my interview experience... THERE were two lady member also.... the questions asked were :
1) what is novel in u? ( bcoz my name is NAVIN )
2)which state has the longest coast line? ( bcoz i m from GUJARAT)
3)what is coastline?
4)what is coastall regulation zone?
5)how the longest coastline has benefited gujarat?
6)which fertilizer plants are located near baroda ( bcoz i m from BARODA )
7)where is PORBANDAR located? have u visited porbandar? what did u see there? etc.
8)which tribe is famous from KUCHCH? where is kuchch located?
9)develoment of ports in gujarat?
10) the central government and gujarat govt PSUs located near BARODA?
11) about museum and paintings in BARODA?
12)why LUDHIANA is well known? (they asked this bcoz it is my BIRTH PLACE)... why garment industry is developed there only.. etc..
13)who is ur ideal person for u?
14)do u visit different places? which places have u visited? what did u see in CHENNAI? did u see some statues on marina beach?
15) if u were the administrator of mangalore, how would u have managed the PUB INCIDENCE/ SHRI RAM SENE ATTACK ON WOMEN?.... what proactive steps will u take to stop such incidences? role of media in such cases? etc..
16) problems of agriculture in UTTAR PRADESH (bcoz it is my native place)
17)how our economy is performing now a days? what was the growth rate for last 4 years?
18)what is the condition of food grain production now? why there was a shortage last year?
19)what is food security?
20)what r the problems of BULAND SHAHAR ( bcoz my village is there)
21)what are the similarities between KITCHEN and CHEMISTRY LAB?( bcoz i m a chemistry graduate)
Balaguruswamy board : Interview serial order: 1st . date 11th April FN
Duration:42 mins
Lady member: so,mr.jeevan, I see that you are an active sports person…..what is cross country?
LM:what is the difference between production & productivity?
Chairman:Why did you select two totally unrelated subjects for the main examination? Don’t you like your engineering subjects?
LM:so what are checks and balances?
LM:is there a perfect seperation in the indian context?
LM:can you tell me any country in the world where there is clear seperation of powers?
LM:so, what is anthropology?
Member 3: so whats the difference between sociology and anthropology?
Member 3:so can you say that sociology is close to history?
LM:but you said that sociology is the mother subject of anthropology……how can anthropology have more subject content than sociology?
LM:what is the relation between deficit and recession?
Member 3:can you name a few tribes from anywhere…..from your state for instance…..
Member 3:if I say that “there is a black cat in a dark room that you are searching for……..” which academic discipline will you relate it sociology,psychology,philosophy,anthàto?ropology?
Member 3: ….and if I tell you that” there you are searching for a black cat in a dark room that doesn’t exist….”then?
Member 4:you have completed your engineering four years back.what have you been doing all these years?
Member 4 :preparing?......so do you agree when I say that you have indulged in personal investment but a national waste?
Member 5:so what are the books you read?
Member 4: so you are fond of races…..do you know the distance of the longest race in the olympics?
Member 5:so you are from hyderabad…..do you know any of the popular badminton players from hyderabad….
Member 5: name three social problems……
Me:sir, casteism,child labour and discrimination against women….
Member 5:so what is the origin of casteism?
Member 5:if you were to define caste through class, how would you define it?
Member 5:give me a definition in two
Member 5: what do you understand by 2G and 3G phones?
Member 5: why was it(3G) news?
Member 5: so what is this amateur nature photography?
Member 4:what is the principle on which camera lens works?
Member 5:what is the resolution of your mobile phone?
Member 5:so what is this CDMA technology……which is better CDMA or GSM?
Member 5(interrupts):I don’t know any of these technical details you tell me which is better, a GSM phone or a CDMA phone?
Chairman(intterupts): ok Mr.jeevan please pick up a card and read it out loudly
Summary of it “don’t do something that you cant do and don’t but don’t restrain from doing something, just because someone doesn’t trust you that you can do it”
Asks meaning and asks…..apply it to a District collector or DSP and explain……
My interview was on 4t April,AN session..4th candidate to be interviewed around 4:00 PM..
Chairman:
started wid name,DOB,roll no..
As i m frm Comp Sc background...He asked abt fuzzy logic( don't knw)...What is transducer..(replied)..my job profile(replied..i m wid BHEL Bhopal)..which is older..Himalaya or Aravali..how much older. in no of yrs..Northern Tributaries of Ganga..(Named Tista also..wrong answer)..
Then questions on Bhopal gas tragedy..when n how happened..name of gas,name of product(don't knw..chairman told me)..what antodote ppl use 4 it(don't knw)aftermath of disaster..steps taken by GOI..am i satisfied wid the compensation..abt the case n all..
M1:
continued wid Bhopal Gas tragedy only..why case was not fought in India initially..if fought in india thn what wud hav happened n all..what abt the role of NGO n ppl like Medha Patekar..( I replied but he was not fully satisfied)..
then he asked what id BJD n who is its boss?what is LJP..RJD..impact of SP-LJP-RJD combine on results of elections..(replied all)
then he asked...this election is "election w/o idealogies"..what do u think..does idealogies exists in politics..which parties have idealogies..(i replied very generic answers by not taking support if any particular party)..
then he told me 1 famous sentence and asked who said it..I said sorry, i dobn;t knw..then he asked me to interpret it..I interpretted it..(finally he looked satisfied to me)..
M2:
What r the options before President after results of LS elections r out in coalation era..I replied all options like largest party n other pre poll n post poll combinations etc..He asked me criteria 4 it..i said stability at centre..
Then he asked what is Dead Sea..(replied)..why it is said tht v can sit over it n read the newspaper..(sorry sir..don't knw..shud hav replied)..
what is Mariana trench..what is its depth..( isaid 10500 m +)..he told me 11000..
--unable to recall his other questions..
M3:
What is IIPA..Where is it located..What r its functions..(replied)..Do u read its journal..( replied NO)..Name famous personality frm thr..( Sorry Sir, i don't knw..)..Tell me some thinkers frm 50's and 60's( I went blank n then said Herbert Simon)..he told me tht he was in 40's n told me name of few which i have never heard of..
Then he switched to my job..whn was Bhel Bhopal established(replied)..what's its old name(replied)..when it became BHEL(replied wrong..he told me correct answer)..with which country collabration it was set up(I replied right but he said No and gave me his wrong answer)..Product profile..Quality concerns abt product..Bhel is giving profit and bonus since which yr..
then he switched to ERP..discussed abt it benefit..diff ways to implement it.How v r implementing it..what is standard practice 4 it..(replied all)..finally he asked me the share price of BHEL..(replied)...He looked satisfied to me..
M4(was sleeping throught interview till then):
He asked to differentiate b/w Internet and WWW ( World Wide web)..I could not reply it properly...which came first..internet or www(replied)..then he asked if u were born 10000 yrs ago..how wud u come frm Iranto India..I said land route...via Afghanistan Kyber pass..He asked what othe rpasses r the..I said Sorry sir..i don't knw..Then he asked..does Kabul river passes thru khyber pass..I said Sorry sir..i don't knw..
