UPSC Civil Services Interview (Transcript)

Background Info :-

  Board :- David sir
 
Resume :-
ICSE Board, qualified regional Astronomy Olympiad , 1st prize in Sustainable development event.
Hobbies :- Swimming, Teaching

Chairman :- So Mr. Adarsh Bajpai, which subject did you do your graduation ?
 Ans - Sir, I did my graduation in computer science engineering

Chairman - You are the umpteenth candidate of computer science background whom I am interviewing , there are so many that I can't even count.
( I nodded in affirmation)

Chairman - So, what professional have you done in computer science ?
Ans - Sir, I teach basic computer literacy to people and I have taught for about 2 years in Central Jail Jamshedpur.

Chairman - But that is a social service !!
Ans  - Yes Sir , It is a social service

Chairman - So, if you are posted as an IPS officer, what reforms would you bring in for prisoners?
Ans - Sir , The current rehabilitation scheme is input based , I would change it to outcome based. Apart from this , I would implement video conferencing system between jails and courts. I would improve the security lapses because of the alleged nexus between the guards and the prisoners , would install more jammers.

Chairman - So, How did you start teaching in Jails?
Ans - Sir , a similar project was going on in Central Jail , Dhanbad, we met the then IG Mr S.K. Burnwal and asked him that we want to start something similar in Central Jail Jamshedpur and he gave a go ahead.

Chairman - What sport are you interested in ?
Ans - Sir , I swim

Chairman - In swimming races what body part do we touch while taking a turn at the end of a lap in freestyle and breaststroke
Ans - Sir , In freestyle we touch our feets and in breaststroke we touch our hands.

Chairman - In back stroke ?
Ans - Sorry Sir, I am not sure

Chairman chuckled and said , its the hands.

He passed on the control to M1

M1 - You worked in Qualcomm , the salary there was greater there than what you would get here ? so why do you want to join civil services?
Ans - Sir , this service requires empathy towards public while being analytical at the same time, serving public would give me a sense of self fulfilment offering me a no, of oppurtunities. So  basically I want to join this service because of the nature of its job.

M1 - What is cyber space?
Ans - Sir , cyber space is a large no. of computers connected by a network.

M1 - Who owns the data ?
Ans - Sir, Its the Internet Service Provider and the user who shares the data.

M1 - What are the cyber security challenges in India?
Ans  - Sir , India is already having a agency called CERT , to work on cyber security threat but there is a huge lack of skilled workforce , also people are not aware of the risks , for eg often they switch on bluetooth and leave it open , leaving them vulnerable to cyber attack. Also , we should use Ethical hacking for fixing the vulnerabilities.

M1 - Good that you brought Ethical hacking here , what is Ethical hacking ?
Ans - Sir , Ethical hacking is exploiting the vulnerabilities of the system inorder to fix them.

M1 - Who gives them the right to do so?
Ans - Sir , the Govt

M1 - only Govt !!
Ans - Sir , Govt gives the right to the resources and data owned by it while private bodies have their own ethical hackers to fix the vulnerabilities.

M1 - How to ensure sustainable development?
Ans - Sir , sustainable development is the development for the current generation without compromising on the needs of future generation.

M1 - that is a beautiful generation , everyone gives it , tell me how can we ensure SD.
Ans - Sir , we can ensure SD by using clean technologies and by sensitizing people about the effect of their habits on environment.

M1- there are so many petrol vehicles on road and they are ever increaing , what would you do to control it?
Ans - Sir, we should replace petrol vehicles by Electric vehicles. Also , a few countries have passed norms limiting the no. of vehicles on the road, India should also do something similar. Also we should promote use of Mass rapid transport systems , for eg Delhi Metro , it has reduced the traffic problem as well as the carbon footprint to a lot of extent.

M1 - but using electrical vehicles also requires charging , they will take another fuel.
Ans  - Sir , innovations are being done and we can use solar energy to charge electric vehicles.

M1 - What about the concrete jungle coming about all around us ?
Ans - Sir , development in the need of the hour , so we can't curtail construction but we should follow norms for eco friendly construction.

