening between India and Pakistan while there are political issues in other aisan countries like China-Taiwan and China Japan but still economical trade is happening in good way?

What will you do after this?

Thank you. Your interview is over

(Overall board was very cordial though they asked mainly opinion based questions)

Board Smita Nagraj Ma’am

Hobbies- chess and swimming

Service – IRS C&CE

Optional-  Sociology

State- Haryana

CP –

1 how are you feeling?

2 you are already in service. Has the name of the service been changed?

3 you are from Haryana. Tell 3 areas in which you want to work in next 10years?

4 Education what are the issues in education?

5 what do you mean by shift from quantitative parameters to the qualitative parameters?

6 what are the differences in rural and urban areas in terms of school education?

7 can we give the subject of education to the Gram Sabhas? What advantages they have?

8 what are the challenges faced by the Gram Sabhas in Haryana?

9 Are Khaap Panchayats challenging to the authority of Gram Sabhas.

10 have Khaaps changed their approach in the past. What kind of good work they are doing?

11 should we start skill development from the School Education?

12 it is already happening. Why People do not want to go for skill Education?

Madam ppasses the buck to the 1st member-

M1-

1 drug consumption is increasing in Haryana. What should be done?

2 should we band the drugs?

3 why not legalise it if many western countries have done it?

4 many drugs are used for medicinal purposes. Then why not legalise them?

5 in India people have been consuming Bhang and Ghanjha during many festivals? Then  why can’t we allow them legally. He tried his best to convince me about legalising the drugs.

M2-

1 whether euthanasia is right?

2 what ethical issues are involved

3 What is Supreme court stand on it?

M3-

1 who is responsible for monetary policy?

2 what is CRR and SLR?

3 why they are used by the RBI?

4 slow down is happening. What kind of policy should be adopted by the RBI?

5 who signs on currrency notes?

6 why finance secretary signs only on rupees 1note. Any logic.

7 what is meant by bank guarantee?

8 what is legal tender?

M4-

1 A lot of Protest are going on what are legal provisions which allows protest. What are the restrictions?

2 why protests are important for a democracy?

CP Ma’am- your interview is over, Thank you.

Mostly from Service, Haryana and Current Affairs, no questions from Hobbies and optional.

Interview 

Date - 25th February

Board - M. Sathiyavati

Background- B.E Civil

Optional - Sociology

Hobby - Steet Photography

Interest - Travelling, Mentoring

Born - Bihar, Home State - Jharkhand

Interview Duration - 20 minutes 

Chairperson-

 1. What is street photography?

 2. What did you do in your work?

 3. Who were your clients?

 4. What have you been doing since 2018?

 5. Are you not interested in Consulting anymore?

Member 1

 1. What is the problem with Indian Financial Sector?

 2. Associate Durkheim’s Suicide with Farmer Suicide

 3. Is Classeless Society a Utopian Idea?

Member 2

 1. Why is Saharsa famous?

 2. Are you aware about any new major plant coming up there?

 3. When did you last go to your birth place?

 4. How will the creation of plant benefit the region?

Member 3

 1. You are interested in travelling, where all have you travelled?

 2. You mentioned that street photography can communicate a story. How can story telling benefit administration?

 3. Any more benefit?

Member 4

 1. Your interest in mentoring. Can you tell me what is that?

 2. How is it different from coaching?

 3. Is Mentoring always one to one or can it be in large group too?

 4. What is the difference between coaching and tutoring?

Overall Experience- DAF Based. Board was okay.

MBBS 

Optional : anthropology 

Hobbies : Badminton, painting ,medical research 

Board : Smita Nagaraj Madam 

Date of interview : 25th feb 2020, forenoon, 5th to go . 

Duration : 40min 

C : 

 1. So Where are you practicing?

 2. Why do people from slums come to you instead of going to public hospitals ?

 3. What is the problem with public hospitals ?

 4. What is Ayushmann Bharat ? 

 5. What are the details of the scheme ?

 6. How many people from your area are covered under the scheme ? 

 7. If a person is Bpl, will he automatically be enrolled in ayushmaan Bharat ? 

M1 : 

 1. What is the problem with our health policy ? 

 2. Are we focusing more on secondary and tertiary care than preventive care ? 

 3. What are the weaknesses of primary health care ? 

 4. Why are Doctors reluctant to work at PHCs ?

M2 :

 1. Govt is spending a lot on making a single doctor . But more and more doctors are coming into civil services . Do you support this ?

