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(Interview) UPSC Interview By Ajay Pal AIR-160 (Dr. K.K.
Paul Board) IAS 2010
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K K PAUL SIR BOARD
MY INTERVIEW WAS ON MARCH 26,2011
THIS YEAR MY OPTIONALS ARE PUBLIC ADMIN AND PUNJABI LITERATURE
IT WAS MY SECOND INTERVIEW.LAST YEAR IT WAS WITH NIRBHAY SHARMA BOARD.
THIS YEAR THERE WERE SOME NUMERIC COINCIDENCES.
26-LAST TWO DIGITS OF MY ROLL NO. , 26 IS MY DATE OF BIRTH ,26 IS DIWALI THIS
YEAR AND 26 WAS DATE OF MY INTERVIEW..I WAS CONSCIOUS OF THIS NUMERIC
THING AND DID PREPARE. (BUT OF NO USE IN INTERVIEW AS NOTHING SUCH WAS
ASKED).
I GOT UP AROUND 5:40 (THOUGH DIDNT HAD THAT SOUND SLEEP)
I TURNED ON MY INTERNET AND RAPIDLY WENT THROUGH VARIOUS MAJOR
NEWSPAPERS.(IT DID HELP I MUST SAY).
I WENT TO THE VENUE BY 8:30 AM
THERE WERE M1: DRESSED SINCERE ASPIRANTS,MOST OF THEM WITH THEIR
PARENTS.AS I HAD EXPERIENCE OF LAST YEAR SO WAS NOT GETTING ANYMORE
CONSCIOUS OF THE TOUGHNESS OF COMPETITION.
AS THIS TIME MY BROTHER WAS WITH ME SO WAS RELATIVELY COOL AND CALM AND
ENJOYING..GOT INTO ROW AND ENTERED THE BUILDING.REACHED HALL..SAT ON E 4
TABLE..
ONE OF MY KNOWN FEMALE ASPIRANT WAS IN SAME BATCH..
8/25/2014 (Interview) UPSC Interview By Ajay Pal AIR-160 (Dr. K.K. Paul Board) IAS 2010 | IASEXAMPORTAL - India' s Largest Community for IAS, CSAT, U
ON OUR TABLE THERE WERE 6 CANDIDATES INCLUDING ME.
THEN CAME PERSON FOR FORMALITIES.I LOOKED AND RELAXED ON FINDING THAT
THIS TIME AM NOT LAST ONE IN MY BATCH TO BE INTERVIEWED (LAST YEAR I WAS
LAST IN MORNING BATCH AND MY INTERVIEW WENT FOR 12:20 TO 1:05)..THIS TIME I
WAS THIRD TO BE INTERVIEWED.
THEN STARTED THINKING THE MILLION..RATHER BILION DOLLAR QUESTION.WHICH
BOARD? (THOUGH HAD CONVINCED MYSELF NOT TO THINK BAD OF ANY BOARD BUT
HUMAN NATURE)
AFTER SOMETIME AROUND 10:04 I MUST SAY FIRST CANDIDATE WAS CALLED..AND WE
GOT TO KNOW THE SOOTHING NEWS THAT OUR BOARD OF K K PAUL
I WAS NOT WORRIED AT THAT TIME MUCH BECAUSE HAD HEARD THAT HE IS
REASONABLE PERSON.
ALSO FEMALE WHO WAS KNOWN TO ME EARLIER SHARED WITH US THE INFORMATION
THAT PAUL SIR DOESNT SPOIL CAREER USUALY AND HE GIVE YOU MORE THAN 140
NORMALLY THOUGH HIS RANGE IS 140-180.AND SHE SAID HE DONT ASK MUCH
FACTUAL QUESTIONS(IT MADE ME RELAX BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN REAL IS A STORY
NOW LOL )
MY OPTIONALS(MAINS WRITTEN) HAS WENT QUITE M1: SO I AM EXPECTING THAT
WITH AROUND 150 MARKS WILL GET ME IN ATLEAST..
THEN THE INTERVIEW OF FIRST CANDIDATE WAS OVER AROUND 10:20 I THINK..I
THOUGHT I WIL BE CALLED AROUND 10:40 AS INTERVIEWS ARE RUNNING FOR 20
MINS.AND THEN I WAS CALLED AROUND 10:40 AND HAD TO SIT OUTSIDE FOR 6-7
MINS.PERSON INTERVIEWED BEFORE ME WAS A NICE PERSON WITH GOOD
PERSONALITYI WAS QUIET THIS TIME AND SOMEWHAT SINCERE OR YOU CAN SAY
SERIOUS WHILE LAST YEAR I WAS TALKING A LOT AND DOING FUN.
