UPSC Transcript of Kuldeep Kumar Yadav (AIR 548, CSE 2018)
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This is the interview transcript of Kuldeep Kumar Yadav who has secured AIR 548 in CSE 2018. I just foud it on Quora. In his words-
"I am writing this answer on 22nd may 2019 and the results have been declared . I have scored 171/275 in my interview and got AIR 548 .
so my interview was on 19th february 2019 in afternoon session . I woke up at 9 am and started to get prepare for my interview . I got myself clean shaved then get dressed up in formal attire . I was pretty nervous at that day . I took metro to reach the UPSC Bhawan alone by myself as there was no one to accompany me . Between the time of reaching the upsc and departing from my room I have practised- GOOD AFTERNOOON / MAY I COME IN SIR MAAM / THANKYOU etc. around 100 times . I was also trying to keep some fake smile on me (as in mock interviews every body asked to quite expressive and remain charmful during the interview ). When i enterded the UPSC Bhawan my heartbeat was quite high . I was continue talking to myself to keep calm and don’t loose the nerve in the last minutes . I have talked to my parents over the phone and get their blessings . They have asked me remember the hardships that I have goneby to reach there and not to waste the opportunity by taking too much stress.
when I got entered in the main hall I have alloted the group with other 5 students .All of them were quite experienced and were quite calmer than me . 2 of them were IPS , 1 was an IRTS , 1 having experience of two interviews . Only I was the first timer there and this situation got me quite nervous . I was fourth to got interviewed . Between the time I have read some headlines of newspapers , visited washroom ~10–15 times .
BEFORE ENTERING THE ROOM I WAS DOING EVERYTHING TO KEEP CALM i.e. CHANTING OM … , SINGING SONGS , TAKING DEEP BREATHE etc. Those 10 minutes of waiting outside the interview room were like hours for me .
My Interview board was SMITA NAGRAJ mam board and was on following lines .
SMITA NAGRAJ MAM BOARD
# M-1 ( CHAIRPERSON)
1. WHAT ARE BIMARU STATES ?
2.WHY ARE THEY CALLED BIMARU ?
3. ARE YOU SURE THAT TELANAGANA & ODISHA ARE ALSO IN CATEGORY OF BIMARU STATES ?
4. WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT M.P. & RAJASTHAN HAVE SURPASSED U.P. & BIHAR IN DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS ?
5.WHY THERE IS REGIONAL INEQUILITY IN U.P. ?
6. DO YOU SUPPORT BIFURCATION OF U.P. ?
7. HOW MANY PARTS OF UP AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF DIVISION ?
# M-2 (MOSTLY FROM DAF )
1. ABOUT MY NATIVE PLACE
2. WHAT IS FAULT SERVICE IN BADMINTON ?
3. ABOUT JOGGING (TIME , DISTANCE )
4. ABOUT MY COLLEGE TECHNICAL EVENTS IN WHICH I HAVE PARTICIPATED (BRIDGE-IT ; TECHNEX ) .
5. ABOUT MY FATHER’S PROFESSION (POLICE ) , REASONS OF FREQUENT CHANGING OF PLACES AND SCHOOLS IN MY LIFE .
6. why geography optional ? (not engineering optional)
# M-3 (MOSTLY CURRENT AFFFAIRS)
1. WHAT IS GDP BACK SERIES DATA ISSUE ?
2. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NSSO UNEMPLOYMENT SURVEY ?
3. WHY GOVT. IS UNWILLING TO RELEASE THIS REPORT ?
4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NSSO & CMIE UNEMPLOYMENT DATA ?
5. WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVES OF DEMONETISATION ? DID WE ACHEIVED THEM ?
# M-4
1. RECENT ISSUES REGARDING INDIA - RUSSIA RELATIONS .
2. HISTORICAL REASONS OF INDIA BEING PRO- USSR ? IS INDIA SHIFTING TOWARDS U.S. RIGHT NOW ?
3. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON INDIA -US RELATIONS ?
4. IS INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY IS STILL FOLLOWING THE BALANCING APPROACH ? ( ANSWERED IN TERMS OF ADVERSARIES LIKE SHIA -SUNNI WORLD , ISRAEL - PALESTINE , US- IRAN , US -RUSSIA etc. (favored India’s balancing approach but talked of some shifts in recent times . )
5. IS CHINA A DEMOCRACY ? (ONLY IN YES / NO . ) . IF NO THEN WHY ?
6. IS RUSSIA A DEMOCRACY ? YES THEN WHY ?
7. IS CHINA A COMMUNIST COUNTRY ?
8. IS RUSSIA A COMMUNIST COUNTRY ?
9. WHO ARE THE OTHER COMMUNIST NATIONS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW ?
# M-5
1. WHAT IS GREEN REVOLUTION ? WHICH CROPS & STATES WERE FIRST TO BE BENEFITED ?
2. WHO WERE THE SCIENTISTS RELATED TO GREEN REVOLUTION IN INDIA ?
3. WHAT IS WHITE REVOLUTION ? WHO WAS THE FATHER OF W.R. ? WHERE DID IT STARTED ?
4.WHAT IS RED REVOLUTION?
5. WHAT IS BLUE REVOLUTION ?
6. WHAT IS PINK REVOLUTION ?
7. WHAT ARE BAD CONSEQUENCES OF G.R. ?
8. AREAS WHICH WERE BENEFITED FROM G.R. FIRST AND later GOT NEGATIVE RESULTS WHY ?
# (AGAIN CHAIRPERSON)
( AFTER SEEING THAT I WAS SWEATING )
-WHY ARE YOU SO NERVOUS ? IS IT YOUR FIRST UPSC INTERVIEW ?
- WHEN DID YOU FELT TOO NERVOUS IN YOUR LIFETIME ?
- WHY STUDENTS ARE PRESSURISED IN THEIR SCHOOL TIME ?
-WHY THERE IS PROBLEM WITH THE PARENTS ?
-WHAT IS THIS CLASS BASED CULTURE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ?
-WHERE CHANGE IS REQUIRED IN THE SOCIETY ?
-WHY YOU WANT TO COME INTO CIVIL SERVICES ? IS IT FOR THE DOWRY?
- WHICH PROFESSION DO YOU LIKE MOST ?
-WHICH PROFESSION DO YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTED MOST ?
(THANK YOU KULDEEP , YOUR INTERVIEW IS OVER .)
My interview was ~35 minutes .
In my opinion Although I was unable to score much higher marks but got decent score . I have fought hard to overcame my tendency to got stressed in interviews. I think the board would have liked my fighting spirit and my honest answers about my life and political events or issues.
I was weak in answering factual part but answered issue based questions decently. I was struggling in whole part of my interview ( i.e. fumbling in answers , forgetting to make eye contacts with every one , problems in sentence formations etc. ) .
Source- Quora