 2. How can medical expertise help in administration? 

 3. On one hand we have overburdened and inefficient public hospitals , on other hand we have expensive private healthcare . What is the remedy for this ? 

 4. Suppose you have to set up a hospital investing 10crore , what will be your considerations ? 

 5. What is a break even point in investment ? 

 6. Should the break even point be early or late ? 

M3 :

 1. Recently SC has given many judgements relating to women empowerment . There was one on women in armed forces , what were the 2 points of that judgement ?

 2. What are the pros and cons of allowing women in command roles ? 

 3. What is your take on it ?

 4. Should women be also be made a part of offensive roles ? 

 5. What about involvement in submarines in navy ? 

M4 :

 1. There have been talks of training Ayush practitioners for Allopathic medicine . What is your take on the bridge course ? 

 2. Why is Ayush lagging behind ? 

 3. People say homeopathy is a farce . The medicines are fake . What is your take on it ? 

 4. What is nanomedicine ? 

 5. We are suffering from lifestyle diseases . The world is appreciating yoga , but we Indians are not practising it much . Why ?

 6. There are many sticking points in case of US and india especially in terms of healthcare . What are those ? 

 7. Are all medical devices included ? 

 8. What is the issue with stents ? 

 9. What about IPR ? 

 10. What is the issue with trade in drugs ? 

C : Your interview is over, thank you 

Overall cordial board . Ma’am was smiling and nodding . But no questions on hobbies, state , economy or optional . All were mostly based on healthcare.

Board : Satyavati madam

25 Feb, Afternoon, 1st to go

Background : 

B.tech in Electronics Engg, from Sultanpur (UP), hometown Allahabad, hobbies included Teaching underprivileged children, reading hindi poetry, optional Geography.

Work ex : 1.5 years in an MNC dealing with mobile chipsets.

Chairperson (CP):

Is this your photo? I nodded yes.

She kept reading aloud my DAF including my school subjects, college, job, hobbies, etc. 

CP :

# what were you doing for 9 months before joining your job? (Politely told that it was campus placement with late joining date)

# what were you doing since 2016 after resigning?

#what do you think is the reason that government schools are not able to teach children properly?

#where were you teaching underprivileged children?

#what changes did you bring to make them understand concepts better?

#did you try to change teaching methodology of the school teachers as well by talking to those teachers?

#what is this bal shree award (mentioned in achievement at the school level)? In which category did you participate?

#why did you get child scientist award(mentioned in DAF)? What projects did you make in school?

M1 :

#Why are glaciers melting? Its impact on rivers.

#Apart from high debt, what are the reasons that farmer suicides happen in our country? (Used the word natural calamity once which was interjected later by Member 3)

#If you are DM of a district, what measures will you take to improve water table and reduce water wastage?

#How are fold mountains formed?

#Are Himalayas young or old mountains?

M2 :

#For how many years did you teach those underprivileged children in your college days?

#Name the villages whose children came to study there. Were they rural villages?

#Did the DM and District Education Officer know about your initiative?

#If you are made SDM/DM in Sultanpur, what will be your 1st two priorities?

M3 :

#How far has Ganga become clean? Or it is still in the same pathetic condition?

#Name the things for which Allahabad is known for?

#What is kumbh? When does Mahakumbh takes place?

#You told national calamity while replying to M1 (I politely told that it was natural calamity, not national calamity)

#Ok, so what is a natural calamity? Is there any empirical number to classify calamities?

#Name the legislation that deals with calamities (I told NDMA)

#In which year was this act passed?

#How to deal with natural disasters administratively?

M4 :(lady member)

#What do you understand by work-life balance? How will you achieve it in your life?

#Do you think Parenting has become difficult now compared to yesteryears? Why do you think so?

Chairperson nodded M1 to ask again

M1 : so your optional is Sociology? CP interjected and I told that it was geography (He left both and moved to Economics ;-))

#Why did government need to bring IBC?

#What are the provisions of Emergency? Tell me article numbers related to it.

#How to stop Australian bushfires?

#How far the RTI Act has been able to improve transparency in Governance?

#"Swachh Bharat, Sundar Bharat, Swasth bharat".... How far in your opinion these things have been achieved?

CP nodded that your interview is over.

