exports?
9- Difference between EPZ and SEZ?
Member4
1-What is the difference between geography and hydrography?
2-What is the status of hydrography in India? Which country is it helping?
3-Is there any maritime doctrine of India?
4 How do u define Doctrine?
5-What is Maritime Agenda 2020?
6-How you will focus on ship building?
7-how would you relieve congestion on ports?
8-Suppose you are made DM what all you will do?
Chairman- Interview over.
M2:
Mr P sainath has won magsaysay award, do you know which organisation gives this awards ?
Name some other winners from India
how will your land pooling model would be different from chinese and Soviet communes ?
I am telling you a statement by a famous Political scientist and you have to defend it "In bureaucracy
there is hierachy of incompetence and incompetence perpetuates incompetence" ( I think he wanted
to quote Peter's principle but messed it up)
Is hierarchy a problem in government ?
what are possible Human rights issues you will face in administration ?
M3:
Compare organisation of Microsoft with government offices. Tell me some similarities and
differences in their bureaucratic structure
How the revenue model of Microsoft is different from Redhat linux
Tell me about public and private keys.
Which organisation in India keeps track of public keys
M4:
Has BCCI brought bad name for India ?
Why people outside India are not happy with BCCI ?
Should BCCI be brought under RTI ?
Why has PM's visit to EU delayed for such long time , what is the sticking issue ?
What is the name of FTA with EU ?
What are the sticking points for FTA conclusion ?
Which country in europe is advocating most for custom duty reduction in EU ?
After Volkswagen issue , does Germany has moral right to do so ?
What does India want in FTA ? ( told about Data secure status, liberalisation in services )
Which mode in Services ? ( said Mode 1 and 4)
Correct and directed to chairman
Chariman : Thanks, your interview is over
Member 1
What do you teach
How you make your students good members of society
Conflict in historical approach today
Member 2
Difference between aerobics and crossfit
Silk Road by China
What is difference between ethics and values
How temperament is important for civil servant
Member 3
Mobile Os used
Processor used in mobiles
What is object oriented language and its benefits
Why did Microsoft acquire Nokia
Member 4
Africa as Software development market
Indo africa summit full name and grant by india
Chairman
3 most critical issues of Punjab
Why no hardware fabrication industry in india
Autonomy of universities
Transcript.
S:Me
C:Chairperson(Sh. Vinay Mittal)
S:May I come in, Sir.
C:Come in.
( His room is such that he is seated facing in perpendicular direction to the entry)
After reaching the chair,
S: Good evening Madam, Good evening Sirs.
C: Sit down.
S: Thank you Sir.
C: So, currently you are working somewhere?
S: Yes, Indian Forest Service.
C: Ooo, Let me see in DAF.
S: Sir, it is mentioned after the current page.
C:Ok So, what are your preferences now?
S: IAS and IFS
C: The topmost one?
S: IAS.
C: Now tell me something about climate change. How the negotiations at international level has
shaped up over time, and what role India has had in it? Then explain whether perennial issues have
been resolved in recent past in Paris summit. And whether Indias concerns were met now?
S: (Thinking a bit)To answer the first partat the Earth summit of 1992, it was firmly established due
to ice core analysis that climate change is a reality and major role was due to the erstwhile
industrialized nations since industrial revolution of 1780s.
C:It was 1880s na..
S: It was later half of the 18th century Sir.
C: Okok..
S:. Then the negotiations started. Recently we had Rio+20 summit( since 1992 one happened at
Rio), to review the process .CBDR under UNFCCC is a known principle today. Also,the carbon
budget has lesser headroom left for developing nations
C( Interrupting): You didnt mention about Kyoto protocol? What were issues in that and did it work?
S: Yes sir, I am sorry I missed that. Kyoto protocol was signed at Kyoto prefecture in japan in 1997
and under it the Annex 1 countries and in transition economies were to fund the developing nations .
There were 3 routes: Joint implementation, CDMand one more.
