Sunday, May 10, 2009

IAS 2007 Interview Transcripts #10

Pranjalya Parth

INTERVIEW ON 5 APRIL, FN SESSION

I was the first person to be interviewed in the forenoon session....

BOARD-K.K.PAUL

CHAIRMAN-

Golf is your hobby....where do you play?

Golf is atime consuming game...what do you say?

Are u a weekend golfer or regular?

Are u a member of some club...?

When was UPSC established?

There are lots of commissions.....UPSC,NHRC,Pay commission...etc....besides their area of work what is the basic difference between them?

What is finance commission?

Are its recommendations binding on Govt?

Opens the copy of GAZZETTE...this must have been sent to u...takes out a page....have u read this page...what are ingot plates?....

well i had not read it...said SORRY SIR...

clarifies.


M1(LADY)-

whats ur first preference in service?

What is good governance?

You are made DM...give 5 instances how u will bring about good governance?

Elaborate....

What are the 5 problems of up?

looks satisfied...passes on to next member...


M2

U know national parks....name national parks of UP?

Are u sure ...only one national park...(tries to confuse...doesnt fall in trap)?

There is some controversy about tigers....what is it?

what is the population of tigers?

why this discrepancy?

U have heard about PROJECT TIGER....as part of it tribals are being moved out of forests..is it correct?

what should be the policy in your opinion?

who is involved in poaching...is it tribals?

looks satisfied...

U know NPA'S...What is it?

Govt policy regarding NPA'S?


PASSES ON TO NEXT....

M3:

WHAT IS WORLD BANK?

when was it established?

How does it affect the other countries?

what steps...its strategy in interfering in other country's?

LAW and order....whose responsibility in district?

how dm maintains law and order?

from where does it derive its powers?

what are the powers of dm in this sphere...?

What are the powers of dm in CrPC for the protection of environment in the sphere of law and order?(Could not really guess...how this question came...i am not a law student)

How are the judges of HC appointed?

Which book have u READ

Which book have u read ON District Administration?

What is the role of UPSC vis a vis a civil servants during his service?


M4(MOSTLY TECHNICAL)-

U have been to GERMANY...on a research project...WHAT WAS IT ABOUT?

What is the rate of diffusion of C in Steel sample?

What is the alloy used in making coins?

What are the properties that we look while designing coins?

Technical name...of the property?

How are coins manufactured?

What are the metals used in aeroplanes?

Any new advances in this field?

Specific composition of alloy?

What are the properties we look while choosing materials for designing aeroplanes?

at this point i was not able to answer 2 factual questions put forward by him....

HHE CLARIFIES "IT'S OK....U HAVE DONE UR B-TECH IN 2006 AND NOW ITS 2008...U MIGHT NOT BE REMEMBERING CERTAIN FACTS..IT'S ALL RIGHT"


What is the difffrence between C.B.I and I.B?

What are the powers of CBI WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL CRIMES?

what are the hotspots in the world?...political hot spots?

(i take him through the whole globe covering all regions...)

looks satisfied....."so u have covered the whole world...hummm"

What is the problem in iraq?

why did bush attack iraq?

Has he found WMD?

What are wmd?

Are biological weapons also wmd?

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SO after he was satisfied....

CHAIRMAN SAID UR INTERVIEW IS OVER....U MAY LEAVE NOW?

WOW WHAT A RELIEF.....BUT I WAS REALLY ENJOYING MY INTERVIEW...JUST COULD NOT COMPREHEND HOW TIME PASSED....

I LASTED 27-28 MINUTES....

WAS COOL COMPOSED...FLUENT...MY VOICE DID NOT SHAKE...

AND THERE WAS NO TENSION AT ALL...I REPLIED WITH CONFIDENCE.....

THE BOARD MEMBERS LOOKED SATISFIED....ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS TO MY SATISFACTION...BRIEF AND TO THE POINT..

EXCEPT3-4 FACTUAL ONES.....

KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED...

A LOT DEPENDS ON MY MAINS PERFORMANCE TOO...

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BACKGROUND...

B-TECH -I.I.T-K

PHYSICS,PUB AD

HOBBIES-YOGA,GOLF,T.T

ATTEMPT-1

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