Interview 2014 Transcripts and Experiences

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from Orkut:-
Board : chattar singh sir
hobby: gardening, travelling, photography by fone

chairman:
ur roll no?
what do you do in gardening? explain the procedure.
u talked about transplanting. do we transplant coriander?
which communication mode withdrawn by govt?
have you ever seen it. ( i said in schools we practiced format.)

m1:
why protests were held in ur college? how it got solved?
give one social issue on which u will like to work as an ias and why?
ok if all educated, then what next will be your focus area and why?

M2:

what are university, deemed university, college, state univ etc.
what is role of UGC in it.
why cesarean operation have increased?
what is ITPO ? ( didnt know)

M3:
As an ias, how will you improve agriculture in district?
explain green revolution.
explain its actual impact.

M4:
national tree?
ok, what its speciality? ( she gave hint and then i answered)
tell about agni 5 missile?
what does it mean " being ballistic" ?
should national service be made cumpolsary? why?
we cannot force it on people, so how to make it more acceptable?

chairman: thank you. interview over.

pankaj121

Courtesy Orkut :-

Interview date:
17th April, 2014Time:
Around 10:30 am. Interview lasted for 30-35 mins.Board Chairman:
Dr. (Mrs.) P KilemsunglaInterview
questions:Chairman (Ch): So, your name is Mohit Mundra. You have done
Mechanical Engineering and your optional is History. Interesting combination.
(My heart started beating faster. I was wondering what kind of a question
combining mech engg and history could be asked. But this anxiety did not last
long as the Chairman asked a completely unrelated question). So Mohit, what are
bitcoins?Ch: Do you know of any drawbacks of bitcoins?(More supplementary questions on bitcoins)Ch: Are you aware of the National Youth Policy?Ch: Ok, no worries. But now you are going to become an
administrator and the youth of this country will look up to you. Let’s say
after becoming a civil servant you are invited to speak at a college. Then what
message would you give to the youth of this country to reassure them that the
government is there for them, that it will take care of them?Ch: In India, we are facing the problems of poverty and
ignorance. What solutions do you propose to reduce and eradicate both of them?(Cross questions on eradication of poverty)Chairman
asked one or two other questions as well, but can’t recollect them now.(M1 takes over)M1: I see that your optional is history. Do you know about
the 3rd battle of Panipat?M1: Why did the Marathas lose the war?(Cross-questions)M1: How did the Afghans cut the lines of communication of
the Marathas?M1: Did the Marathas have any Muslim general?M1: Ok, how has the geography of India affected its history?M1: Do you know of any particular date that Pakistanis
believe was the birth date of the idea of Pakistan as a nation?(Cross-questions)M1: You are from Mumbai. Have you heard of the “Sons of
Soil” theory? Do you support it?(M2 takes over)M2: What do you know about BRICS?M2: Which countries are a part of BRICS?M2: Have you heard about DMIC? Can you tell us something
about it in brief?M2: Are there other such corridors being planned or
constructed by the government?Again, I feel
that he asked a few more questions. Unfortunately, can’t recollect now.(M3 takes over)M3: Can you tell us about Goods and Services Tax (GST)?M3: What benefits is it going to have over the existing
indirect tax regime?(Many cross-questions)M3: You have mentioned one of your hobbies as “reading
books”. Which was the last book that you read?M3: Did you like the book?M3: You are from Maharashtra. In Mah, some regions are
poorer as compared to other regions. Can you tell which regions are rich and
which poor?M3: What do you think is the reason for this regional economic
disparity in Mah?M3: What steps can you think of to remove these disparities?M3: (Based on my answer to prev question) How much area of
Mah is irrigated? Less than 50% or more than 50%?M3: (Based on my answer to prev question) So even when
irrigated area is so less, some regions in Maharashtra grow sugarcane crops on
a large scale. This is because it fetches them good returns. Now, it is a fact
that sugarcane is a very water intensive crop. So suppose you were an administrator
posted in one of the districts where sugarcane is grown on a large scale. How
will you, as an administrator, persuade the farmers to give up sugarcane
cultivation and take to some less water intensive crops?(M4 takes over)M4: Mohit, I see you are from Mumbai. Last year, in Thane
district, a building had collapsed and it took about 42 hours for the rescue
operations. Do you know why it took so long for the rescue ops?M4: (Based on my response) Ok, you have not heard about the
news. But let’s say you are posted as the District Collector in charge of the
rescue operations of such a building collapse. Now how will you use your
knowledge of mechanical engineering to ensure that the rescue efforts are
expeditiously executed?(Based on my response, he started going deeper into
mechanical engineering related stuff. I could not satisfactorily answer those
questions.)M4: Previously, to one of the questions posed by the
Chairman as to what message you will give to the youth of this country, you did
not mention about encouraging entrepreneurship. Don’t you think the youth
should be encouraged in this activity as well?M4: Ok, can you tell us how will you encourage
entrepreneurship among the youth and create a facilitative environment for it
within the country?