Then Chairman interrupted & said..OK..Abhinav ur interview is over..I said Thank u Sir and came out.. It lasted around 30 mins..
Its 28th March. Interview was scheduled afternoon. Went with 2 other interview-goer frns to UPSC.
Again I was unlucky to be the last/5th member of the day. I had to wait from 1 30 to 5 30 for my turn but what to do? then chatted with others for a while , they include Deepa, Miss Dubey , Ravi and Zakeer Ahmed. When it was her turn, The first lady was so confident that she got up and said we will meet again in FC. :-) Then we all got engaged in some chitchat as one by one took their turn. It's as if narrated in Mahabharata. Each of the pandavas get out to get water but not to return. We don't know what is happening.
Now lemme brief about the main stuff-----
It was Parveen talha's board, supposed to be one of the good boards.
Brief of the questions.
on hindu , did u see the 50 years that age column ? I might have come across but not recollecting
say yes or no? No madam -- this is the main draw back
y u quit the job
dont u know that a bird in a hand is better than two in a bush?
do u think exit polls are good or bad?
problems of electronic media companies
then y cant they go for staggered news instead of 24 by 7
sebi
any scam which it probed? Yes bank IPO
what did it do ? barred some
name them ? gave up again
cyber security
cert and what does it do?
IT act
agripedia
village knowledge centre
geography:
hawaain Islands
panama canal
baikanur
time difference as we move by 1 longitude
seismic zones in india
where does delhi NE and HP fall
whats the problem ? dam burst
dont u knowabout run off the river scheme? what is its problem? temporary dams
name one such dam ? Pareechu
where is it ?
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)
It had been a long wait. Almost two years ........since I decided to have a go at this exam. This being my first attempt at civils exam I was very happy and felt satisfied to get a call for interview as the preparations for mains exam had borne fruit.
My interview was scheduled in the afternoon session. As it was Delhi afternoon I decided not to opt for suit but instead preferred formals with just a tie. So with all the external cosmetic effects that I had given to my personality I arrived outside the UPSC building on Shahjahan road. I was completely at ease and was eager to perform and give my best during the interview. I did not want to waste this opportunity of lifetime.
Finally at 1.15 pm we were allowed to enter UPSC building and after series of checks we were asked to wait inside the waiting hall. The paperwork including verification of documents, cadre preference forms and travelling allowance took an hour extra and around 2.30pm the process of informing board to all the groups started.
We were informed by the peon that we had panel of IMG khan. I had not heard about this panel as i had not cared to dig out the information of UPSC members. Later on other members of my group informed me that it is a cordial panel and it is also sitting for the first time. I didn't care as I had decided to perform to the best of my abilities irrespective of panel. I was to be interviewed fifth in my group and so I had almost two and a half hours before my interview.
At around 5.00pm I was called by peon and was made to wait outside the panel room. As the bell rang I was called inside. There were five members including chairman. Let's call them CM, M1, M2,M3,M4 and myself as SUB.
It all started with basic formalities and after that I was asked to have a seat and then the interview began.
CM: So your name is shailesh ....?
SUB: Yes Sir..(cut in the middle)
CM: Unmesh....??
SUB: its my fathers name
CM: Balkawade.....???
(taking a cue)
SUB: Sir it's my Surname
CM: oh is it your family name.......
SUB:yes sir (I wondered what he is trying to prove) (As I was wondering what he is going to ask me next he was glancing thru my mains biodata form and suddenly he came up with his "doosra")
CM: It seems that you have studied only in Pune that means you have not travelled outside. But as a bureaucrat u need to know ur society well and for knowing your society you must have travelled outside. Dont u think that there is a gap between our requirement and ur profile?
SUB: Yes sir I accept your view that a bureaucrat needs to know his society and I also accept that it is my weakness that I have not travelled outside Pune. But Sir I am improving on it and recently after completion of my mains exam I have visited many places like Ralegaonsiddhi, hiwre bazar, and also I did a 10 days study tour of Akola district and melghat region in Maharashtra to know how the administration works.
CM: (seemed very happy) gr8!! So what all u did in Akola?
SUB: I met various district level administrative functionaries like district collector, chief executive officer of zilla parishad, superitendent of police , chief medical officer; also I visted few model villages and few underdeveloped villages to understand the gap between their levels of development.
CM: So what did u learn?
SUB: Sir I learnt that whenever there is positive participation of community and wherever there is a strong local leadership those villages have developed better........ ( Cut in between)
CM: Why do u think Akola is not developed as much as Pune is?( Then followed a lot of questions as to comparison between Akola and pune, vidarbha and western maharashta and should vidarbha be granted a status of seperate state?)
CM then asked M1 to proceed.( M1 who was more interested in sleeping suddenly woke up. He continued with his habit of sleeping thoughout the interview)
M1 : There is a theory coming up in Maharashtra that "Maharashtra is for Maharashtrians". Do you subscribe to this theory?
( I had expected question on this controversial issue of MNS and Raj thackerey and had decided to take a constitutional stand)
SUB: Sir I do not subscribe to this theory.
M1: Is it a political move?
SUB:Yes sir , it seems that it is a political move.
M1: Why the state government did not act then?
SUB: Sir I would like to clarify that the state goverment did act but it did not act promptly. Almost 32 cases have been registered against the person who flared up this issue last year.
M1: so why do u think that the state government acted late?
SUB: Sir I think that state government did nt want to look as a villain in the minds of people during its peak support period as it was a pre poll scenario.
M1: Who do you think are supporting Raj Thackerey?
SUB: Sir he is garnering support from those sections of youth who are unemployed as he is raking up issues concerning this section when all other parties have neglected them.
Chairman asks M2 to proceed.
M2: You have stayed in Pune. What kind of local government exists?
SUB: sir there is Pune Municipal Corporation.
M2: what functions does it perform?
SUB: Sir according to 74th Constitutional amendment there are some mandatory and some optional functions......(cut in the middle)
M2: Tell us what u have seen.
SUB: Sir few functions performed are supply of safe drinking water, primary health centres, sanitation, public transport, street lighting, disposal of Municipal solid waste(MSW).
M2: ok tell us what constitutes MSW?
SUB: (instantly) human excreta..........
(Everybody started laughing. It was then I realised that I had commited an error)
SUB: Sir I want to correct my answer as I was confused.(Member nods) Sir MSW constitutes garbage, construction material, plastic and broken glassware, waste papers......
M2 : what is the current method of disposal of waste in ur city? is it ecofriendly?
SUB: I explained the current method and finally said that it is not ecofriendly.
M2:What methods you can suggest?
SUB: Segregation of MSW into organic and inorganic. Conversion of organic waste into fertiliser by composting and compacting inorganic into bricks.
