My interview

My interview (Based on memory )

17/05/15 UPSC Dholpur House 

Lasted-35 mins 

Optional-Eng Lit

I was allotted Prof. David R Syiemlieh board.After documents verification I headed to waiting hall.Little bit fear was bit obvious,water was not crossing the throat..I normalised myself and took magazine 

After two hours of wait I was called in at 1340hours

Got into the room...wished chairman and board members..I was calm n comfortable little shivering 

C- So you all ready had been interviewed earlier by UPSC?

Me-yes Sir

C-what are your choice for services 

Me- IPS IAS IFS IRS 

C-why IPS as it is getting tougher day by day?

Me- my dad is serving IPS...and basic reason is that I have always charm for Uniform.There is a respect attached to your rank uniform and position. People treat you with a huge amount of trust they expect that justice will definitely be received here. They are positive that there is someone who is going to solve their problems. That is the kind of trust they have in you and that trust is big thing

Mere in 29-30 age you are leading more than 5000 men and you are leader whose responsibility is to keep their safety on the top priority and security of district with population of more than lakhs

C- which is most important quality a police man must have?

Me-Discipline and problem solving skill.

 

C- Please elaborate 

Me-gave  few examples 

C- . What are the qualities your father as a police man gives you?
Me: Sir, discipline, punctuality ....he interrupted in between...and extended me to lmember 2 and gave smile

C- what r the best ways to develop self discipline according to u?

Me- Start by picking small easy things and try doing them for a set period of time. As you accomplish them, build up to things that are harder for you to do. When you get to the point where you are not able to achieve the thing you are working toward doing sit back take a deep breath and look long hard and honestly at why you are not getting there. mental strength keeps getting stronger as you train it. It takes time. Thats why to build a habit it takes over 30-40 days But once you can build or change a habit it gets easier to change another.

Chairman laughed and said that still he is trying to be disciplined.Good points u gave (😎)

I nodded with Smile.

C- 1st Sanik School then NDA

Then private pilot then u acquired   helicopter pilot license then again CDS n CAPF then instructor at ur flying school now 

Civil services 

What is all mess up with u?

Why so fickle?

Do you like mix-veg or trying to be genius ? 

Me - (most challenging question ) 

I replied this question astutely 

But still he was not satiated 😏😑

M1- which newspaper do u read?

Me- The Hindu & HT

M1- what was Arab Spring..why Mohammad Morsy got death sentence with his 105 supports despite of Egypt's freely elected president ?

Me-Gave brief history n current situation 

M1- what were the bills passed by the Parliament in this session? 

Me-LAAR,black money,GST 

M1- do you think black money can be bring back by govt?

Me-I explained in my words...

M1-what is Scotland peaceful revolution ?

Me- I told him as it was related to recent UK elections.Scottish National Party SNP won 56 of Scotland’s 59 constituencies reducing the dominant Labour Party north of the border from 41 seats at the previous election to a single seat.

M1-Do u think its mixture of public anger and disappointment exists towards Labour in Scotland that has built up over decades?

Me- Gave 

 M1- what are the conditions for recognition of national and state party?

A- For national party

If it secures 6% of valid votes polled in any 4 or more states in GE of LS or inLA  

If it wins 2 % of of seats in LS 

If it recognised as state party in four states 

Told for state party too

M1- how many national parties are there

Me- approx 6 or 7

M1- Tell me right number 

Me- sir 7 

 

M1- which party is majority in Bihar ?

Me- no party is in majority as Bihar govt is alliance of JDU and RJD

M1- who is Father of all- India services  in constituent assembly 

Me- VB Patel 

M1- are u sure

Me- 100% sure 

M2-are u working Siddharth ?

Me- yes Sir part time 

I m instructor at MP flying club

Take few flying classes along with navigation and Radio aids.

M2- it seems you complete your PPL and HPL

Why didn't u continued ur carrier as a pilot with good money and position?

Why IPS?

( Most frequent question of my all interviews )

Me- Gave answer and convinced him

M2- from where u did ur licences ?

Me- PPL- mp flying Indore

HPL- Pawan hans Mumbai 

M2- explain your 1st solo hop( Flight )

Me- explain my first solo in Cessna 172 single engine 

M2-Why do we sometimes see water being sprayed over aircrafts?

Me- Sir it's called water salute 

For a new airline company operating out of the airport for the first time.

A new airplane operating commercially for the first time 

If the Captain of the airplane or an ATC member is retiring.

If the airline is closing down the route and its the last flight of that airline from that particular airport

 

M2-What is Flight Service Station and an Air Traffic Controller 

Me- I know ATC so I told 

But have few info about FSS as it z US based 

M2-Why India is lagging in jet engine technology

why can't we make powerful jet engines 

What is wrong with Cauvery engine of LCA?

