IAS 2008 Interview Transcripts #20

BOARD: Prashant kumar Mishra board

ME:Good morning sir.-(5 times)
C:Have a seat.
C:What Do u think u can rise in Hierarchy of civil services.....?...
Me: Cabinet Scrtary!
C:(Chairman raised his eybros ) Tell me about Cabinet secrtary.
Me: i told him 3 points
C: So ur hobby is playing comp games?? u do dishoom dishoom wat u get out of it?
C:why u chose Socio and Geo and u have done Information Tech. Engg.?

M1:wat is the impact of building mohali and panchkula on dispute of chandigarh b/w punjab and haryana?
ME: sir i havnt read , thought about it and uit will b difficult for me to answer.. so i cant.
M1: no u will have to think now and tell me.. (so he starts telling me story which i couldnt understand)
Me: ..... it will satisfy the ego of both states....... the word ego i should not have used
M1:no no . its alrigth it is psyci word.. dosnt matter.
M1: tectonic plates?
M1: which is the largest nationa park of world?
me:(here i make the biggest blunder of my intrvw) Sir. may i guess?
M1: hahahahahha.. u dont know this thats why u ask me for guesing.. ok gues
me: its in greenland
M1: no wrng how green land can b a nationla park......
me: sir.. it is in green land....
M1: nono
me: sorry i dontknow that

M2:wat u will do if not selected in CS:
me: i will continue as an engineer.
M2: would u like to go americe to have MS degree?
me: Sir . i havnt thought about that.
M2:wat is ITES?
M2:how obama factor effecting ITES?
.. (i didnt know the exact.... so i startd circmscribing and he tried to grill me up...)
M2: thats very nice u made a very sharp contrast.(on some pointwhich i dont remmbr)
M2:tell me GATS
me:i tol full form.. 4 types of services... but i am ot able to recaal the diffrences.

M3:all related to IT and he was averagely satisfied..

M4: (dark fat man) so ur hobby is yoga... why u do yoga.. it is for fat and old men like me? hahahahahhaha........
me: sir i have a sensitive stomach
Chairman:okok
M4:how many membs of UNO?
me:150+
M4; wat is 150+?
me: sir i dont know exactly but it is more than 150.
M4:tell me the parts of UNO?
me: EOSOC.....(he startd behaving strangely)
M4:what it do?
me:economic and social councli.
M4: not satisfied
me: Unicef(HQ), unesco(Hq), wmo(hq), Undp(hq)
M4: hahaha....Undp has hq in delhi.. MP in chandigarh.. it dosnt have any hq.
me:ok sir i didnt know tht
M4:what else?
me:UNep(hq)
M4:hahaha....Undp has hq in delhi.. MP in chandigarh.. it dosnt have any hq.

me:thnks for telling me sirabout undp HQ .. i didnt know that.. sir its united nations envmt programm(nairobi)
M4:what else?
me: i start thinking!!!
Chairman: WHO
me: ys sir ilo..etc
chairman: ok okok
chairman:one is gorbashov wat is arboshov?
me:ship carrying defence equipment russiaa.
chairman:what is the controversy?
me:i star thinking!!(chairman was in hurry)
chairman:u dont know that?
me: no sir i dont know that
chairman: ok ur intrvw is over now.
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(time spent: 25mins aprox)