IAS Interview Experience
Optional: History
Hobbies: mobile app development, working out, multiplayer computer gaming
Board : Chattar Singh
ROUND 1
CHAIRMAN:
- History of Amritsar
- How will you use computers in administration?
- What is the current trend in computers?
- What is cloud computing?
- What is Moore’s law?
- What are the issues of security and how will you manage them?
Member 1:
- What do you teach?
- How do you make your students good members of society?
- Conflict in historical approach today?
Member 2:
- Difference between aerobics and CrossFit?
- Silk Road by China?
- What is the difference between ethics and values?
- How is temperament important for civil servants?
Member 3:
- Mobile OS used?
- The processor used in mobiles?
- What are object-oriented languages and their benefits?
- Why did Microsoft acquire Nokia?
Member 4:
- Africa as a software development market?
- Indo-Africa summit full name and grant by India?
CHAIRMAN:
- Three most critical issues of Punjab?
- Why no hardware fabrication industry in India?
- Autonomy of universities.
- Board: Alka Sirohi Mam
- Wished the CM and Members.
CHAIRMAN:
Okay, so you are a doctor. I am giving you a case. A 6-month-old baby lying on a bed. Her mother picks her up and she starts crying. But if she puts her again on the bed she is fine. What is your diagnosis?
Me: Hmm… Maybe meningitis. Neck rigidity may be there. And a change in posture may lead to pain/resistance, and that may be the reason.
ROUND 2
CHAIRMAN:Adds more info to the case: she doesn’t have any other clinical signs like rigidity or fever. She is apparently looking normal. Completely fine. Now?
Me: Hmm… pause for a few seconds …and politely said…I am not able to decipher it at the moment, mam.
CHAIRMAN:Gave the answer [Pseudoparalysis or something like this] and then hands over to Member 1.
MEMBER 1:Questions on budget, especially black money provisions.
Me: Replied.
MEMBER 1:Do you pay taxes?
Me: Yes.
MEMBER 1:Tell me about the tax slabs.
Me: Told.
MEMBER 1:Asked about basic structure doctrine. And probed further into it the fundamental rights and basic structure.
Me: Told.
MEMBER 2:Mostly the health issues. Suppose you are in charge of the health domain. What would be your top priorities?
Me: Explained in detail.
MEMBER 2:Shortage of doctors in rural areas. Why? And solutions?
Me: Elaborated. He cross-questioned me on my solutions. Then was looking satisfied afterward.
MEMBER 2:Questions on startup India.
Me: Told the importance and relevance in present times.
MEMBER 2:Provisions of Startup India.
Me: Told. [Entry-Funding/Mentoring-Exit]
MEMBER 2:Asked about funding provisions.
Me: Told.
MEMBER 3:Started with Swachh Bharat.
Me: It’s not just about aesthetics or outer beauty, but it has strong linkages with better health outcomes. Explained the sanitation issues [open defecation].
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