Previous Year Interview Questions Set 4
1.Name : M. Karl Marx
Board : IMG Khan
Optional : 1. Geography
2. Tamil Lit.
My interview was started with my photo
It was stained in the UPSC campus
Chairman: asked what happened to your photo graph
Me: I explained what happened during the certificate verification
Chairman: Why the UPSC doesn’t go for poi metric and other advanced things instead of using photographs
Me: Yes sir, we should do it, in the future.
Then chairman started questioning me,
Chairman: Karl Marx from which place?
Me: Rhine region of German sir.
Chairman: Where he died?
Me: In London sir
Chairman: Karlmark himself spent latter part of his like in a capitalistic country. Isn’t it a contradiction?
Me: Socialism, Marxism and capitalism are o concepts having its own merits & Demerits. At that time for his developments living is a capitalistic country gave him lot of freedom. So the chosen England to live.
Chairman: Tell about KarlMarx
Me: He is a social scientist; he had a comprehensive over different concepts such as Economy, philosophy, sociology, polity. He was known for his work Dam capital and his theory of surphas value.
Chairman: Why there are two different budgets one for Railway & another for the rest?
Me: Railway is being a big network, it is easy to maintain if it has its own budget.
Chairman: So defence also have very big network, then why don’t has an its own budget.
Me: I started to answer. But I was not able to recollect the specific reason so I said sorry sir I am not sure.
Chairman asked the first member to ask questions
Member 1: What is meant by infrastructure?
Me: It is the selection of any structure, over which all the action takes places
Member 1: Is India has adequate infrastructure.
Me: We are moving towards the adequate level.
Member 1: How?
Me: Fund allocation for infrastructure development in this budget, investment plan for 11th & 12th five year plans indicates our government’s intention to develop a very good infrastructure.
Member 1: What is PPP?
Me: Public private partnership sir, a way of a attracting funds and technologies to the infrastructure development
Member 1: Why there is cost overrun and time over run is almost every PPP Project?
Me: Land Acquisition is the main problem. If we provide proper rehabilitation & resettlement plan, the problem will be solved.
Member 1: There is another problem other than land acquisition? Do you know?
Me: There are some technical problem leads to delay to the project.
Member 1: No. other than this
Me: No sir, I don’t know
Member 1: Ok leave it.
Member 2: What is a Blow room?
Me: Blow room is a place where cleaning and blending of cotton fibres taken place
Member 2: Why blending is necessary?
Me: To reduce the cost and maintain the yarn informing throughout the year
Member 2: How much the cost of raw material to the total cost?
Me: Around 60-70% sir
Member 2: What are the seizing parameters?
Me: I don’t know sir.
Member 2: Do you know CPM & PERT
Me: Yes sir.
Member 2: Is it possible a project has more than one critical path
Me: No sir.
Member 2: No it can be more than one
Me: Thank you sir.
Member 2: Do you anything about PERT Rate?
Me: No sir, I don’t know
Member 3: Tell about the census 2011.
Me: Collecting data base of our citizen in more wider way than the previous census.
Member 3: Why we are conducting census?
Me: Having the very basic details of our people will help the government to provide better services and take necessary action against much area.
Member 3: Be specific
Me: For poverty reduction, we should know the current employment condition, standard of living, facilities they have based on there we can identify the under developed area and section of people. Then we should concentrate on their upliftment.
Member 3: In what way the census details will help in the infrastructure development.
Me: In the census questionnaire, details of housing in those, whether it is a permanent house, owned or rented our hut etc. Based on this we can identify the area having cronic housing problem. Then we can provide housing facilities to that area.
Member 3: What are the infrastructure facilities to be given for agriculture development?
Me: Irrigation is the basic facility to be given. Development of water sheds, rain water harvesting, post harvesting facilities such as storage, connectivity to marked and financial service etc.
Member 4: Tell some famous textile varieties of India.
Me: We know about cotton from the Indus civilization period. Our Muslim cloths are very famous from the Roman period. Banaras and kanchipuram silks are famous worldwide.
Member 4: Tell about Egyptian cotton
Me: It is a long staple cotton fibre.
Member 4: No, No tell in a layman way
Me: Length of the cotton fibre is long in Egyptian Varity. The shiner of the fibres also very good
Member 4: What about Indian varieties?
Me: Indian varieties having medium and short fibre length
Chairman: Ok Karlmarx your interview is over. You can go.
Me: I thanked everyone and went out.