C: Pls tell me what were issues with Kyoto protocol? Did US sign it?
S: No sir, it didnt.
C: Why? If you donot know we ll move to another topic.
S:Sorry, I donot have the specific answer sir.
C: Ok, U know that solar energy is getting greater attention these days. Tell me the renewable
energy ambitions for India?
S: 175 GW by 2022
C: Solar in that?
S: 100 GW
C: What are Indias energy needs going to be in future? How much is it producing currently?
S: Sir, 230-235 GW
C: Are you sure?
S: Sir, this data belongs to last FY. I am not updated for the current year.
C: Ok. Now tell me how much is by different sources?
S: 67% by thermal.
C : Ok ,, next.
S: roughly 32 GW by renewable sources and 22 GW by Wind power.
C: Ok. What about nuclear?
S: 5600MW generation.
C: Do u think that India should pursue nuclear power?
S: Absolutely .
C: Why?
S: Its a vision of Homi bhabha for 3 stage nuclear cycle. The FBR stage is almost ready in concept
stage and will be commercialized in future. Can we leave it midway . No. We have 25-30% of
Monazite sands share of the world. This is our chance to have energy independence. It will
strengthen our foreign diplomacy.
C: But recent event show that it could be risky?
S: Sir, I dont believe so. This is media hype. The Kakrapar power station of South Gujarat was
contained in designed manner. AERBB detected no radiation in premises. Since, the Fukushima
Daiichis 5th anniversary fell on the same day as incident, it was portrayed in a negative manner by
the media.
C:ok.
( Passes on to the next lady member, who looks from NEpart of India).
M1: Says a para about panchayat.What are the responsibilities of Panchayat and have they
safeguarded the interests of people?
Pause( 10 sec)
S: Panchayats are a means of local self government and decisions are meant to be taken by people
participation and consensus. It has in past distributed land among people in rural areas( She is
nodding). It helps in wage employment of people. Especially wrt PESA ie. Panchayat Extension to
Schedule V areas, it helps in NTFP collection , liquor prohibition and land allotment etc.
S: Mam, I forgot the second part of your question.
M1: The safeguarding of people..
S: The institution has issues wrt funds and human resources. Its HR lacks training and
organizational strength and are not able to form adequate interface between distt admin and people.
But it has provided 33% reservations to women and even 50% in few states, hence acting as tool for
women empowerment.
M1: The country has ample natural resources and is well endowed. But still tourism sector is not
able to achieve its potential. Can you explain to me why?
S: mam, may I think for sometime and then answer.
M1: Yes Sure.
S:May I use the paper and pencil?
C: Sure.
Thinks and writes on paper a few points.
S: Yes mam, there are diverse issues but first and foremost is the image of our nation: the security
of women and then the dirtiness of our heritage sites and overall nation- waste management is a big
issue.
Then , the administrative issue eg I have lived in Varanasi and touts do harass the tourists and
overcharge them. Our tourist police cells are not effective. The North east is abound with natural
beauty but it is not well connected and developed. Then the state also doesnot monitor it
paraphernalia aswe see judiciary intervening with issues like Rohtang pass traffic control. The
carrying capacity monitoring is a big issue today also in religious places.
Nods.
C passes onto next member.
M2: Should India go for GM crops like Bt Brinjal, BT cotton?
S: Yes for non food crops and no for food crops.
M2: you mean for food crops yes..
S: Sir, it is the other way round.
M2: ok. Do u think that the non food crops may enter human food chain?
S:(surprised,Thinks what one forest guard had told during west india tour): I just realized that it can
sir through feed material.
M2: Hmm. Okay. Now tell me should we go for wildlife tourism and how?
S: Absolutely, we have precious resources like 70% of world tiger population and lions in India. Our
Protected areas have limited capacity to entertain tourism pressure. So innovative methods could be
applied. Eg I recently visited Gir and found out that 10 years ago only 50000 tourists/year used to
come but now, 5 lakhs come . Hence they created a safari at Devalaya for 4 lakhs and rest 1 lakh is
provided permits at Gir national park. It has balanced all issues.
