C B Rex
20th July 2020
B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering
Geography Optional
Jharkhand ( Native: Kerala)
Hobbies : Reading High Fantasy Novels, Playing Guitar

PK Joshi Board
Forenoon Session
Last one to go

Chairperson:
What is your full name?
(Chairperson reads my DAF)
Why did you choose civil services and not continue with engineering?
Why are Indian engineers not employable?
How to improve it?
What all things you learned in engineering that is useful now?
Difference between Assurance and Insurance

M1

Why is Kerala called God's own country?
How is Kerala's dealing of Covid different?
What factors helped Kerala?
How are other states performing now?
Why does Kerala have different administrative capital and HC at different place?

M2

Why are there less manufacturing industries in Kerala?
Why are the other states more successful in manufacturing sector like Eastern states, Southern (TN) and Western states?
Why does East India have more industries?
How is Kerala govt addressesing the problems faced by manufacturing sector?
Can you shed light on the recent issue related with Hagia Sophia? And how should international community resolve this?

M3

What are high fantasy novels? Which one would you suggest us to read? (Hobby)
Which was the last novel not belonging to high fantasy genre which you read?
Why did decentralisation work in Kerala and not other states?
How are the Himalayas important for India? 5 points
Is there any change in our approach in dealing with China now?
How is it different from earlier?
Is banning 59 apps any good?

M4
How many types of Guitars are there?(hobby)
Explain India to a person who hasnt been here in two minutes?

(There were one or two more questions here and there as part of cross questions)

Chairperson : Thank You, Your interview is over.
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N santosh kumar reddy

22nd July 2020

Smita nagaraj board

Tennis and science fiction movies
Comp science graduate osmania university
Telangana

CM:
1) How to deal with loss of employment due to lockdown
2) explain with respect to automobile sector
3) on one hand we promote public transport and on the other we need to boost demand in automobile industry, how to balance
M1)
1)opinion on 3 capital issue
2) which is more suitable according to u
3) why the present govt is pushing it
M2
1) how to ensure policy continuity
2) performance of anti defection law
3) what should we do to enforce the anti defection law
4)can sc intervene in speaker domain
5) how to ensure those checks and balances
M3
1) biggest internal security threat
2) what is insurgency and how is it different from naxalism
2) our performance in dealing naxlalism and insurgency
3) telangana and naxalism
4) even after 70 years of Independence why they still persist
5) have u visited any govt office and u r view on its functioning
6) how should we bring the change
7) if u r a dcp and corruption complaint on sho, what's ur plan of action
M4
1) why civil services
2) why not like sundar pichai or nadella
3) collector as karim nagar ,what r your priority areas and plan of action
4) should we make office of speaker similar to chairman of rajya sabha(didn't understand the question)
CM
1) should we interfere in tribal communities affairs
2) how to mainstream tribal society
3) what is mainstreaming according to you
4) do you know any successful example as such
Thank you
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