2.Name : R. Vinoth Priya
Qualification : MSc Agriculture
Board : Dr. K.K. Paul
Optional : 1. Geography
2. Public Admin
Chairman:
Do you know about Agricultural Debt waiver, and the most of the farmers are committing suicide, Do you have any alternate measure to save them from money lender equation is too lengthy.
What is you are name, Date of Birth and Roll No?
Pallavan Grameeu Bank is like Bangladesh Grameeu Bank
What is your role in your Bank?
Where is the head office
How many accounts you Bank have?
Do you closed any account by using Debt Swab Scheme.
We have Nuclear energy, solar, coal, petroleum, gas, so what is the method of generating electricity?
Do you have Kitchen garden in your home?
Which are all the plants you will grow?
Don’t you grow Brinjal?
What is the reason, not using Bt Brinjal?
How much amount do you waived?
We have good relationship with Bangladesh, Do you know about north eastern states. The river on which we are building dam, tell me the name of the dam?
Member 1:
Securitization Act?
Any advantage?
Ever visited Government office, the people not functioning well, any feedback about this you heard
How to rectify it? (I said about my training experience, to approach customer) Is it they are not getting any training?
Member 2:
Can you explain me, I don’t about NPA?
Do you think it affects other customer, bale performance?
Member 1:
What is priority sector?
What is the percentage for agriculture?
What is the total percentage for priority sector lending?
Member 2:
Do you have (in Bank) any special previllage to women agricultural beneficiary?
Women beneficiary – divorce, widower like
Member 4:
Regarding rocket technology?
What the stages in rocket launder of rocket?
Fuel-for that?
Recent technology?
Cryogenic technology?
Member 4:
Many questions regarding rocket technology? (I don’t remember all the questions regarding this?
What is H bomb?
What is Atom bomb?
India, Do you have atom bomb, in world which are all the countries posses atom bomb? Composition of atom bomb?
What is plant? Onion, is the plant, bulb, is it bulb-3 questions
Member 3:
Regarding rocket technology he again started but I said sir I know only about the stages and fuel, I don’t the technology take
What is atmosphere?
What are all the layers?
Do you know about ozone, In which layer f.. ozone
Do you know about ozone hole, what will be the effect, it will directly reaches without foltering?
What are all the other effects?
Kyto protocol
They implemented it? Why?
What is the level
The level of China and India regarding
The emission level of USA and India
Member 4:
What are the difference in ingredient in South India and North Indian?
Member 1:
Some more important things in their tell me like she asked?
Member 2:
In the state the law and order situation, and Governor sleeping, not at all .. to introduce Article 356?
What is failure of constitutional machinery?
3.Name : V. Sri Vijay
Qualification : B.Tech (Chemical Engg)
Board : Mr. P.K. Mishra
Optional : 1. Public Admin
2. Geography
Chairman:
What is your name?
So you have done your schooling from Mettur, say about Mettur Dam
Say about Salem District (My native) and what is it famous for.
What is the social problem of your district and what are the government steps.
Tell how a collectorate looks like
Name three constitutional authorities other than president etc.
Member 1:
What is a Parliamentary form of government?
What is a union list, state list and concurrent list?
With whom the residuary power lies?
What are the needs which Maslow has talked about
Member 2:
You are from Sastra (My University) what is it. Tell about Deemed University controversy.
What is Latex, Resin and its uses?
What is Desalination and the process?
What is a Pilot plant and tell some examples?
Member 3:
What is a Tagline (My hobby) and in what way it is useful for a company?
Name some taglines and its usefulness for those companies?
What is the second tagline for Infosys
What is NIA, NSG, MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission and what are the recommendations?
Member 4:
What is the difference between Lab chemicals, Domestic chemicals and Industrial chemicals
What is a plastic and a polymer
What are the recycling methods
Do you read Auto magazines and why is Auto industry concentrated in Tamilnadu.
Where is Saneeswaran temple located. What are the other religious shrines in its vicinity
Chairman:
Tell about corporate governance, its components and who ensures it.
What is the relation between continental shelf and maritime zones?
4. Name : P. Sundarajan
Qualification : MCA
Board : R.K. Mishra
Optional : 1. Sociology
2. Commerce
I am the last candidate “May I came to sirs? and Greet them “Good Morning sirs” and “Good morning madam” They wished and the chairman asked me to sit. I take the seat.
Chairman: What is Tiger pouching? And how to protect let tell 5 steps
Me: Killing tiger for commercial purpose skin to bone for immune booster sup by Chinese people
Chairman: I understand it. What about the steps?
