Dynamics of Civil Services Interview

2013
DYNAMICS OF CIVIL SERVICES INTERVIEW:

TRICKS &TECHNIQUES
First Edition:2009
Second Edition:2010
Revised and Enlarged Online Edition:2013
DR. ASHIS KUMAR DASH, ITS

MA, M. Phil., Ph.D., JRF-NET (UGC)
MADE, PGDDE, PGDM, PGDCA
Certified In ITW, MTA (WTO, Geneva)
Certified In UNDAFs (UNITAR, UN, Geneva)
PREFACE
The present work is humble attempt to satisfy the needs of
students appearing for Civil Services Interview conducted by
Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) and other PSCs..My
main
objective
in
this
book
has
been
to
give
clear,
comprehensive, simple strategy to bring cool confidence

among aspirants who are going to appear before the
interview board. The work is based on my guiding students
appearing for Indian Civil Services Interview in various
coaching institutions in New Delhi.
There is a myth among common man that success in
interview depends on Luck, because no one know what
question will be asked and how the Board perceive the
answer. Some candidates even express their dissatisfaction
that despite they gave all correct answer they did not obtain
good scores and some student told despite they answer few
question
satisfactorily
dynamics can be
,they
obtain
good
scores.
This
understood if anybody looks into some
strategic aspects of civil services interview.

There
are
four
aspects
one
should
understand
before
appearing before Interview board.

1.Objective of Civil Services Interview: This interview is not to
judge your knowledge base but to know your personality in
terms of your opinion on issues, attitude towards different
aspects of the society, your
level of commitment, integrity,
honesty like qualities etc. Your Knowledge is already tested

at the stage of Prelim test and Mains examination. Hence
getting correct answer to any factual question is not
Dynamics Of Civil Services Interview-DR.ASHIS DASH
objective here. Sometimes questions which will put you in

dilemma , questions which is very irrelevant to service etc
are asked, but keep in mind no question is asked without
purpose how silly it may seems to you. Behind all question
there is hidden intension to judge different qualities of your
personality. The enlightened board is not fool to ask you
silly questions, but there intension to get your true colour in
mud water.
2.Interviewer: Before appearing before Interview board ,one
should know the personality of the interviewer, so that the
level of question, area of questions, the level of and type of
answer they expects from you can fairly be guessed. The
Interview Board generally consist of five members chair by
one UPSC member. It will be very difficult to know who will
be member in your Interview board, but before half an hour
you will be informed before which board you are going to
appear. As the Board is predominated by Chairman of the
Board
,so
understanding
his/her
educational
,carrier
background help fairly what sorts of answer he will like. For

instance if the Chairman of the Board is an academician
he will like theoretical answers but if the Chairman of the
Board is a Civil Servant S/He will prefer practical and
pragmatic answer. Hence to understand the Interview
Board detailed bio-data of the members depicted in this
book at first.
3.Know Yourself: Who does not know himself how he will
understand the world around him/her. Again to know ones
personality which is the sole goal of the interview can be
known through ones personal details and educational and
professional
background.
Hence
to
sell
oneself
in
the
interview one should be thorough on these aspect. Any

mistake in this area means committing suicide. So prepare
thoroughly on this aspects starting from the significance of
your name, date of birth to your educational background,
optional papers in
the Mains examination, professional
experience if any to why you want to be a civil servant, your

hobby ,interest etc. So from this areas what sorts of question
can be asked are given elaborately in this book.
4. Nuances of Presentation: Apart from the above the
aspirant of civil service should keep himself abreast of the
happening around the world, current affairs staring from
his village to happening beyond solar system. Prioritization
of the points, way of expression , Logicality, convincing your
stand point as a deemed civil servants with positive attitude
towards people and life at large
,inquisitiveness to learn,
simplicity and clarity in the expression , dressing sense etc

are
the key to win the game. So how to present yourself
before the board, what to do and what not to do etc. are

presented in this book.
Last but not the list knowing the tricks of how to swim does
not mean you can swim, for swimming you have to put
yourself in the water. Dont forget to try the tips in the mock
interview, before you entering into UPSC.
All the best.
Thanks,
Dr.Ashis Kumar Dash
ashisdash2020@yahoo.com
CONTENTS
CHAPTER -1 :
PAGE:6-39
Know Your Interviewer And Civil Services
CHAPTER -2 :
INTRODUCTION
PAGE-40-43
2.1
Interview Test of Civil Services
2.2
What is UPSC Interview Test
2.3
What does Interviewer Intends to Explore
2.4
Personality of Civil Servants.
2.5
Behaviour of Interviewer
CHAPTER -3 :
INTERVIEW PREPARATION
PAGE-44-56
3.1
Organize Information
3.2
How to Overcome Nervousness
3.3
Body Language
3.4
Develop Listening Skill
3.5
Portfolio
3.6
Interview Attire
3.7
Mock Interview
CHAPTER -4 :
INTERVIEW
PAGE-57-61
4.1
Interview Etiquette
4.2
What to do in Interview
4.3
What not to do in Interview
CHAPTER-5:
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
PAGE-62-88
5.1
Types of Questions
5.2
General Questions
5.3
International & Bilateral Issues related Questions
5.4
National Issues Related Questions
5.5
Social Issues Related Questions
5.6
Polity Related Questions
5.7
Economy Related Questions
5.8
Science, Technology and Environment Related Questions
5.9
Sample Questions Asked in UPSC and Previous year
Interview interaction.
Suggestive Reading
Chapter-1
KNOW YOUR INTERVIEWER BEFORE YOUR
INTERVIEW
1.
Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Chairman

Prof. Purushottam Agrawal,Member
3. Dr. K.K.Paul,Member
4. Shri I.M.G. Khan, Member
5. Shri Prashanta Kumar Mishra ,Member
6. Shri Vijay Singh, Member
7. Smt. Rajni Razdan ,Member
8. Dr. Venkatarami Reddy Y. ,Member
9. Smt. Alka Sirohi, Member
10. Prof. David R. Syiemlieh, Member
11. Shri Manbir Singh, Member
2.
1.Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Chairman

Professor D.P. Agrawal assumed the charge of
Chairman of the Union Public ServiceCommission
with effect from August 16, 2008 (AN). Before
assuming the charge of Chairman,he was Member,
U.P.S.C. during the period from October 31, 2003
to August 15, 2008. Prior to this, Professor D.P.
Agrawal was the founder Director of Atal Behari
Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management
(IIITM), Gwalior. IIITM was set up by Ministry of Human Resource
Development in 1998 and declared by Government of India, in 2001 as a
Deemed University. The institute has already created a niche for itself in
industries in India and abroad. Many initiatives started by him at IIITM,
Gwalior have been replicated in the country.
Professor Agrawal has been an eminent teacher, educational
administrator and institution builder. He was Professor and Dean at IIT
Delhi from where, in 1994, he took over as Joint Educational Adviser (T) in
the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. He has planned and developed
a number of initiatives at national level in technical education, particularly

in the areas of information technology and computer education. He has
made substantial contribution for the development of vocational education
through advice and guidance.
Professor Agrawal was National Project Director of the World
Bank assisted project for strengthening technical education in India. This
project covered 19 States and 590 polytechnics. He has contributed to the
development of Centres for Excellence in higher technical and in
polytechnic education. He was instrumental in conceptualizing a number of
new institutions.
Professor Agrawal was Managing Director of Educational
Consultants India Ltd. (Ed.CIL), a
PSU of Government of India. He brought about major changes in
work culture of this organisation, including decentralized decision making
and transferring functional responsibilities to lower executives. At IIT
Delhi, Professor Agrawal held many key administrative positions including
Dean of students. He was very active in academics and research too and
supervised nearly 100 thesis at PhD, Masters and Undergraduate levels. He
has been a consultant to a number of companies. He has been a member of
Editorial Boards of National and International journals. He attracted
research funds to IIT, Delhi for his projects from Defence, DST and CSIR.
His research papers have received awards from Institutes of Engineers. In
addition to being a member of a number of governing bodies of institutions,
Professor Agrawal is a member of a number of professional institutions and
societies.
Professor Agrawal has contributed significantly to the growth of
quality technical education in the country through his close interaction with
AICTE. He has been Chairman of Central
Regional Committee of AICTE and other Boards of
AICTE.Professor Agrawal was born on 2nd October, 1949. After
graduating in Engineering in 1970 from AMU Aligarh, he obtained his
Ph.D from IIT, Delhi. He has been a visiting faculty at Imperial College,
London and Cranfield University in UK. He has lectured in Germany and
Czechoslovakia. He has led a number of delegations of the Government of
India to the USA, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Canada. Prof.
Agrawal was christened as Engineer of the Year 2006 by the Institution of

Engineers. Hon. Fellowship Award was conferred by Indian Society for
Technical Education on 14th December, 2006. He was also awarded with
the Honorary Degree of Jiwaji University, Gwalior, during its Convocation
Ceremony held on 29.10.2009. Recently he has been conferred with the
Distinguished Alumni Award for the year 2011 by the IIT Delhi Alumni
Association.
2.Prof. PURUSHOTTAM AGRAWAL

(b. 1955 at Gwalior, India), Graduation (1974 Maharani Laxmi Bai College, Gwalior, Madhya
Pradesh), MA (Political Science, 1977 Jiwaji
University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh), MA
(Hindi
Literature, 1979-Jawaharlal
Nehru
University, New Delhi), Ph.D (Hindi Literature,
1985, The Social Meaning of Kabirs Bhakti;
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi).
Formerly Chairperson, Center of Indian Languages, School of
Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi; Chief Advisor, Hindi Textbooks (classes
VI-XII), NCERT, New Delhi (2005-07), Prof. Agrawal taught at
Ramjas College, University of Delhi (1982-90), edited and published
Jigyasa, an inter-disciplinary academic journal (1983-84), served as
Associate Professor, Center of Indian Languages, JNU (1990-2003).
Professor of Hindi
Literature, Center of Indian Languages, School of Languages,
Literature and Culture Studies
(SLLCS), JNU (2003-07). He served as British Academy Visiting
Professor at Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University and as
Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom in
2002. Conducted two seminars on the Identity discourses in the current
Indian politics at the Center of South Asian Studies, Cambridge
University. Also served as Visiting Professor at El Colegio de Mexico
(National College of Mexico, Mexico City) during May-July 2002.
Conducted four seminars on the themes of culture and history of Indian
people. In Nov.-Dec.2004, during an academic tour of the United States of

America, Prof. Agrawal lectured at the Columbia University, New York;
Emory University, Atlanta; Rice University, Houston. The Halle Institute of
the Emory University organized a luncheon meeting in his honor, where he
spoke on the post-election political scene in India.
Prof. Agrawal won Devi Shankar Awasthy Samman for Teesra
Rukh, 1996, and Mukutdhar Pandey Samman for Sanskriti: Varchswa aur
Pratiroadh, 1997. Some of the books written by Prof. Agrawal are
Kabir:Sakhi aur Sabad (A collection of Kabirs poetry with an analytical
introduction), Shivdan Singh Chauhan (A monograph in Makers of Indian
Literature series published by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi), Majbooti Ka
Naam Mahtma Gandhi (published version of annual Gandhi Lecture,
organized by Gandhi Peace Foundation,
Delhi), Nij Brahma Vichhar:Dharma Samaj aur Dharmetar
Adhyatma (Essays on religion, spirituality and philosophy), Vichaar ka
Ananta (a collection of theoretical and cultural essays),
Teesra Rukh (A collection of literary and cultural essays),
Sanskriti: Varchswa aur Pratiroadh (a
collection of cultural and political essays). His latest and much
talked about book Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir Ki Kavita aur Unka
Samay (2009) was awarded the First Rajkamal Kriti Samman.
Prof. Agrawal contributes regularly to academic journals and
popular magazines on wide-ranging issues of culture, literature and current
affairs. Numerous articles both in Hindi and English have been published in
academic journals, popular magazines and newspapers over the last
twentyfive
years. Prof. Agrawal served as Member in several Board of
Studies; Academic, Research and Governing Council of important
Universities of the Country. In many international conferences and
academic events, he delivered various keynote address, presented papers,
delivered lectures, spoke on important themes besides organizing an
international conference on Evolution of Hindi. An active social activist
and consultant, Prof. Agrawal served as chief advisor (2003-06) of the
Peaceful co-existence in South Asia project of the Aman Trust, Delhi. As
a consultant to Oxfam, India (1998-2002), he had organized inter-faces of
scholars, creative artists and social activists as part of the Violence

Amelioration and Mitigation Project (VMAP). Of particular value have
been the interfaces between Kabir-panthis and the scholars of Kabir, and
conferences on the question of social identities and a dialogue on
Spirituality without Religion. His writings have been included in a course
Public intellectuals of India offered by the College of Mexico, Mexico
City. Member, Union Public Service Commission of India, New Delhi since
July 2, 2007.
3.Dr. K.K. PAUL

An M.Sc (Hons) and a Ph.D in Chemistry from
Panjab University, Dr. Krishan Kant Paul
joined IPS in 1970 and was allocated to
the UT (AGMUT) Cadre. He was amongst the first
Ph.Ds in Police Service. In the context of his
research work in Chemistry, he has over 20 papers
published in international scientific journals of repute. He has maintained
his touch with the academics and continued to write on various matters of
topical interest. One of his Columns Brass Tacks appeared regularly in
The Tribune and was widely read. Dr. Krishan Kant Paul, while in the UT
Cadre remained posted in A&N Islands and later as the Chief of Police in
Arunachal Pradesh.
He also had tenures in the Central Intelligence Agencies. While
posted in Delhi, he had wide ranging experience of urban policing and was
involved in handling some mega events like the Asian Games in 1982,
followed by NAM and CHOGM in 1983.
Dr. Paul is credited with introduction of several new technologies
in policing in Delhi and making Delhi Police into one of the most modern
police forces in the country. He has had one of the longest ever tenures in
Delhi as Commissioner of Police and introduced several innovative
measures for the benefit of the common man. Citizens First was made
into a guiding principle to focus on the service aspect of policing.
Community policing initiatives were placed on a firm footing giving the
force an orientation of a service organization rather than merely being a law
and order force. In this context several pro-active policing measures were
taken up.
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Considering the significance of modernization and transparency,

the Arms Licensing Branch of Delhi Police was modernized and was able to
get an ISO certification. The recruitment process in Delhi Police has also
been standardized and won an ISO certification. Procurement Wing of
Delhi Police and some sections of Traffic Police have also been able to get
an ISO certification. All the Police Stations were computerized and
networked in a record time. A special scheme Parivartan, to fight crimes
against women was initiated which won international acclaim. The
prestigious Weber Savvy award for Community Policing and Law
Enforcement was also won by Delhi Police during his tenure. Amongst the
other modernization efforts were the computerization of fingerprints and
intensive use of CCTV cameras for security in public places and for
management of traffic. Networking of Traffic signals through computers
was also achieved.
He is the recipient of several commendations and appreciations
from the Government, besides Kathin Seva Padaks and with Bar,
Presidents Police Medal for Distinguished Services and Police Medal for
Meritorious Services besides the Internal Security Medal.
He has joined as Member of Union Public Service Commission
on July 26, 2007.
4.Shri IDREES MOHAMMAD GHANI KHAN