M1 - Are there any such norms ?/
Ans - yes sir , we have green building code , mandatory rain water harvesting , 70% open area in colonies.

M1 - are these norms being followed ?
Ans - No sir, but we need a strict implementing agency for it.

M1  passes control to M2

M2 - which board is better for India ICSE or CBSE
Ans - Sir , CBSE board is better for India as the books are well designed by NCERT

M2 - Which board in tougher ?
Ans  - Sir , books are tougher in ICSE but scoring marks in easy in ICSE

M2 - at all levels -
Ans- Sir , I studied in ICSE only from 9th to 12th , so I don't know about the books of other levels.

M2  - do you know something about bio materials ? like titanium is used to treat leg transplant
Ans - Sorry sir , I don;t know

M2 - do you remember something from astronomy.
Ans - Yes sir , little bit.

M2 - What is Astronomical unit ?
Ans - Sir , it is the distance between the sun and the earth

M2 - tell me in kilometers .
Ans - Sir , I need to calculate

M2 - He told me the answer and then asked me , what is light year ?
Ans - Sir , light year is the distance travelled by light in one year

M2 - How many Astronomical units are there in one light year ?
Ans - Sir , I need to calculate

M2 - okay calculate .. but you would be needing calculator
Ans - Sir , I can calculate approx value without calculator

M2 - okay go ahead , take your time (pen and paper is given)
Ans - After calculating for around 2-3 mins  , sir its around 65000

M2 - Its correct , and passed on the control to M3

M3 - Do we see only one face of the moon from the earth ?
Ans - Yes sir

M3 - What is the reason for this ?
Ans - Sir , because period of rotation of earth is same as period of rotation of moon.

M3  - Is that so ?
Ans - Sorry Sir , because period of rotation of moon is same as period of revolution of moon.

M3 - Its not so, just check it.
Ans - Sure sir

M3 - What is fiscal consolidation ?/
Ans - Sir it is the controlling of expenditure and generation of revenue in order to avoid fiscal deficit

M3 - so , should be decrease expenditure
Ans - No sir , it is better to increase our revenue .

M3 - How to do we get revenue ?
Ans - Sir by income tax , disinvestment by Govt .. also the fees levied by govt on various services

M3 - So, we generate capital and invest in expenditure , what else
Ans - Sir , by controlling our leakages in expenditure ..

M3 interrupted - What about FDI ?
Ans - yes Sir, FDI is also one of the sources of revenue.

M3 - what is fiscal deficit?
Ans - Sir,  It is revenue minus expenditure

M3 - Do we add borrowings to revenue ?
Ans - Sir , I am not sure but I think we add it.

M3 - Do we have provision for environment protection in our constitution .
Ans - Yes Sir , we have it in Directive principles of state policy and the fundamental duties.

M3 - passes ctrl to M4

M4 - There is a place called Barabanki near Lucknow , what unusual is grown there ?
Ans - Sorry sir , I don't know

M4 - Its a narcotic substance.
Ans - Sir , is it opium ?

M4 - Yes, Tell me something about opium channel in the world?
Ans  - Sir , we have two major areas of opium trade , Golden crescent and golden triangle , golden triangle corresponds to the 3 countries to the South East of India where Myanmar is the major producer and Golden crescent corresponds to the countries in the North West of India with Afganistan being the major producer. In India , opium is grown in UP. MP and Rajasthan and there is a limit imposed on its production but there is under reporting and diversion towards drugs. It enters India illegally via Bangladesh from golden triangle.

M4 - tell me about the exact channel
Ans - Sir through Golden triangle , it goes to North and South America via Pacific route and results into Mexico drug cartel. But I am not sure about the exact route.

M4 - What happened to potato crop in UP this year?
Ans - Sorry Sir , I don't know

M4 - Any other crop
Ans - Sir , wheat was destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms. While other states are paying compemsation if 50% of the crop is destroyed , UP paid compensation even if 25% of the crop is destroyed.