Extc 2015 

Optional -Maths 

Hobbies- bodybuilding,cycling 

Board -Dr Manoj  Soni  

Chairman – 

What inspired you to follow bodybuilding ? 

Tell me about Anna Hazare  

Then questions on has bureaucracy failed in Maharashtra ?should we promote more people like Anna Hazare to do work ?or bureaucracy should be reformed ?-Followed discussion on it  

M1-Explain about Sugarcane cultivation and problems in Maharashtra  

Explain about PMFBY nad issues 

Gst and its issues has it been successful? 

M2 – Rose valley and Sharda act –(i said i am not able to recall ) 

If your DM of an earthquake prone region  amd there is an earthquake ,what would you do ?

Judicial activism and issues  

M3-Brief intro about Bhima-Koregaon and then asekd botcentercentre and the state are fighting over its investigation What should be done ? 

M4-Expalin Dpsp amd literally she asked me to name a few  

Then same about Fundamental duties 

If your Dm of a village on which areas you would work ,if you have 1 crore budget ? 

Your interview is over  

Thank you.

Optional : Public Admin

Hobbies : Reading Classics, Diary Writing, Chess

Rajasthan Home State

Smita Nagaraj Board

Chairperson 

# What is the last classic you have read?

( said three books i recently read ), did not look convinced

# Have you read Shakespeare , Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens ( i said yes i have read Charles DIckens )

# Tell me what happens in the first chapter of tale of two cities ) ( i told, fumbling a little , was a little nervous by this time )

M1 

# What can be impact of corona virus on indian economy?

# what can we do to prepare for it?

# how is it different from MERS and SARS ( i said sir mortality is much less, but it ismuch more infectious )

# is it airborne? ( no sir, spread from human to human contact )

M2

# What is the baisc problems beofr rajahsthan?

# why is Jaipur called Pink city? Is it still the case ?

# which states of india have been suffering from locust problem?

# what is challenge in fighting locusts

M3 

# so how did you pick up hobby of writing diaries?

# these days many people write diary online, do you write online or in diary ? what are the advantages of online / offline

# What is FATF grey list? how many lists does it maintain? which other coutries are on the list? what action pakistan has taken so that not to be on blacklist ( few more questions on this which i dont remember )

# tell me problems of agriculture sector? how can we solve it?

Ch : why do you want to join Civil Services?

One last question, you write diary, will you allow me to read your diary ( smiling)

you interview is over. 

( i got up and thought of pushing the chair inside, but could not move it, was nervous , then came out )

Chairman: Ajit Bhonsle

Date of interview: 17th Feb 2020

Graduation:

BA in Journalism, Psychology and English Literature

Hobbies:

Singing(light music)

Freestyle dancing

Anchoring

Interest areas:

Public speaking

Creative writing

 (Mentioned  as most questions were on DAF)

CH:

Read out highlights in my DAF, appreciation then gave me a disclaimer

on personality test.

1. How do you explain 'Journalism', and 'Good Journalist' to a 10 year old?

2. The 10 year old has still not understood, can you simplify further

3. A note on Devadasi system, what measures have been taken to

eradicate this social evil?

4. So are you  referring to Sudha Murthy and her initiatives?

5. What are the other contributions of Infosys Foundation to the society?

M1:

1. Are there any regulations for social media?

2. In your opinion should there be regulations? We also have freedom

of speech; so what is your take?

3. How can we regulate?

4. How can we curb fake news?

5. Have you heard of 'Broken window'? What is it?

M2:

(completely on hobbies and interest areas)

1. When and where was your last public speaking?

2. What did you speak?

3. So who is an achiever according to you? (follow up Q)

4. I see that you write poetry, what else do you write?

5. In which language do you usually write?

6. Can you narrate one of  the poems which is close to your heart ?

( I narrated a Kannada poem and translated the theme in English)

M3:

1. Is there an objective reporting in Journalism today?

2. Most of the media houses are owned by political parties and they

take sides, what is your opinion on this?

3. Will you be an objective reporter when you go out and narrate the

personality test to your friends, family etc?

4. Tell us  about Sudha Murthy's writings, what genre does she write?

M4

1. There are many allegations against NGOs, they indulge in

anti-national activities... Is there a need of NGOs in society?

(I said Yes..need to regulate...)