M2: What do they do at Safari park?
S: They take tourists in a bus which is packed and a few siddhi tribe guides communicate with bus
guide over walkie talkie about lion locations and then people are taken along those tracks. It
provides for tourists cultural enrichment and a win win situation.
M2: Recently, there was a case in Supreme court regarding the Gir lion to be transferred to some
state. Lions have frequently moved to farther regions than sanctuary also.What are your views over
that?
S: I believe that it is not a technical issue but a political one. Lions have habited regions from
Palestine to Palamu. The reasons of high temperature issue is not convincing enough in my opinion.
Southern kutchh
part of Gir has been a revenue grosser due to lions. Its their pride. If they part with it, it might lead to
overall loss to them in future since whole region depends on it. So, they dont want to translocate
some of them to Kuno Palpur region of MP.
C passes on to M3.
M3: What are causes of forest fires?
S: There are three main reasons: Wildlife criminals , poachers burn shrubs to have better sightings
of animals. The picnickers, tourists cook food and leave cigarette butt, and lastly the people living in
fringe areas burn under growth to have green shoots to enable grazing and fodder.
M3: What is market?
S: It is a place where two entities viz. supplier and demander of a commodity arrive at an agreement.
M3: Is it just a place?
S: It could be a platform also.
M3: Just these two. Ok leave it. Tell me what is marketing.
S: Showcasing the qualities of a commodity to fetch a premium price.
C intervenes: Is he an economics student?
M3: yes he is .
S: I have read it in class 12.
M3: I am asking just basic stuff . Ok draw the Indifference curve?
S: Sir, can you please provide some insight as I wish to answer this.
M3: A situation where the customer becomes indifferent to the price rise of a commodity however
high it goes.
S: So, it is all about price elasticity.
M3: Nods.
S: Sir, the essential products like salt sugar are basic needs and they would form such a category of
products.
M3: Yes, Ok. But I feel its salt, (starting to smile.)
S: Sir, since I am sweet tooth. So, I said sugar as well.
All members smiling quite a bit( including me- Humor in that moment).
C passes onto the M4
M4: Please tell me the name of the satellite recently launched by India.
S: IRNSS-1F by PSLV C32
M4: It landed on moon na..Chandrayan.
S(??): Sir, it was 4 years ago.
C intervenes: No no.. he asked you that.
S( Had heard the question correctly, but sensed something fishy when C intervened)
C: I might have not heard the question properly sir. I am sorry.
M4: Okok..doesnt matter. Have you heard of BBIN
S: Yes sir.
M4: Explain.
S: BBIN=Bhutan Bangladesh India Nepal. An initiative to increase connectivity and hydro power
generation etc.. A regional motor vehicle agreement was signed also in this regard.
M4: can u mention 4 pillars of it.
S: Transport connectivity, Hydropower since Bhutan Nepal are involved and also infra spending by
India for connectivity. Not just physical but all sorts of connectivity like I ways etc
M4: Ya all are interconnected like water sharing, diplomacy etc.
Now tell me In south Asia, Which is the country in ur opinion which has the best environmental
policy?
S( Thinks about Map of SAARC): Bhutan.
M4: Yes( smiles)why?
S: Sir, their happiness quotient ie. GNH has special regard to environment. I have two friends from
Bhutan in course and from them I have learnt that it is a source of livelihood for them. The tourism
sector heavily depends on environment these without which they may get pauperized.
M4: India has been friends with Palestine since 1947 and since last 20 odd years we have opened
up to Israel and in last 18 months we have accelerated that relationship. Do u think its a correct
course of diplomacy?
S: Yes it is. But before I answer the question , I would like to quote that India supports Two state
solution between them based on borderline as per pre 1967 war situation. Now, Israel is a rich
nation with tech capabilities. It supplies to us HERON drone for security purposes. I can be a big
investor for us.