M2: Can u suggest any technology for ecofriendly disposal of waste?
SUB: Sir organic waste can be compacted into large pits. these pits should be refilled with pipes inserted in it.Methane produced during the process should be piped and be used to generate electricity.
M2: can u qoute some example?
SUB:yes sir, this is used to supply electricity to general motors plant in US.
M2: had u visited this plant?
SUB: No sir, I watched it over discovery channel.
(At this moment chairman nodded and said good.)
M2: What is india's largest source of electricity production?
SUB: Coal based thermal power plants.
M2: is this method eco friendly?
SUB:Sir no
M2: is there any latest technological improvement?
SUB: Yes sir there is use of supercritical boiler technology.
M2: what is its pressure?
SUB: Sir around 220 bar
M2: what are its advantages?
SUB: Overall plant efficiency is higher.
M2: Why???
SUB: Steam is at high pressure hence it has high energy content. Also there is effective combustion of coal.
M2: good!!
M1 woke up and asked abrupt question: What is the maiximum efficiency of mechanical device?(May be he had a dream of mechanical devices)
SUB:Sir about 80-90%
M1: tell exactly
SUB: Sorry sir I dont know.
M1 seemed satisfied that he was able to prove how intelligent he was even during his sleep while I seemed dumb even though I was alert. He then proceeded with his sleep further .
(M2 asked m3 to proceed. M3 was more interested in hobbies section of biodata form.)
M3: Cooking is your hobby..
SUB: yes sir
M3: what do you like to eat?
SUB: non veg dishes..
M3: what in non veg ?
SUB: Tanddori chicken
M3 : Can u prepare it?
SUB : no sir
M3: where do you eat then?
SUB: In hotel...
( Suddenly all members started laughing. I also joined them)
M3: what do you blog?( I answered what I blogged abt)
M3: what do you read?
SUB: Sir I have not read any literature but I do read daily newspapers.
M3 : What you did in dramas?
SUB: Explained him in detail.I did lights
M3: how important is role of a backstage person? In your future career as administrator u shall always need to work as a backstage artist? Ur experience shall help u.....
SUB: Sir drama is a team event and mistake at any level whether front stage or backstage mars the performance. hence backstage is also equally important as it complements the frontstage. Sir and as an administrator this quality of working in a team shall surely help me to work alongside political executives.
(Chairman nodded his head)
Chairman asked M4 to proceed.
M4: Should government divest itself of its role as implementer of midday meal(MDM) and instead give certain amount to parents and ask them to send their children to school.
SUB: Sir I think that the MDM scheme is working very well and alongwith providing basic
nutrition to children it has helped to decrease school drop out rate. Morever if amount is giiven then there is a possibiity that it might be spent on other activities of basic existence by the BPL families hence the education of children would suffer.
M4: How as planning commission Dy. chairman you would ensure effetive implementation of MDM schme.
SUB: Sir I would go for decentralisation of funds
M4: what if sarpanch irregularies these funds?Suggest other method
SUB: Sir SHG's can be promoted in implementation .
M4: what if sarpanch and SHG's collude?
SUB: sir there has to be a third party audit in form of social audit.
M4 was not giving up and he persisted with his if's and but's
M4: what if all three of them :sarpanch, SHG and third party auditors collude? what u will do as district collector?
SUB: Sir here I have to step in as district collector and look to it that the funds are not siphoned off and culprits are booked.
M4: No..No..tell as a budding IAS officer what you would do ? suggest some technological solution.......
SUB: at this stage I could not think of any better solution ....I kept my smile and politely said that At this point of time I cannot come up with any other solution.
(M4 still wanted to persist with his question but was stopped by Chman)
M4: Is Sarva shisksha bhiyaan successful?
SUB: sir it has succeded in building up the quanititaive infrastructure within the country but the quality of infrastructure has not developed much.( I wanted to direct the discussion towards quality of education but M4 with looks like that of Brajesh Mishra proved smart. He curtailed discussion on this topic.)
M1 who was sleping all the time , suddenly woke up again.
M1: there is a view that instead of investing huge sum of money in PHC's under NRHM government should invest that money in building institutions like AIIMS as no. of fatal diseases like cancer , heart diseases have increased. What do u think?
SUB: Sir I think that PHC's have to remain mainstay of our primary health infrastructure within the country as for the marginalised and poor section of the society government is the only organised hope. For them PHC's are the only source dusing epideimics, snake bites, etc. Also the quantum served thru PHC's all over the country is much more than what is served thru institutions like AIIMS. PHC's also provide local relief saving in transportation costs.
As fatal diseases are also important to cure but as government cannot provide free healthcare, government should create awareness for promotion of health insurance. Morever government can also subsidise premium on health insurance.
Chairman seemed satisfied he then took back the reigns of interview in his hands and proceeded with his set of questions.
CM: tell us history of pune?
SUB: Sir,...( cut)
CM: tell us how much time Peshwas ruled?
SUB: About 80-90 years
CM: What is the period?
SUB:1731-1818
CM: How peshwas were defeated?
SUB: British came and they defeated Peshwas.
(I failed to answer to the essence of question and just gave a blank answer. All the members including chairman laughed. I then understood what he wanted and then I responded back.)
SUB: Sir there were two main reasons. There was internal struggle for power between Peshwas and also there was struggle for dominance within Maratha confederacy. In 1817 there was war between Peashwas and holkars, this lead to weakening of Maratha empire.
CM: So internal struggle has always lead to downfall of empire. So what should we learn from history to apply it in current context?
SUB: Sir internal divisions always lead to downfall of a state. Hence though regional aspirations should be promoted pan national view should prevail.
CM: so you are promoting unity of india?
SUB: yes sir I am promoting unity and integrity of india.
CM: Thank you Shailesh.
I thanked all the members and came out of the room. It was about 5.35pm. So I had persisited for alll about 35 min. I am happy with my performance. I do not know how much marks this inteview shall fetch but yes I shall always be happy that atleast I was able to perform to my satisfaction.
Now there is gruelling wait for result. Let's hope everything turns out positive.
My interview was in afternoon of 28,March 2009.So I have entered the UPSC building at 1:15 PM. I was told to sit near prescribed table in the waiting room of candidates. When I had gone to my table, there were 4 other candidates sat near the table. I understood that we are the five candidates who are going to be interviewed by the same board. Then UPSC staff member came to our table and asked for the original certificates of 10th and graduation. We submitted the required certificates.Then another person came and asked about the cadre preferences form (in which we need to give preferences of states according to which we would be alloted to that state based on rank when we get IAS/IPS.This is introduced newly this year).After that, I initiated talk with other candidates who are also under tension.In my group there are two girls,one is from MP and other from Karnataka.There were two boys besides me.Coincidentally,all 3 of us are from AP.We discussed about our optionals and number of attempts and the cutoffs.By talking about backgrounds all were relieved of stress/tension engulfed that time. We are waiting for announcement of name of the board.It was almost 2:30PM.
