Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Upsc interview experience 2013 cse 2012 on 12th March 2013



12th March 2013 FN session.
Optionals: pol sci & intl rel and anthropology.
Board: PKM
3rd person to be interviewed.
Me: Good Morning sir and good morning madam, good morning sirs.
CM: good morning...good morning have u r seat.
CM: (going thru bio data) what is u r name?
Me: My name is K Anil Reddy
CM: what is u r date of birth?
Me: 16th June 1987.
CM: you are passed out in 2009 and u have been preparing for civils from 2009?
Me: Yes sir.
CM: people he has an interesting aspect in his biodata. He has done a project on indigenous
knowledge and sustainable development.
Me: yes sir.
CM: What is sustainable development?
Me: Satisfying the need of the present generation without sacrificing the needs of the coming
generations.
CM: how can it be done?
Me: by rational and restraint utilization of resources.
CM: so basically it is utilization of resources.
Me: Yes sir
CM: How can we integrate so called indigenous knowledge?
Me: sir we cannot solve the entire problems with indigenous knowledge but it can be integrated in a
way we have been trying to integrate AYUSH with allopathy medicine.
CM: say me one area where we can apply indigenous knowledge in farming.
Me: I am not sure.
CM: make some guess
Me: BT plants etc.
CM: no no...........think
CM: Algae cultivate in a water and add it the field thats it.
Me: yes sir organic farming is one of the examples of use of indigenous knowledge.
M1: so you have an optional of anthropology.
Me: Yes sir.
M1: Explain me the relation between anthropology and other disciplines. Start with Archaeology.
Me: both are concerned with emergence of human being and process of civilization.
Sociology and anthropology are concerned with man as a social animal.....but basic difference is
anthropology is considered abt holistic study of man.
M1: how old is anthropology.
Me: it is of recent origin abt 100 years old.
M1: how would u use anthro as an IAS officer?
Me: It is helpful in policy making and implementation.
For example adult education was started with great objectives but could not achieve the objectives
because people adults thinking that they will lose respect if someone see them as school going
children.......similarly in case of chicken pox they still believe it is a course of god......in this areas

anthro field studies can help us to understand the problems to effectively implement the policy.
M2(killed me with geo questions): Anil have u observed the map on u r right side on wall.
Me: Yes sir.
M2: there are rivers on western side such as narmada, tapi etc..And on eastern side Krishna,
Godavari, kaveri, Mahanadi etc...Why do eastern rivers form delta and western rivers form estuaries.
Me: because of presence of Western Ghats which are continuous where as Eastern Ghats are not as
continues as Western Ghats and because of geology of the structure on which they flow.
M2: yea this also point what is the exact reason make a guess.
Me: thought for a moment and said sorry sir i could not.
M2: see anil what i will do i will dam the entire rivers without even allowing single drop of water to
reach the sea...........what are the implications?
Me: because of this silting will increase and water carrying capacity will decrease leading to floods
and in addition it affects biodiversity of the rivers and cause water disputes between states.
M2: Its ok.....no water disputes because i am damming full water so plenty of water available what
are the implications. Make a guess?
Me: i repeated that entire thing such as silting, biodiversity etc...
CM(intervened and prompted me the answer): Loss of biodiversity etc...Then he said ok leave abt it
here madam you proceed
M3(lady member): Anil we have been discussing about tribes quite a bit let me know which one do u
like earlier tribal legislations and forest rights Act 2006. Which one does u like the most?
Me: I like Forest rights Act 2006.
M3: why?
Me: Madam, it has rectified their earlier loop holes. Such as giving rights on the land to the
tribes and giving right on minor forest produce. Because these were the major causes of the land
alienation and hard ships of the tribes.
M3: even there are some objections to forest tights act 2006... Are u aware of it?
Me: No madam i don’t have idea.
M3: she asked some name who is working in Maharashtra who is working for the tribes in bringing
down their mortality rate.
Me: Madam I don’t know.
M3: She started saying about him to chairman...sir he has been working since decade to bring down
the infant mortality rate among the tribes after reaching to a certain level he could not bring it down
further.....he has been working from years and he could not.
Me: I said that there is an attitude barrier which has to be overcome if we want to achieve our
objects. After all these attitudes are developed from centuries and even it is futile to accept that
these attitudes can be changed in a decade or two.
CM: Ok Ok leave it here.
CM: Anil you have done your graduation in communication engineering. So u are an IPS officer head
of combing party and you lost your communication set and it has fallen into the hands of Naxals.
What would u do?
Me (actually did not understand the question): Sir, I use modern technologies like using radar’s and
said I will take help of satellites........will use informer s
CM: (in unsatisfied manner) no no already naxals have all this latest technologies....u just simply
deactivate it.
CM: there was chipko movement what was it?

Me: sir it was movement started to protect the trees from cutting it down by hugging the trees.
CM: ok, which place was it?
Me: sir it was in north india may be in and around uttarakhand.
CM: do u know the name of the person who was famous in this movement.
Me: Sir, I could not remember sorry sir.
CM: It’s ok..He was sunderlal bahuguna.
Me: thank u sir.
CM: Anil u may leave.
M4 (who went outside when int was started came back): sir i did not asked.
CM: ok sorry. U may ask now
M4 to CM: CM should not say sorry to board members.
M4: we are celebrated womens day last time.......can u guess how many women noble laureates are
there?
Me: (By laughing i said) sir is it about 15-20.
Ma: come on man don’t be so conservative.
M4: Anil which is the worlds oldest legislative body?
Me: UK parliament.
M4: Ok correct.
M4: Which is the largest tribe in india?
Me: Sir is it Gonds ?
M4: No...they are santhals.
Me: But gonds have the largest spread area wise.
M4: it is correct but population wise it is santhals.
M4: Who was the British PM during world war 2?
Me: i could not remember sorry sir.
M4: ok who was the British PM during india’s independence?
Me: i could not remember sir.
M4: make a guess anil?
Me: sorry could not recollect.
M4: he is versed in drama. Poetry, music and received noble prize in literature?
M4: his name starts with A.
M4: make some wild guess. He has long beard.
Me: so irritated i said akbar (every one laughed)
M4: Ok anil there was some temple in Andhra Pradesh which has been shifted stone by stone
because of inundation.(it was done in 2008)
Me:Sir is it thousand pillered temple (presently similar work is going ).
M4: no...it is in mahabubnagar....try to guess?
Me: sorry sir.
M4: Its alampur.
M4: started asking again something.
CM: ok stop now....anil u r interview is done u may leave and all the best.
Me: Thank u sir, thank u madam and wished them have a nice day.
(Through out the interview PKM was very cordial and supportive and was giving clues to the
answers)
Expecting around 160+ if he gives more than that, i will take with both hands happily.

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