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Faisal Khan, IRS C&CE
DAF - B Tech CSE, Hobby - Watching movies, YouTube videos
Board RN Choubey
17/03/2020 Forenoon session, last to go (approx 12:55 pm-1:25pm)


Chairman
Very cordial. Encourages in between. Welcomes you like - "We are friendly people, hope to have a good interaction. Tell the area which you don't know we won't ask from it during the interview."

Tell us your academic qualifications
What is judicial activism ?
Good or bad ? (Mentioned judicial overreach in answer)
What is judicial overreach ? Specific example
Proposal by a nagpur based think tank to tax only transactions and remove direct and indirect taxes. Your view as tax officer ?
What other functions of tax other than revenue ?



M1:
Msme role in economy ?
Why they are crying in the country ?
Discussion around these issues.
What is national security ?
Is cyber security part of it ?
Measures taken for cyber security ?
Are you aware about any major cyber attack ?

M2:
Why banks facing problems ?
Why delays ? ( in project clearance etc)
(Unsatisfied with answer)
What movie you liked and why ?
Why Faridabad didn't grow industrially as compared to NOIDA ? (Daf)
{Asked permission to compare Faridabad and Gurgaon as knew it better.}

M3 :
What is formal and informal economy ?
What laws followed in formal economy ?
Do you know about epfo act ? Esic act ? (Said no, question followed from previous answer)

M4 : lady member (cordial)
What is RBI stand on cryptocurrency ?
What is SC stand ?
Your stand as revenue officer?
What is your service preference ?
Now make a case as the Chief secy to Delhi CM to regulate media.
Now change the position and argue against it ?


Chairman at last - anything you want us to ask you ?
-Told that there are many things to ask but nothing specific in my mind.

Chairman - We had a good discussion with you and enjoyed. Your interview is over.

(Compliments by saying you have "bitten the bullet" sometimes.)

The above dialogues are his standard way of communication and don't give any idea how good the interview was 😅.

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Board..Sujata mehta
Optional socio
First to go..6 march

Chair..
Introduce youself.
Women safety.
How district officials handling it
Wht shud b done.
Why sexual harassment of lady police officials.

M1
Why our medal tally in sports is low how to increase it.
What problems young students face in daily life
Issues with elderly in India.


M2
Precision farming
Horticulture density.
Why we organize horticulture festivals.etc.

M3
Focus meditation
How you do it..
Right based approach
Joint family and nuclear family related ques.shud we go back to joint family setup.

M4
Corona virus..is China spreading it through goods and services

Sedition and freedom of speech whr to draw line.

Chair..
Do you want to say anything else.

Thank you your interview is over.

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March 17, Afternoon,
Board- B.S. Bassi Sir
Educational background: B.Tech in Textile Technology from IIT Delhi, 2019 Batch
Homestate- Madhya Pradesh
Hobbies: Cricket, Introspection.
CM-
1. Why do you want to join civil services?
2. What are problems with govt services?
3. What are the issues in your college?
4. What changes will you bring to improve communication between faculties and students? (since one of the point of previous answers was about lack of communication between faculties and students)
5. Question related to textile sector.
M2 and M3 completely focused on questions regarding textile sector and follow up questions on my answers related to textile sector.
The questions were generalised in nature regarding current situation in textile, problems with Indian textile industry and how to overcome it.
M4
1. Why do we require army when we have air force? (he meant that air force can do operations like Balakot strike, so why do we need army?)
M5- the questions were related to textile sector and my answers to M3 and M4.
CM-
1. When will you shout at someone?
2. When will you scold someone?
3. Two examples of how technical textile can be used in daily life.
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Santosh Kumar
Optional - Medical science
Playing cricket, NCC
R N choubey sir

Wished chairman sir and he asked me to relax and passed the baton to M1

M1
-enquired about ncc
-ever you consider joining army medical corps
-what is your understanding wrt national security
-whether India should join any military block
-who is our present army chief, navy chef, air Chief Marshall, CDS, cabinet secretary

M2
-explain panchayat raj system in india
-what exactly they are doing now
-what are the schemes implemented by them
-is MGNREGS successful
-what are the problems wrt present Indian agriculture
-why Indian agriculture not able to compete with developed world
-do you think mechanization would reduce production costs

M3
-work experience at policy bazaar
-achievements of Indian women crickters
-do you think development contain naxalism

M4
-how can we improve asha worker performance
-how can we evaluate their performance
-what are the other ways
-suggest some reforms wrt medical education

CM sir
Your interview is over, you can go now

very cordial board, no questions from CM sir.Overall experience is like more of a discussion rather Q&A session and in line with the DAF

Ps: persona of Choubey sir is captivating.