Born on July 2, 1948 at Rampur, U.P. An
alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow and the
Aligarh Muslim University from where he did his M.Sc.
(Geology). After a brief stint as Management Trainee in
Indian Oil Corporation, joined has experience of serving
at all hierarchal levels of Department of Posts in various
parts of the country in different capacities. Also served
other Departments and Organizations on deputation including the Lal
Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (as
Deputy Director, Senior), UPSC (as Additional Secretary), and M/o
Personnel PG & Pensions (as Additional Secretary). While in UPSC served
as Member Secretary, Civil Services Examination Reforms Committee
headed by Prof. Y.K. Alagh and also worked for bringing in significant
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changes and reforms in the examination systems collectively known as the

Sampera Scheme.
Appointed Secretary, Department of Posts, Director General
(Posts) and Chairman, Postal Services Board on 1st January 2007 charged
with steering the Department through its most challenging phase of
transformation through technology induction, development and business
orientation. Joined the Union Public Service
Commission as Member on 9th June, 2008.
5.Shri PRASHANTA KUMAR MISHRA

Born on 07th August, 1948; B.A. (Honours)
Political Science; appointed to Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) on 15th July 1972.
Since his selection in the Indian

Administrative Service in 1972, he held several prominent postings starting
from District Magistrate to Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh, both in the State
of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India. In the State Government of Uttar
Pradesh, he held positions such as District Magistrate, Commissioner, Trade
Tax and Secretary in the departments of Institutional Finance, Panchayat,
Science & Technology, Department of Cooperation etc. and the Chief
Executive of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), and
Commissioner, Meerut Division.
At the Government of India level, he worked as Director, Youth
Affairs from the year 1986 to 1991 and Director General, Nehru Yuva
Kendra Sangthan. In January 1998, he was posted as Managing Director of
the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and worked
till January 2003. He also worked as Chairman, India Potash Ltd.
Thereafter, he went back to UP and worked as Principal Secretary, Public
Sector Enterprises, Principal Secretary, Food & Civil Supply; and Principal
Secretary and Commissioner, Welfare, UP from March 2003 to January
2004. In January 2004, he took over as Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Defence, Government of India and worked till November, 2004. From
December, 2004 to June 2007 he worked as Additional Secretary &
Financial Adviser, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Tourism and
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Ministry of Environment & Forests. He worked as Secretary, Parliamentary

Affairs from 31st October 2006 to 30th June, 2007 in GOI. From 1st July,
2007 to 23rd May, 2008, he worked as Chief Secretary, Government of
Uttar Pradesh.
He held the position of Chairman, India Potash Limited, a
national level organization engaged in import of fertilizers. He also served
as a Director on the Board of Directors of National level organizations such
as IFFCO, KRIBHCO, NAFED, FAI etc.
He had been Chairman of the Regional Network for Development
of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Asia and the Pacific Region (NEDAC)
of the FAO for two years from November 1999 to September 2001 and held
the position of Co-Chairman of NEDAC (FAO) from 2001 to 2003.
He was also on the Board of Directors of Air India Ltd., Indian
Airlines Ltd., IAL Air Transport Services Ltd, Airports Authority of India,
Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd., Hotel Corporation of India, India Tourism
Development Corporation.
He has written various papers in international/ national workshops
and seminars and has also written a book titled EK DRISTIKON. He was
appointed Member, UPSC on 18th August 2008.
6.Shri VIJAY SINGH

Joined the Indian Administrative Service in
1970. Key assignments held in the State Government
include District Magistrate, Bhopal, District
Magistrate, Gwalior, Commissioner Jabalpur
Division, Commissioner Indore Division, Home
Secretary to the State Government from January
1994 to August 1996 and Chief Secretary,
Government of MP from 2004-2006. Served in the Central Government at
the level of Deputy Secretary/Director, Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary
and Secretary. Worked as Coordinator for the festivals of India in France,
USA, USSR and Japan from 1983 to 1987. Served as Joint Secretary and
Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Health from 1996 to 2001 and as
Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Chemicals
and Fertilizers and Additional Secretary (Broadcasting), Ministry of
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Information and Broadcasting from 2002 to 2004. Served as Secretary,

Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways during 2006-2007 and Defence
Secretary from 31st July 2007 to 31st July 2009. Appointed Member, Union
Public ServiceCommission in November 2009.
7.Mrs. RAJNI RAZDAN

Joined the Indian Administrative Service
in 1973 (Haryana 1973). From 1973-1976 worked
as Sub-Divisional Magistrate & Additional
Collector (Rural Development Programmes)
Haryana. From 1979-85 worked as Director
Lotteries and Treasury & Accounts, Haryana.
Worked as MD Haryana Handloom Corporation
from 1985 -87.
In 1987-89 joined as Director, Higher Education, Haryana. From
1991- 92 worked as Director in the Steel Ministry and handled the
modernization of SAIL Steel Plants of Durgapur and Rourkela. Worked as
Joint Secretary, Programme implementation, from 1992 and looked after the
industrial infrastructure sector. From 1996-1999 posted as Secretary,
Cooperation and Public Health. From 1999-2003 served in the Central
Government as Joint Secretary, Edible Oils in the Food Ministry. Also did
Administration, edible oils, Storage, Commodities Exchange and a save
grain campaign. Got the Official Language 1st and 2 nd prize for the
Department of Food and Public Distribution for 2 years in 2000-01 and
2002.
In December 2003 was appointed in Haryana as Principal
Secretary Housing and also Chairman, Haryana Housing Board.
In May 2006, came to Government of India as Additional
Secretary (Pensions) in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
Served as Secretary, Pension and Administrative Reforms and
Public Grievances during 2007- 2009. Appointed Member, Union Public
Service Commission in April, 2010.
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8.Dr. VENKATARAMI REDDY. Y

Assumed charge as Member of the Union
Public Service Commission on 30.06.2011. Earlier
he has been Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Public
Service Commission, Hyderabad from 18.07.2005 to
15.02.2011. As Chairman of the APPSC, has brought
in far-reaching reforms in the Examination Systems.
Introduced IT applications in almost all spheres of
Public Service Commission which helped the finalization of selection
process with speed and accuracy. Also, revamped the Interview procedure
to bring in more transparency, fair play and justice.
Prior to that, he has held positions like Vice- Chancellor,
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad; In-charge ViceChancellor of Osmania University and Sri Krishna Devaraya University;
Chairman of Engineering, Agriculture, Medical Common Entrance Test
(EAMCET) conducted for 10+2 Students for admission into various
professional
colleges in Andhra Pradesh; Chairman of Engineering Common
Entrance Test (ECET)
conducted for Diploma Students for admission into various
Engineering Colleges of the State of Andhra Pradesh; Principal, JNTU
College of Engineering, Ananthapur and Vice-Principal, JNTU College of
Engineering, Ananthapur;
He holds B.E. (Electrical Engineering) I Class from
Government College of Engineering, Ananthapur, 1972, under S.V.
University, Tirupathi. M.Sc. (Engg.) in Control Systems Engineering I
Class from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 1975, under Madras
University. Ph.D. in Electronics & Communication Engineering from
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1985. D.Sc (HONORIS CAUSA)
from Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Ananthapur, 2007.
He has been involved in the policy making processes of various
important academic and administrative bodies and held positions like
Chairman of Indian Society for Technical Education, Andhra Pradesh
Chapter; Member, Academic Council of Cochin University of Science &
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Technology (UGC Nominee); Member, Governing Council of Indian

Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad; Member, Board of
Governors of Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur (UGC
Nominee); Member, Board of Governors of Regional Engineering College,
Calicut (UGC Nominee); Member, Executive Council of Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University; Member, Governing Board of INFLIBNET
Centre (Information and Library Network Centre), an autonomous InterUniversity Centre of UGC; Chairman, High Power Committee appointed by
Government of A.P to select societies to establish new Engineering
Colleges and also to consider the request of existing Colleges for additional
seats and new branches; Chairman, Hearing Committee for North Zone of
AICTE; Member of Selection Committees and Member of Board of Studies
for various Universities; Member of Selection Committee for awarding
Australian Scholarships
for P.G.Programmes and Research; Member of Indian Society for
Technical Education; Member of the State Committee to select persons for
the award of Pratibha Rajeev Puraskaram, constituted by Government of
Andhra Pradesh.
He is recipient of many Awards and Honours, and to cite a few:
Awarded HONORARY FELLOWSHIP AWARD-2009 by INDIAN
SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (ISTE), which is a life time
achievement award presented to distinguished educationists in recognition
of their outstanding contribution in the field of Engineering and
Management, which was presented at National Institute of Technology
Karnataka
(NITK),
Surathkal;
BHARAT
RATNA
SIR
MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESWARAYA AWARD for the year 2008
from the Institution of Engineers and State Government of Andhra Pradesh;
BEST TEACHER AWARD for the year 2005 from Government of
Andhra Pradesh; KEY TO THE CITY AWARD from the Mayor of
Jackson City, USA during the visit to USA from 12-22 June, 2004; Andhra
Pradesh Academy of Sciences DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST for the
year 2001; OUTSTANDING ALUMINI of P.S.G. College of
Technology, Coimbatore for the year 2000; ROTARY VOCATIONAL
EXCELLENCE AWARD, 2003 by Rotary Club of Bhagyanagar;
VIDYA BHUSHAN by Andhra Pradesh Chapter of Indian Press Council;
INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONIST OF THE YEAR 2002 by Metro
Vision; UGADI PURASKARAM of Telugu Vaibhavam.
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He has widely travelled in India and abroad to attend meetings,

seminars and conferences. He has visited many important Universities in
the Countries like U.S.A., Canada, Australia, U.K., Italy, Cyprus, Japan,
Singapore, Thailand, Dubai, South Korea and South Africa. He is an
eminent Professor in different areas of Electronics and Communication
Engineering and presented 51 papers in National and International Journals/
Conferences and also successfully guided nine students for Ph.D Degree.
9. Mrs. ALKA SIROHI

Mrs. Alka Sirohi joined the Indian Administrative
Service in July, 1974. She has served invarious
capacities in Madhya Pradesh, as SDM, Collector and
District Magistrate,Additional Secretary, Personnel,
Administrative Reforms and Training and Additional
Secretary, Housing and Environment, along with
Executive Director, Environmental Planning & Coordination Organization
and Director General Disaster Management Institute. She has also served as
Commissioner Higher Education and has been Secretary/Principal Secretary
in the State Government over a span of 15 years from 1991 to 2005, playing
a key role in policy formulation in vital sectors of government like
Agriculture, Cooperation and Command Area Development, Women and
Child Development (where she drafted the first state policy for
empowerment of women), Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection;
Health and Family Welfare and Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and
Rehabilitation; Commercial Taxes. She also served as Development
Commissioner and exofficio Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural
Development, where a number of systems were devised for ensuring a high
quality of rural roads, which were subsequently adopted in other states
also.In the course of her career with the State Government, she took up a
number of new innovations in the field of health including the very
successful programme of universal immunization in her District in 1981
which aimed at coverage of all children below 5 years of age, against five
vaccine preventable diseases including polio. The approach adopted was
similar to that subsequently adopted in the modern day national Pulse Polio
Programme.
In Government of India she has served in the Department of
Defence Production and subsequently as Additional Secretary in the
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Department of Consumer Affairs, where she was closely associated with the
designing and launching of a multi media campaign for consumer
awareness titled Jago Grahak Jago. She has been Secretary, Department of
Food and Public Distribution in Government of India from September, 2008
till October, 2010, and prepared a comprehensive draft of a Food Security
Law. She was Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training from
November, 2010, which charge she was holding till January, 2012. During
this period, she was closely associated with the drafting of several
anticorruption legislations. She has a long experience of Personnel
Management. In Government of India she has served in the Department of
Defence Production and subsequently as Additional Secretary in the
Department of Consumer Affairs, where she was closely associated with the
designing and launching of a multi media campaign for consumer
awareness titled Jago Grahak Jago. She has been Secretary, Department of
Food and Public Distribution in Government of India from September, 2008
till October, 2010, and prepared a comprehensive draft of a Food Security
Law. She was Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training from
November, 2010, which charge she was holding till January, 2012.
During this period, she was closely associated with the drafting of
several anticorruption legislations. She has a long experience of Personnel
Management.
10.DAVID R SYIEMLIEH
David R Syiemlieh is as Indian academician.
He was born on 22 January 1953 in Mutrapore,
Sibsagar, Assam. He studied in Dr Graham's Homes,
Kalimpong (19591970) and graduated with history
honours from St.Edmund's College, Shillong. This
was followed with a Masters degree in History (1976),
MPhil(1980) and PhD (1985) from the North Eastern Hill University,
Shillong. He taught undergraduates in St. Edmund's College (19771979)
before joining the Department of History, NEHU, in 1979. He rose in the
profession to become Professor in the Department of History. He held
numerous positions in the University, including Dean of Students' Welfare;
Head Department of History; Controller of Examinations; Registrar and
Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
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Author of several books and articles on the history of North East