Finally name of our board was announced.Our’s was Parveen Talha’s board.The girl from MP said that she was interviewed by the same board last year and she got 130 marks out of 300.So we started asking the pattern/areas where the board generally focus.But we hardly get from her what we actually required.
Interviews were started and I was the fourth candidate to be interviewed.When the first candidate was interviewing I was bit nervous as it is my first interview.So I asked my fellow candidates about how should I enter the room and the way I should wish board.After the first candidate was out I want to ask questions but she was not allowed to discuss with the rest of the candidates.
For some candidates it was taken 25 minutes and for some it was 40 minutes.Slowly my turn came at 5:00PM. I was called and was summoned to the board and asked to sit in the special chair outside the room.After few minutes bell was rung I went inside.
My interview started from this point:
Me:May I come in sir,
Board:Yes
Me: (I have gone and stand besides chair)Good after noon Mam(Chairman:Parveen Talha) and goodafternoon sirs(members).
Chairman:good afternoon,Please take your seat.
Me:Thank you mam.
Chairman:Mr.Ravi you got pratibha scholarship,Is it presidential scolarship or what?
Me: No mam it is a scholarship given by my state to students who….
Memeber3:It is a scholarship given for excellence and not related to president.
Chairman:ok ok so it is a medal of excellence.
Me: Yes mam.
Chairman:Mr.Ravi,you have been practicing meditation.Tell me about how you meditate?
Me:Mam I meditate by concentrating on my breath.when I focus on my breath my thoughts slowly calm down.Actually, impressions from object goes to our senses and then to brain, and from there impressions goes to mind which is a waves of thoughts and then it goes to soul where perception occurs.Then soul gives orders to senses and organs based on that perception.
Chairman:People say concentration and focus increases with meditation.what is the scientific explanation behind this.
Me:Mam,when we concentrate on breath,our thoughts slowly calm down and it helps me to look into innerbeing and establishes peace…
Chairman:No, I did not ask about peace I asked about concentration and focus
Me:Yes mam,when we are in peaceful state and when our mind is filled with less thoughts we can concentrate better.
Chairman:So your are saying that when we have less thoughts we can focus on particular thing better.
Me:Yes mam.
Chairman:Ok tell me what is the connection between breath and thoughts.Is there any scientific explanation behind this.
Me:Yes mam,When we are annoyed and angry our breath is rapid and when we are calm and peaceful our breath is slow.So there is intricate connection between our breath and thoughts mam.
Chairman: (Passed ball to other member)
Member2:What are the crops that grow in your region?
Me: Sir, as our region falls under rainshadow region of westernghats and easternghats,dry crops grow in my region.So mainly jowar,cotton and tobacco grow in the region.
Member2:Government banned tobacco,why people still grow tobacco in your region?
Me: (Pause...as it is not banned I took few seconds to decide my answer)Sir,we mainly grow tobacco for exporting purposes.
Member2:What value-addition does they do for exporting?
Me:Pardon sir
Chairman: after taking tobacco leaves from its plants what value-addition do they do before exporting.
Me: Sorry sir, I don’t know.
Member2: What is community development program?
Me:Sir,it is about peoples participation in development programs and it encourages spirit of cooperation and sense of community ownership.
Member2: Is it applicable to agriculture?
Me:Sir, as name suggests it can be applicable to any activity including agriculture.
Member2: When was it put forwarded by our government?
Me:Sir, in 1952
Member2:Tell me about government programs in agriculture in 1960s.
Me:Drought prone area programme
Member2:It is in 1970s,tell me programmes in 60s
Me:Desert development programmes
Member2:It is also in 70s.tell me programmes in 60s
Me:thinking……
Member2:Are you aware of IAAP?
Me:No sir.
Member2:Intensive Agriculture Area Programme.Tell me about this programme.
Me:No sir, iam not aware of that programme.
Member2: ok tell me about green revolution?
Me:Sir,it was started in 1966.It involves promotion of high yielding varieties of seeds,fertilizers,pesticides and promotion of agriculture.Since our agricilture land is limited, in order to increase our food production we need to increase our productivity that is why we have adopted this policy.
Member2: some critics of green revolution say it creates lot of problems.what are those problems associated with that.
Me:Sir, because of heavy use of chemical fertilizers, the soil health may get spoiled and also because of the seepage of this chemicals through soil the groundwater may get contaminated.
Member2: tell me some more
Me: Also economic imbalances and regional imbalances amy occur
Member2:What are the regions that benefitted from green revolution.
Me: Punjab,Haryana and western UP.Also, there are social aspects such as declining of sex ratio associated with this sir.
Member2: How come sex-ratio linked to green revolution?
Me:Sir, because of green revolution and high agricultural productivity land values in punjab and haryana increased.In order to prevent girls from claiming the share in land, female infanticide and foeticide are quite prevalent there.That is why sex ratio problem prevalent in those regions.
Member2: It is a problem in recent years.But I want old problems.
Me: Thinking….
Member2:Tell me about recent government programme in agriculture to which world bank is providing funds.
Me:Sorry sir iam not aware of that
Member2:NAIP.Do you know what is it?
Me:No sir, iam not aware of that.But let me try
Member2:ok try try(with laugh)
Me:National Agriculture Insurance programme
Member2: No no it is not insurance programme.(Then passed ball to other member)
Member3:In which area you are comfortable..whether fertilizer industry,petroleum,pharma…
Me:Paper industry sir
Member3:we are using trees and forests for paper production.Because of which our forests and tree population is declining.tell me alternatives.
Me:Sir, we should regulate forest cutting and industries should grow trees elsewhere and should conserve forests in aggregate sense.
Member3: No tell me alternative raw materials.
Me:thinking…..
Member3:Can we use bagasse…
Me:pause…
Member3:What is bagasse?
Me:it is a sugarcane waste sir.
Member3:can we use wheat husk,rice husk for paper production?
Me:thinking…(actually I don’t know what to say)
Member3: Can we use waste cloth..because lot of waste cloth is available.
Me:Yes sir, if we could use chemicals to loosen fibres of waste cloth then we can use it for paper production.
Member3:ok I will ask questions on petroleum production.What are various components that we get in distillation column while we are extracting petroleum.
Me:Sir, iam not aware of that.
Member3: you would have separate subject in your graduation on petroleum right?
Me:no sir I don’t have.
Member3:What do you have in chemical engg.
Me:sir, we have mainly concerned with designing and maintenance of chemical processes to improve efficiency and to reduce economic cost in the large scale industries.
Member3:What did you design?
Me:we designed boilers…
Member3:designing boilers is a mechanical engg job?
Me:sir, we have also designed boilers
Member3:Because of our problems with domestic coal we have decided to import coal from foreign countries.Can we use same boilers for the imported coal?