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UPSC IAS Interview Transcript

Name- Ravi kumar sihag
optional- Hindi literature
work profile- IRTS
board- R N CHAUBEY SIR.
HOBBIES- learning different languages and dialect and kitchen gardening.
Educational background- BA in Political Science and English literature


chairman--
1. Tell me briefly about your educational background and work profile?
2. Tell me your views on the privatization of Railway?
3. Can the private players decide the fares and charges? Is it is it beneficial for government or not?
4. should we fully privatize the railway?
M1---
1. You have an interesting background, you are a student of English literature and optional is Hindi literature? So tell me about Hindi literature what is the difference and what are the similarities between aadikal and bhaktikal?
2. Comparison of English and Hindi literature?
3. What is the impact of classical Greek poets on Hindi literature?
4. In which areas Israel can be helpful for India? In which area we can corporate?
5. What is contract farming and do you think this we are going into the zamindari system?
6. Now a days media is not obeying its duty very well. Do you think government should regulate media?
M2--{lady member}
1. What is Bio toilet and how it it works?
2. Is there any problem in bio toilet?
3. From where we get the anaerobic bacteria for bio bio toilets?
4. What should be done for the proper hygiene and safety in the coaches?
more questions unable to recall....
M3--
1. Have you travelled in metro? Tell me about the Delhi Metro model?
2. Is Delhi Metro in profit ?
3. In the context of privatisation of Railway, is there any model in which we can separately Run the subsidiary companies of Railway? Will it work?
4. What is MSP
5. Why does the government announces MSP?
M4---
1. What is make in India and what are the four pillars of it?
2. Is it successful?
3. What is startup mission and is it successful?
4. Like defence sector Railways also very big Sector one of the biggest employer in the world. As a railway officer aur like in railway what should be done to motivate its employees?
chairman-
Ravi you have done well and as an option we are giving one chance. If you want us to ask anything that has not been asked then you can tell us from your DAF.( I told them about my hobbies of learning different languages and kitchen gardening )
Chairman- it is very good hobby that you have interest in languages. So how many languages do you know?
( i told them)
thn he asked- that will be great if you posted in Nagaland and any other state of India or in northeast. ( i said that it will be a great opportunity for me sir)
then he told me that ur interview is over and thanked me.... i thanked all of them and said have a nice day sir.
it was a great experience.... board was very cordial..

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Background:
Mechanical engg. NIT Allahabad
From Gorakhpur,UP
Work ex- Tata Motors
Hobby interest- reading(biography),movies,newspaper
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Sujata Mehta Ma'am board
17 March

C.P.
1)Is it your pic?
2)Introduce yourself(edu. etc)
3)Japanese Encephalitis in Gkp,recurring or new? Why there?What's being done to improve?Has there been any drastic change in cleanliness?
4)What's your role in TML?(in detail)
5)After demonitization waht were issues in TML dealers?How you handled?

M1
1)Explain your patent filed. Questions on the project.
2) What stages in power sector are problematic?Why?What are supply voltages in power transmission? What situation of power sector in India? What are AT&C losses?How's it being tackled?
3)What are various types of IPR? What about GI? Give eg of GI products.

M2
1)Why USSR disintegration linked with communism failure?Why it so? What were reasons for disintegration?
2)What is the importance of Siachen Glacier?What its current status? Some related questions.

M3
1)what is india's position in patent filing? Why its low?
2) Renewable target of 175GW, what are various forms? What is the achivement till now?
3)How are countries after USSR disintegration performing?
4)Some question on some USSR policy which i couldn't understand?

M4
1) What's scope of EVs in India? How's the market preparing for it? Is it focussed on urban areas only and not rural? Can they be charged using generators?
2) What's situation in Gilgit-Baltistan(GB)? There was some news about a year ago about GB, do you remeber it? Why it caused uproar in India? How many provinces in Pak?

How India reasserted its position on GB recently? Referring to raising Baloch issue in PM 15 aug address, what do you think about it?

C.P. again
1) Do you someone from North east? Someone from Armed forces?
2) Do you want us to ask from any area which we have left?

P.S.- Interview went very smoothly. I was first in the board. About 25 min.