India, he is credited with discovering the date of death of Tirot Sing and
locating the grave of Thomas Jones, the Welsh missionary who first arrived
in the Khasi Hills. David R Syiemlieh was Honorary Director of the Indian
Council for Social Science Research, North Eastern Regional Centre,
Shillong ;Member of the Indian Council for Historical Research,New Delhi
and Member, Indian Council for Social Science Research,New Delhi.The
President of India in her capacity as Visitor, Rajiv Gandhi
University,Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, appointed Prof. David R Syiemlieh
as Vice-Chancellor of the University. He took charge on 5 October 2011.
He is recipient of the Charles Wallace Grant for research in the
UK; India France Cultural Exchange for research in Paris, and the Senior
Fulbright Fellowship for research in the US. He was affiliated to Notre
Dame University.
Prof.Syiemlieh was President of the North East India History
Association (20102011).As Sectional President- Modern India Section of
the Indian History Congress , he delivered his address at the 78th session
held in Mumbai, 2012.
Prof. David R Syiemlieh was appointed by the President of India
as Member, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
11.Shri MANBIR SINGH

Shri Manbir Singh, Former Secretary
(Economic Relations), Ministry of External
Affairs. An officer of Indian Foreign Service of
1976 batch, Shri Manbir Singh has held several
important positions which incudes Counselor
(Commerce & Economics) in former USSR and
later the Russian Republic, Minister at the
Embassy of India in the United Arab Emirates, Chief of Protocol at
Headquarters, New Delhi, Ambassador of India in the countries of Hungry,
Iran and Netherlands. Shri Singh has also served as Indias representative
to Convention on Prevention of Chemical Weapons and the International
Court of Justice.
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ABOUT CIVIL SERVICES

All branches of civil services are administrative in nature. It requires
officials who able to accomplish the job in accordance with rules and
regulations formulated by Government. These jobs demand a great deal of
Interaction with people at all levels. Any single decision of civil servants is
going to affect the large member of people so it demands a responsible
decision making capacity of the officers. These services requires extensive
travelling throughout the country and abroad or area falling under the
jurisdiction of an officers.
Civil Services particularly All India Services (IAS, IPS) follows a
cadre system in which offers during their probationary period are allowed to
choose state or cadre, to which they remain attached throughout their
service period. Officers may sometime, on request be assigned to their
home state. These are at present twenty one state cadres.
The administrative nature of work of a civil services have
different functions within the preview of their Department / Ministry which
include planning, policy formulation, implementation, supervision,
providing information, representing the department, representing state or
government of India, etc.
Indian Civil Services Examination
Indian Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC for the following
posts :
i.
Indian Administrative Service
ii.
Indian Foreign Service
iii.
Indian Police Service
iv.
Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A
v.
Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group A
vi.
Indian Customs and Central Excise Services Group A
vii.
Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group A
viii.
Indian Revenue Service, Group A
ix.
Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A (Assistant Works
Manager, Non-Technical)
x.
Indian Postal Service, Group A
xi.
Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A
xii.
Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A
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xiii.
xiv.
xv.
xvi.
xvii.
xviii.
xix.
xx.
xxi.
xxii.
Indian Railway Accounts service, Group A

Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group A
Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group A in Railway
Protection Force.
Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A
Indian Information Service ,Group A
Indian Trade Services Group, Group A
Indian Corporate Law Service , Group A
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group B (Section
Officers Grade)
The Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman
& Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group A.
The Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman
& Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group B.
These services allotted to candidates by taking into consideration the

preference exercised by the candidate in the Mains examination application
form, his/her final rank in the examination, availability of vacancy in that
year and some physical parameters in some services .Among the above
services IAS and IPS are called All India Service; it mean candidate will be
allotted one particular state cadre where the officer will have to work under
that state government till retirement, other cervices are known as Central
Civil Services where candidate will have to work under different Ministries
of Government of India.
(I)Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was formed in the year

1946.
Its cadre is controlled by Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grievances and Training
Its cadre size is approximately 5159.
The recruitment of IAS officers in terms of percentage to the total

vacant post are done by following methods : direct recruitment
67% promotion of the State Civil Services officers in consultation
with the UPSC is 33%.
IAS was formed by the parliament under the Article 312 of Indian
constitution
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During the two year probation period the probationer are send to
various training scho9ols, to secretarial and field officers office
and to a District Collectors office. In those offices the
probationer do the work of their sub-magistrate.
On completion of two year of probation the officer will be

appointed as a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), As a SDN they
look after law and order, general administrative and development
work under his/her jurisdiction.
The next three scale is senior scale, in Junior Administrative

Grade and Selection Grade you will server as District Magistrate,
District Collector or Deputy Commissioner, Chief Development
Officer, Director of a Department, Managing Director of a Public
Sector Unit or a Senior Officer in the State Secretariat. Hence
you could be a district collector in your fifth year of service and
remained so till you are promoted to the super time scale in the
17th year of service. At the district level these officers are mainly
concerned with administration of district affairs including
development programmes.
The Cabinet Secretaries are the top most IAS officers at the
central level.
In states, an IAS officers can become Secretaries to the State

Government.
The super time scale officers are Secretaries and Divisional

Commissioner. The Principal Secretary and Additional Chief
Secretary are the highest rank at the centre and Chief Secretary is
the highest post at the state.
Hence an IAS officer handles different affairs of government

involving framing and implementation of policies including
supervising the disbursement of funds.
IAS Officers are answerable to the state legislatures and

parliament for any irregularities that may occur during their
tenure.
(II)Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
IFS comes under the central services. At present the cadre

strength of the service is approximately 618.
In 1948 the first batch was recruited under the combined civil
services examination conducted by the UPSC.
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The recruitment carried out directly by UPSC is 87% and by

promotion is 13%.
The probationers take their training from Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Academy of Administration, Mussourie and then from
the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi.
The training involves lectures to develop a strong knowledge of
history, diplomatic international relationship, general economic
and political principles and foreign language.
On completion of training the officers are assigned with their
Compulsory Foreign Language (CFL). The offices are the posted
on Indian Mission in foreign country where his CFL is the native
language.
IFS officer started his/her career abroad as a third secretary when
he/she confined his/her service. Subsequently they are promoted
to the levels of First Secretary Counsellor, Ambassador, High
Commissioner etc.
In the Indian consulates abroad there are various categorised as
Vice Consul, Consul and Consul General.
In the Ministry of External Affairs the officials are categorised as
Under Secretary. Deputy Secretary, Director, Joint Secretary,
Additional Secretary and Secretary.
An IFS officer has multi facet roles including bilateral political
and economic cooperation, trade and investment promotion,
consular external publicity, cultural interaction, Press and Media
liasion and other multilateral issues.
An IFS Officer constantly monitor the emerging situation in the
host country and related countries by taking into account the
different factors and briefing the government of India with a view
to promote and protect the national interest. Officers maintain
regular contact with host Government and Government of India to
keep view on various vital international issues. He also facilitates
in effective foreign policy formulation.
An IFS officer facilitates economic and commercial interests of
India including promotion of Indian exports to various countries,
to facilitating industrial and technical collaboration etc. It requires
constant monitoring of opportunities, collecting relevant
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information, organizing trade fair facilitating participation in

trade, events, facilitating resolution of trade dispute etc.
An IFS officer protects rights of Indian national, issues, visas to

foreign national provide consular access to Indian nationals
imprisoned in foreign countries for violation of local laws etc.
An IFS officer entrusted with the work of organizing cultural

programmes, seminars and workshops for people of Indian origin
living abroad and for foreign nationals. He promote Indian culture
and give publicity to it at international platform by reinforcing
countrys positive image.
An IFS officer also project Indian views and concerns on national

and international issues which have bearing on Indias foreign
policy and security. He also protect the overall image of India at
the international platforms.
(III)Indian Police Service (IPS)
IPS was formed in the year 1948.
Its cadre are controlled by Ministry of Home Affairs
Its present cadre size is approximately 3549.
It recruit 70% of vacant post by direct recruitment and 30% of

post by promotion.
During the probation period the probationer undergo a years of

training in the office of the Superintended of Police (SP) in the
district of allocated state.
After two years of probation the officers are confirmed as a three

star Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) then as SDPO for
two years. He then promotion to S.P., Senior S.P. and DIG. At the
higher post officers have responsibility to prevent and detect
crimes.
The IPS officials may be promoted to top post as I.G. Additional

D.G. and Director General of Police.
The members of IPS Officials can lead the Central Police

Organization like IB, CBI, BSF, CRPF, ITBP, NSG, RAW,
Vigilance Organisations etc.
In the cities like Delhi, Mumbai etc. The ASP, SP and the DIG
are called Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Commissioner of Police (CP)
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The IPS plays an pivotal role in protecting the unity and integrity
of the country by maintaining peace, preventing and the detecting
crimes, intelligence, VIP Security, protection of bio-diversity,
environmental laws, enforcement of socio-economic legislation,
border policing, disaster management, check corruption in public
life, check economic offences, drug trafficking, smuggling etc.
Modern Ranks and Ranki Badges for Indian Police Officers.
State Emblem above one star and crossed sword and baton.
Director, Intelligence Bureau.
State Emblem above crossed sword and baton

Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
Director General, Border Security Force
Director General, Central Industrial Security Force
Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal
Director General, National Security Guards
Director General, Special Protection Group
Director General, National Police Academy
Director General, Security
Director General States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat,
Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal
Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and Delhi.

Other star above crossed sword and baton.
Inspector General of Police, Other States
Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau
Additional Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation
Commandant, Central Forensic Institute
Director, National Police Academy
Inspector General, Central Industrial Security Force
Inspector General, Central Reserve Police
Inspector General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police
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State Emblem above three stars in a triangle.
Inspector General of Police, Union Territories
Other officer above selection grade.

State Emblem above two stars.
Superintendent of Police in selection grade with 13+ years of

service
State Emblem above one star
Superintendent of Police in charge of a district
Commandant of Battalion
Other officer on senior time scale with between 9 and 13 years

service.
State Emblem
Other officer on senior time scale with 9 years services or less.

Three stars
Assistant Superintendent in charge of sub division
Assistant Superintendent not in charge on sub-division with 4

year service or less.
Two stars
Assistant Superintendent not in charge of sub-division with

between 2 and 4 years service and not in-charge of a police sub
division
One star
Assistant Superintendent not in charge of sub-division with less

than 2 years service.
Ranks Insignia of the State Police Officers

Three stars
Deputy Superintendent of Police. A state police who is directly

recruited to this rank or has come up from the lower ranks.
Red and blue ribbon and three stars
Inspector of Police
Red and blue ribbon and two star.
Sub-Inspector of Police
Red and blue ribbon and a star.
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police

Three chevrons points facing downwards
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Police Head Constable.
Two chevrons points facing downwards
Senior Police Constable or Police Naik

No rank insignia
Constable
(IV)Indian Posts & Telecommunications Accounts and Finance Service
It was formed in the year 1973
Its cadre are controlled by Members of Telecom Commission

(finance)
It recruit 50% of vacant post by direct recruitment and rest 50% of

vacant post are filled by promotion.
The training begins with foundation course at the Lal Bahadur

Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussoorie
followed by a training in Financial Management at the National
Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad. The final training
is given for the advanced level of telecom at its centre in
Ghaziabad.
The officer starts his career as the Assistant Chief Account

Officer and within two years he became Chief Accounts Officer.
Officers of this services appointed to a posts under the

Departments of Telecom and Posts, TRAI and PSUs under the
Communication Ministry like VSNL, TCH, BSNL, MTNL etc.
Its functions mainly include budgetary control, finance advice,

management of projects and internal audit apart from other duties.
(v)Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS)
It was formed in the year 1922.
Its cadre are controlled by the Comptroller and Auditor General of

India (CAG)
It recruit 67% of vacant post direct recruitment and rest 33% of

vacant post by promotion.
The officers after completing their training at Shimla are serves as

an Account Offices in the Central/State /Government or in
Statutory Audit Offices under the Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG). In the Junior scale the officers are be posted as an
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Assistant A.G. The senior most post of the accounts / is the

comptroller and Auditor General of India.
This service audits the accounts of all central and state

government departments, PRT departments, public sector
organisations, railways,defence etc.
The audit mandate of the C & AG of India is a comprehensive,

audit of all expenditures from Consolidated fund of India, the
States, the UTs having Legislative Assemblies, audit of all
Corporations, Government Companies, Loocal Bodies and ongovernment Bodies etc.
(vi)Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise)
It was formed during 1946.
Its cadre are controlled by the Ministry of Finance, Department of

Revenue
The officer trainees undergo a 3 month training at LBSNAA,

Mussourie followed by 15 month professional training in NACEN
Faridabad.
They are trained in Management, Taxation, Public policy and

Law.
The probation is either in Madras, Bombay, Calcutta or Delhi.
In the Junior scales the officers are designated as Assistant

Commissioner of Customs.
The Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise are officers in

the Senior Administrative Grade.
The Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise are

placed in the next grade.
One can aspire to become a member of the Central Board of

Excise and Customs who can later became its chairman.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBES) is the apex body
of Central Excise, Customs and Narcotics Department. It consists
of chairman and five other members.
The officers of this service are entrusted with the task of

collection of the much needed revenues through indirect taxes,
notable among them being customs and excise duties and tax on
services.
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They also entrusted the task of border control in relation to import

and export of goods.
(vii)Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS)
Its cadre size in approximately 418.
Its cadre is controlled by Ministry of Defence.
After probation the officers work as an Assistant Controller of

Defence Accounts on the Junior scale. They work in cantonment
area of towns.
The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) is the Head

of the Indian Defence Accounts Service who functions as Internal
Financial Adviser and Chief Account Officer to the three services
chief.
This service caters the in-house accounting financial advisor to

three Defence service, Border Road Organisation, Ordinance
Factories DRDO, etc.
(viii)Indian Revenue Service (IRS) (Income tax)
It was formed on the year 1946.,
Its cadre are controlled by the Ministry of Finance, Department of

Revenue.
It recruit is 50% of vacant post by direct recruitment and rest 50%

of vacant post are filled by promotion.
IRS officers undergo a 3 month Foundation training at Lal