It also supported us in critical times like KARGIL war. How can we forget that sir! We cant. Wehave
to build pragmatism in our diplomacy while respecting human rights of Palestine.
M4 turns towards C ending his share of questions.
C nods and smiles. He says thank you.
S: Stands up. Thank You Sir, Thank you madam
Overall experience quite cordial. In retrospect, I think instead of dragged stories, pointed answers
would have been better. Fingers crossed though! All the best to everyone else!
Date-16/03
Board: David Sir
Background: B.Tech Metallurgy, Work Ex. Tata Steel (1.5yrs)
Optional: Psychology
Afternoon session- 4th to be called in.
The questions were as follows:
Chairman
1) Earlier the craze was for IFS, now IAS. Off late IFS is re surging. Why so?
2) Why psychology?
3) One question related to the place of my employment (Jamshedpur).
M1
1) What are the advantages Tata Steel has over others?
2) How can Tata Steel make steel at such low costs?
3) What are the challenges for Tata Steel in the future?
4) What is so special about the Tata Group?
5) Why such great stress on values?
6) Some examples of progressive corporate governance at Tata Steel?
7) A query about current recruitment policy with regard to locals.
M2:
1) What is depression?
2) Why cases of depression on rise?
3) What is role conflict?
4) How can we avoid role conflict?
5) Financial inclusion: Role of BCs, payment banks.
6) What is JAM?
Me: Sir DM has the responsibility for the policy implementation and it requires coordination among
the agencies and it seems that it is a top bottom approach. But Sir, for successful implementaion of
the scheme citizen participation is crucial as they provide valiuable inpouts and information to the
District head so bottom up approach is equally important. Both the top-bottom and bottom up
approach has to work in oordinated way. Command and control structure will not achieve the
purpose.
It was tough sailing with Member 1 but I felt relaxed, smiling, confident and was prepapred for the
next question. I don't know how they see the things. One thing is sure that it is not the number of
answer we are giving that matters butthey are looking at our approach. We are not aware of the
crude administration but we can make effort to convey the sense of the matter.
No member asked me about my work experience, hobby, M.Tech, current affairs, IR etc. It went
completely on unpredictable lines. There are so many issues regarding the reforms in CAG, then
CAG intervening in policy matters, CAG important revelations for e.g. 2G, Coal, CWG, AAI-DIAL
tussle, audit of PPPs, Discoms, Kingfisher Airlines credit policy issue etc. but haven't asked a single
question.
I will post the rest of the transcript in some days
Yes regarding wishing Good Morning and Thank You. I wished charman and the members on both
sides and then after finshing the interview I wished Chairman and members at both sides and said
"Have a Good Day". Though my interview was not going good but I was relaxed because it is not
finished until you are in the cabin.
Let see how they evaluate. Hope for the best
Board:HC Gupta
Opt:Pub Ad
15 March
Chairman:
Started the conversation with some questions about my college
1.How ,as a DM, would you control the drug problem in your district?
-You can't go with police everywhere then how to control?(earlier answer:increasing police
surveillance)
- Is it a fault of people?(earlier answer:People know where sold,by whom)
-how to increase police outreach towards people?
-Reducing corruption in police
Member 1:
1.Future of electronics technology
2.Research on fuel cells
3.Google Car
Its principle
Member 2:
1.Why real estate bill
-Its provisions
-Appeal mechanism
-Chairman interjected land is in which list
How will appeal mechanism work
2.How will you ensure that the budget provision of providing LPG connections to BPL families is
succesful?
Member 3:
1.Why demand of smaller states?