AND MY TURN CAMETHE MOMENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO IMPACT MY FUTURE IN
REALLY GREAT MANNER.. JAI MATA DI BOL KE I ENTERED THE INTERVIEW HALL..
CHAIRMAN:PAUL SIR
THREE MALE MEMBERS
ONE FEMALE MEMBER:TOOOOOOO NICE AND SMILING AND WAS SITTING ON RIGHT
SIDE TO CANDIDATE CHAIR
ME: MAY I COME IN ,SIR
CH:COME IN AND SIT DOWN (AB KYA DARWAAZE MEIN HE BAITH JAUN )
I MANAGED MYSELF AND DIDNT THOUGHT MUCH AND EENTERED WITH
CONFIDENCE..WHEN I REACHED NEAR CHAIR.SMILING LADY MEMBER VERY SOFTLY
SAID TAKE YOUR SEAT BETA
ME: GOOD MORNING SIR,GOOD MORNING SIRS AND LITTLE MORE SMILING GOOD
MORNING MADAM
I OCCUPIED MY SEAT AND THANK YOU SIR,THANK YOU MADAM
CH:YOUR NAME
ME: AJAY PAL
CH:ROLL NUMBER
ME: TOLD
CH:DATE OF BIRTH
ME: TOLD
CH: SO YOU ARE FROM LUDHIANA?
ME:YES SIR
CH:WHAT IS MEANING OF LUDHIANA?
ME:SIR LUDHIANA IS MADE OF TWO WORDS LODHI+ANA. IT WAS NAMED AFTER
IBRAHIM LODHI WHO WAS A MUGHAL RULER, I AM SORRY SIR FROM DELHI SULTANAT.
ITS NAMED AFTER HIM.
CH:WHEN WAS LUDHIANA FOUNDED?
ME: SIR I DONT KNOW EXACT YEAR BUT EARLIER IT WAS A VILLAGE NAMED MIR HOTA.
CH: NO NO WHEN WAS IT FOUNDED?
ME: SORRY SIR I DONT KNOW THE YEAR.
CH:YOU HAVE DONE BDS
ME:YES SIR
CH:WHAT IS IT?
ME:SIR ITS BACHELOR IN DENTAL SURGERY
CH:OH SO YOU ARE A DENTIST.
ME:YES SIR
CH:NOW YOU ARE WORKING IN LIC
ME:YES SIR
CH:AS A DENTIST IN LIC?
ME:NO SIR,I AM WORKING AS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
CH:SO YOU HAVE LEFT DENTISTRY COMPLETELY
ME: (JYADA KAHANIYAN NA BANAATE HUE) YES SIR
CH: (SMILINGLY ) OK, EVERY PERSON GETS AGED AND OLD WITH TIME AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS START ERUPTING SO EVERYONE NEEDS A DENTIST AT A STAGE OF LIFE.SO
THERE ARE MANY PATIENTS AND SO A GOOD JOB.ANYWAYS
CH: OK THEN U HAVE TAKEN PUNJABI
ME:YES SIR
CH:THERE IS SOMETHNG GURMUKHI ALSOSOOOO WHATS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN PUNJABI AND GURMUKHI
ME:SIR GURMUKHI IS A SCRIPT IN WHICH PUNJABI IS WRITTEN
CH:YES RIGHT!
ME:THANK YOU SIR
CH:TELL ME ABOUT TREATY OF AMRITSAR
ME:SIR TREATY OF AMRITSAR WAS SIGNED BETWEEN MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH AND
BRITISHERS (INTERRUPTED BY CH)
CH: MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH?HE WAS DIED BY THAT TIME.
ME: (DAMN I WAS TOTALLY TAKEN ABACK.I HAD READ IT IN NCERT BUT HE SAID
OTHERWAY.I COULD NOT AFFORD TO MESS WITH HIM) M SORRY SIR
CH:THERE WERE TWO TREATIES WHICH WERE SIGNED QUITE CLOSE TO EACH
OTHER,TREATY OF AMRITSAR AND TREATY OF LAHORE.TELL ME SOME TREATY WHICH
IS STILL RELEVANT.FORGET ABOUT RADCLIFE LINE..