Bahadur National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)
Mussorrie, followed by 15 month of professional training at
National Academy of Direct Taxes, in Nagpur. On completion of
training they are given job training in the Assistant
Commissioners office.
After completion of their training they serve as an Assistant

Commissioner for eight years.
The head of the Income Tax is the Chairman of the Central Board
of Direct Taxes. He is assisted by other six members.
The IRS officers manages the administration of direct taxes in the

country and responsible for administration of fiscal laws like
income tax, wealth tax, gift tax, interest tax, expenditure tax act
etc. It collects direct taxes and deter evasion.
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(ix)Indian Ordinance Factories Service (IOFS)
It was formed in 1954
Its cadre are controlled by Ministry of Defence Department of

defence production and supplies.
It recruit 60% of vacant post by direct recruitment and rest of the

40% of vacant post in filled by promotion.
IOFS officer has the responsibility of management of ordinance

factories comprising product development, project management,
material management, production planning and control, quality
control, supplies management, labour
welfare, personal
management, industrial relation etc.
(x)Indian Postal Service (IPS)
It was formed in 1948.
The cadre are controlled by the Direct General of Posts
It recruit 75% of vacant post by direct recruitment and 25% of

vacant posts are filled by promotion.
They are given professional training at the Postal Staff College,

Ghaziabad.
It is the only service in which one can go on a deputation to the

army and serve as Captain or Major General
This service offers as opportunity to serve the people from all

walks of life directly. It also offer need to coordinate with a
number of government agencies like Indian Railways, Airlines
etc. It also plays a major role in mobilisation of small saving.
(xi)Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
Its cadre are controlled by Controller General of Accounts.
Its cadre size is approximately 208

posts are filled by promotion.
The training is provided in the office of the Controller General of

Account (CGA), Department of Expenditure (Ministry of India),
Delhi and in the offices of the Chief Controller of Accounts in the
various Ministeries of Govt. of India.
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The major functions of ICAS includes framing of rules and draft

manuals relating to all matters connected with the form of
accounts and procedures for accounting of receipts and payments,
laying down under general principles of government accounting
relating to Union / State Government.
The officers also prepare the Union Government Finance

Accounts and Appropriation Accounts (Civil) and Union
Government Monthly Accounts.
They also carry out technical inspection of the Civil Accounts,

Officers training and holding Department examinations,
Coordinating and assisting in the inspection of Management
Accounting system in the Ministeries.
In the field, the officers has responsibility of carrying out precheck and process payment of bills and compilation of accounts,
generate monthly and annual accounts, preparation of receipt and
public Account Budget Estimate, Maintenance of General
Provident Fund Accounts, processing and authorisation of pension
etc.
(xii)Indian Railway Service (IRTS)
Its cadre are controlled by Ministry of Railways
It recruit 50% of vacant post direct and rest 50% of post is filled
by promotion.
IRTS probationers undergo general foundation training at

LBSNAA. Mussourie and latter they undergo Railway foundation
Course at Railway Staff College Vadodra. The specialised
training is given at the Indian Railway Institute of Transport
Management (IRTTM) at Lucknow.
The role of IRTS officers in the operating department to ensure

smooth and fast transportation of freight and passengers. It
harnesses the efforts of all the departments of railways and
optimum usage of operational assets.
In the commercial department, an IRTS officers are connected

with sale, pricing of passenger and freight traffic
The information technology section of Railways for passengers

ticketing is managed by an IRTS officer.
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Arrangement of rolling stock and locomotives facilities of

wagons, ordering of trains booking by crew, watching the
conditions of safety train schedule securing and maintaining
friendly relations with the traveling and trading public and for
cultivating good public relations, fixing of rates, fares and other
charges etc. are the function of a IRTS officer.
(xiii)Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
Its cadre are controlled by Executive Director
It recruit 50% of post directly and rest 50% of post is filled by

promotion.
This service monitors all the income and expenditure of railway

network.
It settle all claims against the Railways arising out of those

transactions which it finds to be legitimate and regular.
(xiv)Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
Its cadre are controlled by the Ministry of Railways.
It recruit 50% of post directly and rest 50% of post is filled by

promotion
The IRPS officers are responsible for arranging recruitment, staff

training, promotion, demotion, transfer, disciplinary action,
retirement settlement etc.
IRPS officers work in the Personnel Department, Zonal Railway

and divisional levels including the railway production units and
workshops. He is the welfare officer in the railways.
(xv)Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF)
It was formed during the year 1981.
Its cadre are controlled by Director General RPF
It recruit 50% of vacant post by direct recruitment, 40% of post is

filled by promotion and rest 10% of post is filled by lateral entry.
The officers are trained at Railways Staff College Vadodra and

Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, Lucknow.
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RPF is responsible for protection of Railway property, assist the

state police to maintain and order at the time of election and
emergencies etc.
(xvi)Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES)
It was formed in 1985.
Its cadre are controlled by Ministry of Defence
Its cadre size 134.
It recruit 75% of vacant post by direct requirement and rest 25%

of vacant post by promotion
The officer begin his carrier in junior scale as an executive officer

in a class I and II cantonment later they promoted as Executive
Officer of Asstt. Driector or Deputy Director General or Defence
Estate officer. The highest post in this IDES is the Director
General Defence Estates.
The IDES deliver its service through 62 cantonments and 30

Defence Estates office Circles distributed across the country.
India is divided into five army commands for administrative

convenience. There commands are
Army command
Headquarter
Northern
Jammu
Eastern
Kolkata
Western
Chandigarh
Southern
Pune
Central
Lucknow
The major functions this service includes, providing municipal

administration in cantonments, defence lands management and
audit, sanitation and civil administration in the cantonment,
construction of roads, infrastructure, street lightening, libraries,
public parks, supplying clear drinking water, establishment and
maintaining schools and hospitals, registration of birth and death
etc.
(xvii)Indian Information Service (IIS)
It gets its new nomenclature as Indian Information Service (IIS) in

the year 1987, but this cadre was formed in 1960.
Before 1987 IIS was known as Central Information Service (CIS)
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Its cadre are controlled by the Ministry of Information &

Broadcasting
Its cadre size is approximately 489

vacant post is filled by promotion.
The training of IIS officer includes 3 months of training at LBS

National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and 21 months
of training at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New
Delhi.
The training areas includes media and communication including

print media, electronic media, development communication
information technology, negotiation skill, advertising and public
relation etc.
At the Junior level the officers work at an operational level in

various media organisation and latter at directional and conceptual
levels of management of Government Media.
The IIS officers are posted in various media organisation and

departments of central Governments such as News service vision
of Doordarshan and All India Radio, Directorate of Film
Publicity, press Information Bureau, Employment News etc.
The IIS officer entrusted with the task of dissemination of

information on government policies, programmes and activities
through electronic, audito visual and print media, providing
feedback on the response of people to the programmes and
policies and advising Government on its information policy
(xviii)Indian Trade Service (ITS)
Indian Trade Service (ITS) was formed during 1979. ITS officer
provides specialized service in export and import, antidumping,
World Trade Organisation (WTO) export promotion activities etc.
Foreign Trade Policy(FTP) is formulated and implemented by ITS

officers, Different trade related schemes like Focus Product,
Focus Market, Market Linked Focus Product Scrip, Served from
India Scheme, Advance Authorisation Scheme, Duty Free Import
Authorisation Scheme, Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme,
Deemed Exports etc. are implemented by ITS officers in different
regional offices .
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Investigating dumping by trading nations and computation of the

anti dumping duties. Officers of the Indian Trade Service
manning the Directorate General of Anti Dumping (DGAD) have
been effectively controlling dumping by the trading nations and
India is the second largest imposer of anti-dumping duties.
ITS officers work in tandom with Export Promotion Councils and

the apex chambers of export promotion like FIEO, FICCI,
EEPC etc. ,different export companies , Custom, Excise etc.
The initial posting start as Asst. Director General of Foreign

Trade, latter became Deputy, Joint and Addl. DGFT. ITS are also
work as Development Commissioner of Big multi product
Special Economic Zone(SEZ) like Kandla Special Economic
Zone Kandla, SEEPZ Special
Economic
Zone Mumbai,
,Noida Special Economic Zone Uttar Pradesh Multi product,
MEPZ Special Economic Zone Tamil Nadu Multi product,
Cochin Special Economic zone Cochin, Kerala Multi product,
Falta Special Economic Zone Falta, West Bengal Multi product,
Visakhapatnam SEZ Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Multi
product, Surat Special Economic Zone Surat, Gujarat etc.
ITS officers are generally posted in big metros of India like New
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmadabad,
Hyderabad and trade consulates/Foreign commercial missions in
foreign countries. All bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations
like PTA, FTA , all works and negotiations related to WTO are
the responsibilities of ITS officers.
ITS cadre are controlled by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

ITS officers trained in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
(IIFT), New Delhi which is under Ministry of Commerce and
Industry: one of the top B School of India also attachment
training is imparted in in Department of Commerce, various
Ministries , in Export Promotion Councils and in PMI , Geneva.
(xvix)Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS)
The government has introduced a new central civil services cadre

called the Indian Corporate Law Services (ICLS), Group-A, to
create an army of experts who would be involved in corporate law
making and its enforcement in the country. This gives a new
service option to those who qualify the toughest entrance test to
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get into government service. The government would train the

officers at the newly-set up Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
(IICA), a policy think tank, before placing them in various offices
of
the
ministry
of
corporate
affairs.
The recruits will be trained in subjects like management, law,
accounting, business finance and economics before being deputed
in various agencies under the ministry. Now the ministry gets
officers through Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
examinations. UPSC recruits people from the field of law,
chartered
accounting
and
cost
auditing.
Even though senior positions in the ministry are held by officers
of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) cadre, junior or midlevel officers involved in ground-level enforcement, investigation
and compliance are often short of sharp understanding and
training. Officers recruited through the present selection processes
are often not the best of the lot as the compensation which the
government provides is lesser than what the corporate sector
offers. The present move will facilitate capacity-building within
the ministry. Officers of the ICLS will be trained at the IICA, a
government-funded body which will act as a think-tank for the
government.
Service renamed from Indian Company Law Service to Indian
Corporate Law Service with a view to meet the challenges of the
growing Indian Industry.
Comprehensive cadre review was undertaken and cadre strength
increased from 231 to 291
RRs revised and notified to provide for recruitment only at Junior
Time Scale level through the Civil Service Examination to be
conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. All lateral
entry to the ICLS has been stopped. The Accounts and Legal
Branches of ICLS merged. There are 291 Group A ICLS posts,
which include 60 posts newly created on 5-11-2008. As a result,
seniority lists at all levels have been finalized to hold DPCs for
ensuring faster promotions to the members of the Service. The
proposals for filling up of vacant posts are at different stages with
UPSC. Twenty vacancies have been reported to UPSC for filling
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up through Civil Services Exam. 2009. These cases are being

monitored at all levels.
Capacity building measures taken up in a big way. Arrangements
for both induction training and in-service training made through
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). Director General
(Corporate Affairs) Office will function as a link between the
Ministry and the Field Offices as also to supervise the functioning
of the Offices of Registrar of Companies for improved delivery
of service and Official Liquidators for efficient completion of
process of liquidation. It will be headed by an officer of Higher
Rank .
Administrative Grade assisted by two Directors (Inspection and
Investigation). It will also be responsible for incorporation,
enforcement, and other matters relating to implementation of the
Companies Act, 1956 and LLP Act, 2008. In order to meet the
growing challenges of the corporate sector, all out efforts are
being made to upgrade and modernize the offices of the Regional
Directors and Registrar of Companies. This would not only
ensure a congenial atmosphere for the officers and staff manning
the office but also provide a friendly atmosphere for persons of
the corporate sector.
DIAGRMAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF UPSC

INTERVIEW ROOM
1.Entr pointy for the candidates. Candidates have to show their interview call letter to
security personnel.
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2.Entry into the office through the gate no-2

3.Sigen the interview attendance sheet
4.Path to enter into the dome shaped waiting hall .
5.Dome shaped waiting hall ,candidate have to take pre-assigned seat.Certificates will
be verified by UPSC officials.
6.Urinal
7.Garden
8.Candidates waiting seat.
9.Interview Board
INTERVIEW BOARD ROOM
1.Garden
2.Corridor
3.Keep your documents
4.Entry into the Interview Room
5.CandidatesChair
6.Table
7.Board Members
8.Chairperson.
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DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF UPSC

INTERVIEWEE WAITING ROOM
A-Entry gate to Dome shaped room

B-Certificate verification, TA bill etc. are checked by UPSC officials.
C-Candidates sitting arrangement
D-Table numbers are assigned for the candidate by Interview Board
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CHAPTER 2
INTRODUCTION
2.1 INTERVIEW TEST OF CIVIL SERVICES

When you are called for the civil services interview you must understand
that you are already pre-sold yourself in main examination. In other words,
you have succeeded in civil services examinations to the extent that the
commission believes you could be the person that the commission is
looking for. When your mains examination result is declared a number of
negative thought may comes into mind e.g. I am not good enough at
speaking, my appearance is not good. I am not smart; the competition is at
very high level etc. It is very important to realize that when you have
prepared thoroughly then the interview is simply an opportunity for you to
convince the interview Board that you are the right person for civil services.
Interview
Etymologically the word interview means a viewing between two the
participants and an interchange of views and ideas in a face to face
meeting. Hence an interview is a process or an interactive session between
interviewer and interviewee.
The aim of civil services
The candidates are not only tested for knowledge but also for his/her
general behavioral disposition, response mechanism, attitude towards
different problems, people, situation moral and intellectual integrity, ability
to face reality and challenges of administrative jobs.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) hold the final
interview for civil services, which includes over 22/24 central services. All
India Services (IAS,IPS) and Group B services. At present UPSC call only
twice the number of candidates to existing vacancies and the total mark for
interview is 300 out of total maximum mark of 2300 (including 2000 for the
written examination). For conducting interviews, the UPSC constitutes 7 to
8 interview Boards. Each interview Board is generally presided over by
UPSC member. One of them is IAS or IPS second advisor are from other
central services, a third member is from among Vice Chancellors or
academicians and the forth members is from the science and technology
streams.
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2.2. WHAT IS UPSC INTERVIEW TEST :

The candidate are be interviewed by a well experienced Board. They may
ask questions on matters of general interest. The object of the interview is to
assess the personal suitability of the candidate in public service as an
unbiased observer. The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a
candidate. In board terms it is an assessment of not only his intellectual
qualities but also of social traits and his interest in the current affairs. Some
of the qualities which is judged are mental alertness, critical power of
assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and
depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and
moral integrity.
The technique of the interview is not a strict cross examination
but is a natural purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the moral
qualities of the candidate.
The interview is not meant to test either the specialised or the
general knowledge of the candidates, which has been already tested in their
written examination. Candidates are expected to take an intelligent interest
not only in their special subjects of academic studies but also in the events
which are happening around them as well as modern and contemporary
thoughts new discoveries etc.
2.3 WHAT INTERVIEWER INTENDS TO EXPLORE?