2. Why do you think so?

3. How is India doing in 'Ease of doing business'? What has been done

to improve the ranking?

4. Who is your favorite Journalist/ Anchor?

(I intentionally mentioned  Kannada journalists)

5. Do you also follow English news channels?

(Yes Sir, but mostly I read English newspapers)

CH:

1. You are a singer, have opted Kan lit; What is the connect between

Kannada literature and Carnatic music?

2. Why is Carnatic music popular than Kannada literature ?

3.  What is a freestyle dance?

4. Quoted a dancer (dont remember the name and exact quotation, it was

roughly like this)

"I danced, danced, danced, danced and still the dance remained"

What do you understand  by this statement?

5. Quoted a  report on delay in infrastructure projects, mentioned

some data related to same..

Why do you think the infrastructure projects are getting stalled? In

terms with cost and time...

(A lengthy question)

6. What are your plans for the day, after the interview?

suggested me to visit National War Memorial and said your interview is over.

On the whole interview was cordial and enjoyed giving it.

Board : BB Vyas

Date : Feb 25

Chairman : 

Why did you take Political Science?

Principles of Natural Justice

Afghanistan elections - implications on USA, India?

Afghanistan Peace talks implications on Pakistan & India

What are the changes in the types of Jobs & skills IT sector is going to see in next 2-3 years? What type of skills should be developed?

M1 (Lady) : 

Your role in Flipkart

How did technology help there?

Were you not happy with your job there?

M2 : 

Job seekers vs Job creators

What is govt doing for Job creators?

Any State led initiatives?

M3 (Lady) : 

Human Rights Organisations politics and follow up questions...

Hyderabad encounter opinion

M4 : 

Uber cup in badminton. Individual or Team competition?

4 Grand slams in Tennis.

AP 3 capitals - pros & cons, rough geographical idea of the 3 capitals.

Naxalism in AP & Telangana. How was it tackled?

Chairman : 

Constitutional provisions for state bifurcation, creation.

What are the 5 steps involved in process of state bifurcation?

Panel: manoj soni sir

Date: 25 feb 2020

Last to go,around 5.10 pm

Chairman:1)You daf is happening, why u didn't join capf?

2) what are u doing now 

3)what is the role of icls officer

4)where was your training

5) how to boost economy,steps by government.

M1: 1) civil service rules

2) protection for civil servants 

3) disciplinary action against  civil servants,provisions,acts for same

4) penalties for civil servants

5) which movies u watch( hobby)

6) parasite,learnings 

7) why Bollywood movies don't win oscar.

M2:j n k sp,2 inspectors with you and 15 civilian staff.2000 people crowd waiting to lynch you all. 2 options a) wait for help,follow rules

B) tie one local to jeep and go through the crowd 

M3: 1) public life index( didn't know)

2) parameters to count standard of living 

3) Melania trump  dress designer for yesterday s event( no idea)

4) what type of dress and colors,uniqueness 

5)which old western movies u saw

M4: 1) which marathi movies went to oscar 

2) why they didn't win oscar 

3) 3 problems of Maharashtra 

4) if u are chief secretary,how u will solve it,targets for them and whether you will achieve it,surety to achieve, etc.

Mechanical engineering, geo optional

Solving sudoku, photography

Rajasthan

Board- Smita Nagraj ma'am

1. What were you doing from past few years?

2.What motivated you to come for this service?

3. Backward or aspirational rajasthan?

4. Backward regions of Rajasthan?

5. Compare development of South rajasthan and south east rajasthan?

6. What are good administration things in rajasthan? 

7 coaching industry kota?

8. Geopolitical significance of siachin glacier

9.bosphorus strait and Istanbul ? Geopolitical issues wrt turkey?

10.Link history and geography of UK? It has any link with brexit? 

11. History and geography linkage of US?

12. What if USA didn't have 2 coasts?  Then also it would emerge as great power?

13. Malacca strait and importance?

14. India's image wrt freeness in shipping has grown? What was the trigger point? 

15. Santhara vs euthanasia? Your personal stand on it?

25/02/2020 

Mech engg/Job at TAFE/Hobies: Organic farming enthusiast and learning postmodern paintings.

Chairman: RN Choubey sir.

Transcript:

CHAIRMAN A very smiling and attractive personality with great aura...

1. Hello vishnu I have to tell few things. We would like to enjoy our conversation with you and we will be very friendly to you. If you dont know any particular thing please do tell it so that we can move to next topic. Shall we start? 