Can you tell some of mechanical eng questions?

vinnyiitr

One thing that I have learnt from my interview experience is that one has to be ready with respect to any possibility. I could never imagine that my interview would be based almost on my Graduation subject (Civil Engineering). Although I answered most of the questions, I wonder whether I was convincing enough to the Board. No question was asked from current issues, international affairs, my profile and biodata. I do not know how UPSC is going to judge my personality on the basis of a Q&A session on my engineering subject!! But as we know UPSC has always been unpredictable, there is no need of speculations.
Interview Transcript
Chairman: Chhatar Singh
1. What have you been doing off late?
2. Are Mechanical Engineers uncivilized?
3. How do you see the future of concrete?
4. On the historical timescale of civilization, at about what time concrete was used?
5. Do you know any substitute of concrete?
6. Why steel structures are now replacing concrete structures?
7. Are you aware about DPC?
8. How does the load on a building get distributed?
9. Do walls bear any load?
10. Have you seen a building being constructed? Tell me the order of construction.
Member 1
1. Are you aware of the North East?
2. Draw the map of North East and locate Mizoram, Triura and Ngaland.
3. With which states do these states share their borders?
4. What is NHAI?
5. What does NHAI do?
6. Does NHAI construct roads itself?
7. Does NHAI do contracting work only?
8. How do you know about the safety of a dam?
9. In CPWD buildings, why there is uniform depth in the beam? Why don't they taper it?
Member 2
1. What do understand by green buildings? What are their essential features?
2. What is western disturbance? Tell me about it's origin.
3. How does western disturbance affect Indian economy?
4. What do we measure by time?
Member 3
1. Why you remained unplaced even though you were the placement coordinator?
2. Which countries would you cross over if you take a flight from New Delhi to US?
3. Tell me the name of the recent book by the former coal secretary.
4. You are the DM and there is a 100 bedded hospital being constructed in your district. You
received a complaint from the village Sarpanch about substandard material being used in the
hospital building. You are under immense pressure from the lady CM to complete the project
in 6 months. Then what would be your response?
Member 4
1. Not everyone is able to sing or do poetry. How did you develop poetry as your hobby?
2. You are sanctioned 100 crores for flood relief. What would be your priorities?
3. Name a very famous civil engineer from India.
4. Who was a very famous Dam engineer from India?
5. What do we celebrate on 30th September?
6. Do we have any audit of educational standards in the country for higher education?
7. Any other agency?
8. What is NAAC?
Chairman:
Thank you. Your interview is over.

hi vivek..do u also have civil engg. experience as well besides graudate study??

