Paramita Malakar, WBCS Officer, UPSC CSE, AIR 812, Offline Classroom Student of Foundation Batch
Here’s a helpful guide to the interview stage of the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE), based on the experience of one of our successful students, Paramita Malakar, at Educrat IAS Academy. After passing the written part of the exam, she had her interview at Dholpur House.
Paramita chose Bengali Literature as her optional subject. During her interview with the Suman Sharma board at Dholpur House, they asked her a lot about her chosen optional subject, her background information, administration, Bengali film industry, science among other relevant topics.
Below are some of the questions asked during Paramita’s interview, providing valuable
insights for aspirants:
Questions from Chairperson-
1) What does your job entail?
2) How would you communicate scheme details to vendors?
3) Are you familiar with the Great Nicobar project?
4) Can you provide an update on the situation in Myanmar?
5) Have you heard about TCS’s anti-competition law?
Questions from Panelist 1-
6) How do you plan to support and inform women and girl children?
7) Have you come across Grameen Bank?
8) Do you know about Nakshalbari?
9) What’s your knowledge of Tata’s eviction from Singur and its impact on the state’s investment perception?
Questions from Panelist 2-
10) Any insights into the connection between Rajasthani traders and a business group in West Bengal?
11) Do you think the Bengali film industry has remained static since Satyajit Ray’s time?
Questions from Panelist 3-
12) Can you discuss the relationship between nuclear power and physics?
13) What does CSR stand for, and what is this year’s theme?
Questions from Panelist 4-
14) What’s C V Raman’s association with Bengal?
15) Who was Khudiram Bose? Do you know a song related to him?
16) Do you know about the recent events involving Md Yunus? Do you think they were politically motivated?
17) What’s the issue surrounding the GI tag for Rasgulla?
18) Who authored the novel “Pather Panchali”? Have you watched Satyajit Ray’s trilogy? Which movie is your favorite, and do you have a favorite scene?
THE INTERVIEW ENDED
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