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BS Bassi Sir board on 20-03-2020
Nikas:

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Personal profile— IIT Delhi Civil Engineering Graduate, Yoga hobby, Commerce and accountancy optional, CFA Level 3 passed, 4 year work ex as Data Scientist, Currently in IPS

Disclaimer: This may or may not related to you. This was not knowledge test. It was truly a personality test.

By chairman
1. Why commerce and accountancy optional?
2. What was your role as consultant.
3. Speak 3 minutes on tax.
4. Speak 3 minutes on goodness.
By members
1. Your are not satisfied with engineering, data analytics consultant, IPS but with commerce. Explain
2. How as IPS and civil engineer help in traffic control.
3. What are problems of traffic management and deivise strategy for traffic management In India .
4. You are in position of secratery give a plan to chief minister on issues and solution of indira gandhi canal related issues.
5. As a consultant give us consultation on social sector with use of data. Speak for 3 minutes. What kind of new system you will design.
6. Define moral dillema of phone tapping. What will you do if situation arise. What are laws on it?
By chairman
1. How would you use past health data for predictive analytics.
2. What is meaning of your name and why such name?
3. Exercise which result in sweating are good. Counter this.
4. Will you also go for high studies if need arise.

Overall Board was cordial and Chairmen was very professional. Each member asked not more than 2 Questions but expected long reply by giving time limits.

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Prabhat Upadhyay
Interest : Vipassana meditation
Board : Sri A K Bhonsle sir
Date : 20 Feb

Wished lady member first and chairman second. It was 12:01 , still I wished good morning, then realized the mistake, corrected myself, to which chairman replied that they called me 1 min late to check this.



Chairman sir
1. If the objective of spirituality is to just look within then don't you it would impractical in real world?
2. Gave statement of Sadguru.. Asked what I meant by it.

1st member


1. Can spirituality be practiced without being religious?
2.Difference between modern men and medivial men from religious point of view.

Member 2

1. Do you think Right to information is misused?
2.Negative impacts of globalization.
3.How technology is playing role in governance.

Member 3

1.Problems in Gurgaon
2.Rate Gurgaon from 1 to 10 on crime
3.What steps will you take to make Gurgaon safer for women.

Member 4

1. What is commissioner ate system
2.When was it applied in UP and where.
3.Why it is needed.
4.What are conditions attached to it.
5.Problems in prison
6.steps to improve it.

Chairman : What you will do after interview.
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Interview Date- 17/03/2020 (forenoon)
Board- R.N.Choubey (1st to go)
Optional- Physics
Interests- cricket, music

C: Please tell us about your education and work experience background in 1 minute.
C: we often hear about bifurcation of states. What do you feel should be the Principles or criteria for such bifurcation? 
C: And what about popular demand? Shouldn't that be a criterion? 

M1: so you have played cricket. What are you? Batsman or bowler? 
M1: so what values do sports teach us
M1: How can sports be useful in administration 
M1: your home state is Maharashtra. Why is there an accute water problem there for so many years that we haven't been able to solve? 
M1: what solutions do you offer to solve this water issue


M2: what is your opinion on appointment of former members of Judiciary as MPs? (Recently Shri Ranjan Gogoi was appointed as member of Rajya Sabha). Is it good?
M2: Can you name one recent disruptive technology? (Said about today's paper - Russian tokamak technology for fusion power) 
C: (intervenes) that is very good and we accept that. Any other technology you have in mind? (Said AI)
M2: so how has AI caused a disruption? 


M3: What in your opinion should be he changes brought to the 10th schedule and anti defection law? 
M3: what are the loopholes in the law? 
M3: What can be done to make the role of speaker more transparent? 
M3: should speaker be appointed from outside the house? 


M4(lady member, former director of LBSNAA)
M4- You have heard of the term "Bureaucracy"? Who coined it? 
M4- why is this term often seen in a negative light and has a negative connotation attached to it? 
M4- any positives of having a bureaucratic structure? 
M4- I see you named Tribal sports (to M1). Have you heard about District Mineral Foundations near tribal areas? What do they do? How are they funded? 
M4- you are a very interesting candidate because you have Physics as your Graduation subject and ALSO as your optional subject? Why so? 
M4- how will this subject help you in administration? 


C- Is there anything you want to say or have us ask about if you feel we missed out? 
C-  Thank you. Your interview is over. Best of luck to you.