ME:THINKING FOR A WHILE(3-4 SECONDS) M SORRY SIR I DONT KNOW.
CH: OK YOU PLAY CRICKET?
ME :YES SIR
CH:YOU PLAY THESE DAYS TOO?
ME : (MAY BE HE WANTED ME TO TALK OF WORLD CUP MATCHES BUT I HAD NOT
WATCHED ALL BUT HE HAD M SURE SO PLAYED SAFE) YES SIR WE FRIENDS PLAY
WHENEVER WE GET TIME.
CH: OK THESE DAYS WORLD CUP IS GOING ON
ME: YES SIR
CH: TELL ME WHATS GOING ON IN WORLD CUP?
ME: INDIA HAS WON IN QUARTERFINALS DEFEATING AUSTRALIA AND TOLD ABOUT
PAKISTAN AS M1: AS SOME OTHER
CH: WHICH TEAM HAS REACHED WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS 5 TIMES?
ME: (THINKING FOR TWO SECONDS) SIR NEWZEALAND
CH: ( THINKING FOR A WHILE WHILE BENDING AHEAD A BIT) YES YOU ARE RIGHT ITS
NEWZEALAND.
CH:HOW MANY TIMES INDIA HAS REACHED SEMIFINAL?
ME : SIR THIS YEAR WE HAVE REACHED WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS,2003 AS M1: AS
1983 WORLD CUP..
CH:NO NO I AM ASKING HOW MANY TIMES?
ME :M SORRY SIR AM NOT ABLE TO RECALL.
CHAIRMAN NOW PASSES TO FIRST MEMBER.
HE WAS A SOUTH INDIAN M SURE
M1: AJAY TELL ME ABOUT WORLD CUP MATCH OF INDIA NOW
ME: SIR INDIA WILL BE FACING PAKISTAN IN SEMIFINAL
M1: WHEN IS THE SEMIFINAL
ME: SIR 30 APRIL
M1: WHERE
ME: SIR MOHALI
M1 : AJAY OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS SENT AN INVITATION TO SOMEONE FOR THE
MATCH
ME: YES SIR
M1: TO WHOM?
ME :SIR OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS SENT INVITATION TO PAKISTAN PRESIDENT MR
ZARDARI AND PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER MR GILANI
M1:YES GOOD ,AND THIS HAS BEEN TERMED AS CRICKET DIPLOMACY
ME:YES SIR
M1 : ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF IT
ME : YES SIR BECAUSE TALKS CAN BUILD THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AMONG TWO
NATIONS
M1 : SO WE SHOULD INVITE THEN TO EVERY FUNCTION OR OCCASION
ME : SIR WE CAN INVITE THEM IN WHICH THEY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST
M1 : AJAY HO WILL YOU IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
ME : SIR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT CAN BE RAISED.FOR EXAMPLE ON
WAGHA BORDER THERE CAN BE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AMONG THEMSELVES.
M1: YOU HAVE DONE LITERATURE.HOW CAN LITERATURE BE USED TO IMPROVE THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
ME : (I KNEW ITS AN OPPORTUNITY) SIR,SHIV KUMAR BATALWI (WHEN I TOOK THIS
NAME HE NODDED THE HEAD IN YES AND OTHER MEMBERS TOO GAVE POSITIVE
RESPONSE) IS M1: READ IN BOTH EAST AND WEST PUNJAB AS M1: AS IN OTHER
REGIONS TOO.LITERATURE CONNECT THE PEOPLE OF TWO NATIONS.WE TWO HAVE
SHARED COMMON HISTORY AND THUS HAVE VARIOUS BONDS CONNECTING US. SIR IN
RECENT YEARS PAKISTANI ARTISTS HAVE COME TO INDIA TO PERFORM CERTAIN PLAYS
AND INDIAN ARTISTS HAVE VISITED THERE.
M1 : YOU HAVE READ PUNJABI LITERATURE.WHATS DEFINITION OF LITERATURE?
ME : ( SERIOUSLY FELT UNNING OUT OF WORDS ON THIS ) SIR LITERATURE IS WHEN
THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS SUCH AS POETARY STORIES NOVELS THE SITUATIONS OF
SOCIETY ARE EXPRESSED ALONGWITH OTHER FEELINGS
M1 : CAN WE CONSIDER NOVELS OF SYDNEY SHELDON AND ( ONE MORE NAME HE
TOOK ) AS PART OF LITERATURE?