Me: (Pause for few seconds) As far as coal is concerned same boilers can be used sir.
Member3:But calorific values will be different for them.How can we use same boilers?What is the calorific value of coal?
Me: no sir,I could not remember the exact numerical value of that?
Member3:What is petrocoke?
Me:No sir iam not aware of that
Member3:what do we get when we extract petroleum?
Me:carbon monoxide sir
Member3:Wherever there is combustion of petroleum produccts,we get CO.Tell me other components.Do we get sulphur?
Me:yes sir, we get sulphur.
Member3: what happens when sulphur gets into environment?what hazard likely to occur?
Me:Sir,Acid rains may occur.
Member3:Acid rains occurs. Ok ok(passed ball to other member)
Member4:Do you watch movies?
Me:Yes sir
Member4:What kind of movies do you watch?
Me:Science fiction and suspense movies especially hollywood
Member4:What is the recent movie you have watched?
Me:The Day the Earth Stood Still
Member4:What is the story of that movie?
Me:Sir,as humans give lopsided emphasis on economic development without giving due emphasis on environment led to the extinction of many species on the planet earth.In order to protect the life on earth and prevent extinction of species,aliens comes to earth to warn humans.Since humans don’t listen to what they say, they decides to exterminate humans and save other species.But in climax,they realise that apart from materialistic component there is a component of love and affection associated with humans.so they left us.
Member4:Do you know the recent movie which got many awards.
Me:yes sir,Slumdog Millionaire
Member4:Did you watch that movie?
Me:No sir,I did not get opportunity to watch that movie
Member4:Slumdog millionaire is based on a novel.who is the author of that novel.
Me:sorry sir,Iam not aware of that novel.
Chairman:Are you aware of this movie?
Me:Yes mam,Iam aware of this movie but iam not aware of the novel from which it was adopted.
Member4:Tell me about software piracy?
Me:Sir,today many softwares are available in internet as freeware and shareware.Shareware softwares expire after certain period and there are many hackers in the internet who hack and makes this softwares permanent.
Member4:You have mentioned that you study software piracy.What did you get from this?
Me:Sir I will explain with one example.Once I have seen as ad of an hacker who cracks mail passwords.Then I created an account and send an email to him to crack the new account’s password.Then I got an email to the new account which has some link.
Member4:It must be a trojan
Me:Yes sir,then I clicked on the link.It gives way to new yahoo main page asking for username and password.I thought I was logged out and I entered password again.But this was gone to the hacker.
Member4:What did you get from this?
Me:sir,many iitians also don’t know about these methods.It helps me to help other friends not to fall into these traps and to protect their accounts.
Member4:What is phishing?
Me:Hackers send emails as if these are coming from authenticated servers and ask for our account details.If we provide them unknowingly they will misuse these accounts for their own benefits.
Member3: (other member interrupted me)What is the spelling of phishing?
Member4: Tell him the spelling of phishing?
Me:Sir, P-H-I-S-H-I-N-G
Member4:I think these type of methods are very common and these days even school children also knows this.If iitians don’t know these methods I pity them.
Me:I didn’t say anything.I just smiled.
Member4: I think software piracy is something different.it is about multiplicating.What work did you do in that front.
Me:Sir,today there are many minor softwares almost 5 to 10 different minor softwares available in the internet which makes the trial version softwares permanent.I study these softwares how they work.
Member4:Did you join any white hackers community?Because this knowledge is required to prevent piracy.
Me:Yes sir, I have been planning to join such communities.But due to the preparation for civil services I do not get time to do that.
Member4:There si new research is going on as regards computers.People are planning to make chips based on chemicals and improve parallel processing performance of computers.Tell me about that development.
Me:Sorry sir iam not aware of that development.
Member4:Billgates recently said that.If anything said by billgates it would come within a year.He said there is good role for chemical engg in that.
Me:Sorry sir iam not aware of that.
Member4:What is the difference between normal paper and paper used for rupee notes?
Me:They behave differently in the presence of water.
Member4: No.tell me the chemical differences between them.
Me:Sorry sir,iam not aware of that
Member4:you said you are specialised in paper.
Me:No sir,I said I am aware of that.
Member4:Tell me in what area you have specialised?
Me: i don’t have any specialisation in my mtech sir.My project is mainly on removal of arsenic from groundwater using biological things i.e fungus.
Member4:Removal of arsenic.i think it is problem in many areas.
Me:yes sir,
Member4:What far did you achieve in your results.
Me:I achieved 65 to 70% removal efficency sir
Member4:30% is remaining!i think that is sufficient to harm people.
Me:Sir,I have conducted studies by varying arsenic contentn,fungus content and also studies with variation of time.But this is the maximum I got sir.
Member4: (Then passed ball to other member).
Member5: Tell me the india;s trade relations with neighbouring countries.
Me:Sir,although we have acrimonious relationship with china….
Member4:No.tell me relation with neighbours.
Me:Ok sir.we have significant trade potential with pakistan.Recently we have opened up trade routes which would boost ties.Also we have significant potential with srilanka in the sectors of automobiles and IT.Also in the light of political developments in Bangladesh there is a significant trade potential with that country.Besides,we have much potential in the power sector as regards Bhutan and Nepal.
Member4:Do you know these countries are pursuing FTA’s using SAARC as a platform.
Me:Yes sir,using SAARC as a platform we are trying…
Member4: (Showed hand towards chairman).
Chairman:Its over.
Me:Thank You Mam
I think most of the interview revolved around fact based questions and there is less room for me to show real potential.Chemical engg questions are unexpected blows.Apart from that I think interview is ok.Since I did not answer questions related to chem engg(my graduation and post graduation), iam expecting 150-170 marks out of 300.Moreover I heard this board is liberal in giving marks.Last time this board gave amrks ranging from 110 to 220 with average of 170.Lets c.
P.K. Mishra Board ( Geog and Psycho- date 28th march'09 mornin) Chairman: Ok, so national title in sparring competetion...so you know judo karate? Me: No sir, I have learnt free hand style Karate...Judo is more of combative type. C : So you learnt it for self defense Me: Self defense and self discipline...because karate is all about synchronising your mind and body. C: So you play even soccer (Yes Sir)Which position you play in? Me: Centre Midfield C: What all formations are there in football Me: I tell him all the formations according to the stratergy of the team( agressive, normal, defensive etc.)C: There is also a formation with 5 strikers Me: Yes sir, two of them play as wingers and the other 3 are core strikers C: What is Oedipus complex? Me: Sir it was given by sigmund freud, pertains to the male child in his infancy where he develops the urge to possess his mother and kill his father...that is how Freud put it.(He looked at the two members sitting besides him) C: Its about attachment of girl child with father and boy child with mother( I nod) C: Do you know kautilya Me: Yes sir, he is also called chanakya... was during the guptas time.....sorry sir during the mauryan times...chandra gupta maurya. C: He wrote a book? Me: Yes sir, arthshastra C: What is it about, have you read it? Me: No sir i havent read it, but its about how a kingdom has to be run and how a king should conduct himself....