2.Advantages and disadvantages of forming smaller states
Some counter questions
3.Covergence of technology
4.Mobile phones prices reduce very fast isnt it unfair practice
5.How to use mobiles for benefit of the lowest strata of society
Member 4:
1.Questions about home district
2.Recent rains connected to El-nino
3.Loss to wheat due to rains
Total wheat production of wheat in India
Chairman:Thank u ytour interview is over
Btech CSE IIT Kanpur, Public Administration Optional, IRS C&CE, Bihar
HC Gupta Board forenoon session. 1st to goafter waiting for 30minutes for a member.
CM read through my DAF then asked about job profile followed by cross questions.
How many IIT's are present currently?
How is the policy decided?
Which states demand IIT's?
Most literate states and discussion on whether iit is present there?
M1 How u will contribute to administration with your computer science background?
CM intervenes comparing IIT's to MIT and also seeking clarifications.
Who contributes more BCA or Btech?
Here the late member arrives. I should have greeted him but at that time I was waiting for him to
apologize since he came in between
How to spread digital india initiative?
yaar mujhe koi problem nhn hai share karne main but there was nothing exceptional so did not share
it. I dont remember exactly but atmosphere was cordial and I could answer most of the questions. I
plainly said I dont know sir for 2-3 ques. Some of the Qs asked were(not in any order):
Board: Arvind Saxena
Profile: presently family business, Pub ad, Rajasthan, 30+, B.tech, movies, snooker
1. Indirectly about Vijay Mallya. Company going into loss and CEO taking crores of salary and
employees not getting any salary. ( I said CEO is potentially the best person who can get the
company out of loss so crores of salary can be justified but not paying salary to the employees is not
justified....I could not raise moral issues involved. I could have been forceful on this question but I
tried to maintain balance as i did not take it as a mallya issue..as chairman has not mentioned it
explicitly
2. About contract farming.(profile related) I was grilled in depth over this. I could survive few cross qs
and then surrendered.
3. What is value addition? it was easy.
4. what is forward-backward linkage? It was so easy that i explained in detail. The member
summarised in one sentence to which i said yes, sir. Thank you, sir with the expression of sense of
enlightment
5. What is referendum? Where in practice? Pros and cons? Should we go for referendum? It was
easy.
6. Should bureaucrats be allowed to fight elections? some counter Qs and arguments.
7. About NJAC and judiciary. I said NJAC should be there and defended it somewhat successfully.(I
consider this as my best part of the interview.)
8. Relation between Belgium and Rajasthan Jewellers. Now this was out of the blue. Instead of
saying i dont know..i played blind by saying Antwerp in Belgium is hub of diamond trade...few factual
Qs again but somehow managed it.
9. What is BREXIT. I could not get the term so asked the member to spell it. He sort of fumbeled
. i ws not sure so i asked can i guess he said yes i said about britain exit from EU. Then qs about
EU, eurozone. not very good.
10. Greek debt crisis. Easy.
11. Which movie you watched lately and what you learnt? I said the Martian and blah blah blah.
12. Few Qs about snooker.
13. views on odd-even scheme.
14. views on World culture festival and NGT order. I said fine is not enough and permission should
not have been granted at the first place itself and event could have been organised at some other
place.
few other Qs which i couldnt recall.
I was calm and confident during the interview. let us see what happens.
HC GUPTA BOARD
MARCH 17TH AFTERNOON SESSION
PROFILE DENTIST, PRESENTLY IN CSIR ADMINISTRATION
M4: What should be done? Should the Pvt telecos be charged and given responsible?
A: Maam there was a fund instituted for this called the Universal service obligation fund. Which was
collected as part of spectrum allocation. From Pvt telecom operators.. To increase optic fibre
network The CAG report says that it has not yet been used. I think the onus now lies on Govt to put
it to use
M4: Mr. Krishna tell me about DRDO?
A: Explained about it for two sentences..Premier R&D defence relatedetc.
M4: Mr.Krishna, why is that both our indigenous light combat aircraft and civilian aircraft have been
in making for so much time?