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R N Chaubey
20 July, Second to go in morning session
IIT Delhi, electrical engineering
Mathematics optional
Working as software engineer in Samsung in South Korea
Hobby cycling, squash, Korea language

Extremely chill and welcoming chairperson
Only distantly related to DAF (area of work and home state and hometown)

Chairperson :
0. Had breakfast or were you nervous (both)
1. Tribal mainstreaming your views
a. Education and culture are so inter related related..how to provide education without changing identity( education must be local)
2. Ladakh bifurcation
a. Popular demand vs financial viability
b. Why should Other states be supporting and funding in short term ( one nation, overall growth in long term for labour and market also)

M1.
0. Hardik you have good academic background and electrical and software field experience.. tell us some developments in India in this field. In the context of being aatma nirbhar in this field (Electronics manufacturing under make in india, software products development along with IT, 5g iot telecommunications equipments should be manufactured at home..not import)
1. Up law and order situation your views
2. Criminalisation of politics os a reality?
3. How to reform? ( Criminal affidavits and fast tarck courts)

M2.
1. Durand cup in football (duuno - for some reason he thought i am interested in all kinds of sports)
2. Durand line
3. Does it touch india? (Not sure)
4. National schemes name few
a. Are they helpful (yes)
5. What is Electoral college ( i gave incorrect answer - no follow up)
6. Assam floods solutions ( I don't know well)
7. Smart village ( e-panchayat, tele education, tele medicine, tele-law)
a. What about physical infra? (Broadband, towers, CSC)
b. What about economic physical infra ( i dunno)

M3.
1. Automating and IT reducing jobs.. what's your view ( ancillary industries creating many jobs in fact)
2. Mathura refinery vs Taj Mahal will you expland or not? ( only If pollution control and long term supply and demand)
a. If you have to decide, will you do or not? ( I will provided pollution norms)
b. Will you do or not? ( Sir I will)
c. Then what will happen to Taj Mahal?
( Sir bola toh pollution control 3 times 😅 - of course i said this in polite way)

M4.
1. Electricity demand and supply.. we are surplus then where is the issue. ( Couldn't understand his question properly - so i just said what i knew - PLF, Billing efficiency, Discoms profitability, more capacity)
a. Conventional or green energy ( of course green!)
2. Inclusive growth ( great idea sirji)
a. Cities development not reaching villages ( sir satellite cities need to be developed to declutter main city)
b. Smart city you mean? ( Yes sir)
c. Is it going good? ( Of course! 🙊 )

Chairperson :
1. We enjoyed talking to you, anything you would like to mention that maybe we didn't ask.. ( sir india and South korea.. what they can learn from each other - said two points each ) - M1 and M2 thankfully nodded on these points..
2. Excellent.. interview is over.. thank you
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Manoj Soni sir, 30-35 min
21st July, 1st to go

CP:
Lived in Delhi, how’s the city ?
Why civil services ? Status and power not a consideration ? - long arguments
Talk about a policy of current govt for 2 minutes
Do you pursue your hobbies

1st member:
History of Native place
Is delhi prefect for capital
Impact of Covid in profession - CA and business

2nd member
Why SK became developed and not India
Two potraits in your office apart from Pm, president and Gandhiji
Why can’t we have direct recruitment in civil services after 12 like nda ? Which is Better - current process or after 12?

3rd member
Astronomy - recent planet alignment
Offset meaning ? Is it applied ?
Ethics behind offsets ?

4th member
Why to join IAS when As a CA can do good in IRS
What to do if posted in department of social justice ?
Schemes of women empowerment ? How will you empower women ?
SFIO ? When established ? Why established ?
Satyam scam ? Why happened despite renowned auditors ?
One improvement in native place by civil
Servants ? What will you do if posted there ? On answering haphazard development, then means no planning since 70 years ?
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Ishwarya

21 July 2020 , FN 2nd to go
Optional : Sociology
Degree : B.E.Civil Engineering
Present Job : IRAS
Hobbies - Asian dramas, gardening, sketching, table tennis.

SUJATHA MEHTA Mam board

CM
1. You are from Civil Engineering background, what is the relationship between civil engineering and climate change?
2. Do you think retrofitting of 25 YO building is sustainable?
3. Tamilnadu politics and the favour for actors why?
4. Casual enquiry about ongoing training process.