M1: you were born in pali district...what is special about this district me: Sir first textile mills in rajasthan were setup here M1: any religion associated with it...(he actually meant pali language) me: Yes sir buddhism...even some jain scriptures are written in pali) M1: Is it a dead lang? Me: No sir it isnt, its still spoken M1: Where Me: Not sure sir but it is still spoken M1: Which is the largest island on earth? me: Sir its Greenland, but if we consider the continent australia as an island then its bigger than Greenland M1: Australia it is...theres been some problem with greenland recently, do you know about it?Me: sir I am not sure but i think its concerned with the depletion of ice sheet because of global warming....(and then some talk on eskimos and igloos and he says some problem with food and i don know where he is headed) M1: Greenland is part of which country? Me: Sir denmarkM1: But denmark is so small and greenland so big?
Me: Yes sir, but greenland is mostly uninhabited( in my mind: what a f***in question is that...is he serious ) M1: Do you know about the Intnational date line Me: Yes sir,it line in pacific ocean on the two sides of which two diff dates exist at any given point of time M1: Is it a straight line Me: No sir, its adjusted to fit in the intervening pacific islands M1: NewZealand is on which side of it Me: Its on the western side of it sirM1: Are you sureMe: Yes sir iam sure (do you wanna bet :-) ) M1: What are time zones and how many time zones...and how many degrees Me: easy ones...i answer them... The Chairman intervenes C: How many times zones in USAMe: Sir five C: Name them Me: Sir Atlantic, eastern ,central, mountain, and pacific.....i fancy he was impressed by this :-)
M2: Talking about psychology, in india the boy is so attached to the mother that he respects only her and disrespects all the other women, what do you think Me: Mam, in India the mother is to an extent overindulgent in the child due to which he becomes dependent on external evaluations and is also insecure in exploring his environment due to which he may not generalise the respect for his mother on to other women...(and some chit chat on it) M2: Have you read in news paper today about kids hacking their school system(i have computer engg as my b/g) Me: Yes mam, the hacked into the system and fudged their marksheets M2: we talk about this egovernance and ecommerce...isnt it unsafe Me: And i answer about the potential dangers, and some ques on virus and a little chat on it...and then my fav ques of this interview comes up M2: Have you watched Die Hard 4 Me: Yes mam, its about all the systems in a country being wired into one network and how it is hacked by a person for malicious reasons M2: Can it really happen Me: It sure can happen as such a huge network would not be without loop holes M2: What can we do about it Me: updated s/w, hiring young hackers bla bla...
M3: The sensex has been rising for past 5 days...should we get happy? Me: Sir though it has been rising, such impulses in sensex are not uncommon and some ifs and buts still remain....we will have to wait for a couple of weeks so see if the trend stabilises.... M3: The sensex has fallen from 20000 to 8000 but the gold prices have been increasing Me: Yes sir, due to opaque financial instruments crashing and hard currencies becoming fragile... gold seems to be the only safe investment option left...so its demand has gone up and hence the price rise M3: Do you know about falkland Me: Yes sir its an island in south atlantic ocean M3: Adjoining which country? Me: Its on eastern coast of Argentina M3: Do you know about any war on it recently Me: Sorry sir , i don know
Chairman: It was between britisher and the argentinians M4: Can you tell me about tribes in this place where you were born Me: This place is not a tribal area, besides mam i was only born in this place, i am actually from Dadra and Nagar Haveli M4: Have you heard about apartheid? Me: Yes mam, its was a movement of racial discrimination in south africa M4: Is there anything similar in India Me: Untouchability M4: What are its origin me: I explain the ancient varna system and about shudras M4: (she corrects me by saying that shudras were outside the varna system and not part of it) M4: Is untouchability still a problem me: It is present in rural pockets of India M4: Dont urban educated people practice it me: yes mam, exceptions are there but an educated person is less likely to practice it but there is no hard and fast rule as his conditioning for untouchability may be strong
C: Name the tribes in andaman and nicobar island me: Andamanese, nicobarese, sentinelese...... C: You are forgetting the most important one( and i cannot recall it) C: Jarawas...(but ofcos)- Oh yes sir the jarawas C: do you know about the recent supreme court ruling on them me: Sorry sir iam not aware of itcontd...
C: What is guilllotine me: i give him the definition C: do you know about the historical perspective associated with it...some revolution... me: No sir...Thank you your interview is over.
I get out a breathe a sigh of releif....
overall a good interview in my opinion...but thats wat i thought even the last time around with mr. Bhurelal n all i got was 150.
Mr. Mishra's is a new board...so lets hope he is generous in distributing marks.... once again waiting for the UPSC Lottery draw :-)
My interview was on 17th forenoon session and i was the first candidate.
heres the detail that i am able to recall.........
CM :# Which service you are in? (I am in IRPS 07 Batch)
# Then he asked some general questions about my posting (that is not yet), training (at Railway Staff College, Vadodara but presently GMP Course is going on at IIM Lucknow).
# What are the major areas in which NPL(National Physical Laboratory) is related to? (I have worked for four years in this research organisation.)
# What is Bratten-woods agreement. what are those organisations formed after this agreement.
# He has also asked few questions on historical aspects as I am History graduate and my first optional is History.
M1 :# He have given me a situation and asked to find out the reason (that i was not able to do)
# What is lateral thinking?
# What is lateral entry and is their any plan of lateral entry in government?
# What may be the positive and nagative aspects of this step?
# What should government do on this matter?
# Why Civil Service is called Steal Frame? (I haven't proper answer)
# What are the recommendations of IInd ARC on the civil service reforms?
M2(F)# What would you like to do other than studies and daily routione?
# Which are those places you have visited?
# Where did you travel very recently and what is the importance of this journey?(It was Bhopal and sorroundings...Sanchi, Vidisha, Panchmarhi...on the day of Sanchi visit, mains result was declared)
# Your most memorable journey (Rameshwaram) and what are those memories?
# What are benefits of travelling, tell your own experience?
# In which sports other than Badminton (my hobby) you have interest?
# Some examples of terrorist activities in sports.
# What is Bio-mass? Is the development regading bio fuel policy of the government is sufficient?
M3 :# You have participated in NIC, what is it?
# What are the challenges before national integration? What is the root cause of it, and how the national integration can be promoted?
# If you are a D.M. in a district of M.P.(although i am from BIHAR), what will you do for promotion of national integration?
# What are the functions and hierarchy of Personnel Department in Indian Railways?
# As a personnel officer what would you do for better performance of your department?
# What are problems of Indian Railways although there is very big discussion on achievemnts/turnaround?
# You have played a role of Shivraj Patil in University Mock Parliament, what are the different role of Mr. Patil in Our Country?