2. Please tell me abt ur academic and professional background.

3. Why did you resign the job?

4. Do u have a plan B if you dont clear civil services?

Me: I want to join NGO specifically the NGO called  Teach for India. In recent times I'm thinking to start a consultancy service for job creation. Since I believe for Idnia to become developed country we need job intensive growth I'm interested in doing so.

5. Okay, who will be the client of your consultancy services? Sir, govt.... 

Okay, Nice idea. 

MEMBER 1: 

1. You are from Mechanical background what is your analysis of current auto sector slowdown?

I said my analysis and used a word CYCLICAL 

2. What do you mean by cyclical? (One I said what is cyclical he noted down something in his paper)

((Meanwhile chairman stood up, left his seat, went behind is seat, and become more relaxed))

3. Do you see so many aircrafts flying in the sky everyday? Yes sir.

4. Who controls them especially the safety? Its controlled by DGCA using Air Navigatiin System (ANS) with help of GAGAN software. 

5. What is full form of GAGAN? Dont remember sir.

6. Who developed it? Govt in collaboration with I guess ISRO sir I'm not sure. ((Very very cordially, Chairman intervened and said it's okay

 Vishnu lets move on)

7. Okay, our aviation industry is not doing much well.. long sentences.. what do you think?

((Before I answered, Chairman intervened to suggest me.. first of all do you agree with him that our aviation sector is not doing well? )))) 

Before lpg reforms it was not doing well after 1991 pvt players entered and brought competitiveness. Yet our full potential is not reached so govt came with UDAN scheme.

8. No I'm not asking about air transport, I'm asking about airplane manufacturing. 

((Chairmsn as usual intervened to help me and asked the member to clarify whether he is taking abt airways or airplane production.)))

9. Yes I'm asking abt aircraft production. First of all, do we produce aircraft??? 

Yes sir at HAL for defence purposes but we dont produce for civilian purposes. And of course sir to a greater extent I agree that in terms of manufacturing we are not doing well.

10. Okay what is the impact of electric vehicle plan on the auto industry?

I said, it will make the cars costly sir blah blah

11. No im asking abt how will it affect the assembly lines production systems etc.

I said yes we need to restructure assy line and reskill our employees, mahindra spent 1.3 lakh crore for it for instance.

Chairman asked next question taking lead from e-vehicles. How e-vechile is an improvement over cars with IC engines? 

Former will lead to no emissions and helps us overcome air pollution unlike latter in which emissions are high.

Where from ecars get electricity? Sir from battery.

Where from battery gets electricity? Sir charging infra

Where from chargers get elect? Sir power plants. 

So aren't these power plants using coal are emitting air pollutants? Then why should we go for ecars? Sir for that reason govt is expanding our renewable energy basket and we are doing well in solar and wind power 

So shall I say unless we are successful in renewable energy there is no use of ecars? While to larger extent its logical there is an advantage of ecars even if we assume we get electricity from coal  power plants only.. the emissions from IC engines are very high and difficult to manage. 

He was satisfied.

MEMBER 3:

1. You are a mech engineer and why did u choose psir? 

2. Have you read western political thought?

3. Do you think Plato has talked about communism?

4. How is it different from karl Marx's communism??

5. Have you heard about social contract?

6. What is the difference between SC of Hobbes Locke and Rousseau?

7. Did Hobbes recognize right to property? 

(((He wanted to ask some more question. But chairman finished it and ask the next member to take over.)))

MEMEBER 4:

1. Its fascinating to see as a Mech eng u have so much interest in Political science.

2. What is exactly Marxs idea and how he differs from others?

3. Do you know his dialectical materialism and how it is different from Hegels dialectics of ideas?

4. For next question with so much enthusiasm he open his mouth, but Chairman intervened and said we have tested all those theoretical knowledge in Mains so let's ask something else.

5. U said abt UDAN how its diff from previous policies? Sir dont know exactly what was the previous policy.

6. Now chairman asked me,, it's okay tell some features of UDAN?

7. The member now said, these airline companies dont upkeep their promises made under UDAN to give subsidized seats to passengers what do you think? Govt needs to monitor sir. 

He said yes it shld monitor and review also. 

