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].