M4 - Are there farmer suicides in UP ? What are the problems ?
Ans - Sir, farmers of UP also  face the same problems as farmers all over India ie high input cost lack for proper compensation in case of crop failure.

M4 - What about crop insurance?
Ans - Sir , the compensation is paid if the area is declared affected , it's not on individual farmer basis.

M4 - Tell me reasons why crop insurance is not being implemented in India?
Ans - Sorry sir , I don't know the exact reasons , but I can guess a few.

M4 - No need to guess.

M4 gave ctrl to chairman

Chairman - Your interview is over.
Ans - Thank you Sir.

NIT Jamshedpur.. Then and now !!

It was 16th July 2007, as far as I remember , when i took admission in NIT Jamshedpur and cursed that day for almost a year or so. My first class in the college and no teacher turned up, it was ED that day and 8-12 , we were in the class , in the room there was no current. Every senior who met cursed me for taking computer science in NIT Jamshedpur , "sale 4000 rank lekar , pagal kutte ne kata tha jo yahan aa gya, aur koi college nai mila ... koi nai TCS le jayegi !!"
  This turned worst when we had no labs, no college fresher, no current , no swimming pool !!
Well the things change, 2k6 paved the way and we followed, 1st strike, 2nd strike and then a hunger strike ..... result we had 24 hours JUSCO electricity. Come 2nd year and there were C classes for computer science students , quizzes ,prizes,  a failed ( but tried) mentor system... At the fag end of second year we had a successful cryptex, seems the things were changing for good.
With 2k8, the things changed drastically, we called them the lucky batch , but luck favours the brave, a few in 2k6 and 2k7 with untiring efforts from 2k8 revolutionized things .. first car by NIT Jamshedpur, den 2nd ,  den 3rd and the count keeps on increasing every year now .. the college got going and others drew inspiration ... wat was Kartavya till now , turned into Sankalp, the budding social entrepreneurs worked hard to get it registered as an NGO... Not only ground but sky too was ours with some good prizes in aero design I guess ..
It was 4th year for me , and computer science placements were far better, the company I was forced to dream about ie TCS was blacklisted .. and placements were far better than previous batches especially for computer science with Microsoft visiting for the first time.
The mood of achieving heights continues, this year Alumni meet , one guy making it to Microsoft, computer science department's placement best in college history, and then the inception... the stage is set, we can just get better ...
A few guys without whose efforts all this was a dream : Ankur, Rachit, Rajnish, Sukirti,Ishan, sameer, yash modi, sudarshan (all 2k5), Amal Agrawal, Ankit Manaskant,Priyaranjan pandey, Sumit nathani , Govinda, Sharad sir, Abhishek(MSP)(all 2k6), Manish Kumar Jha, Amrendra, mayur, Giri , Amit (Jammy), Anand Jha, Satbir, Hari , satish, Ashish(Linux), Avnish, Aditya, Rana (Zayan sports), Abhishek, Dev Babu..(all 2k7)
Yash Parashar, Sagar , Tanuja , Nishant, Rahul Roshan, Richa,DC (all 2k8)

PS : This list and this blog might be quite baised towards comp sc .. no hard feelings :)
Please add all names in the comment .. I just remember a few of all of them :(

This is IT industry my friend ..

Hello !! May I talk to Uma Devi ..
Ya Speaking ..
What happened to my cubicle and machine ..
Nothing ..Why ?
I am in office and I find another person sitting on my machine , I don't know him.
ohh, you are in office ..Ya Chandra, actually you have been deallocated from the project ..
What!! deallocated .. why .. I was on leave and there was no intimation, I have been working in this project since a year and now suddenly ..
Sorry, I can't do anything chandra , I am working from home , you need to talk to the HR ..
You are working from home, the HR is in Chennai .. whom do I talk to ?? What do I do .. I come from a holiday and find my cubicle , machine everything snatched ..
And his cubicle mates are so busy with there deliverables that they have no time to console this guy .. just a formal Hi , thats it !! Shocked, he tries to gather some attention .. " Hi Ashok !!  Hi Adarsh ... How are you ?"  But Ashok and Adarsh have no power in there hand .. they chat for 5 mins and leave him on his fate .. and this was valentines day ... the company's love was showered on him .. The place where he worked till a few days , was all transformed into a stranger's den .. Another PM asks him to leave the zone and meet some HR.. but he is lost .. NO  I WON'T LEAVE THIS IS MY PLACE.. I WORK HERE.. THIS IS MY MACHINE ..
Back from a holiday .. and Chandra is alone !! His parents are searching a girl for him , huh, the groom is a software engg.. but alas , now what , no project , no work , may be they give me a pink slip when I meet HR .. What would I tell my parents .. How do I go back ... What would I do now ........... Sorry Chandra .. Bye !! Your time is up , this is IT industry .. we can't wait for you , All the best !!