Member 1
1.asked some sociological thinker (had no idea)
2. historical background of Cuddalore
3. Is reservation to SC, St and OBCs a positive move
4. What are the safeguards available to SC when their rights are violated


Member 2

1 .how to improve health infra
2.Should health be made fundamental right or entitlement.
3. Elaborate on your hobby of watching Asian drama
4 . What are the cultural similarities between East asian countries and India
4 . Do you know about Angkor wat.



Member 3

1. Significance of Vaastu in civil engineering
2. Can India build a makeshift hospital like China in 10 days
3. Do you know about China's project management

Member 4.

1. How to improve Railway accounting by including digitisation
2. How to revive construction sector after this COVID crisis


Chairman
1. Do TV dramas reflect societal conditions
Is there anything you think we should ask

I said my hobby sketching
1. Asked whether i learnt somewhere or self taught
After few discussion

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Medical Process
1. How long it took you to complete

Regular process. Business as usual. No safety kit provided here. Bring your own mask, sanitizer, etc.

2. Those who had medicals previous year, pls compare - was it similar?

I haven't given it earlier. But people here are saying just as last year.

3. Was there any possibility of contacting Covid suspects in the hospitals or both were separate?

Yes. There was. Mine isn't dedicated COVID facility. But we did go to OPD where there is always a chance of contact. And OPD was completed full.

4. Are they completing medicals in one day or in case of any issue - are they advising you to come again?

I'll let you know once I'm done here. So far everything has been normal.
5. Any other info you want to share?

You are all by yourself here. Be very careful. Take precaution by yourselves. Business as usual.

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Sachin Pralhadrao Wayal
Buldhana District, MH
B. Tech. (Production Engg) from VJTI, Mumbai
WorkEx of 2 years at L&T, Heavy Engg, PMG - Nuclear Dept
Hobbies: Blogging related to Nuclear Power, and Teaching
Optional: Public Administration

Board: Smita Nagarajan Ma’am
Date of Interview: 20 July 2020, Afternoon session, first to enter

Chairperson
1. What are you doing lately?
2. Why you chose career in Public Policy? (few sub questions)
3. Explain Administration in one/two/three words?
4. How can we improve efficiency? (few sub questions)

Member 1
1. Why there is prevailing corruption in administration?
2. What is Transparency Index? How can we improve on it?
3. How can we implement the technology?
4. If your were District Collector of same district, how will you use technology to improve efficiency?

Member 2
1. What is Conflict of Interest?
2. How can we make sure that CoI is not there in administration?
3. What is your recent teaching experience?
4. How do you keep in touch with your Arunachal Pradesh students?

Member 3
1. Your district collector is good old friend of mine. How is she performing on COVID situation? What improvement you suggest?
2. What was your core motivational message to slums kids, when you were teaching them as part of L&T CSR Activities?
3. Which are the types of Nuclear reactor we have in India?
4. What is our Nuclear program? How many years it will take for commercial Thorium based reactor?

Member 4
1. What is significance of Chahbhar port for India?
2. Do you know what is Block Chain Technology? How can we implement it in Administration?

Chairperson
Considering the present India-China relations, do we think we should proceed with 5G technology?

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21/07/2020 Forenoon
TCA Anant Sir board


Completely DAF based, no current affairs at all.

Chairman-
Q1- You have lived at many places- why
Q2- You have been working after college, tell me about your work
Q3- Key issues in school education sector (my recent project was about that)
Q4- How would you solve these issues
Post this, CM was disengaged, constantly looking in his mobile

M1-
Q0- Whose tie is this? What’s the brand of tie you are wearing :P
Q1- You hail from Fazilka- key political importance of place during the unrest in Punjab
Q2- Punjab went through long phase of insurgency- Why did it last so long and how was it finally tackled?
Q3- You mentioned about KPS Gill- in what capacity was he involved
Q4- There were reports about Police excesses during the time- What were they?
Q5- Do you think situation was this bad that such severe measures had to be taken
Q6- Judiciary is also blamed to be reticent through the phase- you think that was the case

M2-
Q1- Ways of parliamentary checks on executive expenditure of money
Q2- What does CAG stand for
Q3- Have you heard about progressive auditing ( or something like this which basically meant evaluating not only fund utilisation but also effectiveness)
Q4- I said no and then he explained it for a while and asked me as a consultant explain the ways in which we can include this in auditing
Q5- He mentioned about a more formal EEE approach (Efficiency, Economy, Effectiveness). Asked me to explain what each of this means in context of public expenditure