Me: First, we need more enforcement staff, more weapons, more infrastructure.
Without these facilities it is unable to protect the tigers. If we provide all these facilities. Why we talk about step 2, 3, 4 and 5. Step 1 is enough.
Chairman: Looking me for few seconds) good. Its enough.
Census: what is census
Me: Sir, Pardon me, are you asking human census or tiger census
Member 1: Ok Sundar, Let tell about human census and why we need it?
Me: Census is very important sir, By proper census only we know the details/ information of people, male, female literate ratio etc. so it’s very essential
Member 1: I agree it okay
Member 2: What is Narsimhan committee?
Me: (At that time, I was unable to recollect the details) I simply told them sorry sir, I was unable to recollect. I guess it may be RBI reforms, any.
Member 2: Okay no problems
Member 2: What is CAD and its uses
Me: CAD meant Computer Aided Design. We can take the blue print of all
manufacturing products, building drawing etc.
Member 2: Correct ok.
(A few seconds gap nobody asking me any questions. I simply keep smiling)
(Chairman is talking with member something)
Member 1: What is current Tax celling?
Me: I told the answer
Chairman: Ok sundar, why we give tax concession to lady. What so special for them. He himself talk why I need to pay tax more
Me: At that time, I looked naturally. The lady member she smiled at one. I make a small smile on her
Chairman: Why you are looking to her let tell the answer
Me: I take few seconds sir, at the beginning, true was no lady staff in our admin. To encourage them we provide more financial concession to them. There is nothing wrong in it. We can provide more also.
(Actually the chairman was not satisfied) but the lady member agree my views and the lady member made some conversation to chairman.
Member 3: G+k Tell about it
Me: I told me story of Kanagai, Kovalam and the foot rpyk/G destroy the Madurai (All are listening ..) No cross questioning
Member 4: Who is best parlimentation?
Me: Sorry Sir, I don’t Know who?
(Later I know, Murali Monohar)
Member4: Sensex – Explain
Me: It is related to stock market dealing in Mumbai
Member4: How it affect?
Me: Due to internal & external factors i.e. rouse in oils price, gold price, markets etc
Member4: Okay.
Member 4: Do you Know Rajaji?
Me: (I Wondered about the question) & tell him yes sir, I know about him
Member 4: okay, what are the positions held by him
Me: (I made a mistake by telling) he was the last viceroy of Indian and CM of TN (later I relaised) pardon me sir, I made a mistake the was not viceroy but last
Governor General) (I didn’t panic about my mistake)
Member 4: You are correct okay.
Member 4: What is noise level indicator?
Me: (I know little about the subject) I told him sorry sir I was unable to recollect it.
Member 4: Okay no problem
Member 4: What is analog and digital signal
Me: I told about the technical details in analog and about 1G phone and 2G, 3G.. etc.
(I was not satisfied about my answer).. a little bit confused.
My remarks/Views
All the members are cordial
No panic questions. All are unexpected simple questions
I better feel saying “sorry sir, I don’t know”
Anyhow they will not ask questions more than 20-30 minutes, it is necessary to keep ourselves confident, cool etc…
5. Name : K. Aravind
Qualification : BE
Board : Shashi Uban Tripathi
Optional : 1. Public Admin
2. Geography
Working experience and how many years?
Name of company?
India Vs China growth comparison?
Natural Justice?
Rural development programmes of Tamilnadu
Present work status?
State emergency Vs National emergency
Educational status in India?
Factors retard education in India?
Secretary and member secretary status?
Agricultural problems in Tanjore district?
‘Bata’ – Company belongs to which country
Fully technical and foreign trade related questions (My background)
Cabinet secretary and equivalent post in states?
6.Name : V. Sasimohan
Board : P.K. Mishra
Optional : 1. Geography
2. Political Science
Chairman:
Question on my hobby – essay writing
On topics written – ‘India of my dreams’
Define inclusive growth
Status of inclusive growth in India
Member 1:
Disabled person rights
Designing a blind friendly building
Provisions for disabled persons in UPSC building
Ethics of Animal rearing for food
Member 2:
Questions on veterinary instructions in India
Difference between essay and assay
Member 3:
Latitude and longitude – uses
Member 4:
Questions related to veterinary science
Experience as a field veterinarian
Chairman:
Question on football
How to kick a penalty stroke
Question in political science – a quota of J.S. Nill and asked to explain it.