ME: M SORRY SIR I HAVE NOT READF THEIR NOVELS SO AM NOT ABLE TO COMMENT
M1 :WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT
ME : (AGAIN RUNNING SHORT OF EXACT DEFINITION,TRYING TO ANSWER) SIR THE
SOCIAL PROCEESSES ARE EXPLAINED(HE INTERRUPTED)
M1 : OK,WHICH ARE TWO NOVELS YOU LIKED
ME :SIR CHITTA LAHU BY NANAK SINGH NAVALKAR AND IK MYAAN DO TALWAARAN.
M1 : IN CHITTA LAHU FROM LITEARY ASPECT WHAT YOU LIKED?
ME : SIR THE NOVELIST IN THIS NOVEL HAS TOUCHED VARIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEMS AT
A TIME
M1: NO NO FROM LITERARY ASPECT
ME :SIR THE LANGUAGE AS M1: AS SIR HE HAS ROMANTICISED THE NOVEL WITH
PASSION IN IT
M1 : YOU USED TWO TERMS ROMANTIC AND PASSION.WHATS THE RELATION
BETWEEN TWO?
ME : SIR WHN THERE IS ROMANCE,PASSION COMES ITSELF
M1 : (SMILED) OK
CHAIRMAN PASSED TO SECOND MEMBER,SARDAR JI ON MY LEFT,BLUISH EYES WITH
SPECS..HE WAS LOOKING LIKE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON..
M2 : YOU ARE FROM PUNJAB.IN PUNJAB IT IS SAID THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE CULTURE
AND THATS (I SPOKE ALONG HUMBLY ALONGWITH) AGRICULTURE
M2: DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS?
ME :SIR IN PUNJAB AGRICULTURE IS M1: DEVELOPED SECTOR AND LARGE
WORKFORCE IS IN THIS SECTOR
M2 : NO NO TELL ME ONLY ABOUT CULTURE
ME : SIR CULTURE OF PUNJAB IS VERY VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC BECAUSE HISTORY OF
PUNJAB HAS BEEN VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC..(HE INTERRUPTED)
M2 : WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT PUNJABI CULTURE?
ME : SIR I LIKE OPEN MINDEDNESS OF PUNJABI CULTURE,ALWAYS HELPFUL.SIKHS
MUSLIMS HINDUS ARE THERE IN LARGE NUMBER AND LIVING IN HARMONY.
M2 : OK,PUNJAB HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYER IN GREEN REVOLUTION
ESPECIALLY WITH LUDHIANA AT CENTER FROM WHERE YOU BELONG.THERE IS ALSO
PUNJAB AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY WHICH HAS PLAYED IMMENSE ROLE.BUT
PRODUCTIVITY HAS STAGNATED IN PUNJAB.DO YOU AGREE?
ME: SIR PUNJAB HAS PLAYED VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN GREEN REVOLUTION.SIR,THE
PRODUCTIVITY IS INCREASING BY LESS AMOUNT BUT ITS STILL INCREASING.FOR
EXAMPLE CROP INTENSITY IS 196 AND(INTERRUPTED)
M2 : OK WHAT CAN BE DONE TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY?
ME : SIR OPTIOMAL FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT..
M2 :WHAT?( HE CUDNT GET WHAT I SAID)
ME : SIR SUFFICIENT FUNDS SHOULD BE SLLOCATED FOR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE PROVIDEDSIR I WOULD LIKE TO USE AN
EXAMPLE FROM THIS YEAR BUDGET.FOR EXAMPLE FOR PULSES PRODUCTION RS 300
CRORE HAVE BEEN ALOTTED TO 60000 VILLAGES AAND WHEN WE CALCULATE IT
TURNS OUT TO BE JUST RS.50000 VILLAGES WHICH COULD BE RATHER MORE FUNDS
FOR LESS NUMBER OF VILLAGES (INTERRUPTED)
M2 : BUT THATS ARITHMATIC CALCULATION YOU HAVE DONE.BUT ITS NOT GOING TO
BE IMPLEMENTED LIKE THIS.
ME : YES SIR BUT I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED
WITH MORE FUNDS TO LESS NUMBER OF VILLAGES AND THEN COULD BE RAPLICATED.
