UPSC interview transcript.

Somesh Magadum
Belagavi, Karnataka
Aeronautical engineering
Interest: vachana literature , agriculture appreciation

Board: P K Joshi
Morning session Last person to go .

Chairman
Come in
Read my DAF ...
1. You are an aeronautical engineer?
2. Then you have wasted your aeronautical engineering by opting for civil service ?
3. You have done NCC also, when in school or college ?
4. Tell me what is the difference between NCC and NSS.?
5. Who heads the NCC?
6. What is the difference between aircraft and helicopter ?
7. How much FDI did India received last year.?
8. Which country invested more ? Said Mauritius
9. How smaller country like Mauritius are able to invest so much in India?
10. Is it the good sign that companies are taking that root?

Member 1
1. I will give you 2.5 minutes within that time explain me complete issue between India and China , along with present status ?
2. Then what is the issue between India and Nepal?
3. What is the stand of India in it?
4. Name the tests we are using for covid.
5. Explain these tests and tell me the difference ?
6. Asked me something about HAL , I didn't understand the question .. said sir I didn't get the question ... He said leave it.
7. Do you know Tejas?

Member 2
1. What is the difference between aeronautics and aviation ?
2. Tell me about solar plane ?
3. Do you know about Rudra?
4. Do you know name of the Indian who circumvented earth?
5. What is disinvestment ? Is it good or bad?
6. Which government department looks after disinvestment ?
Some more questions he has asked , I m not able to recollect.

Member 3
1. Aeronautical Engineer why MRO operations is not based in India ?
2. What about our professional competency ?
3. What is the future of Indian aviation sector in covid world ?
4. What is wrong with Air India?
5. Tell me about look east policy.
6. One project where India and Pakistan are part of? Said TAPI
7. Tell me what it is and it's current status ?

Member 4
1. Do we export sugar ?
2. Why we are erratic in export unlike Brazil ?
3. Young man do you support APMC's or not ?
4. Reasons for not supporting .
5. Why the monopoly has been created in APMCs ?
6. Why states are not reforming APMCs act ?

Chairman
Thank you. Your interview is over.
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Chirag Jain
Interview Date: 21/07/2020 FN, 5th to go
Sujata Mehta board
Geography optional, from DEEG BHARATPUR Rajasthan
Mechanical engineer, Worked in Tata Motors Pune for 1 year

Chairwoman
1. Tell me about your academic background and work experience
2. Why you left the job?
3. Tata culture is said as Government culture and tata also have administrative services so don't continue with that?
4. You lived in Pune so tell me the names of armshead quarter there?
5. Who is raja dinkar Kelkar?
6. some times in news picture of India gate come which showes it grey and blue background why so?
7. What immediate steps should be taken to sustain Air quality in covid unlock?

Member 1
1. Tell me about Nano project of tata motors?
2. Names some names of cyclone recently in news?
3. There is book by arvind adiga in which he discussed about cyclone and its impact on Sunderban, have you read it?
4. You are from Bharatpur, tell me about maharaja surajmal?


Member2
1. Tell me about your final year project and then follow up questions
2. tell me about technologies used in Drone? Then follow up questions
3. What are the challenges to electric vehicles?
4. What are issues related to batteries in india? Follow up questions

Member 3
1. Which is Mewat region? What are its problem? Why is railway track is not laid in this region? What has government done for its development?
2. Is hills in deeg is boon or bane? Follow up questions
3. How far do you think NGT is successful in its mandate?

1. What is Udan scheme? is it successful? What are the challenges?
2. what is Masala bond? Why named so? What is its benefits ? What is its success?
What are challenges in its success?
3. What are the benefits of Biofuel ?

Chairwomen
1. Is there anything you want us to ask which you have prepared?( I told about Rajasthan)
2. Tell me about the potential of rajasthan tourism?

Thank you...
went for around 30 minutes.
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Vinayak

Date 20th July 2020
Optional- Sociology
Graduation- Civil Engineering NIT Kurukshetra(2018)
Hobbies- Following tennis, Trekking, Volleyball
Board- Smita Nagraj Ma'am

Chairwoman- 1. So where are you living these days?
2. What did you do for past 4 months.
3. Your primary motivation behind civil services. Just tell me one?
4. Now there is so much pressure on civil servants how do you see it?
5. Why do people still look at civil services with such respect?
6. Tell me the best governed state in India. ( I told TN based on rankings of NITI Aayog..) No don't tell me on ranking basis, what is your view?

Member 1: Tell me the worst governed state.( No we won't put a sedition case against you. Just tell me one)
2. After 10 years you won't be in the field. How will you contribute then.?
3. How are the ministers of M.P? You think they listen to Buereacrats ?

Member 3: What is the role of SP and collector?
2.What is this following tennis?
3.Tell me about one civil engineering structure from past and one from present.
4. What is this 2 degree Celsius talk about climate change?
5. Is India doing something in that direction?

Member 3- Have we found out any remains of Mahabharat in Kurukshetra?
2.Then what proof is there?
3.What are the places associatied with Mahabharat?
4. How is India forging alliances in South asia?
5. Why shift from SAARC to BIMSTEC?
6.Neighbourhood first policy
7. Tell me some instances where India has acted as first responder in crisis in South Asia

Member 4: Which is the last trek you went to?
2.What is it that you like about trekking?
3. What if India hadn't accepted Italian marine case judgement. Where would have the case gone?
4. What is territorial waters, EEZ and High seas?
5. Why is China making aggressive moves in South China Sea?
6.Why isn't ASEAN doing Anything?
7.So, might is right. Is that the case.
8.What are India's stakes in South China Sea?


Chairwoman- What are 2 major problems that your city faces?
2.Who should be blamed for that?

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