A: Maam. There have both procedural difficulties and the problem of delegation with Tejas. With
numerous agencies having overlapping commands. The problem also was with Kaveri Engine which
couldnt provide sufficient thrust.. And hence it engine and engineering were transferred to GE. But
the Govt took a long time around 7yrs to come to a decision on it. Now Tejas is not purely an
indigenous one only the outer shell has been designed by India maam ..which gave us a bad name
of just being an assembling unit for aircrafts. Regarding , the civilian aircraft.. The MoU was not
signed properly maam . which made Mahindra to opt out from the contract and take it to Australia
M4: So what can we do now?
A; Maam hoping that make in India will make a difference to the present status.
M4: Mr.Krishna.. U read Indian fiction, hv u heard of Jhumpa lahiri?
A: yes maam, she is my favourite writer
M4: Oh is it. What was her latest novel?.
A: Maam her recent novel was in Other worlds..
M4: Is it in English?
A: maam it is written by her in Italian, and translated to English..
M4: have you read it?
A: maam I havent read it because Ms.lahiri herself was unsure abt the translated book..
M4: I have read it Mr.Krishna.. And it appears as a mishmash ..her touch was missing..
A: yes maam this was the reason y even I was skeptical..
M4: On a lighter note.. May be we should learn Italian.
I just smiled.
M4: Have you read the namesake? What is its central theme..
A: Maam the central theme of it a migrants search for his identity as he is torn between his
American trait and Indian roots..
Sorry guys for the late reply but I did not post my transcript as I did not think that any question was
out of the blue and almost all the questions were general in nature. In any case, I must give my
contribution as the forum has been kind always. Here is the transcript for the interview.
Board H C Gupta Sir
Members 4 including 1 female member
Duration 25 30 mins
Profile B.Tech Computer Science from NIT, Work ex of about 3 years (Left Job about a year
back), Hobbies include Computer Programming and Cricket, Optional Mathematics
Chairman (CM)
CM: ***** and ***** are such big companies. Why did you leave such a company?
CM: But your package is so high. You wont get such a salary. Are you ready?
CM: Alright. I suppose you are following the US presidential Elections. What is the difference
between US and Indian Election?
CM: Name the 5 candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties
CM: How many delegates do these parties have?
Female member (FM)
FM: Do you know about Digital Wallet? What is it?
FM: What are the issues related to it?
FM: Can you describe the issue related to hacking in digital Wallet?
FM: What has govt. done to safeguard against the safety issues? What is the world scenario in
digital wallet and its security issues?
FM: Soil health card?
FM: Democracy as hindrance to economic growth. What do you think about this?
Member 2 (M2)
Board: DS
Background: Btech CSE
Job Ex: worked in IT Sector for 1.5 yrs
Home State: Punjab
Ch
-So you play football, what position do you play in? Its role?
-Qualities needed in a civil servant?
-What if you face problems after joining service, what will guide you?
M1
- Challenges to brick-and-mortar sellers from e-commerce? What is the way out?
- Disadvantages of e-commerce?
- Software engineers are called 'highly paid clerks'. Why so?
- What is the way ahead for India's IT sector
- Role of IT in nation's development
M2
- Challenges to PPP projects?
- Measures announced for PPP in the recent budget?
M3
- History of Punjab
- Why no great empire builder from Punjab before Ranjit Singh?
- Few factual questions like Name of Ranjit Singh's misl? Extent of his empire? When did Sikh gurus
start militarizing?
- (my school) About DAV movement - who started it? (Dayanand Saraswati) Why it became popular
in Punjab when its founder Swami Dayanand was from Gujarat? (Sorry sir, unaware of that)
M4
- Main industries your city is famous for? Their present state (in detail)
- Your city selected as smart city? What measures will you take as a area councillor?
- Ethics-based case study: You are the team lead. 2 days before software release deadline, you
come to know about a big flaw in software. You have a temporary fix available. How will you proceed
further?
OVERALL: the board was cordial. Ch's face was expression-less, poker face. I was wondering when
he will nod at least once, he didn't. Interview went on for 30-35 minutes.