The interviewer intends not only to assess the candidates response but also
his behaviour and attitude when faced with a given situation. At last the
interviewer assess the candidates abilities to face the realities and challenges
during their job. Does the candidate possess the sense of empathy, honesty,
moral integrity, democratic temperament and a sense of commitment ?
Moreover interview test for civil services is a personality test. Let us know
what is personality ?
2.4 PERSONALITY OF CIVIL SERVANT:

The word personality has been derived from the word persona which
means mask or outward appearance. Accordingly to laymans view point
personality refers to the outward appearance, behaviour, physical features or
figure. But such layman concept is very misleading. In sense scope is very
wider.
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Great humanistic and psychologist G.Allport defined personality

in such a way that it has received a wide acceptability by psychologist
throughout the world. He defined personality as the dynamic organisation
within the individual of those psycho-physical systems that determine his
unique adjustment to his environment.
If we analyse the above words we will found that the personality
constitutes physique, temperaments, interests, habits, knowledge, attitude,
skill, likes, dislikes, feelings, sentiments, dispositions, traits etc. The
systems are organised in the body and mind of the person. The organisation
of these systems is dynamic because they are constantly evolving and
changing. The dynamic organisation of these psycho-physical systems
decides how the individual adopts himself or herself to his/her environment.
So the persons adjustment to both internal and external environment is
depends upon the dynamic organisation of the system. Owing to the
peculiar nature of organisation the persons adjustment is unique and district
from other person. Personality is never static, it grows and in influenced by
hereditary and environmental factors.
What are the characteristics of a civil servants personality?
What should be the personality characterstics of a person, so that

the personal will identified for best suited person for civil
services?
If these characteristics are there in the aspirant, t hen how he/she

can communicate to the Interview Board to show these
personality (how to sell yourself ?) is how these personal
characteristics can be transformed into behavioral modalities so
that by observing behavioral characteristics the board can take
decision that candidate have ideal civil servant characteristics.
Mental Caliber and Social Traits of a Civil Servants
Interest in current affairs.

Mental alertness.
Critical power of assimilations.
Clear and logical exposition.
Balance of judgment.
Variety and depth of interest.
Ability for social cohesion.
Leadership.
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Intellectual integrity.
Moral integrity.
Intelligent interest of special subjects of academic study.
Interest in what is happening around them: within - State; Outside
- State; Within - Country; Outside - Country.
Modern and contemporary thoughts.
New discoveries.
Intellectual curiosity.
2.5 BEHAVIOUR OF THE INTERVIEWER

Generally all members including advisers in the Board, study
thoroughly the bio-data of the candidate and acquaint themselves with his
educational / specialist background before they actually appears for
interview by the board.
Generally chairperson put the candidate at ease and ensured that
no
embarrassing questions are asked to them even at the start of the interview.
Members generally never tempted to show their knowledge or specialist
expertise. Interviewer puts maximum open-ended question to facilitate the
candidate to communicate with board so as they can find what is he knows
and what is his abilities.
Most of the time the candidates are allowed to speak without any
interruption. All interviewers are very attentive irrespective of who asking
the question. They simultaneously read the body language of candidates.
They are generally expert to read the emotions behind the
candidates words.
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Chapter 3
INTERVIEW PREPARATION
3.1 ORGANISE INFORMATIONS

The Civil Services Interview test your mental alertness, critical
power of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, interests on what is
happening around them, about modem and thoughts, intellectual curiosity
etc. For this reason you have to collect various contemporary information
and organise them systematically so that you can grasp them and give
logical explanation to your standpoint. Question can be asked from your
bio-data and current affairs. Some of the questions from these area are
suggested in this book. Most of the questions will be an open-ended in
nature for which there is no definite mechanical answer. You should prepare
your own answer keeping in view that your answer represents bureaucratic
temperament and positive attitude. You should give a balanced judgment.
Extreme view point should be avoided. As an responsible citizen your view
should reflect the following pro-attitude.
Pro - democratic
Pro - reform
Pro - scientific temper
Pro - secularist
Pro - women
Pro - SC, ST, OBC
Pro - child or citizen
Pro - deprived section/ Vulnerable section of society
Pro - environmental
Pro - sustainable development
Pro - modernization
Pro - national integration
Pro - human rights.
Pro - welfare etc.
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You can prepare as many question as you can from above topics and
write their answer in 50 words. It will help you in preparation for interview.
In the following paragraphs I will try to give you a clear idea about different
area of interview so that you can focus your study in these area. It will give
you concrete shape to your preparation. In the following paragraphs you
will be clear, in what areas you have to focus your preparation.
1. Personal Bio-data
You should collect information regarding your name, date of
birth, Father's name, Mother name, place of birth etc. Particularly the
significance of name, is there any famous personality related to your
name/place, is there any important event happened during your date of
birth. You should be aware about all aspects of your personality. For
example if your name is Sarojini Mishra then question may be asked about
Sarojini Naidu.
2. Academic Background and Optional Papers
Generally most of the questions are asked from your academic
background you should focus your studies on popular aspects, recent
developments and its applied value. For example if candidate have
'Education' background then questions may be asked about provisions made
in education in recent planning of budget, vocationalization of education,
value education, Sarvasiksa Abhiyan etc.
Apart from the current development in your academic field, the
questions maybe, asked about the name of the Institution/Board/University,
is there any gap in your academic career, etc. You should also, know about
year of establishment of your institutions, its history, motto, principle or
present V.C., Uniqueness of the institution, about the place where it is
situated etc.
You should also prepare about your optional papers. Although
optional papers are already tested in mains examination still questions can
be asked but the nature of question will be different. For example if your
optional is philosophy, questions can be asked how philosophy helps you in
the administrative job ? How terrorism routed from philosophy ? etc.
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3. Your Home state and District

You are expected to have a thorough knowledge of history,
geography, polity, economy, culture, tourism, education, health, important
personalities, language, law and order, current happenings etc. of your State
and District. For example if you belongs to Orissa, the set of questions may
includes problems in KBK region, Western Orissa Development Council,
problems of Naxalism, tribal development, temple architecture, Odissi
dance etc. If you belongs to Bihar questions may be asked about feudalism,
inter-caste conflicts, regional disparities in economic development, law and
order issues etc.
4. Extracurricular Activities and Interest
This topics is popular among board member. They went to know
about your serious pass time activities. This activities provide popular
which means serious pass time activity which is practiced for interest and
enjoyment, which lead to acquire substantial knowledge, skill and
experience, but it only fulfill your personal hobbies. It is very easy to assess
ones personality by discussing about their hobbies so you should have
adequate knowledge, understanding, critical analytical, and evaluative
knowledge of your hobbies. Questions may be asked 'why you pursuing this
hobby? How does it help you to develop your personality? How does it
helps the society at large ? What is its relevance ? What is hobby and what
is its need in life ? etc. Questions may be asked to test your genuinity. The
candidate should answer all questions with confidence. Some popular
hobbies are as follows:
Art and Craft: Beadwork, embroidery, knitting and crocheting, metal craft,
needle work, photography, poetry, pottery, scrapbooking, spinning and
weaving, wood working etc.
Collection: Toys, stamps, rocks and minerals, music, matchbooks, dolls,
coins and currency, cards, books, autographs, etc.
Computer and Internet: 3D art, animation, artificial intelligence,
browsers, computer games, graphics, networking, programming, wall
papers, weblogs, web design and development etc.
Games: Video games, puzzles, card games, board games, etc,
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Sports: Running, skating, soccer, surfing, Swimming and diving, shooting,

tennis, track and field, volleyball, hockey, golf, football, cricket, cycling,
boxing, billiards, basketball, baseball, archery etc.
Science : Astronomy, meteorology, robotics, rockets etc.
5. Your Present Job
If you at present are not pursuing any course then following
questions may be asked: what are you .doing at present ? It is the most
expected area from where questions can be asked. If you are in the job then
you should thoroughly prepare about your job, its relevance to the
organisation, complete knowledge about your department, importance at
your office in terms of its social, economic or political contribution recent
development in the field, your past performance in that field, important
personalities related to that field etc.
6. Special Categories
Those Candidates who belongs to SCs, STs, OBCs may be
specifically asked about problem being faced their respective communities
atrocities, deprivation, constitutional safeguards for them etc. Women
candidates may be asked about atrocities on women, domestic violence,
women empowerment, women reservation etc. Candidates with professional
backgrounds like, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyer may have to explain why
they want to became a generalist with their specialist background, questions
may be asked how you are going to use your specific knowledge on the
administrative service ? etc.
7. Application Form Related
You are expected to have a copy of form you filled before mains
examination, because the information you furnished in the form may form
the basis of your interview. Make a copy of xerox of your filled form and
distribute it to your friends to generate questions which help you to get
some idea about what may asked by looking at your form.
8. Order of Preference of Services
Questions can be asked from your order of preference of services
posts. You are expected to give explanation behind your choice. You should
design your answer on the basis of nature of function of your preferred job.
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You are expected to know basic information of all services. r(details

regarding different services given in this book).
9. Prizes/Medals/Scholarship Team/Games/Sports/NCC
You should be aware about the organization from which you get
the medals. Questions may be asked about how you maintain the quality till
date. Recent development relating to that field, important personalities etc.
Similarly in the sport/game the questions maybe asked about related
organisations rules and regulation, your achievement etc.
10. Current Affairs
You should be aware about recent happenings around you within
and outside your state your country relating to polity, economy, issues
concerning society, national issues, international events, bilateral events,
new discoveries, modern current of thoughts etc. Questions maybe of
factual or conceptual in nature issue based questions are situation in nature.
Probable, questions relating to these area given in this book. You should
aware about these issues from which your variety and depth of interest,
balance of judgment, intellectual curiosity can be assessed.
3.2 HOW TO OVERCOME NERVOUSNESS ?

It is very natural and normal to be nervous. It develops due to
apprehension about unknown people and unknown circumstances. A
moderate level of stress is helpful, but too must nervous led to forget all the
basic facts even and it led to tongue tied. Here are some techniques which
help you to overcome the problem and built confidence to face interview
without any fear.
Listening a few minutes of music of your choice every day is a

simple yet exceptionally powerful way to manage your moods
and remain at your best.
Do not let yourself down under examination pressure. In the midst
of
The crowd tries to keep your mood perfect and independence of
solitude. Remember the words of Thomas Edition "Genius is 1
percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration".
Nothing is impossible. Impossible means I-M-possible.
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Don't exaggerate the importance of interview.

Be confident in yourself. One method is to sit before a big mirror
and watch yourself. Sometimes you may feel that you are not
beautiful or handsome. But remember that UPSC is not
Bollywood. If' so, all the civil servants can became model. Of
course you will agree with me that for civil service there is no
need to be a model.
Sometimes due to nervousness one is very watchful and over selfconscious and anxious. Excessive self consciousness can not only
prevent individual from responding to questions with confidence,
but also prevent you from performing to your actual capacity.
Don't try to be perfect. No human being is perfect. A person who
tries to do everything ultimately accomplishes nothing.
Don't be over prepared, it will mar your creativity, spontaneity
and you will lose your flexibility and extemporaneity. It will lead
to mechanical expression of your behaviour. It will not help you
to show yourself.
Remember the moment of your past success that will help you to
built confidence.
Think that you are among few people who clear preliminary test
and mains examinations, feel your important.
Develop an image of an ideal civil servant and try to create
character for the position.
Use psycho-cybernetics, auto suggestion and self hypnosis.
Develop internal locus of control.
Sharpen imagery mental rehearsal.
Learn to think and talk on achievement term with everybody.
Expose to successful behaviour i.e. those who already got good
marks in interview, also take suggestions from those who secured
low marks and what is the reason behind that, so that you adopt
yourself accordingly.
Do away with excessive fear of failure. Your duty is to facilitate
Interview Board to judge your suitability to service. Don't indulge
in thinking so much that it going to affect your performance
during interview.
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3.3 BODY LANGUAGE

