CSE Interview Questions

- My Civil Services Interview questions -

First Interview - 3rd April 2008 – Purushottam Aggarwal’s Board

• You are from Sociology Deptt of Lucknow University. Name 4-5 Sociologists from your deptt. Who have earned a big name in Sociology.
• Why do parochial identities predominate in Indian society ?
• Tell us about Sociology of Uttar Pradesh.
• Tell us some famous statement of D.P.Mukherjee.
• If I give you Rs. 100 , what proportion of this fund will you spend in maintaining relations with which group of countries ? Don’t give the approximate %, give the exact categorization.
• If regional peace is important for you, then will you be able to reduce the defence expenditure of India ?
• If Pakistan do not remove their army from the borders, will you ask your army to come back ?
• Why do violence and agitations take place like – strike in universities, factories, offices etc. ?
• The Police always complains that it do not have operational autonomy and for every small thing , SP has to take the permission of DM. Where , in your opinion, should the police power reside – in hands of SP or DM ?
• Should we scrap the sports budget altogether ?
• You are a 100m sprinter. Tell me your 100m timmings. What is the distance of your triple jump and shot put ?
• What is the role of media in promoting sports , esp. cricket ?
• Comment on NREGA. What kind of employment does it provide ?
• Compare between India and China.

My Score : 80/300

Second Interview – 24^th March 2009 – K.Roy Paul’s Board

• How much do your friends from other religion know about your religion ?
• Sikh population in Lucknow.
• Reason behind Babri Masjid Demolition.
• Why Ayodhaya is considered as the sacred place for Hindus ?
• Agriculture , Rivers and mineral resources in UP.
• Give a specialist answer – What do you mean by INDIAN SOCIETY ?
• Name few Indian Sociologists.
• What do you know about M.N.Srinivas and his contributons ?
• What are the social indicators you can derive from Census ?
• Have you travelled to other parts of India apart from Delhi and Lucknow ?
• Name the cities in India whose names have been changed .
• What do you know about Gandhara art ?
• Tell us something about Chola Dynasty.
• What would be the first thing that you would do after becoming an administrator ? Give your spontaneous answer.
• Do you have the habit of reading ? What kind of books do you read ?
• Towards the end, the Chairman asked, since when and where have you been residing in Delhi ?

My score : 114/300