Background fr creatin a Digital Library Software...

Statutory Warning:- Flavour has been added to this blog by decoding the beeps of MTV Roadies, those who are allergetic to it please refrain from readin.

Here I would like to share the background that came to my mind that I was writing an abstract for creating a Digital Library software.. Though NIT Jamshedpur people can easily understand it, let outsiders know that our librarian is a mad lady who would not mind slappin u or even abusing u with several uncensored beeps, she won't mind abusin a girl as whore incase she stands with a boy, so only those with an iron heart dare to enter our library and then we have our brilliant profs ( atleast in CSE dept), Mr. Kar is d clerk in our deptt nd was responsible for our department library. With negligible lab sessions, technical knowledge of majority sucks..( with me being no exception).. I quote the contents now:-


"Due to the behaviour of our damn fuckin librarian Ms Neeta Bharti, the students have stopped accessing the college library. And that mother fucker Kar, has lost the register so we can't take books from dept too, where we have books lying lk clothes lie in a newly wed couples room.... and now in 7th sem we have stupid companies fuckin our asses for less technical know-how... With most of our hard disk space being occupied by bluefilms or football videos, it would be no wonder that we have no space to store ebooks.But den d urge to take a gud placement coz we r NITians remains, they wanna read but alas, we lack resources. So here we come with the solution, a digital library for the screwed computer science students, wherein, if at all they get time , they can get any of the books and increase their exponentially decreasing knowledge databases.... This will not only save their time and energy but would also save them money in buying books and that money could be properly used fr investin in thr fav energy drinks ( daru, ganja, charas,or for gud boys only cigarettes)."

Thank u

Happy New Year

I just had sex and it felt so gud.......wait before u conclude nythg... This is Akon nd was d lifeline of d new yr bash nd nt wat I did to welcome 2k11 ...No doubt Katrina's jawan shiela nd malaika's badnaam munni were to folow... no need to mention, d smirnoff, kingfisher, RS, old monk nd bla bla added to d taste of d music.. dancing or rather shakin their limbs without control was enforced on who were d spectators nd I ws one of dem, dis is where d buck starts.. That fuckin idiotic blend of smells composed of d foul mouth, drinks nd d sweat on thr nt washed fr eternity clothes was takin d shit out of me, literally, yeah... I almost puked nd dats d reason I hate such hubaloo abt celebratin d so called NEW YEar....Drinkin is okay bt drinkin like assholes jus to pertuate d cycle of peepin into others asses nd bambooin into...Tch Tch !!! The most stupid resolutions dat 99% of people nvr follow bt dey nvr frgt to mention dem on facebuk or twitter... probably in d mad race of garnering likes nd comments... damn goin to overcrowded hotels nd gettin screwed bt the police checks... fuckin idiotic....I don get d reason y do we indulge into all dis...f9 man its just another yr dat has passed nd many r yet to come.. bt to go mad ovr dis... puhhh..I don understand, may b coz m nt a party animal...nd dis kinda celebration makes us reelin fr hrs if nt days... Celebration need nt be on specific dates...it can b nytime u feel light.. y waitin fr 31st night afterall it is too just another day passed, den y nt 29th or 30th in dat case.... Still guessin d reason... enlighten me if u ve one...