Your body language must coordinate with your speech. It is very
difficult to suppress body language, so you should train your body so much
that his/her body language confirms and reinforces the verbal language.
Body control develops with practice. To improve your body language you
must be aware of body language. Notice your every activities how you sit,
how you stand, how you use your hands and legs. What do you do while
talking to someone.
Generally when one is not sensitive to his/her body language.
Most of the person has odd body language. It can be corrected by
developing awareness about your body language even one can develop an
ability to control one's body language by understanding others. It can be
practice by observing others body language:. You can verify the accuracy of
your interpretation of body language by asking questions.
One way to develop, body language is to practise in front of
mirror. Though it might seen odd but it will give you good feedback on how
you look to others opportunity to practise before the Interview Board by
watching you.
Another way is visualisation by closing your eyes. Close your
eyes and visualize how you would stand and sit to feel confident.
Different aspects of desired body language includes facial
expression, eye contact, sitting posture, gesture, arm, legs, smiling, use of
hand etc.
Facial Expression is one of the important aspect of body language
because. Face is the mirror of your personality. You can control your facial
expression by sitting before mirror and watching carefully while talking
with friends. Watch your face when you are angry, nervous, anxious,
emotionally overwhelmed etc. You can watch the face of your friends also.
Always cheerful and smiling face is desired in interview because it reflected
the positive mentality, balanced and contained personality.
Smile when there is something funny and when you are
introduced to someone but do not keep a smile plastered on your face, you
seems to be insincere person.
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Maintain a cheerful, calm and composed direct eye contact with

chairperson of the Interview Board. When any member asked you a
question give full attention to that member. After the completion of question
you should also distribute your attention to other members. Remember you
should not stick to the member who is asking a question. It will disrespect
the other members. If you looking around while listening to a question it
shows that you back interest. At the time of answering, the question you
should maintain eye contact with Board Members; it reflects your self
confidence. Whether you have a good eye contact or not it can be examined
by your *friends in mock interview or by in videotape. Remember keeping
too much eye contact might creep people out and giving no eye contact
might make you seem, insecure. You have to maintain a balance between
the two.
When you, stand up straight, when you are seated, make sure you
sit by occupying whole space of the chair. Leaning slightly forward signal
that you are of giving respect to the Interview Board but learning backward
might seem arrogant. You should sit down straight and relaxed.
You should not across your arms and legs as it might make you
seem defensive or guarded. Keep your arm and legs open. You can use your
hand only to add weight to a point you are trying to keep. But don't over use
it. It may be distracting. Don't let your hands move around, use them with
some control.
Try to avoid fidgety movements and nervous tricks such as
shaking legs, trapping fingers against the table etc.
Keep the head up-right. Keeping eyes on the ground reflects
insecurity. You can use nod once in a while to signal that you are listening.
But don't overdo it. Use only natural and meaningful gesture when
necessary, avoid or keep it limited during the interview.
3.4 DEVELOP LISTENING SKILL
Listening is half speaking. We have two ears and one mouth. We
should listen twice before speaking. Listening attentively the another's point
of view reflects that you value what he has to say and care about him/her as
a person. In the interview if the question is not clear to you politely ask for
more information. Don't try to answer the question as soon as it has been
asked. Pause while and think over the outline of the answer before
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answering a question. Resist the temptation to interrupt. Catch yourself

before you do so and give more attention to what the other person is saying
to you, and their objective for asking such question.
3.5 PORTFOLIO
Testimonials/Documents for verification by the commission
before the personality test.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Original matriculation/higher secondary/equivalent certificate or

marks sheet in lieu of certificate containing. Date of Birth (with a
copy thereof) issued by the University/Board concerned for
verification of date of birth.
Degree or equivalent certificate in original (with a copy thereof)
issued by the University concerned. In case you possess higher
educational qualifications, you have to bring the originals (with a
copy thereof).
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/other Backward Classes
certificate in original (with a copy thereof) in the prescribed form
(issued by the competent authority of the District to which you
belong (Applicable for candidates claiming Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe/other Backward Class status).
Physically handicapped certificate (with a copy thereof) in the
prescribed form, copy enclosed issued by the competent authority
(applicable for candidate claiming physically handicapped status).
The enclosed questionnaire regarding background information,
duly filled in and signed by the candidate when come for
personality test.
Two passport size photographs (4 cm x 5 cm approx.) taken
recently (say within the preceding three months). Four extra
copies of same photograph may also kept ready for use at the time
of medical examination.
The original certificates are returned after verification. Along with

all these testimonials the candidate should take the interview call letter
itself`.
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3.6 INTERVIEW ATTIRE

Dressing
First impression is the last impression your should wear right.
Right clothes perceived in a positive light. If you wear clothes that are
totally inappropriate for the civil service you will almost certainly lose your
chance. Your inner attitude can be fairly studied from the clothes. If you
appear is neat and clean and dressing, you will make a good impression. For
an interview we must be formally and comfortably dressed. It should reflect
your attitude towards the occasion and sincerity of purpose. It is better to
wear the dress which is simple, conservative and to which you are
accustomed. It should be fit to be a civil servant. Here are some tips for
different aspects of dressing.
For Men
Shirt and tie
No short sleeve shirt.

Wear a light - coloured shirt.
Wear a full shirt.
Wear a coordinate dark tie.
Select pure silk ties.
Select a tie that blends in colour and pattern with the rest of your
suit.
Select a tie with striped or small dots.
Avoid large ties with more than two or three colours.
Wear a cotton under your shirt it makes the shirt looks better
Tip of the tie should touch the belt it should not be longer or
shorter.
Suit
Select dark colours.

Solid colours is better.
Avoid very sharp contrasts e.g. black, suits with white shirt and navy blue
tie.
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Shoes
Preferably black leather.

Make sure your shoes are polished and in good condition.
If buying a new pair, wings tips with laces should be more
professional.
Socks
Socks should complement to suit.

Socks should be long enough so that no bare skin shows.
Make sure that there is elastic on the top of your socks that keep
them pulled up.
Glasses
Make sure your glasses are clean,

It should not be so trendy and odd.
Have a hair cut a couple of days before the date of your interview.
Avoid beards and moustaches.
If you have moustaches, make sure that they are neatly trimmed.
Hair should be clean and well combed.
Buy a fresh new pen.

It should be match to the colour of your shirt.
Hair
Pen
For Women
Sari/Salwar/Kameez
Select, dark shades with contrasting borders and pallu.

Avoid striking colour contrasts.
It should be comfortable and follow the demands of the season.
For suits a cotton synthetic blend are preferable.
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Blouses
Preferably white silk blouse with three-quarter sleeves, long

sleeves are the best.
U-neck or conservative cut.
Avoid sleeveless or ones with a plunging neckline.
White, cream or soft pasted colours are preferable.
Select the clothes that blend with a synthetic fabric and will not
crease.
High neck blouses preferable.
Minimum or no jewellery
Plain earnings or no rings other than wedding or engagement
rings. Don't wear anything that connects you with a religious or
political group.
Shoes
Preferable black.
Avoid bright colour sandals.
Select sandals instead of pumps.
Shoes or sandals with very high heels should be avoided.
Make-up
Select natural shades for eye shadow and lipstick.

Perfume should be muted or understated.
Generally any type of fragrance in an interview is not
recommended.
Do not use heavy perfume/deodorants.
Light make up if necessary.
No nail polish.
Avoid the hair falling over your face.

The hair should be clean and well combed.
Hair
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3.7 MOCK INTERVIEW

Conduct a number of mock interview with four to five friends
who are equally aspirants for civil service and who have minimum
knowledge to understand what you are saying. In the course of interview
friends should be advised to vigil over body language, way of
representation, bureaucratic temperament, how you handle difficult
questions, your manners, hesitations, gestures etc. The most important thing
is that you should emphasis over how you put your view and the logical
exposition of your view. During the course of interview no feedback should
be given. At the end of interview seek feedback. Analyse the pros and cons
of your presentation and how to improve further. For this you should kept in
view 'what to do'. 'What not to do' in interview given in this book you
should conduct such interview for fifteen day.
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Chapter -4
INTERVIEW
4.1 THE INTERVIEW ETIQUETTE
Prepare a road map and arrive well before time (preferably an

hour) for interview.
Enter the UPSC office by showing your interview call letter to the
security officer in charge. No mobile phone is allowed to take
inside the office. But you can take hand bag carrying certificate
file, notebooks etc.
Enter into the office from Gate No. 2 of UPSC and put your
signature on the attendance sheet. The attendant will take you into
the dome structured waiting room.
You have to occupy the seat meant for you which determines the
board who will take your interview.
You have to cooperate with officials to finish official formalities
before interview. While waiting for interview you should either
interact with other fellow candidates or you can go through
newspapers kept on the table.
Before your interview it is better to check your dressing before
mirror in lavatory.
Take a final, deep breath before entering the Board room.
Don't knock the door. Enter straight by taking permission because
they already order the attendant to call you and waiting for you.
When called in, walk into the room at normal pace neither
hurriedly nor very slowly.
Before taking your seat wish 'Good morning' or 'Good afternoon'
as appropriate to the hour.
Wish lady member first if any.
Sit only when chairperson order you to do so and give thanks
before sitting.
In some cases, the interviewers wish to test the etiquette and
manner of an interviewee and delay deliberately in saying to
occupy the seat.
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If we analyses civil service interview it can be divided into three

phases.
(i) Establishing report.
(ii) Examining your suitability to job, and
(iii) Closing.
In most of the cases the Board follows this order in the interview.
In rapport establishing phase, the interview panel tries to establish
report with the candidate so that he is able to feel relaxed and can give
complete information about himself. The beginning of this phase is made by
brief reading of bio-data of the candidate, normally, by the chairperson of
the panel. During the period when your bio-data is being read, listen it
carefully and nod your head in yes if it is being read correctly.
After establishing rapport with you the interviewee will move the next
phase. In this phase the interviewer will make an attempt to solicit as much
information as possible to test your personal suitability to civil service. The
board will focus attention to check your intellectual and moral integrity,
your balance of judgment on various issues, your leadership quality,
problem solving abilities etc. They may check it by asking informatory
questions, conceptual questions, issue based questions, situational questions
relating to social, political, economic, bilateral, international, national
issues, questions relating to your hobbies, your achievements, your
experience etc.
After probing the board may advice you to ask questions. After which
the chairperson may close the interview by wishing. Get up to leave only
when the chairperson asks you to do so .Some members do not ask
questions at all, due to various reasons. Before leaving politely thank the
chairperson and nod at the others politely. You may also say have a good
day Sir/Madam.
It is very clear that the interview test is not your knowledge test but it
is an overall personality test to check your -suitability to the civil service.
Therefore you are suggested to follow some interview etiquette which will
give value addition to your personality.
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4.2 WHAT TO DO IN INTERVIEW
Maintain positive body language (See body language section).

While talking you should make eye-contact with board member.
Maintain a cheerful disposition you should be appear serious but
keep smelling and be cheerful without overdoing it.
If the board laughs in the course of interview, you should smile.
When-ever possible you should use your sense of humor
judiciously.
Answer in an orderly and logical fashion always pauses a bit
before answering even if you know the answer. Don't give hasty
reply. Be polite, courteous, convincing, modest. Observe
interview etiquette, Arrogance, rigidity, flicking around the issue
should be avoided.
Talk less to communicate more. Use simple but meaningful
language.
If the question is not clear to you, politely ask for more
information. It is not the factual knowledge but your views are
tested.
Non-awareness of something should be admitted with politeness.
It is okay to not knowing something.
Even repeatedly they ask questions from the area you don't know,
tell clearly and repeatedly that you lack knowledge. Don't come
under pressure. Also show no emotional outburst. Remain calm
and composed. Because it is your personality test which does not
includes only knowledge but more than it.
Sit upright, be honest, put a positive spin on the truth, maintain
moderate views. Analyses situation. Remain thoroughly
professional throughout the interview as it is a formal occasion.
Give thanks if any new information given to you by the member.
Take tea or coffee, if any member offers the same to you. If
denying, then do it gently and politely.
Speak what you want to say but do not speak what you don't want
to say.
All the questions are asked in interview has some purpose.
Don't be bias on topic with Board member.
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Sometimes the Board members may put pressure on you should

remain cool at that times.
You should neither talk too loudly, nor should too feeble, you
voice be coherent and confident. Speak clearly slightly slower
than normal and vary your tones according to the needs.
Give to-the point answers of questions.
Reflect yourself as a deserving candidate for Civil Services.
Show positive attitude.
Be frank without being offensive and answer each question to the
best of your ability.
Don't ask any question to board member, even if they are asking
for a question.
Speak less to convey more. Don't try to read too much between
the lines.
Don't make any wild guessing or speculation.
Generally we miss the main aspect of question and move around
the non-crucial aspects of the question. You should come to the
central issue of questions.
Use some words from the questions asked by the board while
answering. It reflects that you have listened to the questions
carefully.
4.3 WHAT NOT TO DO IN INTERVIEW
Do not make sweeping statements and hasty reply.

Do not over generalise.
Do not keep extreme viewpoints.
Do not shake your leg aid 'fidget.
Avoid the expression that I am sorry and I do not know the
answer.
Avoid technical jargon. But if a member probes you in any
technical field, then you can use technical words.
Avoid conversational clichs like, OK, obviously, of course,
'as you know thats correct etc.
Arrogance is to be avoided in all situations.
Avoid odd body language.
Avoid your casual attitude.
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Avoid excessive body movement or hand movement.

Do not keep anti-Government and anti system attitude.
Do not be agnostic and skeptical towards new government
initiative, plan and projects.
Do not unnecessary argue with board member.
Do not try to score on ideological point.
Do not critical to organizations and individuals.
Avoid chewing gums and other munching items.
Dont speak rapidly. Speak slowly clearly and correctly.
Avoid using slangs and conversational clichs, repeating words
again and again, rephrasing questions and disagreeing radically on
opinion with any of the Board members.
Don't get entangled into unnecessary debate to emphasis your
view point.
Dont try to interview of the interviewer.
Avoid too much movement of your limbs which reflecting your
nervousness.
Dont try to bluff the Board/mislead the interview.
Dont show nervousness during the interview.
Dont check time during interview if reflects your low confidence.
Dont give any clue any verbally/ non-verbally that you are very
much disparate for the job. You should show that you are serious
about the job and sincere for the purpose.
Dont evaluate your performance while you are still in the
interview. If you have committed mistake don't be afraid but try
to take opportunity by rectifying the mistake.
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Chapter 5
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
For preparation of interview you should prepare point based
answers on various important questions which can be fairly predictable.
These questions may be related to Bio-data related and general questions on
international Bilateral, National, Political, Social, Economic, Science and
Technology etc. The question may be of various type informatory,
conceptual, issue based and situational. Some important questions relating
to all these areas are given in this section which may be asked during the
course of your interview are given in this book.
5.1 TYPES OF QUESTIONS

Case Question: The purpose of this type of question is to
evaluate your problem solving abilities and how would you analyse and
work in that situation. While answering such type of question you should
identify its different components and show its interrelationships. For
example if question asked about problems of education in India then
classify education into different categories as preliminary, primary,
secondary, higher education etc. While suggesting answer to any problem,
check its practicability or feasibility and its effect on other components of
the system, otherwise it may generate more problems. If possible mention
how solution to a problem can be implemented. Last but not least is that you
must identify the root causes of underlying issues.
Behavioral Questions: This type of question intends to anticipate
your future behavior as a civil servant. For instance you may asked what are
problem are you most proud of having solved? What was your single most
important contribution to the society till date? While answering these types
of questions always stick to moral integrity and sincerity.
Dumb Questions: This type of question intends to get past your
pre-programmed answers to find out if you are capable of generating
original thoughts. There is not necessarily a right or wrong answer, since it
is primarily asked to test your ability to think. For example why you want to
join civil service? What is basis of preference of service? Etc.
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Opinion Questions:
The purpose of this question is to
subjectively analyze how you would respond in a series of scenarios. For
example What are your strengths and weakness?
Experience Verification Questions: The purpose of such
question is to subjectively evaluate features of your background. For
example How your medical backgrounds help you to be a good
administrator? How your teaching experience will help you in civil
services? etc.
Credential Verification Questions: The purpose of asking such
types of questions is to place objective measurements of your background.
For this purpose the board may ask you a number of questions from the
subjects of your academic background and your optional paper.
Competency Questions: The purpose of asking such type of
question is to evaluate your past behavior with specific competencies which
are necessary for civil servants. For example Can you give me a specific
example of your leadership skills? A number of questions may be asked to
check your social traits which are necessary for civil servants.
5.2 GENERAL QUESTIONS
What are your hobbies?