Me- I elaborated him the points like superior tech infra 

Less budget for RnD

Patent issues

Not quality techies n education 

N more 

M2- what is CRGO

Me- after thinking 

Sorry sir 

I don't know 😕

M2-it's cold rolled gain oriented steel used to make turbine engine blades 

M2-Why do we not receive mobile signal when flying in a plane?

Me-told

M2-How do horizontal and vertical stabilizers maintain level flight?

Me- I told their functions to him

M2-what is thrust to weight ratio?

Me-if an engine produces thrust more than the vehicle weighs it can overcome gravity and accelerate when pointed straight up.this capacity is called T2W ratio 

M2- do any transport aircraft have this capacity ?

Me-it's impossible sir 

It is only in fighter aircrafts like 

F-15 strike eagle 

MiG-29 fulcrum 

Mig35 OVT

M2- your favourite jet n why?

Me- F-22 raptor n told all about that 

M2-do u heard about Sukhoi berkut?

Me-yes sir it was prototype FJ of Sukhoi corp

M2-why it was in news?

Me- no idea sir😒

M3 gave me 2 cases studies one by one to solve 

He asked me about United Nations origin 

UNSC 

Peace keeping forces 

International court of justice 

And Amnesty International

M3- why MP is underdeveloped,

What are the main problem of your state and VYAPAM scam? 

Me- I told him all as I practiced this question in my mock interview sessions 

M3- what are gilt edged securities ?

Me- I don't know sir

( I knew that answer but during course of time not clicked in mind )

M3-(random question)

Tell me name of some Girish Karnad plays ?

Me- no idea sir 😕

M3- (random question)

Tell me about Shivaji administration  and Astapradhanas ?

Me- 

Shivaji was an autocrat like any one other ruler of his time he however ensure that he did not misuse the great power vested in him. He had a council of 8 ministers, the Ashta Pradhan who assisted and was a kind of advisory council.

Peshwa- Prime Minister

Amatya- Finance Minister

Mantri -  Chronicler who kept a daily account of court

amant-  Foreign Secretary who advised the king on all matters of war 

Senapati- army commander 

Nyayadish- Chief Justice 

Pandit Rao - religious chief

Sachiv- Home Secretary 

M3- what was chauth n  sardeshmukhi

Me- chautha which was 1/4th of the territory's income and Sardeshmukhi which was an additional 10% levy on the chauth as a tribute to the ruler.  

M3- which technique make Shivaji invincible ?

Me- guerrilla  warfare 

M4- how El- Nino system works 

Me- In the Pacific Ocean the water closest to the equator is warmed by the sun

That warm surface water helps to create more clouds which in turn dump rain over wherever they happen to be.Most of the time the wind over the ocean blows from east to west due to the spinning of the Earth

M4- El Niño system happens every year

Me- sir it usually happens in 4-6 years 

M4-which was hottest year on record due to El Niño?

Me-2014

M4-no its2010 

M4- which is fastest supercomputer of the world

Me- blue jean 

M4- no

It's Tianhe-2 of China 😕😒

Me-sorry Sir

M4-what is difference between 

Cruise missile and ballistic  missile 

Me-A ballistic missile is launched directly into the high layers of the earth's atmosphere. It travels well outside the atmosphere and then the warhead detaches and falls back to earth. It follows the path of a ball thrown upwards which falls down. Since it depends on gravity to reach its target, it's called a ballistic missile.

A cruise missile does exactly what its name says. It cruises over land or over water. Its working is similar to a jet engine powered airplane.

M4-good 😎

What is 

Subsonic 

Supersonic 

Hypersonic 

Infrasonic 

Me- subsonic - less than speed of sound

Supersonic - speed greater than sound 

Hypersonic - above 5 Mach 

Infrasonic - frequency  Less than audible sound 

M4- had hypersonic speed ever achieved yet?

Me- no idea sir

M4- yes it is achieved by x-15 rocket plane space Shuttle orbiter 

M4- you practicing Kriya yoga?

Tell me about it?

Me-Kriya means action and Yoga means integration. Kriya Yoga emphasises integration of separative consciousness with an awakenedness

that is a non-elective holistic attention free from mental fragmentations through actions of perception and not through the activities of conceptualisation.It was 1st propounded by Lahri Mahashay of Varanasi.

Member 4 asked me about the problem of naxal areas n lower Muslim  areas...gave case study 

Chairman- Thank u Siddharth 

You may go now 

Me- thank you sir 

Have a nice day 

My Review - surprisingly no questions from my optional 😱😱

My interview was more than average

Based on my DAF 

Very technical interview 

I hesitated n fumbled in some questions 

But 

I sailed astutely in storm...

All members were smiling face except 

M3

Poker face 😆

I enjoyed my interview 

It was one of the most challenging PI of my life