Curiosly Yours,
pandit

This Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi... the pomp and show of the festival matches d big name of Lord Ganesha in the Indian Mythology ( though I would not lk to call it a mythology coz I believe its nt a myth ) but after every party you organize thr is a cleaning up of d space... isnt it?? and especially if the party is yours and on your land, ( coz no one cares to clean other persons land)...

But the sad truth to which we still remain blindfolded is the aftermath of Ganesh Chaturthi... yup Ganesh Chaturthi's aftermath !!! Though its our own celebration and our city belongs to us but then also we knowingly or unknowingly remain ignorant to some facts...
Without wastin space nd time, I would like to enumerate a few of them..
* The idols are made up of Plaster of paris which acts as a polluer fr the water wherein the idols are immersed..
*The beaches nd the pathways are covered with plastic bottles, flowers, nd the litter strewn all over.
* The crackers used nw a dys adds to d air pollution and it becomes difficult fr old age persons to evn breathe, nd don frgt these are dose who ve given us dese festivals to celebrate...

For those who don believe in d above things nd say that God will care fr everyone, you would atleast nt lk to see your God whom you cared fr so many dys in such a pathetic condition, d day aftr u performed Ganesh Visarjan..

Is Sex So Bad ....

It was some 14 hrs 30 min in a hot sunday aftrnoon and Somu was gettin bored, captivated in a Hero Honda service centre watch room, the A.C ws not wrkin and d fans were blowin hot air.... He went out to ve some cold drinks, as he ws havin a sip frm his bottle, He saw d well known street near by where he ws caught with his frnd once by a police man violatin d trafffic signals, actually dat day he didn't see d signal coz he ws busy showin his frnd d two cinema halls in dat street, one of which hosted only adult movies.... He smiled and moved in the street, He saw the same theatre and the movie poster had text " Pyasi Jawani" with some unknown faces as d cast. He was scared to be caught by someone known there but d curiosity to see such a movie atleast once in life kept him stuck thr, d next show ws at 1530 hrs and it ws 1500 hrs by his watch... With all his might and adrenalin rushin thru his nerves, he decided to buy a low fare ticket fr d movie and went inside d halls lobby.
Contrary to his expectations instead of youths and teenagers most of the audience consisted of the elderly, may be some above 35 or 40 and all were quiet as hell, some murmurin to themselves, some in grps of twos or threes talkin among demselves, and d whole scene looked as if everyone had committed a crime, as if watchin a adult movie is somethg shameful.. As Somu entered d hall, he saw dirty walls, no A.C., the chairs too were lukin as if had been bought frm a haunted house...nywaz d curiosity kept his spirit still alive and he sat on one of d chair, d movie started and not even fr a single second did it caught his mind and eyes, it ws dull, borin stuff filled with a no of 2X scenes between d main cast and a forcefully inserted story. He left d hall in jus 30 min bt ws amazed with d sincerety and interest with which d others were still watchin d movie, and this clicked his mind. May be these guys were d ones who just missed d computer and CD player age and hence dey take shelter of such movie halls to quench their thirst... but are they wrong in doin dat???? Somu had often seen his frnds and seniors watchin porn in their laptops or playin CD in their CD player, and dat is all to quench their desire for sex. It is said by everyone that sex forms an important part in life and is quite natural to have a desire for it in all human beings but then why do we behave as if we have committed a crime when we watch a porn or when we talk about sex. May be the society has groomed u in such a way that u r destined to feel d conscious pricks but den even the most educated and learned too feel discussin these things or indulgin in dese as unsocial. We talk openly or more often about all abstract relationships like friendship, love, marriage etc but when it comes to physical relationship, we shut our mouth or better keep mum... and all dis is too much in a country that gave Kamsutra, a country where even d famous temples of khajurao and jaggannath temples have openly engraved naked paintings, where naked sadhu babas are worshipped fr thr bravery and ascetcism... and where we have a God "Kamdev" himself to represent authority on such subject.... puhh Somu tries to understand d reason behind it but unfortunately gets none!!!! Hope u would put some light on it..... " Is sex really so bad to discuss??? "