8. Your hobby is organic farming.   Where did this organic farming start in India and what's happening? In ancient times it existed. Now sikkim fully org. Then spread to almost all states. Like? TN Andhra UP. 

(((Chairman intervened. Started talking in Tamil. Where org farming is done in TN?.... he is from TN cadre))

MEMBER 5:

1. Abt TPM, it's a project in my company 

2. You worked in tractors company. Mahindra brought driverless tractors. What's ur view?? Any tech in agri is good. But its mostly costly. We need more custom hiring centres. 

3. What is Industrial Revolution 4.0?

4. Is India prepared for it?

5. What is going to be its impact on India?

CHAIRMAN:

We are giving opportunity to all to talk abt something which we did not ask. Do you wanna tell something? I said abt a kind of painting am learning right now and the values it teaches us and how I found it to be relevant to civil services.

He gave a bright smile. Said some positive words and said int is over. 

Observations:

1. Chairman has been much helpful and ultra cordial person whose introduction helped me to be more cool and cheerful. 

2. He ensured the interview is a conversation rather than a quest answer session. Ultimately cordial and converse. He dint follow any transitional patterns. He was very chill and dignified and made the entire interaction cool.

3. Some members weren't specific abt their questions and so they corrected me as to what they are exactly asking and so I answered to it then.

Overall it was a great experience. I would suggest you all to just be yourself and more positive. They take extra efforts to keep us cool. Some board dont try to be cordial but I feel only important factor in interview is to be confident smiling and positive and dont have any expectations. Good luck to candidates in line.????

Board : Satyavati madam

26th Feb, morning , 5th to go

Background : Commerce from DU, Masters in Sociology 

Hobbies : Recycling household waste, spend time with elderly people

Work experience : 1 year family business (sweets shop)

Chairperson (CP) : Is this your photo? I nodded yes. She kept reading aloud my DAF including my school subjects college and hobbies etc.

CP :

# what were you doing after your graduation? (business) 

#what is the age for older people as per WHO  for health and other benifets 

# As you were working at your family sweets business, can you tell me why there is so much diabetes patients in india? 

# Why you want to become IAS?

# how do you recycle household waste?

M1 :

#Jaipur's famous sweet shop other than yours?

# why is it famous?

#what are the major problems of slums?

# have you visited them and worked for them?

# what is the reason for slum building?

# why migration..  ?

M2 : 

# What water harvesting techniques you would use as a DM in Rajasthan?

# three techniques for forest conservation?

# value added tax

#input tax credit

# some economic law was asked but was unable to recall

# Karl Marx - dialectical materialism

M3 :

#As a DM, how will you apply your hobby of recycling household waste? (as I had given the modal to govt. of India, which I explained)

#Is it practical to apply this modal?

# what is Rajasthan famous for?

# why Hawa Mahal is so popular?

#As Swachh Bharat Mission is going on but still it is not clean. Why?

#why Sawai is used before the names of the kings in Rajasthan?

M4 :

# As a sociology student, what changes will you do in district?

#How will you empower women multi dimensionally.

#what will you do for education sector in rural areas?

# is manual scavenging still practiced in Rajasthan?

#dowry

# child marriage

# literacy rate

# You will not do anything for the senior citizens in rural areas as this is your hobby? ( I explained)

# what is social movement? why?

#name three social movements

(followed up questions on social movement)

Overall chairman and board was cordial but M4 was grilling. not able to recall 3-4 questions.

Degree: mech engg

Optional: history

Extra curri: NSS

chairman bassi sir

30 to 35 minutes

board was cordial

Chairman: 

What is process cost

How many cars in world

No of electrical vehicles 

say there is growth of 30% annual and electric vehicles are 25 million.

 So long then how will we convert normal cars fleet to electric fleet?

What is difference between normal car and electric car.

How to reduce pollution?

Lady member:

What is nss? Is it popular? What you gained? How to make it more popular?

British came as traders but became rulers how?

Member3: on what principle does AC works?

 what is principle of cooling.

Why has real estate sector down from last 7-8 yrs 

Member4: why so many states have lost in afghanistan.

Was american attack on iraq good. Opinion

(Pressed to give opnion)

Member5: what is special in maharashtra today( it was shiv jayanti). 

Tell me two points about nasik

Name all 12 jyotirlingas

Chairman: 

Tell me importance of western ghats to India.

How are biodiversity hotspots selected

Who were first invaders to India.

Thank you.