Why are you pursuing them?
How does it help you to develop your personality?
How does it help the society at large?
What is its relevance?
What are hobby and what is its need in life?
Tell me about yourself?
What is your strength and weakness?
What do you dislike in doing?
How do you get along different kinds of people?
What are your goals? What do you do to achieving these goals?
Who is your hero? Whom do you admire the most?
Do you prefer working with others or alone?
What kinds of things worry you?
What was your single most important contribution for the society
till date?
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How do you feel about traveling or relocation?

What is the most difficult kind of decisions for you?
What are the problems that you have solved and felt proud of?
How did it benefit the society?
Do you prefer any specific geographic location and why?
Do you prefer your home cadre and Why?
Do you consider your education valuable and Why?
Do you think your extra curricular activities were worth the
time and Why?
What types of books do you have read?
Do you enjoy sports as a participant or as a spectator?
How will you motivate your subordinates?
Suggest a model for rural development in India?
When will India become a super power?
Who is your ideal person?
Point out your strong and weak areas.
How will you deter political pressure?
What is basis of preference of service?
Which type of India will you see after your retirement?
How far the action of cricket players is rational?
Why do you want to join civil services?
What is your parents profession and what are the issues related to
their profession?
Why do you want to join civil services?
How do you motivated to pursue civil services?
Why do you want to leave your current job?
Tell me something about your values.
What are your strength and weakness?
Give us five good reasons why we will select you?
What are you doing now?
If you will not be selected that what will you do next?
How do you visualize yourself after 25 years?
If you will be selected then what will you do in your job?
What you have did in your last job?
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How would you handle subordinates of your departments who are

corrupt or create difficulties for others in implementing different
programmes.
What are the growth prospects of your current job?
Do you possess skills that you most prefer?
Did you have any unique experience in your previous job?
How do you react to criticisms?
Do you have any questions?
What is your goal in life?
What do you mostly like to do?
What have been your major achievements?
What is your best working style?
How would you describe your own personality?
What are the areas that you would like to improve and what you
have did about them?
Who have been the major influences in your life?
What will you do if dont get selected?
When have you felt the sense of accomplishment?
How do you friends describe you self?
If you had to change one thing about Indian administrative
system. What it would be?
Do you think your hobby have any bearing on your job?
How do you plan to develop your hobby in future?
Your spouse and two teenage children are sick in bed with a cold.
There are no relatives or friends available to look after them. You
have pre-appointment with the Chief Minister starts in 2 hours.
What would you do?
You are presenting your programme before inter-ministry
committee. The issue is contentious or difficult to resolve. The
committee members have diverse views and hold very strong
positions. You find yourself in a conflicting position. How would
you satisfy this person to accomplish the tasks?
You are attending a local regional meeting of the public
representative of your department. The media is also present at
the meeting and continues to raise a controversial local issue.
Another department has maintained stringent measure o the issue.
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You have to directly address the media to put your departments

position. What would you do?
You have noticed that one of your subordinate has arrived late at
meetings and missing critical deadlines on projects. The work that
on projects. The work that has been submitted was poorly done.
How would you handle this situation?
You won a lottery of Rs. 10 Crore. How would you spend the
money?
Your higher officials taking credit for your work. What would
you do?
You are on a desert island. What are the three objects that you
would think are mostly needed.
5.3 INTERNATIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUE RELATED QUESTIONS.
Indo-Japan tie to tackle Chaina

India-CELAC Meet
Obamas second innings
Indo-Sri Lanka two agreements on Terrorism and Drug
Trafficking
Economic dialogue between India and Japan
United Nations Resolution on Syria
International Criminal Court.
International terrorism and Indias recent stand.
Multilateralism in the world and Shanghai Cooperation
organization.
Permanent membership of India in UN Security Council.
Increasing role of women in world politics.
India and IBSA.
US-China relation.
Bangladesh : Power transition.
China-Nepal relation.
Controversial place of Arunachal Pradesh in Indo-China
relationship.
India and central /Asia Relationship.
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Factual Questions.
What is Gujral Doctrine?

What is Schengen agreement?
What is the issue related to?
How far the Panchasheel agreement is relevant?
What is the role of India in South East Asia?
Conceptual Questions.
What is track diplomacy?

Whether globalised world is economic or strategic or political?
Do No-Alignment movement is relevant?
What are the changes in world politics after coming up of
Obama?
Is there any hope of peace in Somalia?
What would be the future of Tamils in Sri Lanka after LTTE?
What are the reason of conflict between Russia and Georgia?
What is the Afghan Policy of Obama?
Issue Based Questions.
Can Stringent law make India rape free?

Nuclear weapon free world: Myth or Reality?
Terrorism : the justified means of political protest.
Is China a rival or competitor of India?
Should India keep relation with Pakistan?
Is it logical to give entry of India into the Security Council
without veto?
India has pursued a policy of non-intervention yet on many
occasions. India has been accused of intervening into internal
affairs of other nations. Do you agree?
Do you agree that regional groups affect global politics in the
globalised world?
Why India fails to resolve border disputes with her neighbours?
Can Iran challenge the US power?
Should India attack on terrorism bases in Pakistan?
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Situational Questions.
What would you suggest to solve the problems of west Asia?

What kind of strategy should be made for bilateral relation with
Bangladesh for Bangladeshi immigration problems in North East
India?
What steps would you take to eliminate terrorism as the Secretary
General of the UN?
Comment o Presidential election in America.
If you had been the President of Pakistan what steps would you
have taken after Mumbai attack?
With whom will you prefer to have relationship, Israel or
Palestine?
In what way you see the changes in foreign policy of India?
What is your reaction as an Indian diplomat on the recent
development of foreign relation of India?
5.4 NATIONAL ISSUES RELATED QUESTIONS
Justice Verma Committee Report on sexual crime

Insecurity of women in India
Lokpal Bill and Corruption
Ashish Nandi; Caste and corruption
Jaipur literature festival
Reviewing Rules for TV Licensing
Right/wrong of Kasabs hanging

Bharat Nirman Volunteers scheme
Pilot Project of Crime and Criminal Tracking System
Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011
Cleared By the Union Cabinet
Bihar-fastest growing state
Cauvery water dispute
SC Guidelines to Curb Eve Teasing At the Public Places
Regionalism and Creation of New State
Women Reservation
Compulsory Voting
Natural Urban Health Mission.
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National Literacy programme.

Knowledge Commission.
Police Reform
Centre State Relation:Punchhi Commission
Naxalism and internal security.
Office of profit.
Good governance.
Controversies related Election commission.
Judicial transparency.
Social responsibility of corporate.
Satyam fiasco.
Maritime Security.
Exclusive Economic Zone.
Hierarchy of Indian language and its classical status.
World Heritage Sites.
Special squad in India.
Quota in local bodies.
Gram Nyayalaya.
Narth East India : Problems and prospects.
Factual Questions
What are the recommendations given by Administrative Reforms

Commissions recently?
What is E-Bharat?
What is Gram Nayalaya?
Who is the present National Security Advisor?
What is emergency protocol for News Channels?
What is Integrated Check Post?
What is green corridor?
What is your opinion on Right to Information?
What are the problems of North Eastern States of India?
How human right can be protected?
What are the criteria to get into the World Heritage list?
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Conceptual Questions.
What do you meant by disaster management?

What do you mean by energy security?
What are reasons for the genesis fo inter-state water dispute?
How national river status to Ganga differentiate it from
other rivers of India?
Do you think that by implementing the suggestions of
Knowledge economy?
How will Education for All actually meant for all?
Do you think that the establishment of Gram Nyayalaya
would solve the problems of judiciary?
What electoral reforms would you suggest as Chief Election
Commission?
Issue Based Questions
What suggestion would you make for changes in the present

system of removal of judges?
What is Circuit bench
Is it possible to ensure energy security in India?
How do you look at the conflict between judiciary and legislative?
A Peaceful Kashmir: Myth or Reality?
Do you oppose no reservation policy in civil services?
Is it appropriate to form global advisory council to PM?
Should power to recall be introduced?
As a president of a political party will you support Women
reservation bill?
Do you think implementation of 6th Pay Commission report can
eliminate corruption?
Situational Questions
As an superintendent of Police what step will take to eliminate

communal riots?
What is the role of district collector during and after a disaster?
As Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission what steps would
you suggest to solve problems of backward states?
If you get selected how do you ensure good governance?
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What steps would you suggest to promote sports at district level?

What steps should be take to raise the living standard of people?
Dont you think classical language status lead to linguistic
parochialism in India?
What suggestions will you give to preserve Indian cultural
heritage?
Do you think social Security Bill provides an adequate provision
for propounding security to unorganized workers?
5.5 SOCIAL ISSUES RELATED QUESTIONS
Capital punishment for rape

Union Home Ministry Guidelines for Regulating Surrogacy in
India
Issues related to Woman, Children.
Reservation for minority
Universalisation of Secondary education
Right to Education
Knowledge Commission Report
Curriculum Framework-2005
Special court for SC , ST and Women
Issues related to SC, ST, OBC.
Issues related to deprived and disadvantage sections of society.
Terrorism and Naxalism.
Secularism and Communal harmony.
Education and health.
Creamy layer.
Child labour.
Corruption.
Prostitution.
Live-in-relationship.
Gay marriage.
Valentine Day in Modern Indian Culture.
Maintenance of human rights.
Conservation of cultural heritage.
Social Auditing.
Call Centres.
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Sting operation.
Foeticide and infanticide.
Surrogate mother.
Anti-dowry law.
Euthanasia.
Human Right.
Factual Questions
What is Uniform Civil Code?

What are the problems faced by Scheduled Tribe?
What are the provisions made under Forest Right Act?
What is the provision made under prevention of child labour Act?
What is Child labour?
What is the vocationalisation of education?
What is the value education?
What are the major recommendations made by National
Knowledge Commission?
What is new in new curriculum Framework?
What are the provisions made under Social Security Bill 2008?
What are the problems in Right to education?
What is Prerna Scheme?
Where Gujjar resides?
Who are the toto Tribe?
Conceptual Questions
What are the differences between Modernisation and

westernization?
How corruption can be checked?
Does social disintegration lead to personality disintegration?
How globalizations augment the culture of consumerism?
What is the relationship between nationalism and social reform?
How child marriage can be abolished?
What are the differences between civilization and culture?
What are the differences between caste and varna?
What are the differences between social value and ethical value?
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What are the differences between crime and delinquency?

What are the differences between terrorism and extremism?
What are the differences between social audit and social
engineering?
What are the differences between interest group and pressure
group?
Issue Based Questions
Should half nude pictures in newspaper be banned?

Do TV Serials disintegrating the family cohesion in India?
Should smoking be permitted in films?
Should euthanasia be permitted?
Should prostitution be legalized and be given the status of
industry?
Does live-in-relation be legalized by judiciary?
How far you will supports the working system and spread of call
centres?
What is value education?
How classic is our classical language?
Anti-dowry laws are misused more than used. Should it be
abolished?
Should citizen be given right to die?
How casteism is relevant?
Situation Based Questions
If you are appointed as secretary of Women and Child Welfare,

what steps will you take to check female feticide?
How do you check the corruption as a Superintendent of Police?
If you are selected as District Collector, what steps would you
take to solve the problem of water scarcity in villages?
As a District Magistrate how would you implement free and
compulsory elementary education in an area where children are
not interested to go to the school?
If you are selected as IFS how would you represent Indian
Cultural Heritage at international platform?
How Human Right Commission works in India?
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5.6
What is the position of HRM?
POLITY RELATED QUESTIONS
Presidents rule in Jharkhand

Electoral reform.
First track court
Khap Panchayat
Regionalism
Politics of New State
Weak opposition
19th Law commission
Rejection of Regional Bench of Supreme Court
IPC-377
Judicial Corruption and Removal of Judges
Procedure for removal of Election Commissioner.
Reservation Politics: Creamy layer.
Corporate Governance.
15th point programme for Minority
Indian Judiciary: RTI.
Cooperative federalism.
Relevance of Welfare State in an area of globalization area.
Judicial activism and executive autonomy.
Religion, Politics and Democracy.
Casteism, tribalism and politics of Reservation.
Human right, National security and Terrorism.
Caste system and Politics.
Autonomy of states in India.
Coalition politics.
Quota in Local Bodies.
Centre-State Relationship.
Appointment of Judges.
E-Judiciary
MPLAD Scheme.
Lok Adalat.
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Gram Nyayalaya.
Right to legal counsel.
Media censorship.
Plea Bargaining.
Judicial Review, Judicial Activism and PIL.
Human Right.
Administrative transparency versus official secrecy.
Electoral reforms and Model code of conduct.
Criminalisation of Politics versus politicization of crime.
Role of governor.
Right to Information.
Internal democracy in political party.
Election Commission: constitutional safeguards to the office of
the CES.
The delimitation process.
Public Services in India.
Anti-Defection
Vote for No one and power to recall.
(i)Factual Questions.
What is a state?
What is rule of law?
What is Aadhar Card
What is colourable legislation?
What is doctrine of severability?
What is PIL?
What is the special power of speaker?
What is Speaker pro-tem?
How many sessions are there in the parliament in a year?
What is Guillotine?
What is vote on account?
What are the different types of motions?
What is Quorum in Parliament?
What is the doctrine of pith and substance?
What is the status of administrative reforms in India?
What is ex-post-facto legislation?
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(ii) Conceptual Questions.
How far the democracy is successful in India?