Eddy

25th april 2014 ,Approx 30 Min ,ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ME form IISc
BOARD: VINAY MITTAL SIR
CHAIRMAN
1) Telangana issue( My state)
2) Research in india( As I was from IISc)
3) How to improve research in india
4) My activities as social committee coordinator (DAF)
5) What qualities did I learn from my activities
Member1
1) About E cigarettes
2) Why they were banned in some countries
3) Should police be kept out of state control
4) What are the pit holes in CAG auditing private players
Member2
1) What is power electronics
2) Present research in the field of electrical field
3) About Prof C.N.R rao sir and his research
4) Difference between student council and student union
5) Lyngdo commission report on politicisation of student unions
Member3
1) About My school alumni Satya nadella(CEO of Microsoft)
2) What qualities made him to that position
3) Asked did I possess the same qualities if made DC
4) Power sector position in India
5) Problems of power sector in India
6) Are the long term power purchase contracts are good or bad
7) Is Central electricity act 2003 successful or fail.
8) What is plant load factor.
Member4
1) What should to improve the generation capacity in India
2) Kudankulam issue 3) Fishermen issue in tamil nadu
4) If made DC them how will I solve the problem
5) Why brain drain
6) What to do to reverse the brain drain

albela_cute

date 24 apri
board a p singh sir
background mechanical engg,work ex 1 year in oil psu,hobby reading

1.chairman-give solution for enrgy problems in india? what u did for last three years(my second attemt)
2.give your view on nuclear energy
3.M1-WHAT ARE DIVISIONS OF MAHARASHTRA ,PROBLEMS
4.KONKAN RAILWAY FOUNDER,envt issues related to it
5.M2-which book u read? why u dont write also
6.what is solution for employment problems in india......also give solution to education problems,,,,,does egulation needed more
7.who was defence minister after 1962.....what was his contribution.
8.next member asked me choice of subject-i said ask from both general studies and engg
then he said which one u will prefer small state or large stateexplain it with all examples
i
explained all states and issues-answer for 10 min around as every state
of india was discussed....they were also talking and debating amongst
themselves after each state.
9.last
membar asked-what u will do when u will become civil servant? give one
thing u will really can do without political interference?
10.chairman-do u knw what happened at everest recently
tell me second third fourth fifth highest peaks of himalaya
11.k2 is in india or pakistan......i said india...he said its in pakistan

and it ended.

albela_cute

hobby badminton
opt: geo
vinay mittal sir,

1. wat s d sectoral composition of indian econ?
2. wat r d disadvantages of having 60% as services
3. some profile based
4. NFSM, mandate, year, target, success
5. how do u increase productivity of a group
6. wat r d indicators to decide if a task s difficult or easy?
7. wat r various perf evaluation techniques in d world?
8. is separation d only solution to all probs?
9. How s indian geography changing?(wtf)
10. wats d fight between google n apple?
11. how do u register a web site name?
12. why is indian shuttlers lagging behind these days?
13.some questions about manufacturing and its importance.
14. will LWE increse if Telangana s created?
15. hw to register a website

6Smileys

date 24 apri
board a p singh sir
background mechanical engg,work ex 1 year in oil psu,hobby reading

1.chairman-give solution for enrgy problems in india? what u did for last three years(my second attemt)
2.give your view on nuclear energy
3.M1-WHAT ARE DIVISIONS OF MAHARASHTRA ,PROBLEMS
4.KONKAN RAILWAY FOUNDER,envt issues related to it
5.M2-which book u read? why u dont write also
6.what is solution for employment problems in india......also give solution to education problems,,,,,does egulation needed more
7.who was defence minister after 1962.....what was his contribution.
8.next member asked me choice of subject-i said ask from both general studies and engg
then he said which one u will prefer small state or large stateexplain it with all examples
i
explained all states and issues-answer for 10 min around as every state
of india was discussed....they were also talking and debating amongst
themselves after each state.
9.last
membar asked-what u will do when u will become civil servant? give one
thing u will really can do without political interference?
10.chairman-do u knw what happened at everest recently
tell me second third fourth fifth highest peaks of himalaya
11.k2 is in india or pakistan......i said india...he said its in pakistan

and it ended.

k2 in Pakistan?? Have we already ceded the territory to Pak? How to handle such questions?

albela_cute

K2 is in PoK ...

manx

@albela_cute well, the safest answer would be k2 is de jure in india but de facto in pok (just like afghanistan is de jure india's neighbour but de facto shares border with pok)...but if one were to choose between india and pakistan obviously, india is more correct than pakistan...so if i were you i wouldn't be worried.

albela_cute

@manx I agree with you. I also saw the details of K2 on wiki, it also says Pakistan thought ..