Board - Nagraj Madam Panel

Chairwoman: 

Q.Akshay,you are working as a tutor at Unique Institute.What it is?

Q.You has completed mechanical engineering and having a work experience with MNC.Dont u feel its something different than expected?

Q. Which subject you teach?

Q When did you study Geography?

Q.Have u read some standard books?

Q.There is a thing like shortcut to crack an examination.What are those tricks in the Geography you believe?

Q. As a geographer which problem can b solved with geographical knowledge?

Q.How to ensure development of tribals?

Q.Arnt we taking effective measures ?

Menber2:

Q You are geographer,so do you know what our former PM Nehru had said to laid down development policy for tribals?

Q. What are the problems of the tribals?

Q.what should we do then?

Q.How to involve tribe in the developmental scheme?

Q.Do you know ethnobotany?

Q. What it is?

Q.can it b use for tribal development?

Q. Upto which standard we should give them education in native language?

Member3

Q.How soil is affected by vegetation?

Q.You mentioned about Carbon in the soil.How much is the carbon percentage in soil?

Q.is carbon present inside the soil or not

Q.What do you think ,the impact of Climate change on India particularly forest and soil?

Q.Soil erosion is there but what about dry region?

Q.what will be the impact on The himalaya?

Q.What is Hotspot?

Q. Why they are known as hotspot?

Q. Which are hotspots in India?

Q.Tell me the regions most affected by the CC

Member4

Q.Akshay,are you from Jalna?

Q. Have you heard about Lonar Lake?

Q. Where is it?

Q.What is the geological significance of ir?

Q.You are a native of Marathwada.Have you heard anouts Razakars?

Q. Who were they?what they did?and how marathwada got freedom?

Q.was marathwada a part od a Nizam ruler?

Q.So when it got freedom?

Q. Exact date

Q. What was then with the marathwada between 1948 to 1960 when Maharashtra formed?

Q.You mentioned poem and shayari as hobby.What is the origin of word Shayari? (language)

Q.what do you mean by shayari?

Q. What is sher?

Difference between sher shayari and ghazal

Chairwomen

Q.So Akshay have you mentioned shayari just as it sounds good as it is mainly related with urdu poetry?

Q. So again back to tribals

Do you know the language of few tribals?How to preserve them?

Q.Do you know any project to preserve and conserve languages?

Ok Thank You.

24 Feb 2020 

Ajit Bhonsle sir’s board 

BTech in electronics and communication

Firmware engineer ( Past experience) 

C: Made me comfortable by reading out my DAF and appreciating various things I have done in life. 

 1. You are from Delhi. Recently Delhi elections happened. I happen to watch a ted talk of Ms. Atishi. Tell me what all stakeholders are involved in school infrastructure? 

 2. Do you think a poor person sending his child to school considers infrastructure?

 3. What is mentoring facility provided by Delhi government in schools? 

 4. How are teachers involved in this mentoring? 

M1 : 

 ⁃ Why sociology after electronics and communication? 

 ⁃ Compare India and Japan. 

 ⁃ Have you heard of 7 sisters? 

 ⁃ What are the reasons for derogatory words used for north east people and what can we do to bridge this gap?

 ⁃ Do you have any north east friend?

 ⁃ Heard of Bhupen Hazarika? 

 ⁃ What was his contribution in social sector? 

M2

 ⁃ Tell me different models of sanitation under Sulabh international? 

 ⁃ Explain your project? 

 ⁃ What was your learning from the project? 

M3 

 ⁃ Tell me 3 issues you will address in Delhi given a charge? 

 ⁃ Follow up questions on all 3 with precise steps to be taken. 

 ⁃ Is protest good?

M4 

 ⁃ Why GER in Hogher education so low? Steps to be taken? 

 ⁃ How to encourage sports among women? 

 ⁃ How to balance sports and studies?

C 

 ⁃ Trump is here. Govt soon will come up with press release saying that visit was very successful and give 3-4 points to substantiate it. 

 ⁃ You tell me what can be those 3-4 points?

 ⁃ What is blue dot network?

 ⁃ What are different defence agreements. 

 ⁃ What is BECA? 

 ⁃ What are threats associated with sharing geospatial information? 

Your interview is over. Now tell me your plans immediately after this and some light chit chat on that. 

Overall, positive and cordial interview. More opinion based and less factual questions.