To what extent Judiciary should be active?
What are the differences between National Language and official
Language?
What are the differences between Liberty and Freedom?
How fundamental is our fundamental rights?
How backward are backward classes?
What is the difference between procedure established by law and
due process of law?
What is the relation between FR and DPSP?
What are the differences between Council of Ministers and
Cabinet?
What is Kitchen Cabinet?
What are the differences between motion and resolution?
How stringent is our defection law?
What is co-operative federalism
What are the irritants in the centre-state fiscal relationship?
What steps have been taken in the last 60 years to strengthen our
constitution?
Why the voluntary organizations are called fifth pillar of
democracy?
Who is the ideal administrator?
Is India a Union or Federation?
What is the concept of distributive justice?
How can social justice be ensured?
What do you meant by complete justice?
Why Governors are not elected?
What are the differences between constitution and
constitutionalism?
What are the differences between soft state and welfare state?
What are the relationships between Red-Tapism and
Bureaucracy?
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What are the differences between veto and privilege?

What are the differences between All India Services and Central
Services?
How an administrator does is different from a manager and a
leader?
(iii) Issue Based Questions
Should reservation be made for Muslims?

Should there be a right to strike?
Do Bharat Ratna award violating the Art. 18 of Indian
Constitution.
Should reservation be made in private sector?
Do preventive detention prevent terrorism?
Should the power of pardon be abolished?
Should PM comes under Lokpal?
Do economic liberalization affected Fundamental Rights?
Is the President just a toy in the hands of Council of Ministers?
Why uniform civil code is not being implemented?
Should article 370 be repealed?
Do judicial activism is an intervention in government work?
Should the Regional Branches of the Supreme Court be setup?
Should option of vote for No one be given?
If Rajya Sabha had not been there what would have been the
situation?
Should a bureaucrat enter into politics?
How far model code of conduct is model for political parties?
Is it justified to replace governors immediately after change of
government at the centre?
At present time politics is a politics of pressure?
Should two party systems be introduced in India?
Should India switch over to Presidential from of democracy?
Do multi party political system is a cause for origin of
regionalism?
Should the states be given more autonomy?
How far is it rational to create smaller states?
Should women be given reservation in legislature?
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Should death penalty be abolished or not?

Why national language has not been adopted by the Indian
constitution?
(iv) Situational Questions
5.7
Will you prefer to be the Chief Secretary or the Cabinet

Secretary?
How far is it essential for a District Collector to learn regional
language?
If you are appointed as a D.C. how you would take advantage of
NGOs?
How the political pressure on bureaucrats is released?
If you had been the Chief Election Commissioner of India what
steps would you have taken to check criminalization of politics?
If you are made the Chairman of Administrative Reforms
Commission, what are the five suggestion would you made?
What will be you first priority as a bureaucrat?
ECONOMY RELATED QUESTIONS
Companies Bill 2011

Global economic crises and Indian response to it.
14th Finance Commission
Cash transfer rollout plan
Goods and Service tax:Pros and Cons
Indo-Asian Trade Pact
Inclusive Growth
Money Laundering Bill
Kirti Parikhs Report on Fuel Pricing
13th finance commission report
New in New Budget
Globalisation Index
Change in Monetary Policy
MSP
Agriculture Import
Food Security
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Food Inflation
Doha Development Round
IBSA and economic development.
Public auditing.
External Commercial Borrowing (ECB).
NREGA
Knowledge Economy.
Developed Economy and Developed Nation.
Nature of Indian plan.
Challenge and opportunities of 11th five year plan.
Inclusive development.
Challenges and opportunities of Indian agriculture.
Vision 2020
Banking sector reforms.
Retail banking in India.
Universal banking in India.
Non-Banking Finance Companies.
Need of reform in RBI.
Foreign trade & WTO.
Forex Reserve: Impacts.
SEBI and Capital market.
Satyam Crises.
Book Building.
Human Resource Management.
Public distributions system and food security.
Flux in capital market.
Globalisation, Disinvestment and Privatisation and its effect on
different areas.
Fiscal Policy
Tax reform.
Budget
Economic Survey.
Centre-State Financial relation.
Corporate Governance.
National Commission or Farmers.
Industrial sickness.
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Unemployment in India.
New dimensions of urban poverty.
Pension reforms
Privatization of water.
IMF reform and India.
Urban Renewal Mission.
Urban Mass transportation.
Rural tourism.
Micro Finance.
Acquisition and Mergers.
Special Economic Zone: Challenges and opportunities.
Global slowdown and impact on India.
Supreme crisis.
Indian Multi-nationals.
Resource Mobilization.
(i)Factual Quesitons.
What do you know about Employment Guarantee Bill?

Where do you place Indian Multinationals in the new global
economic architecture?
What is inclusive development?
What is Vision 2020?
What is Minimum Support Price?
What are the provisions made in energy policy?
What is the provision in NREGA?
What is Amber box?
What is globalization index?
What is Tobin tax?
Is Geographical Indicator (GI) used only for agricultural product?
What is the role of Credit Rating Agency?
What is NAV?
What is mutual fund?
What kind of economic reforms does India need today?
How poverty line is defined in India?
What is welfare economy?
What is knowledge economy?
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Why SEZ is under debate?

Will you support privatization of agriculture'
How far privatization of water is rational
Does naxalism affect regional economics?
Don't you think liberalisation is nothing but neo-colonialism
Is Indian economy stronger than China?
How FRBM Act constrains the implementation of five year plan?
How far the debt relief scheme is relevant for farmer?
Is there any global financial crisis?
(ii) Conceptual Questions
To what extent international finance co-operation address the

global financial crisis?
What reform would you suggest in agriculture to achieve the 4 per
cent growth target?
What actions would you suggest to check corruption in NREGA?
What is the differences between a developed economy and
developed nation?
How mixed economy is relevant in India?
To what extent it is relevant to privatise agriculture? What is
rainbow revolution?
Should India use foreign reserves to finance the infrastructure?
Comment on the relationship between developing rural India and
increasing poverty in urban area.
What is overheating of economy?
What steps should India take to keep itself free from global
economic crisis?
What is subprime crisis?
What is the impact of global recession in India?
What are the differences between planned economy and market
economy?
(iii) Situational Questions
What steps would you take as a District Magistrate to reduce

unemployment and poverty in your district?
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What would be your approach towards India if you were at the G8 Summit?
Which will you prefer to be the Governor of RBI or the Deputy
Chairman of Planning Commission?
If you are selected what steps you can take for development of
agriculture?
How you can co-operate in budget making?
5.8 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

RELATED QUESTIONS
Different aspects of Internet.

Himalaya Glaciers melting
Bio-Fuels
Cyber crime and cyber security.
E-Governance.
Atomic energy.
Cloning.
Global climate change.
Intellectual property rights.
Carbon trading.
Space programme in India.
Cleaning and protection of rivers.
Bio-diversity.
Environment, ecology and ecosystem.
Forest management.
Science in civil society.
(I) Factual Questions
What is Brahmos ?
What is greed hydrogen?
What is climate Investment Funds?
What is Green Tax?
What are the provision under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yolana ?
What is IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission) ?
What is EL Nino?
What are the uses of Nano-fibers?
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What is Juno?
What is organic bulb?
What is Chandrayana?
What are the advantages of Broad band Policy?
(ii) Conceptual
How GPS system helps for better governance?

What is the difference between El-Nino and La-Nina?
What is cyber crime? How it can be curbed?
How ethical aspects of cloning do is important?
What is the relationship between science and agriculture?
Do scientist should be with no scientific temper
Is the inter-linking of rivers project harmful to environment?
Why should bio-diversity be conserved?
What kind of policies are to be determined for environment
protection?
How E-Governance will bring transparency and delivering goods
to people ?
How technology help in empowerment of women?
How do you reconcile sustainable development with global
climate change ?
How do space programme in India helpful for eradication of
poverty?
How technology is helpful in disaster management?
(iii) Issue Based Questions
Should Stem Cell research be banned?

How much space science is applicable?
How far is it relevant to increase the allocation of funds for
defence every year?
Is it appropriate to use alternative fuels?
Is nuclear energy inevitable for India?
Is internet culture contaminating Indian culture?
What is the new approach towards climate change?
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When technology gaining popularity science losses its ground

how do you give justice to both?
(iv) Situational Questions
What are the top three recent scientific achievements of India?

How scientific temper can be inculcated among the youth?
How can coordination be established among various institutions
working in the field of science?
In your district how do you use information technology for better
administration?
What suggestion do you make to use space science in effective
way?
How IT can be used to increase productivity of agriculture?
5.9 SAMPLE QUESTION ASKED IN UPSC

Case -1
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What are you doing at present?

What is your topic of Ph.D.?
What are the major problems in the field of teachers education?
What is value education? How it can be implemented?
What is the definition of education according to Vivekananda?
Under which Act State Human Right Commission was formed?
How Human Right Commission act on a case?
What are the confidence Building measures taken by India?
What is PIL?
Can you give an example of cases under PIL?
Wittgenstein is which types of philosopher?
Who got first Nobel Prize from Tamilnadu?
What is Raman Effect?
What is vocationalization of education? Is it successful in India?
What are the reasons of its failure?
On the recommendation of which commission it was
implemented?
17. What suggestion will you give to reduce unemployment through
plan provision of education?
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What is the title of your M. Phil research?

What tools do you use to measure alienation?
Why Rahul Gandhi visited Berhampur (Orissa) recently?
Given example how dialectic method be applied in the field of
education
What is dialectic method?
What is positivism?
How positivism different from empiricism?
What is ECCE?
What is the age limit of pre-primary education?
Name the Psychologist who worked on Indian Psychology.
What is metaphysics?
What is reality?
What is point five error?
Case -2
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What is your home state?

What is unique about Pondicherry?
What do you know about French Cuisine?
What is the significance of Arouville?
What is the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo?
Why did you take pali as your optional?
Where did you take coaching?
Which are the texts you have read in Pali?
Give details of its script?
What kind of business is practiced across the world?
What are the differences between Hinayana and Mahayana?
Is Pali popular in China? If no then why?
Who was James Principle?
Who was Devanampiya in Ashoka's edict?
Which aspects of Public Administration do you like most?
What are the problems of rural area in India?
You belong to an engineering background. How could you
contribute towards rural development?
18. What is rural distress? Where is it prevalent?
19. What is micro credit? What is its applications?
20. Why was England lost its position in the world order today?
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21. What are the problems in EU. Why there] no consensus on major
issues? Which country of the EU is closer to India and Why?
22. What is uniform Civil Code?
23. What is difference between Hindustani and Carnatic?
Case -3
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Why Allahabad is famous?

What are the tourist places there?
Where the Carpet industry of India is situated?
Rashtrabhasa/Rajbhasa, samparkbhasa
Standard Hindi/Terminological Hindi.
Round table conference/Gandhiji's view about conference/ what
was the repercussion?
State election in 1973?
How Gandhiji was differ in opinion about 'Do or Die' and Nonco-operation Movement?
Relationship between British Government Policy against non
cooperation movements and Nepal agitation.
What is your view on reservation in central education institution?
VAT
How an engine works and how petrol burns inside engine?
Energy sources
If you apply break and train stops, how many meters will it go?
In scout how they shake hands and why?
Welfare schemes for jawans and widows?
Dogra Regimental Centre?
Case-4
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What is your roll number?

What is yours date of birth?
Why did you shift from B.Sc. to LLB?
Why did not you become a Scientist?
What are you doing now?
How do you interact with children?
What is the difference between GDP, GNP and NNP?
Tell me about Central direct taxes?
What does PAN Stands for?
Are you Income Tax payee?
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11. What are the differences between Judicial Review and Judicial
Activism?
12. What are the differences in judicial review of US and India?
13. What are the differences between 'due process of law' and'
procedure established by law'?
14. Can Parliament override any verdict by Supreme Court? And on
what basis? Suggest examples?
15. What is the relationship between Fundamental rights and directive
principles of State Policy? Suggest an example.
16. Have you seen mobile phone? What does SIM stands for?
17. What is the solution of water related problem faced by India?
18. Why India had to change economic development model? Did the
earlier policy was wrong?
19. Is it a fault of Indian democracy?
20. What are the differences between the economy of China and
India?
Case-5
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Who are Bishoi ?

What was the foreign Policy of India during Mughal period?
What is the contribution of British to unite India? What is the difference between Present world and the world
before World war?
5. What is the difference between the world view point of India at
that time to present time?
6. How and why you have developed your hobby to listen Kishor
Kumars song?
7. What is the uniqueness in Kishore Kumar's song?
8. At present what are the problem of Indian Cricket?
9. Do you have any other hobbies?
10. What is the Role of Lalu Prasad in Railway Reform?
11. What are your suggestions for the development of India?
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SUGGESTIVE READING
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11.
Citizen and the Constitution by Subhas Kasyap.

District Administration by M.P. Nawani.
Bureaucrazy Gets Crazier IAS Unmasked By M.K.Kaw
India Year Book by Ministry of Information Broadcasting.
Discovery of India by J.L. Nehru.
The Story of My Experiment With Truth by M.K. Gandhi
India Vision 2020 by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
The Hindu - News paper.
Business Line - Newspaper.
Yojana - Magazine.
World Focus - Magazine.
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Indian Railway Accounts service, Group A

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