(SUDDENLY SOMETHING CLICKED TO MY MIND,MOVING MY HEAD AND ALSO GIVING A
LOOK AT CHAIRMAN I SAID) SIR ONLY YESTERDAY IN NEWSPAPER I READ THAT 30% OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN PUNJAB GO WASTE BECAUSE OF LACKING PROPER
STORAGE FACILITIES AND THUS WE NEED TO WORK ON THE STORAGE FACILITIES
,WAREHOUSES
I THINK THEY NODDED HEAD ON THIS
CHAIRMAN PASSED TO THIRD MEMBER..A VERY VERY NICE SMILING LADY MEMBER
LM : OK AJAY YOUR HOBBY IS BLOGGING
ME :YES MAM
LM : DO YOU HAVE YOU OWN WEBSITE?
ME :ANSWERED
LM :NARRATED A LONG QUE..BUT SHE FELT SHE MESSED UP AND THEN SAID OK NAME
TWO SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
ME : MAM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
LM : WHATS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO?
ME :MAM TWITTER IS MICROBLOGGING SITE WHERE WE CAN TYPE ONLY SHORT TEXTS
LM : HOW SHORT?I MEAN HOW MANY LETTERS?
ME : (THINKING FOR 3-4 SEC)M SORRY MAM I DONT REMEMBER
LM : ITS 140 (THEN SHE STARTED CONFIRMING FROM M1)
LM :DO WE COUNT THE SPACE?
ME (DONT KNOW IN WHAT FLOW) NO MAM
LM : WE COUNT
ME :M SORRY MAM
LM : YOU PLAY CARROM
ME :YES MAM
LM : DO YOU PLAY IT SERIOUSLY
ME : YES MAM
LM: THERE WAS RECENTLY A MOVIE ON CARROM,(I NODDED IN YES) CAN U NAME
THAT?
ME : MAM CARROM WAS ALSO PLAYED IN MUNNABHAI MABBS ( I WAS NOT GETTING
NAME OF THAT MOVIE SO TRIED BUYING TIME TO RECALL)
LM : NO NO IN MUNNABHAI IT WAS IN SIDELINE..BUT IN A MOVIE THE GAME WAS AT
CENTRE
ME : MAM I KNOW THERE WAS BUT AM NOT ABLE TO RECALL THE NAME
LM : OK IT WAS STRIKER
ME : (BECAUSE I KNEW THE MOVIE SO UNINTENTIONLLY CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH
YESS MAM STRIKER)
LM : OK AJAY U WERE DISCUSSING CRICKET DIPLOMACY WITH SIR,THERE WAS ALSO
ONE PING PONG DIPLOMACY
ME :YES MAM
LM : IT WAS BETWEEN WHICH TWO COUNTRIES?
ME : (THINKING) MAM IT WAS BETWEEN CHINA ANDDDD (LM :YES YES CHINA AND YES
YOU ARE RIGHT CHINA AND) MAM,TAIWAN (DAMN I WENT IN FLOW AGAIN)
LM :NO ITS USA..BETWEEN CHINA ND USA\
ME : OK MAM THANK YOU MAM
LM : ( CHAIRMAN SIGNALLED HER SOMETHNG I FEEL THOUGH M NOT SURE) OK AJAY I
WOULD ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION,ONE LAST QUESTION..(SHE MADE A LONG
STATEMENT AND THE SHE REALISED IT GOT MESSED AND THEN SHE BROKE IT INTO
PARTS.AJAY PEOPLE BLOG AND USE SITES FOR SO MANY HOURS A DAY AND
DAILY.ISNT IT WASTAGE OF TIME?
ME : MAM I DONT BLOG FOR MANY HOURS BUT FOR ( INTERRUPTED SAYING NO NO
NOT JUST YOU BUT MANY YOUNG ONES)
LM :OK TELL ME IS IT NECESSARY TO BLOG?
ME : ( MAKING SERIOUS FACIAL EXPRESSION) MAM BOUT NECESSITY I WOULD SAY
WE HAVE AROUND 40% POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE WHO DONT HAVE ANY
ACCOUNT ON BLOGGING/SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES SO IT DEPENDS UPON
PERSONAL WILL.
LM : OK AJAY CAN IT BE DANGEROUS SHARING PERSONAL INFO ON THESE SITES?