M4-
Q1- Back to education, you mentioned about drop outs in school- do you know about the differential between male- female dropout
Q2- Then, he asked me to explain the reasons
Q3- Can you relate water also to girl dropout- On responding, he told me to make sure that we include these measures in future projects
Q4- Then he said if you become IAS, which state will you choose
Q5- Why not Chhattisgarh (state where I did high schooling)
Not able to recall 1-2 Qs that he asked too

M5-
Q1- Give details of what all projects/ sectors and your contribution
Q2- Do you think you made any meaningful impact in these projects
Q3- On explaining- he said if you are creating such impact why civil services
Q4- After some discussion on money and it’s importance for me- he asked me how are you sure civil services will give you job satisfaction.
Then he wished me good luck

Chairman again- I was last candidate for forenoon and he was constantly indicating the members to hurry and after they were done he said Thank you- That’ll be all.
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Current - IPS

21/7/20
Chair-Manoj Soni board. Initially 4 members including one lady were sitting. 5th member joined in 5 mins.

Chair
1. You are already in IPS. Aren’t you happy.
2. Would you regret if you aren’t allotted service you are aspiring.
3. Do you believe UP gangster encounter was staged. Before asking this he said ‘honestly tell me’ twice.
4. What makes you believe that it was not true. Some more related discussion.

M1 Lady
1. Does police exceed its brief and use excess force?
2. How would you use GIS in policing ?
3. How would technology help in tackling law and order situation
4. Some more technology related questions AI, ML. She said something about scalar data vector data.

M2
1. Some senior police officers say criminal justice system doesn’t work properly because judicial process is slow, ineffective. Do you think so ?
2. What changes do we need in IPC, CrPC, Indian evidence act. Tell specific changes.
3. Detailed discussion on subsidies. What type of subsidies do we give, should we give them or not ?
4. How should we rationalise PDS system, FPS etc

M3
1. Role of police during covid times
2. Has police able to deliver on people’s expectations
3. Some discussion about police and COVID lockdown
4. Which section of law authorised police to enforce lockdown ?
5. What is FATF
6. Why Pakistan escaped blacklist ?
7. When UN blacklists some terrorist, how can we leverage that ?

M4
1. Isn’t golden temple most important part of golden triangle ?
2. What is golden triangle.
3. DM and SP are fulcrum of district administration. Don’t you think for 1 year SP should do DM’s job and DM should do SP’s job for better coordination
4. Shouldn’t we have one standard investment policy throughout India for boosting investment. Some discussion on this
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Anonymous

PK Joshi board
2nd to go
Electrical engineering
Hobbies - Lawn tennis and Cricket
Working in financial services (pvt)

Just as I entered I glanced at all members everybody had grim faces only chairman was smiling , wished and smiled at everyone

C:
Q Where did you did your schooling ? Where is it located?
Q : Why working in a financial sector job why not core?
A: (Said was not proficient plus had did projects in data analytics ML which attracted me)
Q: Transmission losses sources ?
A: (Mentioned 3 forgot to mention corona losses )
Q: Solar power how is it generated the principle ?
A: (Photoelectric effect explained)
Q: Limitations of sola power
A: (Told 3 - storage , grid parity , transmission ( AC-DC).; Chairman said what about area I said yes sir and explained how difficult it has been to implement NSM


M1:
Q: Data is new oil explain
A: Monologue followed knowledge economy how data is fueling new age business blah blah)
Q: Role of social media and how is it changing marketing
A: ( Long monologue with real life examples followed -insurance credit , recommendation engines)
Q: Disruptive tech
A: ( Told only one said sorry)


F1: Till now she was very serious and every answer I gave she frowned
Q: Domestic violence act and dowry act ? Are the necessary because not benefiedtd ? Aren’t they anti men
A: ( Humbly disagreed that they have been useless said deference has been added She counter questioned so you are saying that 0 dowry cases ?
Q: What will you do as DM for women empowerment
A: Told a differentiated strategy depending on rural and urban areaw
Q: which states are with low and high women literacy
A: high said Kerala and TN while low can I take a guess ? She said why not - so I told Bihar and UP , She said very safe guess and everyone laughed
Q: How to improve women education
A: Told how we can capture low hanging fruits like infra improvements -like toilets ; nudging parents towards education