# Do you read economic news, tell some latest news?
M4 :# May i call you Raman or Raaman? (He was from S.I.)
# Tell me the top 3 cadres of your choice where you would like to work. (Bihar, Rajasthan, Orrisa). What are the specific reasons?
# What are 2 major problems in Orrisa?
# Why there is problem of food security and water availability in Orrisa although there is abundent water available?
# There was some discussion on the issue of that school child who was beaten by teacher and later died?
# What is your opinion, how a very aggresive child can be controlled if not beaten?
# Are you completely against this type of punishment?
CM : O.K. Raman, your interview is over.....
It was lasted for 37 minutes, i think it was o.k.o.k., there were some questions where i could have reply better, i was also not able to reply on that situation based question.....so it seems, i was not at the level of best, but i was confident....n....whatever i can say.
One last thing i must say, the Board was very cordial, encouraging.......
Lets see what would be the outcome....till than GOOD LUCK to ALL.
My 2nd interview for the civil s main 2008..held as on 11th April morning session allotted for the KK Paul s board. a bit tough indeed and most of the things being the fact based, which remained unanswered by me...the process s like this. prior to this I have submitted 2 colored photographs of poor quality wearing a Red Color T shirt, as being thought by me for the un official purposes without being taken into the board room.(the photos that i have submitted in the UPSC central hall to the boy over there...not the one which has been pasted over the Mains Form) so please be a bit careful about the kind of passport photographs that u does submit them..
the process s like this where I have been enumerating it in a proper manner...let us take the chair man KK Paul as C and the rest of others sitting besides to him as M1,M2,M3,M4..a round table room ,a bit congested indeed .no enough space to walk right from the door.. called into the room around 10.30 am, the 2nd one being in the process of 6 interviews in the forenoon session. .realized that I have been out of the room at 11.03 am
Me: may I come in sir
C : yes , come in and please have your seat
Me: just moved around the table and wished them "Good Morning Sir."
bowing my head as usually.
C: tell me your name roll number and the date of birth
Me: sir , my name s Andra Vamsi and the roll number s 087661 , followed by the date of birth 13th august 1985
C: vamsi what s wrong with your photograph? it seems that you have taken the photograph after playing a holi
Then he started laughing at me and making fun of me by showing the photograph to all the members. then started the struggle of being apprehensive and quick all the time in the board
Me: no sir it s nothing like that I haven’t taken it after playing the holi
C: why it s like that?
Me: I don’t know about it sir. Hope It s fine
C: you are a computer science engineer
Me : yes sir
C: tell me about fuzzy logic
Me: I don’t know sir after taking a pause for few seconds
C: you belong to CSE have n’t u read it?
Me: yes sir , but I’m no t able to recollect it rite now
C: tell me about the peltier effect,. hope you have studied this also
Me: I don’t know sir
C: you have been recruited to the IRS Income tax, which batch does u belong to?
Me: sir I belong to 62nd batch of IRS.
C: which year you have been recruited…?
Me: I belong to 2207 civil services exam recruitment…
C: so for the past 2 years you have been working
Me: no sir its for the past 3 months that I have been undergoing for the IRS training
In the mean time the M4 has said that he has been into the service during the year 2008 and skipped the foundation course,,,
C: you play cricket or watch cricket (because it s a part of my games activities)
Me: I play and watch the cricket
C: which department are you well versed in the cricket ?
Me: I’m a left hand fast bowler sir
C: tell me few left handed bowlers that u does know?
Me: sir we have got many people ..some of them are wasim akram, waqar younis, zaheer khan and irfan pathan
M1:is waqar a left handed bowler
Me: a bit confused myself and again said it as the left hander only
C: you use the left hand and probably a left hander for all the time
Me: no sir I write with right hand and most of the things I’ll do with the left hand
C: so it s a cultivated habit that u have got?
Me: yes sir
C: tell me few cricketers who got the same kind of this cultivated habits
Me: sir , I don’t know
C: what s the importance of your birthday?
Me: it s the day of international left hander s all over the world
C: your optional s are anthropology and the public administration, tell me about ongese
Me: thought of telling ,but tried to avoid because of the further expected questions over this and finally I said don’t know instead of taking a guess
C :do you know the shompenes
Me: I don’t know
Then he directed me towards the M1
M1: why did you choose anthropology as your optional?
Me: sir it s because of 2 reasons, the first being the availability of enough coaching centre s and the material in Hyderabad and the 2nd being of the reason that it does provide me an overview about the socio ,economic ,political, cultural and other insights of the mankind which are very useful in the successful administration
M1:this s formulated by the britishers and do you still want to take the colonial thing…I think that its of no relevance today
Me :definitely not sir. .even though it traces it s origin to the colonial legacy , the existence of the anthrop s still relevant today for the effective implementation of the public policy
M1:you do want to continue to segregate the people on racial line like the colonial mindset
Me: not at all sir but what all I need is to understand all the settings I mean social, economic and the political aspects so that it serves as an effective interface for the people and the system to ensure a better policy framing and its successful implementation
C: what do you know about the word POSH?
Me: sir posh s some thing which means highly stylish and civilized
C: every one does know that ..tell me or define me about the word Posh
Me: sir as far as to my knowledge s concerned it s more stylish and better civilized with a better refinement in the behavior and the effective use of the technology by the people. more over it s nothing but to be stylish enough and more fashionable, and something highly concentrated towards the urban areas
C:what are the origins of the word posh?
Me: i don't know sir
M1: do you know the anthropologist Elvin?
Me: they even spelled the word for me and I don’t want to land into troubles by saying yes and expect further questions on him. finally said it as don’t know sir
M1:what s meant by anthropometry?
Me: sir it deals with the measurement aspects of the mankind in different socioeconomic and the political aspects
M1:what about the physical aspects?
Me: yes sir that s what it does and applies it to various settings
M1:then again you want to segregate the people on the racial lines
Me: no sir I want to have an ease over the administration by having an adequate knowledge over this things of the people…using this we can identify many people belonging to various regions in India and can sense their corresponding social, cultural and the cultural, educational aspects
M1:so you feel that it s still relevant ?
Me: yes sir definitely in the implementation of the public policies according to the popular mind sets and also for a better citizen –administrative interface and moreover for the all India services its of so much use where people have been given different cadre s
M1:what do you mean by nasal index?
Me: it deals with the measurement of the nose
C: every one does know that, tell me something new?
Me: sir I don’t the technical formula of that sir rite now and not able to recollect it
Then he directed his hand to the M2
M2:do you watch telugu films?
Me: yes sir
M2:do you know mrinal sen?
Me: I don’t know sir
M2:he got a national award for the best director.don’t you know him?
Me: I don’t know sir
M2:to which category of direction he won the national award?
Me: I don’t know sir
M2:he directed only one telugu movie. do you know that?
Me: I don’t know sir
M2: have u ever heard of the movie Oka Oori Kadhaa in telugu?
