IAS Interview 2009

My Interview was with Dr. K.K. Paul’s board. It was on 28th March 29, 2009, forenoon. It started at 12:05 and ended at 12:30 i.e. 25 minutes.


Chairman: What is your name?
C: What is your Roll No.?
C: Which Attempt?
(I don’t know why he was asking this. Everything was written in the form)
C: Where are you from?
(I think rather than interviewing, he was interrogating me …may be … former IPS officer!!)
C: Have you studied in Delhi?
(How come he can make such an assumption? There wasn’t anything in the form which could relate to Delhi)
C: You have done B.Tech from IIIT Hyderabad?
C: You have been Teaching Assistant in IIIT?
C: Was it before graduation or after?
C: You have won 1st prize in Creative Writing?
C: What is Creativity?
C: Is it in written form?
C: What have you written?
C: What was the topic?
Ans: Sir, the theme was Valentine’s Day and the topic was “Now or Forever”.
C: What is Valentine’s Day?
C: Do you support celebration of Valentine’s Day?
C: Is Valentine’s Day against Indian Culture?
C: But it is a Western concept?
C: What about its commercialization and opposition from organizations like Sri Ram Sene?


Member 1: You are from Satna. What is Satna famous for?
M1: Do you support “Sons of the soil” concept?
M1: But by this you can remove Regional disparities?
M1: What about the people going for under developed states to developed ones?
M1: What should be done for their development?
M1: What is the focus of 11th Plan?
M1: Tell me about the political situation in M.P.
M1: What are the common points of the manifestos of major parties?


Member 2: You are from IIIT Hyderabad. How is your IT knowledge beneficial in government?
M2: Andhra Pradesh has made good use of e-governance. In which way?
M2: What is the programme in Karnataka?
M2: Which is the most prominent Cyber Crime these days?
M2: What is Cyber Terrorism?
M2: What is its impact?


Member 3: Who is the director of IIIT?
M3: He was associated with IIT?
M3: What is the latest development in Hyderabad with regard to Town Structure?
Ans: Sir, Greater Hyderabad Development Authority. It has integrated all the municipal corporations in Hyderabad
M3: Anything else?
Ans: No, Sir. I don’t remember anything else.
M3: What about airport?
M3: What is the problem people are facing with airport?
M3: What should be the solution?
M3: What will be your focus as Town planner of Hyderabad?



Lady Member: Road accidents in India are highest in world. What strategy would you adopt to lessen it?
L: What about the conditions of Roads?
L: But accidents are mostly on highways and it has good roads?
L: IIIT Hyderabad… Expand it?
L: Is it government setup or private?
L: What are the exchange collaborations of IIIT?
L: What are government initiatives and support for IIIT Hyderabad?


C: Who coined the term BIMARU? There is a book in which it was used for the first time.
C: Why M.P. is a BIMARU state?
C: What is the percentage of Tribal population in M.P. and what are its problems?
C: What should be the solution?
C: Chattisgarh has more under developed areas. So why after its partition, M.P. is still a BIMARU state?
C: Which cities of M.P. have defence production establishments?
C: What is in Jabalpur?
C: What is in Itarsi - Hoshangabad?

Ok Thank You. Your interview is over.