7.Name : P. Vimalraj IRS
Board : Nirbhay Sharma
Optional : 1. Geography
2. Public Admin.
This is my 4th interview in Civil Services Exam and 2nd time with the same board, I’m the 5th member to be interviewed in the morning session., Board has 1 lady member. I wished Chairman first and wished lady member next, then other members finally.
Chairman:
What is your name?
What is your date of birth?
You even didn’t have geography as your subject in your 12th then why did u choose it as your optional?
Ans: I have choosen because of the availability of the material sources and coaching.
Then I’m going to ask u some questions in geo.,?
Which state has largest population in India and how much?
Which state has largest area in India? Smallest state in India?
What is the population of Europe? What is the population of India at the time of independence and now?
What is GDP? Explain in values?
What is Suez Canal? When it was constructed?
How many states does USA has?
From where does US got the Alaska?
What is the strategic importance of Alaska?
Member 1:
Why Income Tax act looks very complicated and how to solve this?
Whether this years Budget is against the Aam admi?
What is SEZ? What are the advantages for India in developing SEZ’S?
WHAT IS WEALTH TAX RATE?
What is Laffer curve?
Member2:
According to you which the good technology in automobile in minimizing the pollution?
Who are all implementing this tech very well?
What about Maruti’s level in this tech? What is Bharat4 n Europe?
You been completed your engineering in 2004 what you are doing then?
You didn’t get any placement in your college?
Give few ideas in reducing the traffic by Tax applications?
Our tax system looks very much biased towards the rich?
Member 3:
Whether our National Security Adviser has to be from Generalist or Specialist background?
Which country apart from India in South Asia to get affected by cyclones?
Is it right to put our Army in the works of rescue during natural disaster?
What is national disaster management authority? How to strengthen that?
Member 4:
You have Bird Rearing as your hobby, what bird you reared?
Apart from Pigeon which bird you reared?
Whether India should change its stand and support Afgan with its Army?
India’s role in development of Afganistan?
Reason for PM’s visit to Washington?
Chairman:
What is the objective of International Nuclear Summit?
What is the problem between USA and Iran?
What is the real issue behind USA’s confrontation with Iran?
What is the recent statement from Iran about Israel and who made it?
Whether Iran directly putting pressure on Israel or through any other bodies?
Chairman: Ok, your interview is over, you can go now.
I have thanked everybody and came out.
Interview went up to 30 to 35 minutes.
8. Name : Mr. P. Sridharan IPS
Board : Mr. K.K. Paul
Optional : 1. Public Admin
2. Geography
What is your Roll No., Date of Birth?
Sir, my roll no.051675
What is your name?
Sir, I am P.SRIDHARAN
What should be the strategy to Naxalism?
Sir, we need a two pronged strategy to tackle naxalism, one is strong and focused police action and the other is to bring socio-economic development.
Why naxalism has spread from tribal to non-tribal areas?
Sir, the leadership provided by the leaders like kondapalli sittaramaiah, ganpati, kisanji and others. The spread of the ideology to those areas, addressing the grievances of the tribals, other people etc., are reasons for the spread. The Board Chairman interupted here and said that the leaders do not come from the tribal areas.
What are the reasons for the tribal problems?
Sir, the causes for tribal problems are land alienation, exploitation by the private forest contractors, miners, bureaucratic/ government insentivity/apathy, low socio economic development, not giving them forest rights. etc,
What are the policies, programmes taken by the Government of India to solve the problems of the tribals?
Tribal Sub-Plan of 1974,Tribal Rights Act or Forest Dwellers Act,2006
Tell us the Tribal Rights Act fully.
I said Sir, Tribal Rights Act 2006, then Forest Dwellers Act,2006. But the correct answer
is ST's and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Tribal Rights) Act, 2006.
Why pace bowlers or fast bowlers prefer grassy cricket pitches? (My hobby is cricket)
What is Good Governance?
What is Governance and What is Administration?
Why you opted/ prefered I.P.S. again?
How many months you are into I.P.S. training?
Member 2:
What is the reason for the IPL Cricket controversy?
Who is your favourite Cricketer?
Upto what level you played cricket?
What are Junk Foods?
Is Corruption in India increased or decreased?
What are the laws, methods to tackle corruption in India?
What are all the legislations/laws we have for education in India?
Who heads the Committee on Higher Education?
What are all the recommendations of that committee?
What do you thing are the Reasons for the Ram Setu problem?
What is your opinion about the Ram Setu or Adams Bridge?