Me: no ,sir
M2:it s directed by him
Me:k sir
M2:do you know director premchand?
Me: I don’t know sir
M2:do you know satyajith ray?
Me: yes sir I does know him
M2:what are green house gases?
Me: sir some of them are the co2, so2,n2o…they aid the green house effect which in turn leads to the global warming.(interrupts in the middle)
M2:what s the green house effect?
Me: sir when the cosmic rays e.g. .IR,UV and some others etc.. enters into the earth s atmosphere some of these gases react with the chemical compositions present in the upper layers of the atmosphere and will get the ray entrapped due to the difference created within the wave lengths and keeps them with in the earth s atmospheric without being retreated them out of the earth. .these gases in turn aid them to warm the earth s other layers which in turn leads to the global warming..
M2: what are it s effects?
Me: it leads to climatic fluctuations and in turn leads to invariable monsoons leading to drought and floods.. majorly the melting of the global ice and rise in the sea levels
M2: how does it impact the food security?
Me: it may lead to the decline in the production due to the invariability of the monsoons and also its un predicted ness lead to un healthy production.
M2:do you think that India doesn’t have the enough agricultural production?
Me: sir we have got comfortable levels but a little amount of deficit s also there for which we have been importing so as to maintain some buffer stocks
M2:so you say that there s a deficit production in the country?
Me: a little amount of deficit s still there. we also have to build enough reserves or the buffers for the future needs or to contain the adverse situations
M2:what are the major food crops that we are importing?
Me: sir the first one s wheat an amount of 13 million tones this year. And also rice too at the same time
M2:what s the wheat production this year?
Me: sir it s 78 million tones this year
M2:what s the household rating for the availability of the food grains?
Me: sir still there s a need to improve the availability of the food security ..
M2:why do you say like that we have got enough food production, maintaining so many buffer stocks .do u think that the PDS s not doing well what are the major reasons for its failure?
Me: sir we failed to identify the prime beneficiaries of the PDS which s a major drawback ,still there s enough scope to contain the black marketing and the hoarding activities..
M2:what do you know about Azlam shah?
Me: I don’t know
M2:a sport has been named after him ,do you know that?
Me :I don’t know sir
Then the turn s for the M3 ..In the mean time the chairman
C: be a bit louder ,we are not able to hear you
Me: yes sir
M3:vamsi do you think that tax s only for the revenue motive or is there any other thing concerned with the tax?
Me: sir primarily tax s for generating and augmenting the revenue ,,it s also some time s used to avoid certain adverse situation s like inflation and also to raise the level of exports and the trade the state may cut it down ,I mean the export duty , to improve the imports it may reduce or decrease at the same time with in the national interest …the best example s to raise the food security in terms of the imports and build up the buffers. there fore it does depend upon the national interest whether to raise the tax in the motto of public benefit whether to contain it or to raise it…the prime motto s to augment the revenue…
M3:what s the difference between the customs duty and the excise duty. both are duties only …what s the differences amongst them?
Me: sir both are indirect taxes only. but customs duty s one thing levied on the international things especially on the imports and the excise duty s with in the national perspective that s levied on the outlet of the produced good from the factories..
M3:what s the specialty of the excise duty?
Me: sir its levied on the manufacturer and here there s an onus on the part of the producer to pay the tax rather than the consumer paying the tax…its an indirect means of levying the tax on the income of the producer…moreover it s also applicable to the states..
M3:do you know WTO?
Me: yes sir it s a multilevel trade institution that provides a free trade agreement amongst all the nations signatory to it so as to promote the free flow of good s and the services and also to enforce the process of the globalization..
M3:is India a signatory to it?
Me: yes sir
M3:when did India join WTO?
Me: in the year 1991
M3:how many countries are their in the WTO?
Me: I don’t know sir
M3:what s the specialty of the WTO?
Me: sir it provides a common platform for the trade of goods and services amongst all the nations and try to ensure equitable trade with in the nations internationally and at the same time it tries to avoid the regional trading blocks
M3:we have got many regional trading blacks for which India s a signatory, why still we are doing this things despite being a part of the WTO?
Me: sir it all depends upon my nation s interest to secure the immense trade benefits to the people. if I do think that this has got a leverage to improve the trade growth and the economic growth at the very best then I can prefer both the things..
M3:tell me few regional trade agreements for which India has been a part of it?
Me: sir we have got a PTA with the Chile ,FTA with the sri lanka ,about to pursue FTA with the Thailand, ASEAN , EU, and also an RTA with the china
M3:what s the difference between the PTA and the FTA?
Me: sir it varies according to the degree of openness to the trade and the free flow of good s and the services ,PTA s degree of flow s comparatively less to that of the FTA…FTA provides for the nullification of the import and the export duties ,elimination of the quantitative restrictions and ensure the free flow of the trade …these things cannot be changed overnight but they are realized progressively. how ever in the case of PTA these things are missing and the trade s limited to the selective or preferred good s and the services.
Then he directed his hand towards the M4
M4:what s the Palestine issue all about, what s the conflict going on there?
Me: sir it corresponds to a land dispute between two sects of people the jews and the Palestinians for the effective control and rights over the holy land of the Palestine. after second world war a new state named Israel has been carved out of the holy place of Palestine due to massive exodus of the Jews from all the parts of the world…
M4:when was Israel formed ?
Me: sir I don’t remember the year in which it was formed but it was formed after second world war due to the exodus of the Jews …previously a minor amount of jews are also living in that place
M4:that s all?
Me: the problem s the increased violence between the Jews and the Palestinians and the launch of rocket launching attack s by the Gaza strip people into the Israel territories…also it s about the failure to arrive at the 2 state solution ,the Annapolis conference witnesses a major failure in the year 2007 and also the factions with in the westbank named fatah headed by the mohammad abbas and the Gaza based hamas headed by ismael haniyeh
M4:when was rashtrapathi bhavan built..i hope u know where the rashtrapathi bahavn is?
Me: I don’t know sir
M4:what is it previously called?
Me: sir its called as vice regal lodge
M4:what the peculiarity of the Swiss bank?
Me: sir recently it was in the news ..here the account name of the holder will not be revealed and that has provided the enough scope for the people to deposit the money whether it s black or white, legal or illegal with their identities not being disclosed to the other s ..
M4:it s an issue since many years?
Me: but the impact of its secrecy s very much felt during this recession days because of the squeeze in liquidity…that has led to bankruptcy of many other things and also the availability of credit s low due to excessive deposits in the Swiss bank that has been procured through the false means
M4:do u know when was UPSC formed…?
Me: sir it has been existing before the independence and formed as Federal Public Service Commission according to the Govt of India Act 1935.after independence it has been named as Union Public Service Commission..
C:thank you you may go
Me:thanks a lot sir
This all the things that I have memorized, lasted for 30 minutes and the conversation s very fast indeed…will update the other things if I recollect them in the mean time