ME : MAM SHARING TOO MUCH PERSONAL INFO WITH A STRANGER CAN BE AT TIMES
DANGEROUS TOO
SHE WAS OK AND THEN CHAIRMAN PASSED ON TO FOURTH MEMBER..HE WAS
LOOKING NOT IN VERY GOOD MOOD WHEN I EVEN ENTERED..MAY BE SOME PERSONAL
MATTER.HE SHOWERED QUESTIONS ON ME
M4 : YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAGHA BORDER.HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?
ME : NO SIR I HAVNT BEEN THERE
M4 : OK IN PUNJAB AGRICULTURE HAS IMPACTED UPON THE ENVIRONMENT..HOW?
ME :SIR GROUND WATER LEVEL HAS DIPPED TOO MUCH AND THATS REASON PUNJAB
GVT HAS BANNED SOWING OF PADDY BEFORE 10 MAY
SIR THE SAME CROPPING PATTERN OVER SO MANY YEARS HAS DEPLETD SOIL OF
NUTRIENTS
M4 : OK WHATS HAPPENING IN LIBYA
ME : EXPLAINED
M4 :WHATS HAPPENING IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES OF LIBYA
ME : I EXPOLAINED
M4: WHATS NO FLY ZONE
ME : EXPLAINED
M4 : WHATS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
ME: SIR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS USE OF RESOURCES IN SUCH A MANNER SO
THAT NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE NOT COMPROMISED
M4: WHAT?
ME : EXPLAINED AGAIN
M4 : SO WE SHOULD STOP THE USING RESOURCES?
ME : SIR WE SHOULD USE THEM OPTIMALLY
M4 : WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
ME : EXPLAINED AND ALSO TALKED OF CLIMATE TALKS
M4 : (DNT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ANSWERING ABOVE QUE,HE ASKED IS
USA DEVELOPING NATION?
ME : SIR USA IS DEVELOPED NATION
M4 : CLIMATE CHANGE IS SAID TO BE GOOD.RUSSIANS ARE SAYING THAT MORE LAND
ON ARCTIC WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THUS MORE OF RESOURCES
ME : SIR CLIMATE CHANGE MAY CAUSE SEA WATER LEVEL RISE WHICH WILL
SUBMERGE LARGE LAND ARE AND COUNTRIES LIKE MALDIVES..MOREOVER CLIMATE
CHANGE CAN IMPACT CROPPING PATTERN THUS BRINGING LARGE SCALE MIGRATION
AMONG PEOPLE WHICH WILL NOT BE GOOD
M4 : OK
NOW CHAIRMAN GOT BACK TO HIM.HE WAS ALL THE TIME VERY ATTENTIVE
CH : HAVE YOU READ PUNJBA HISTORY?
ME : (HAVING NO OTHER CHOICE AND DONT KNOW FROM WHERE CONFIDENCE
CAME) YES SIR
CH : (AGAIN) HAVE YOU READ PUNJAB HISTORY?
ME : YES SIR
CH : WHEN MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH DIED?
ME : SIR 1839
CH: WHEN DID MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH SIGNED TREATY WITH BRITISHERS?
ME : SIR IN 1839
CH : (LOOKING DOWN TO HIS PAGES) OK YES THERE WAS TREATY THAT BOTH SIDES
WONT CROSS SATLUJ
ME : YES SIR
CH : TELL ME ABOUT ANGLO SIKH WARS
ME : SIR THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ANGLO SIKH WARS, FIRST WAS FOUGHT IN 1845-46
AND SECOND IN 1849 AND SIKHS WERE DEFEATED BY BRITISHERS
CH : WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?
ME : (TWO THREE CONFLICTTING THOUGHTS STARTED POPPING IN MY MIND AND I
FOUND NOT ANSWERING AS BEST OPTION) M SORRY SIR I DONT REMEMBER
CH : CAN U NAME FEW PLACES OF THE WARS?
ME : SIR BATTLE OF SABHRAWAN( I HAD READ IT SOME TIMES IN PUNJABI)
CH : BNATTLE OF SABHARAO
ME : OK SIR THANK YOU SIR
ME : SIR SAMRALA
CH : OK
ME : M SORRY SIR I AM NOT ABLE TO RECALL MORE NAMES ( THIS WAS WHAT I HAD
READ SO MANY TIMES BUT INTERVIEW TIME IS TOUGH I FEEL)
CH : CHILCHILYANWALA
ME : OK SIR
CH : ARE YOU SURE?