How will you solve the problem?
What are all the conditions for the formation of Police Commissionarate in Cities?
Why do we need it?
Does it violate the rule of Natural Justice?
4th (Lady) Member:
Primary and Higher Education is South East Asian nations are far better than that in India. Why after
Who coined the word BIMARU?
9. BOARD: VENKATRAMI REDDY
SESSION: FORENOON (MORNING)
OPTIONALS: Geography, Public Administration
QUESTIONS:
Entered and wished everyone. All 5 were gentlemen and no lady member.
Chairman:
1. Do You believe that "there is a woman behind every man's success"?
2. Then will you accept that "there is a woman behind every man's guilt"?
3. Why only 33% in women's reservation bill and why not 100%?
4. Why do you want to join Civil services when so many opportunities are available for MBA?
Member1:
1. What is Fibonacci series?
2. What connection does this series have with nature?
3. You are an administrator and there are many projects in front of you. How would you choose from among them?
4. What is IRR (Internal Rate of Return)?
5. What is Net Present Value?
6. What is Call and Put options?(Connected with Stock and Futures market)
7. What is PERT?
Member2:
1. What is Indian Standard Time? Why it is needed?
2. Who travelled around the world first?
3. What is the significance of the international date line?
4. What are time zones?
5. Are there countries with more than 1 time zone? Name a few and the no. of time zones they have?
Member3:
1. What are the laws legislated for women empowerment?
2.An important such law was amended to include right to property for women, what was it?
3. One word in particular was changed in this law, what was it?
4. What does Hindu Marriage Act deal with?
Member4:
1. What is Marketing Mix?
2. What are the 7C's in marketing mix?
3. What are the 5 forces in Porter's model?
4. What is Swot Analysis?
5. You are a DM. There is a communal riot in your district, what steps would you take to contain it?
6. Did you read today's newspaper? There was some news about Srilanka,
What was it?
7. Why do you think Srilanka is suddenly opposing the Kudankulam power plant?
Chairman:
Why have you written Kerala in the 8th place in your state preference?
It is very close to your state na?
( For this question, before I could answer, Another member came in support of me. Then the Chairman and that member had a short conversation)
Ok Adelinde, Your interview is over. You can leave!
I thanked everyone and left.
10.Board: Ranjini Razdan Mam
Question:
Mam: Name, Roll No.
Do u Read any English daily? (Given reading tamil weeklies as hobbies) – Ans: Hindu
Why Hindu?
What is the symbol of hindu?
What is Arab Spring?
What is the reason?
When it was started? Where? Route?(countries)
What are the similarities between these countries?
Member 1:
What is LTTE?
Why they rebelling against government? Any specific causes?
Was language related to this rebel?
What is the minimum distance between the India &Srilanka? (in KM)
Do we need a relationship with Srilanka? (in what areas)
What r the problems associated with Sethusamudrum project?
Do u believe it was made by Rama? (asking geographical reason for the formation of Ramsethu)?
What is ur opinion on This project? Shd we go for it or not?
Member2:
What is energy security?
Do we have energy security?
What is the installed electricity capacity of India?
What are the mineral resources we have in abundant?
From which countries we are importing natural Gas & why?
What are potential areas of natural gas in the world?
How to use this for India’s energy security? What are the difficulties?
Member3:
What is ur hometown is famous for?
Which is the most famous temple in ur hometown?
How to tackle illegal mining at ground level as well as at Management level? Ur solutions?
Member4:
When banking has come to India?
Who started it?
What is RBI?
What is the difference between RBI & SBI?
What is Monetary Policy?
What are the functions of RBI?
When SBI was founded?
11.Name : P. Vijaideepan
Qualification : MBBS
Optionals : 1. Geography
2. Sociology
Chairperson - Alka Sihori
1. how stethoscope works? why doctors asks to take deep breathe while auscultating?
M1 :
1. What is genome? its uses in medicine?
2. What is DNA finger printing and its application?
3. impeachmeant of president
M2 :
1. National knowledge council
2. Aruna rai and her contribution.. (indirectly asked about RTI)
3. comment about higher education commeecialisation
M3 :
1. Is nitrogen gas poisonous? how? treatment?
2. health hazards while climb mountains?
3. what is pulmonary edema
M4 :
1. Which tamil kings have naval force
2. Where and name of temple built by tamil kings in south east asia
3. In india mobile phones are more than sanitary latrines.. comment
Chair:
1. why do we rear pets
2. what are infra and ulrasonic sounds