M2:
QWas very stern and every time I told any ans to any member he would smirk as if I am telling a joke
Q: What is DPSP what is FR and difference
Q What are grand slams ? What different in surfaces
A : got carried away on this explained grand slams diffence of surfaces and how ball travels he was clearly not expecting all of this
Q: Is India Non aligned or changed
A: Said sir india is multi aligned while pursuing strategic autonomy

M4: was smiling throught and went quick fire
Q: Yogi Adityanath how many times MP from Gorakhpur
A: Dont know sir
Q: Logo of Aus open ? Told
Q: And which is that player - dont know sir
Q First 200 in cricket ?
A SRT? And in test - told Dravid he said no Umrigar
Q: First 300
A: Sir Sehwag in Multan against Pakistan memorable (everyone laughed
Q: 5 classical dances and states
A: Told 3 and said dont remember sir
Q :why people prefer banking jobs and why engineers go to non core isn’t it a waste’
Q: which kind of bowler you are ? Told sir medium fast
Q: can you swing? - No sir but bowl good leg cutters he laughed again

C1: Thank you your interview is over
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Jagadish Adahalli

20th july
Belagavi, Karnataka.
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Work experience- SDM(prob)

Board- RN Choubey
Morning session first one to go.

Chairman
1. Introduce urself
2. Do u believe that coronavirus is created by china?
3. If u get naga land cadre, will u go?
4. Financial regulators in india
5. How RBI regulates
6. Diff bw slowdown and recession

M1
1. Cooking hobby which all northkarnataka food do u prepare
2. Farming and my experience in it
3. Recent steps of aatmanirbhar bharat and ordinances with respect to agriculture

M2
1. Sugarcane and petrol relation and ethanol blending
2. Jaggery and sugarcane in belagavi
3. Earthquake in belagavi which zone it falls
4. Geographical and geological features of belagavi

M3
1. Again chaina and WHO controversy over coronavirus
2. Weaknesses of WHO and some related questions
3. Which one region which u have not visited and want to explore if u given a chance.
4. Macmohan line and its extension and importance

M4
1. Mgnrega and its importance
2. How it helped in rural economy and some related questions
3. What are the flagship schemes of Govt in rural area.
Chairman- any topic or suggestion if u want to discuss with us.
Thank u and all the best for ur result..
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Ihsanul Hussain
From Assam, MSc chemistry, optional- history
Reviewing movies,bihu
2nd March 2020 forenoon
Vyas sir board 40-45 min

Chairman

- Give a picture of Indo China relation from independence till now.
- history repeats itself. How it is correct?? Why history repeats itself?
We get a very less chance to interact with people from Assam . So, I am sorry but we will ask more questions about Assam. ( Laughed)

- what is golden butterfly? ( tea variety from Assam)

- In recent years , rhinos number has been increasing in kaziranga. So, should we shoot some of them? Otherwise it will lead to man animal conflict.

- what are the causes of rhino poaching?
- what is the main market and route of smuggled rhino products?
- tell me two major problems of Assam?
- one thing you will do for Assam and India if you become an IAS officer ?
- describe problem of illegal immigrants very shortly.
- what to do with nrc?

Member 1

- Jhum cultivation has been the cause of pollution in NE India. How the practice can be reduced? What will be your strategy as an IAS officer?

-chemistry is expected to give solutions,but it is causing pollution. What to do?

-role of chemistry in solid waste management?

- why Manas national park is famous? Tell some of it's problems. ( In the issues, I have mentioned Indo- bhutan division of the park,so asked me about the possible solutions in this regard)

Member 2

- the recent movie avenger is somewhat related to India i.e something to do with Indian mythology. What is it?

- what is the historical significance of Cotton college ( my graduation college)?

Member 3

- Haj is under ministry of minority affairs. Should it be moved to some other ministry like external affairs?( Counter questions on it)

- why sivasagar is famous?

- What is the economical and environmental significance of monuments of sivasagar?

- what is your today's mode of transportation to UPSC office? (I told them it is Uber.)
- tell two positives and negatives about a Uber ride.

Member 4

- You are a fond of cricket. Have you heard the name of a recent committee on bcci?
- state two recommendations of lodha committee.
- how far the recommendations will be effective ?

- suppose you are a member of today's interview panel and one of the candidates is your son. What you will do?

Chairman again

- Tell something about bihu. What are the types of bihu? How it is celebrated? In detail.


(Overall the panel was very friendly,cheerful and it was more like a conversation than a interview)
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