ME : M NOT SURE SIR
CH : OK, ( THEN HE LOOKED AT WALL CLOCK AND THEN ON HIS WRIST WATCH AND
SAID OK WE HAVE TIME SO WE CAN TALK MORE
(WHAT ELSE I CUD SAY)
ME : YES SIR
CH : OK TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT UPSC ( I WAS DELIGHTED THAT HE WILL ASK ME
OPINION BASED QUESTION NOW BUT IN VAIN)
CH: WHEN WAS UPSC FOUNDED?
ME : SIR IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1926
CH : (THOUGHT) YES RIGHT,GOOD BUT THEN ITS NAME WAS SOMETHNG ELSE.WHAT
WAS ITS NAME?
ME : SIR ITS NAME WAS FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
CH : YES RIGHT,WHY WAS IT ESTABLISHED?
ME : (FINDING APPROPRIATE WORD FOR 2 SECONDS BUT THEN WENT ON) SIR TO
SPPOINT PEOPLE ON POSTS OF HIGH RESPONSIBILITY
CH :YES RIGHT BUT WHY IT WAS FOUNDED ONLY THEN?
ME : SIR IT WAS FOUNDED ON RECOMMENDATION OF A COMMISSION
CH : YES BUT ON RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE NOT COMMISSION
ME : OK SIR
CH : WHAT WAS NAME OF THAT COMMITTEE?
ME : M SORRY SIR I HAVE READ BUT I AM NOT ABLE TO RECALL RIGHT NOW
CH: OK TELL ME ORIGIN OF RIVER BEAS
ME : ( I HAD PREPARED SATLUJ YAMUNA LINK SO M1: THAT STLUJ STARTED POPPING
IN MY MIND,I TRIED SUPPRESSING IT AND FINDING ORIGIN OF BEAS BUT AFTER 3-4
SECONDS) M SORRY SIR AM NOT ABLE TO RECALL
CH : HAVE U READ IT?
ME :YES SIR
CH : THEN YOU MUST BE HAVING SOME IDEA WHETHER ITS IN PUNJAB HARYANA
HIMACHAL,J&K,TIBBET)
ME : ( TIBBAT AND SATLUJ GHOOMNE START FIR SE) SIR IF I HAVE TO MAKE A GUESS I
WILL SAY TIBET ( THE ANSWER WAS BEAS KUND AND WHEN I CAME OUT OF ROOM IT
IMMEDIATELY CAME IN MIND)
CH : OK THANK YOU AND MOVED BACK FROM HIS FORWARD ATTENTIVE POSTURE.
ME : (FEELING GOOD) GOT UP THANK YOU SIR ,THANK YOU SIRS ,AND AGAIN
SMILINGLY THANK YOU MAM
THERE WAS A PINK FILE ON TABLE..I WAS LIL PUZZLED BECAUSE OF BEAS WALA
ANSWER AND COULD IN THAT PUZZLED MIND PICK THAT FILE BUT THEN I GOT
ATTENTIVE THAT YET I HAVE TO WALK OUT OF ROOM AND TIL I WALK OUT INTERVIEW
IS NOT OVER..AND I WALKED OUT WITHOUT ANY MISTAKE
WHEN I CAME OUT SAME FEMALE WHO WAS KNOWN TO ME WAS SITTING AND MY
FIRST WORDS WERE HE IS ASKING FACTUALS ONLY
MY ASSESMENT IS THAT MAY BE HE WILL REALISE I AM NOT STUDENT OF HISTORY BUT
STILL ANSWERE ATLEAST FEW QUESTIONS M1:..
SOME ANSWERS I REALLY FELT PROUD OF LIKE THAT OF GURMUKHI,DO U HAVE YOUR
OWN SITE,SOME DATA RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, UPSC YEAR ( THAT HAS A STORY
WHICH I WILL SHARE ) AD OPTIMAL USE OF RESOURCES, TREATY OF 1839 ETC.
REST WAITING FOR RESULT.THATS IT !!!!
Courtesy: Ajay Pal, Rank 160 - UPSC 2010
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UPSC MAINS MARKS for AJAY SHARMA (AIR: 160)
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UPSC MAINS MARKS for AJAY SHARMA (AIR: 160)
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Essay 110
Public admin 177 + 141
Punjabi literature 176 + 166
General studies 155 + 113
Interview 162
Thanks Ajay! for sharing your marks.
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Manimekalai Sk Great contribution at this
crucial point of time. This adds values to
many aspirants preparation obviously, would
help for better performance for sure on
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